Netflix is no stranger to adapting incredibly popular novels into films and television series, and they usually give fans what they want (see To All the Boys, Kissing Booth, Bridgerton, and one of my personal favorites, The Queen’s Gambit). It…
‘Sense and Second-Degree Murder’ review: Tirzah Price’s new Jane Austen mystery is an engaging whodunit
Jane Austen fans, Tirzah Price is back with another retelling of one of our favorite pieces of English literature, with a murder mystery twist! Sense and Second-Degree Murder primarily follows the two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. When their father…
Book Review: The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
The cute, high school, math nerd retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma I didn’t know I needed, The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor gives me all the happy vibes of the original. Emma Woodhouse spends all of her…
Movie Review: Emma. Is the Most Vibrant Jane Austen Adaptation Yet
Before writing her fourth novel, Emma, Jane Austen already knew that not many people would take a liking to her titular character, a rich young woman who “had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex…
10 Great Books for Jane Austen Book Lovers
Emma. Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion. Jane Austen has created some pretty awesome and swoon-worthy stories. And we love it when authors take these classics and create new stories. Inspired by Austen’s works or Austen herself, so many retellings have provided…
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ cast talks zombies
Zombies, swords and corsets are three things you can find in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This take on the classic story gives the Bennett sisters swords along with their gowns, and it’s the perfect combination. Lily James plays a…
‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ is a bloody good time
Author Seth Grahame Smith has had quite a fun time mixing up genres and famous icons. His previous work, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” was also adapted into a film even though it was nowhere near as fun. For a while,…