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(e)Book – Love and friendship

  (e) Book –  Love and friendship Full title :  Love and friendship and other early works Author : Jane Austen Score : /10 Year : 1790 (original) ; 2012 (this edition) Publisher : Duke Classics   ISBN  978-1-62012-155-9  // 9781620121559  (ebook)  Pages :  Language: English Jane Austen is best known for her 6 novels, which all have been adapted into tv movies - but after having read Virginia Woolf's short fiction in chronological order, I decided to apply the same for Austen's publications, to better appreciate her growth and evolution in narrative style. So, before reading her novels which were released from 1811 to 1817, in the following order :  Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,  Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, I decided to go back to her teenage years, reading Love and Friendships, and other early works.

Star Trek Reboot (0)



A few years ago, I had read about this project to revamp and reboot Star Trek. When I saw that it was JJ Abrams who was in charge of this project, I turned livid : I had previously tried to watch his show Alias which I had stopped because It was far too graphic for me, and its episodes were more and more ridiculously unbelievable. 

Later on, my wife had started watching his Lost, and stopped because that show also became ridiculous and never answered any of the questions that she was waiting for since the end of season 1. She complained about it to me on numerous occasions, and she didn't even bother to finish it. 

So, when I saw that JJ was going to make Star Trek, I thought he'd simply massacre the show, it's spirit, it's core values, and bring really unbelievable and ridiculous plots. 

I hadn't gone to the cinema to watch the first reboot - back in 2009, I wasn't ready to face them anyways. 

2013 arrived, and the second reboot was coming. 
My wife had read positive reviews about the first, and so I finally caved in and borrowed the dvd from our library - not hoping much, and actually supposing that I'd hate and stop it before the end.

I was agreeably surprised with the first movie, and went on to watch Into Darkness in our local theater and loved it immensely. 

I subsequently bought the US bluray boxset for these two movies, and now finally went to see the third installment which is the weakest link in the reboot... 

Stay tuned, for I shall post their own reviews, soon. 

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