This week’s Booking Through Thursday asks:
“If someone asked you for a book recommendation, what is the FIRST book you’d think to recommend (without extra thought)?”
Pride and Prejudice, without a doubt. It got a hold of me at the tender age of 12 and hasn’t let go of me since!
A Paperback Life 
So wait…the non-zombie version? LOL
Oh I see red each time I am reminded of the travesty that is Austen pastiches, especially the ‘zombies’ and ‘sea monsters’ ones!
Oh, yes, Pride and Prejudice is a wonderful choice 🙂
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Thanks! I too think Pride and Prejudice is wonderful. And I don’t just like it because of the romance or Mr. Darcy. I love it because of Austen’s wit and her amazing creation Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth is one of the very few literary characters I aspire to be like, strong, assertive but also loving and tender.
I need to re-read P&P. I prefer the story of Gaskell’s North and South, though her writing isn’t as tight or witty as Austen’s.
My first recommendation… ooh… I have three… no four. Well you can’t just have one can you? Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones if you fancy a Young Adult, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith if you feel like you need to live in a leaky English castle, Shogun by James Clavell if you want some samurai adventure action and We, the Drowned if you want a terrific read about the sea which is both captivating and beautifully written.
I need to re-read Pride and Prejudice too. I haven’t read any Gaskell yet but I have got her Cranford on my TBR list.
Great recommendations, Fiona!
A truly great Austen read.
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Yes it is. I also love another Austen, Persuasion.
I am one of the VERY few who did NOT like P & P.
Here is my BTT post!
I’m another one who didn’t like P&P, it’s actually nice to know that I’m not alone.
I had a hard time with this week’s question.
Okay you two are no longer allowed to visit my blog! 😉
As I’ve said before we all have our own favourites and hates. If we all loved the same things thew world would get very boring. I for example do not understand most people’s love for the recent spate of YA lit or paranormal romance (vampires, werewolves, fallen angels, fairies, changelings; etc.) but I respect their choice. 🙂
I loved that one, too; I want to reread it, though, since it’s been MANY years since I read it.
Here’s MY THURSDAY MEMES POST
Ah yes I need to do so too. I have re-read Pride and Prejudice at least half a dozen times but haven’t re-read it in quite a few years.