Unfortunately, I did not make my Diverse Romance Book Club this week nor did I finish this month's selection. It wasn't the books fault. Time got away from me. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite Austen novels, and I have been looking forward to reading Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest.
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A red light blipped on the top left of the control board. Liza B. had a caller. "Hello and good evening. You are live with Liza B., the only DJ who gives a jam. Tell me what's on your mind . . . " [opening of Pride and Protest]I used to listen to the radio more than I do now, especially on my commute into work in the mornings or in the evenings on my way home. So, there's a bit of nostalgia for me in this first paragraph from my current read. This opening introduces the reader to the heroine of the story, Liza.
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"You know what your problem is?"
Pride and protest seem to be fitting adjectives to describe both Dorsey and Liza. They spend an awful lot of time verbally sparring, but there is a definite attraction there.Dorsey pulled the door open wider, nudging her to exit the stairwell.
"You mean besides being a friendless, vain sociopath?" he offered wearily.
"Oh wait, I actually think that covers it." Liza snapped. Where is that smoldering man from just two minutes ago? [excerpt from Pride and Protest, page 89]
A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne.
Liza B.--the only DJ who gives a jam--wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks fly--but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but she'll settle for getting him out of her head.
At first, Dorsey writes off Liza Bennett as more interested in performing outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, he's always felt a bit out of place and knows a fraud when he sees one. But when Liza's protest results in a viral meme, their lives are turned upside down, and Dorsey comes to realize this irresistible revolutionary is the most real woman he's ever met. [From the Publisher]
Does this sound like something you would enjoy reading? Do you enjoy reading re-tellings of the classics?
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What’s your favorite room in your house?
My library with its cozy couches, front window with the view of my trees, and my many bookshelves of books.
What is your favorite room in your house?
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Are there any books that are considered terrible but you love?
This would be a much easier question for me to answer if we were talking about movies. I tried using my Goodreads ratings to see if there were any four or five start books on my list that were poorly rated, but that was not much help. The differences in ratings didn't fall into the "terrible" category. I am sure there are many books I have loved that others (including some of you) find terrible or just plain did not like. I look forward to seeing which books you list--and maybe I'll find some there that could have gone on a list of my own!
What about you?
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I love your library; it's so organized, unlike my own.
ReplyDeleteI never pay attention to the Goodreads ratings.
I like the '56' snippet.
What a lovely library. Very cozy, as you said. // I am a sucker for anything Pride and Prejudice, even modern remakes of the original.
ReplyDeleteI like retelling of pride n prejudice very much. Is this over the top for me. Maybe a bit.
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