A Jane Austen Education

Hello anyone who happens to read my blog! I haven't posted in so long so i thought now was as good a time as any! Anyway, I've currently been reading a book called "A Jane Austen Education" by William Deresciewicz (SP?). Let me just say one thing: I LOVE IT!!!!!! Ahem. I haven't finished it yet but I have read four out of six chapters. It is by an English grad student who is forced to read "Emma" by Jane Austen for school. At first, he dreads it but ends up loving the book. Throughout each chapter, then, he gives insightful feedback about each book, what he learned from them, and how they affected his life. As one may guess from just looking at my blog, I am a HUGE Jane Austen fan. However, some of her books (e.g. Emma, Mansfield Park), I didn't like as much. But this book gave me a different perspective on them, telling me what one can learn from them that I can't wait to reread them! Though I have not yet finished it, this book has given me a new appreciation for Jane Austen. I highly recommend it!!!!!! 

Here's another random blog that I found from a REALLY long time ago! I say again....FUNNY CHILD! :D

"I was reading this book called "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris, and it was talking about how we should view others' purity as out responsibility. I never really thought about it in that light. It's a really good book. you should read it."

"A while ago I finished reading "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. I do not like it at all. It is so weird and depressing. When Heathcliff dies in the end, his eyes open and...shiver...it's just so weird. I guess it is one of those classics that are really useful to read. I don't know. It's a very disturbing story. I guess the one thing that I got out of it was that No matter how bad a person is, I'll just say to myself "he's not as bad as Heathcliff," and then I feel better. (This method, however does not work for every person. Sometimes Heathcliff really is better-heaven forbid-than some people.) Well, tootaloo for now!!"

This post was from a few years ago, and I found it on a different blog I made. Isn't hilarious! I was a funny child.....