However, things go very wrong and Darcy returns to Pemberley without having rid his mind of Elizabeth. His main goal in visiting is finding "The Woman", the one he hopes will erase Elizabeth from his thoughts because she will be the woman meant for him (he obviously doesn't realize he already has met her.). There are two instances in the story where Aidan takes the story to a level that I thought was slightly extreme: 1) Between Darcy's time at Netherfield and his visit to Kent, Darcy goes to visit a friend from his school days. I loved how she has Darcy take a token of Elizabeth (without her knowledge) at the end of her stay at Netherfield after nursing Jane. I would have liked for the story to continue to the point that P&P ends. Pamela Aidan's trilogy begins with Darcy, the Bingleys and the Hursts stepping out of their carriage as they arrive at the Meryton Assembly and ends, most unfortunately, at the wedding. Darcy by Maya Slater, Darcy's Passions: Fitzwilliam Darcy's Story by Regina Jeffers (along with its sequel and a P&P adaptation) and Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer. (There are others, I just haven't gotten to them yet.) The first is Pamela Aidan's trilogy, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman. I'm going to focus on the five versions of Pride and Prejudice from Mr. If you are not familiar with the story and don't wish to have it revealed to you, don't continue reading this post! For everyone else, please read on. Beware! I'm assuming y'all have a familiarity with the Pride and Prejudice story either from reading the novel or seeing the movie(s). Needless to say, this will be a long entry. This time, however, I'll discuss books from two authors that write Mr. Yes, I know, more about Pride and Prejudice. Add that to the fact that Cassandra soon becomes the girlfriend of a Senator who eventually decides to run for President, with the Transitioning Bill at the forefront of his platform. Oh, did I mention that she also recommends that people voluntarily “transition” (in laymen’s terms: commit suicide) at the age of 65 to allow a break in Social Security spending and not forcing the new generation to pay the bill the Boomers ran up. This triggers a few people to take to heart what she has said and lead a small revolt – catapulting her name and face up to the top of the most interesting people list and, eventually, landing her on the cover of Time magazine. Why should her generation have to pay the bill when they weren’t the ones who made the mess, she asks. The main character, Cassandra Devine urges her peers via a political blog she spends most nights pouring her thoughts and opinions into, to rise up against the Baby Boomers who are cashing in on the social security that they will end up paying for. So, what’s this book about? Basically it is a political satire - specifically about the Social Security “crisis” that we are facing. Okay…that is probably not at all what it’s like, but I felt like I was being educated on some of the goings-on of our public office holders while also being entertained by such outbursts as, “Instead of staring at a computer screen all night and railing against the government and shrieking that the sky is falling, you should be out exchanging bodily fluids and viruses with the rest of your generation” (taken from page 8, spoken by Terry Tucker). Just think of this as reading The Constitution with Ad Libs. At first it looked pretty boring, but then I noticed that the author was said to have also written Thank You For Smoking (I will admit, I didn’t even know that was a book before it was a movie) so, I decided to take home Christopher Buckley’s book – Boomsday!! Really. But, the thing is, the cover is just so inviting! I was walking past it in the bookstore and the bright blue and yellow screamed at me to pick it up. Normally I want to read about neither of these (at least not as a recreational activity), so it may seem a bit odd that I picked up Boomsday with the actual intent of reading it.
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