It’s been a while since I’ve really written here. So here it goes. I want to personally thank all of my wonderful readers out there who stuck with me throughout the April 2012 A to Z Blogging Challenge. I can’t imagine having any interest in my blog at all throughout April if not a Beatles fan. It did take over a bit, but the entire experience was well worth it. It reignited my love for the Beatles. As reluctant as I am to admit this, their catalog deeply inspires me and probably always will. By the way, I am not the only one who blogged the Beatles all month long, check out the link below.
A to Z Summary and Reflection « Sundry Sumthins
This spring hasn’t exactly gone as planned. I was supposed to take a week’s vacation back in April, but that didn’t work out. Instead I have this week off. While my week off hasn’t exactly started off on the right foot, I am hoping to finally get back on track blogging. There is a lot coming up. The problem is this: I started organizing and planning much of the new features of Ramblings of a Misguided Blonde, which are still to come and in the planning stages, a few weeks before the blogging challenge started. Add in work drama in my off-line life and you have a recipe for nothing getting done. Fortunately I’ve already hit the books again (more on that in a minute – and more posts to come) and hope to get things organized before heading back to work next Monday.
Now on to one of my other favorite topics, books! Ah…. I was frustrated for a little bit. My original intent, way back in February or March, was to reread Pride And Prejudice by Jane Austen before reading Death Comes To Pemberley by P.D. James, which was a Christmas gift. By April, I was still very much within the first 100 pages or so of Pride And Prejudice. There was too much going on and the beginning was just too slow for me at that particular time. Well, I finally decided to turn my original plan on its head and read Death Comes To Pemberley first.
What a great book! It had the right pacing to get me back into Pride And Prejudice, which I will soon finish. Finally. I’m at the point where I am once again in love with Mr. Darcy. I now remember why he is my favorite male literary character and why I think Miss Elizabeth Bennet is the luckiest of female literary protagonists despite her crazy Mom and silly sisters. One of my favorite parts of the novel is when Lizzy finally comes to her senses and realizes she does love Mr. Darcy, but fears it is too late thanks to her thoughtless sister Lydia. Please keep in mind that in my mind, Colin Firth is and always will be the character of Mr. Darcy, whether in Pride And Prejudice or Bridget Jones’s Diary. I can’t help it. If you watch the videos below, you’ll understand why.
Bridget Jones’ Diary/Sunday Morning
It’s been interesting rereading Pride And Prejudice as a proper adult who has actually been in love. At 17, while I absolutely loved the book, I really didn’t appreciate just how perfect a romance the entire novel is. I’ve always appreciated the fact that Mr. Darcy told Elizabeth Bennet his true thoughts and feelings, good and bad, in the eye-opening letter he gave her right before leaving Roslings. That letter took some serious guts. I love how completely honest they are with each other. Then I started to think about my relationship with Brian. That is precisely why our relationship works. We are completely honest with each other, warts and all, and implicitly trust each other to continue to be so.
Oh, and I couldn’t help myself. I had to add these Beatle videos. They date from 1995 and make me want to dig out all three parts of the Anthology. I can’t imagine what it took for them to put together that entire project without John. Enjoy.
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