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Topic of the Week: Top Ten Books that Make me Laugh Out Loud
I actually happen to read more dramatic stories and rarely allow myself the pleasure of reading comedic stories – even the romances I read have realistic bits inside them to where it has more drama than comedy! I also read a lot of INSPY Suspense & Cosy Mysteries – as I was a girl who devoured murder mysteries on tv (still do!) – so, realistically I had to respin today’s topic! Ergo, I wanted to focus on a different topic of interest today and bring to my blog one of my favourite JA after canon novelists I’ve chatted with late last year (2020) via my Saturday chat @SatBookChat whilst discussing the anthologies of stories inspired by Jane Austen produced by The Quill Collective!
Side note:
She left me in stitches of laughter during #SatBookChat, so there’s that! (smirks)
Jorie’s topic for Elizabeth Adams:
Top Ten Reasons Why “Pride and Prejudice”
never fails to win a reader’s heart even as its respun
Hallo, Hallo dear hearts!
Could today’s respun topic for Top Ten Tuesday have been evermore customised to my own readerly heart!? Perhaps not! I mean, ever since I first read PRIDE, I’ve been enchanted by the characters, the story and the setting. This is why throughout the past seven (as technically, its not my eighth year blogging on Jorie Loves A Story until my 8th blogoversary come 31st March!) years you’ve found a lovely array of after canon selections from different contemporary authors being featured as I’ve discovered their stories!
This includes my *fierce!* appreciation for The Quill Collective’s work on behalf of their anthologies – which is why having them gather together during a past #SatBookChat meant the world to me and why I am still working on archiving that chat. You might have caught sight of my review for “Rational Creatures” and the first half of my review for “Elizabeth: Obstinate Headstrong Girl”. I still have the second half of my review in the works and a review for “Yuletide” forthcoming.
You might have also seen my readings for Colin Hemingway’s trilogy about “The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen” – Part I, Part II or Part III as well as a follow-up interview to conclude my stay inside his world on behalf of Jane Austen. Although he didn’t quite write an after canon per se about her stories, he did write a theorised viewing of her life and in effect, portions of how he portrayed her life echoed moments from her stories and novels. As most writers do leave behind an essence of themselves inside their stories.
Whilst at the start of 2020 you might have seen me ducking into a fantastical respun world of “Pride and Prejudice” wherein there were *dragons!* – a lovely first set of stories by an author (Maria Grace) devouting herself to respinning multiple installments from the Austen canon but started off with PRIDE: Pemberbley: Mr Darcy’s Dragon; Longbourn: Dragon Entail and Netherfield: Rogue Dragon; each of these installments were from the perspective of her narrator Benjamin Fife of whom did a wonderful job of bringing her world to life.
There are other after canon stories I’ve blogged and reviewed over the years, which you will kindly find via my Story Vault. As much as I LOVED participating in #AustenInAugust whilst Roof Beam Reader hosted the event. In 2017 you might have seen I wrote a guest essay about my personal journey through Jane Austen’s stories and how her stories have touched my heart over the years.
Whenever I get a chance to read a new after canon story, host a JA novelist and storycrafter or get the chance to read a story in the essence of Austen, I truly jump at the chance as these are the kind of stories which give me such a burst of JOY to find, savour and discover. After all, I wouldn’t be a Janeite if I didn’t keep my eyes peeled for more #awesomesauce stories funnelling out of our mutual passions for all things Austen!
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle into listening to Ms Adams respond to my enquiries!
And, I hope this vlog interview will give you a wicked good start to #TopTenTuesday!
And, if you have a spot of extra time – stay for my responses which are below the vlog!
Sons of Pemberley (Spotlight/Vlog Interview)
Subtitle: A Pride and Prejudice Reimagining
by Elizabeth Adams
What if Lady Anne Darcy was alive to meet Elizabeth Bennet?
A sweeping tale of tragedy, devotion, and betrayal—spanning over 25 years and two generations—this family saga explores the life Fitzwilliam Darcy would have had if his mother had not died young.
An up-close view of the Darcys’ marriage and Fitzwilliam’s childhood … a retelling of the circumstances that shaped the man we have come to love … a reimagining of the friendships and relationships that formed each iconic character … a tale of love, loss, heartbreak, and triumph—that is Sons of Pemberley.
Places to find the book:
ISBN: 9798583659739
Also by this author: How to Fall in Love with a Man You Thought You Hated
Published by Self Published
on 19th December, 2020
Converse via: #JaneAusten, #Pemberley and #SonsOfPemberley
Top Ten Reasons Why “Pride and Prejudice”
never fails to win a reader’s heart even as its respun
by Elizabeth Adams
Inspiration from Jorie for this Topic: This particular conversation practically knitted itself together from the moment I first conceived it and then, after the author ran with the prompts I sent over to her to use on her vlog response!