Pride and Prejudice

I forgot how much I loved reading when I was younger, much much younger, during my primary school days.

Somehow reading became a chore over the years. I stopped reading the newspapers daily, I only read off from Yahoo News, I can't remember the last time I held a book besides Twilight. I'm glad we don't have textbooks in school, just notes, because I won't read it.

But I have the time now, and it's time to catch up on the classics. Reading Pride & Prejudice now, and Sense and Sensibility. *beams*


The books I read before this seems so trashy now (think Twilight, 50 shades of grey etc...) Ok, no. Twilight is awesome. And since 50 shades of grey is inspired from Twilight it makes sense it is equally awesome. #twilightfanforever!!


So anyway.. I figured out that I have to install an ebook reader app so I could read using my iPad mini. (I totally thought I had to live off iBooks before this and so regretted not getting a Kindle or a Nexus 7). And so I installed this app called Kobo.

You have to set up a free account and OK it is not all  free, but the classics are all free.

Tried out this app to see if it's good, thinking it'd better be cos' I really hate setting up accounts. It is such a hassle!


Started out with reading the Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer. It is not the incomplete draft from a few years back, I found the completed one, although the authenticity of this is pretty suspicious, but it is still very exciting to read from Edward's POV!


And then I read the Hunger Games Series.
SO GOOD.
I'm waiting for the movie now.


Then The Little Prince.
Such an innocent book.
Yes, it is a children's book.

Then some others.
And.. that's how it started.


Kobo app approved.



Anyway, so I am trying to read the Classics now. But it is really really difficult and it's super cheeem for me at this stage. I'm at 20% of Pride & Prejudice and I just couldn't follow who said what and who's talking and where they are.


So I went to watch the movie version first.  The 2005 movie starring Kiera Knightly. I remember liking her a lot during Secondary school days.

HAHA, cheating.

Ahh...... now I understand.


Although the guy in the movie is quite different from what I have read so far, character-wise.


And the movie is really GOOD actually!
I recommend it.
My kind of movie. :D
And I'm guessing that the book is going to be better since it almost always worked out this way.

I like this part of the movie, her in the swing. :)

Can't believe how much have not changed since 1813, that's exactly 200 years ago since this book was published, and it surprises me how aptly this movie still applies in our current society.

Yes, so much pride and prejudice.


Hope to finish the book soon!

I'm really enjoying reading now. 
It's just so peaceful to immerse in a book as the clock ticks on around you.

:)