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Chapter challenge: Making progress on a classic

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 This challenge is for me, to make progress on Villette at the very least. I've discovered that Villette is not the easiest book to finish, but I think it'll be worth it. I'm reading one chapter of Villette for every five chapters of another book. I'm including three books in this challenge. Let's get into it.  My eyes are wandering to other books, while I have Villette open and unfinished. I need to close that tab in my brain. For every five chapters of another book, I read one chapter of Villette. I can either stop at every five chapters to read Villette or tally up the chapter count and read it later. The point is that I need motivation to keep going. I also don't need a reading slump early in the reading year.  Any books on this blog will be reviewed individually in other blog posts. The reviews are not going to be found on this post. Why? Because this is a post about logging how many chapters I read.  The books First up is Midnight In Death, part of a serie...

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies - a book review

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 Pride And Prejudice is great, but let's see what this adaptation brings to the table. Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is by both Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Let's dive into a classic unlike the original.  Shockingly, it doesn't go as differently as you would expect. It is the same love story - but with a few zombie fight scenes, some surprise zombie attacks, and some hilarious sentences that definitely made Jane Austen turn in her grave. Some will look at this book as an abomination, but others will laugh and enjoy the contrast between a calm regency romance and a zombie regency romance. I suggest you read the original classic before you read this, simply to see what changed.  If you want my thoughts on the original love story itself, here is the original review of Pride and Prejudice:  click here  . I'm not talking about that here because I already talked about it.  Overall Thoughts I was in love with this hilarious book the minute I started readi...

Gulliver's Travels (1939) Review

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 This film was the project where Dave and Max Fleischer didn't speak to each other. Yet, it turned out adorable and fun. Gulliver's Travels is about a shipwrecked sailor coming upon a village of tiny people. It's silly, it's fun, and it wasn't enough to save Fleischer from going under.  Courtesy of alamy.com I watched this last (since the shorter cartoons are easier to fit into a busy morning). I loved it. It was adorable, silly, and family-friendly. This was one Fleischer cartoon that the whole family could watch. It was re-released in later years. I'd watch it again.  The Review What was so great about it? The silly characters, physical comedy, and fun music. Fleischer is known for music and animation together. This was no different. You could tell the animation took time. Gulliver being entertained by his tiny host country was delightful. He stops a war, saves a wedding, and creates a new song mash-up. It's so sweet.  10 stars, easy. I was entertained by ...