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I created this blog to be able to help other teens find great book and to discover the joys of reading! Yeah, really cliche right? Honestly, I created this blog so I could tell someone about this awesome book that I read and then ask them to go read it. Unfortunately, I have not met anybody that I can talk to about the books that I have read without them getting bored. Maybe as I begin to trust you, I'll bounce ideas that I have had and ask you to keep them a secret. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the books!

Pride and Prejudice

Okay readers. I have decided to review my first classic, and of course, what is better than Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?

This book, set in England during the early 19th century, features the headstrong Elizabeth Bennett as she goes through challenges that every woman in the 1800s face. She goes through love, friendship and learns the importance of family, witnessing both tragic and memorable events. She meets the illusive Darcy, who is too proud, too arrogant and too rude, but finds herself falling in love nonetheless.

The first time I checked out this book from the library, I couldn't go through with it, getting frustrated at the formal and sophisticated old English. A few weeks ago, I checked it out again, determined to finish it. Within a few chapters though, I fell in love and noticed that it wasn't much different from the YA fiction I read now, only with petticoats and corsets. I absolutely loved Elizabeth's witty attitude and her openness, not conforming to the expectations of young women at that time. Her preference to her father definitely appealed to all us 'daddy's girls' and the way she fell for the least likely person.

If readers can forge through the language, then this is a great book for everyone.

Happy reading!