The One & Only Jane Austen

Let's get this party started! I thought it would be kinda fun to begin with my first posts featuring a short list of authors I love. Five authors who's books are a sure thing as far as I'm concerned.

The one and only - Jane Austen. Oh how happy you make me!!! I love Ms. Austen for so many reasons. She makes me laugh, swoon, cry and sometimes cringe. It's easy to identify with her characters because they are so real and so totally flawed. If I HAD to pick my favorite novel that she penned it would probably be Pride and Prejudice (with Sense and Sensibility at a close second). I first fell in love with P&P and all things Austen when Colin Firth (hubba-hubba) was cast as Mr. Darcy in the A&E film adaptation (and when I saw his beautiful grounds at Pemberly). I was a gonner! Jane Austen's books are now parodied to the point where it's getting a bit insane. One can hardly keep up with all the new releases, but I'm not complaining. This summer I was both disgusted and entertained by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's a great way to get your Mr. Darcy fix while laughing out loud as bloodthirsty zombies attack Mr. Collins! It was a goal of mine this summer to read all of Jane's books, but alas it was not meant to be. I did, however, finish P&P, S&S and Persuasion. After finishing Persuasion I had a hankerin' to watch the A&E version. Man those people are NOT attractive, the teeth and moles disturb, but it's still a great show that captures the angst I felt from the novel. I know, I know, this is technically a book review, but one cannot love Jane's books without loving the movies that go with them. All I know is that when the day is grey and I'm feeling a little blue, all I have to do is open one of her novels or pop in one of the many A&E films and everything is looking a little brighter!

P.S. Other Austen-esque novels I have read and enjoyed are The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, Austenland and the series An Assembly Such as This(from Darcy's view).