02/13/11
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair by Elizabeth Laird (Goodreads | Amazon
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (Goodreads | Amazon
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Goodreads | Amazon
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Your dog is so so cute!!!
I am the same, l never read classical books but l hope to one day!
Enjoy your books, the bookmark is so cool! -
I love anything Austen and when I get the urge to wrap myself in romance it's Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet. I keep seeing her on top of the mountain crying tears in the rain when she realizes the man she loves has married another….
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Love the rottie sighting. We need more dogs on IMM!
I also like the Twilighty covers that Harper Teen has given these classics. I hope it gets more people to read them. I read Jane Eyre in 9th grade, but I should really re-read it. I've read Sense & Sensibility twice. It's good although not Austen's best IMO. -
The betrayal of maggie blair has a gorgeous cover! Thanks for sharing Kristi!
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I haven't read many classical books either…just whatever they made me read in high school. They just don't hold my attention and getting through them is like pulling teeth…*sigh*..maybe at some point in my life they will appeal.
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I hope you like Jane Eyre. It's my favorite book. Hopefully teens will read it too.
(And yes you said MacLean right.)
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Ooh love the new covers for Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility! And also, the Betrayal of Maggie Blair sounds very good! Great haul this week, love your jacket!
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair is on my wish list on goodreads since october it seems really good I can't wait to read it
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Sense & Sensibily and Jane Eyre aaah I love those books, one of my favorite classics novels I hope you'll like them !And i'm soooooo jealous about your Iron Queen sweat shirt !
Happy reading !
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I love the new covers on Jane Eyre & Sense and Sensibility. I think Jane Eyre is my favourite book EVER
Thank you for continuing with IMM -
I've been dying to read The Betrayal of Maggie Blair. It looks amazing, and I love witches (or the stories, thereof) haha Enjoy, Kristi!
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The only classics I've read are the ones I was forced to in school. It has put me off trying others now I'm a little older and reading more I am sad to say, but I do love those new covers! So jealous of that Iron Queen hoodie! So pretty! And I adore The Iron Fey. Happy reading!
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Love the Iron Queen hoodie! Looks so comfy! Not sure if I'm a fan of those redesigned cover for the classics, but the books are great! Hope you enjoy!
Happy Reading.
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Love the vlog
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Haha when the video first started Xander scared me a bit because I didn't realize he was behind your chair! he's sooooo adorable by the way <33
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INteresting books, I haven't read either of the AUsten books. Happy reading. ^_^
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I shall hold back my rampage over the Twilighing of the classic novels because I saw XANDER! And he distracted me long enough to make me spare you my tirade on how stupid I think that is.
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I'm sure I saw Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights with similar covers in the UK last Summer, though obviously not from 'Harper Teen'. I haven't read Sense & Sensibility either but I have read Jane Eyre when I was doing my English Lit A level course and it is brilliant.
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair looks really good. I think it's pretty neat how you mentioned it is based on her family history. WOW! I also love the new covers for the classics. I should get them for my classroom. Thanks for sharing those!
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Fab books this week, I love the sound of The Betrayal of Maggie Blair and the new covers for Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility do look very nice. I haven't yet read either of them (wasn't able to get into Pride and Prejudice some reason). Maybe one day I'll try again.
Happy Reading
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I haven't read any of the classics. I should hide my face in shame lol.
Hmm, I'm not at all sure about Maggie Blair. I'm going to wait to see some more reviews on this before I decide.
Happy reading!
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I never read the classics as a younger reader either. Though I have read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, Jane Austen is an author that I have avoided.
Thanks for hosting IMM. I get so many ideas for books to read.
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I haven't read Sense & Sensibility either. But the new covers Harper Teen put on the classics are so pretty. I will probably end up buying them for the covers! They kind of remind me of the Twilight covers a little…
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The Betrayal Of Maggie Blair sounds fantastic…and set in Scotland too! I'm interested
Kristi, I've barely read any of the classics either. I keep 'meaning' too but just never get round to it. Those are very pretty covers though!
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Jane Eyre! <3
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Ooh, cool books! The Betrayal.. has a very pretty cover!
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I'm on the fence about the classics being redesigned. On one hand I think it's an awesome idea – helps get them into the hands of a whole new generation of readers (and let's face it the old covers are pretty ugly and don't do much to sell themselves) – but on the other hand – do I really want people mistaking Pride and Prejudice as the 5th Twilight novel?
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I love the sound of The Betrayal Of Magiie Blair, histroicals are my favourite. The cover is beautiful too
I'm planning on getting some of the classics from the library as I really want to read a lot of them in my teens. I hope that the new covers entice more readers through the Twilightish feel to them! -
I haven't read any of Jane Austen's books or Jane Eyre… I'm feeling a little bit ashamed too, lol
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I can't wait to get on reading The Betrayal of Maggie Blair, it looks and sounds amazing. Great stuff this week. Happy Reading!
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Oh trust me, you're not the only one who hasn't read many classic novels. Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility are books that I too have yet to read. Hope you enjoy them Kristi!
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Don't feel bad about not reading the classics as from the above comments, looks like you're not the only one! I have a copy of Sense & Sensibily, but still haven't gotten around to it. Some day…
Love the Iron Queen hoodie!
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I love the shiny new covers for the classics. I want them – but I can't I already own those books and I can't possibly buy more of the same just for pretty covers. Can I?
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It's probably odd that I haven't heard of Sarah MacLean, but you are the second person to talk about liking her books. Soooo, on my radar now as a read.
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Thank you Kristi for hosting In My Mailbox it's my first time to participate and it's nice to be a part of.
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I love the Love By Numbers series! I recently read Ten Ways To Be Adored When Landing A Lord and I am excited to read the final book in the series. Enjoy all your books!
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I really need to read Sarah's books!! Specially The Season! Great books Kristi, happy reading
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Oh I've had my eye on the Betrayal of Maggie Blair, I love the sound of it:) Now that I don't have to read Jane Eyre for school, I should go back and re-read it, I think I'll have a very different reaction to it when I get to read it for fun instead of knowing I'm going to be tested on it:)
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I love how they repackaged the classics. I love most of those books, but don't own them. I'll have to snatch 'em up!
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Love the hoodie! Can we buy those somewhere?!
And Xander is so cute.
I love the redesigned looks.
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Nice mailbox contents, though I'm not sure I'm lovin' the Twilight-ish covers of the Classics reissues.
Question: What does it mean when there's a little red x by my name in the links. This has happened the last three times I've posted a link.
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brenda
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Lovely batch of books! I really enjoy classic books, especially Jane Austen, but I too haven't read them all!
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I loved the setting for, "The Betrayal of Maggie Blair." The story wasn't what I was expecting, but I still enjoyed it
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I totally was the same way in high school. I only read the "classic" novels that I had to for classes. My goal too is to read more!
Love IMM, look forward to it every week!
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I don't think you can ever go wrong with SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and JANE EYRE. =) Happy reading!
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Great classics this week! Enjoy!
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair sounds awesome!
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair sounds good. Never heard of that one.
Happy reading!
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I'm interested to hear what you think about The Betrayal of Maggie Blair. I thought it was pretty dang good, myself…but I know the religious tones won't work for everyone.
Read away!
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I love Jane Eyre, and I hope you enjoy it!
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Even your small haul weeks are awesome!!!=)
Enjoy your reads!!!=)
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Love Austen, and Jane Eyre is one of my top favorite reads of all time – it was considered a very radical statement on feminine independence in its time – I hope you enjoy them both.
As for me, I am off to add The Betrayal of Maggie Blair onto my TBR list
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I've been meaning to check The Iron Fey series out. Happy reading!
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Your blog are awesome!
I loved your mailbox! im already fllowing you ;D
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The Betrayal of Maggie Blair sounds good!
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I really need to read some of the classics…I'm such a slacker when it comes to those! Enjoy all of your books
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I'm the same way also I've never read any of the Classics, but I do want to at some point.
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Oooh, lovely books! The Betrayal of Maggie Blair sounds awesome, I love historicals. And the new covers for Sense and Sensibility and Jane Eyre are so pretty!
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As far as classics go I haven't read that many of them either. It's sad but I too hope to change that this year.
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Jane Eyre rocks, I love love love that book! ALSO, the modern update of it, Jane by April Lindner is pretty good too.
Yay for the CLASSICS!
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Huuuum. I don't like the Jane Austen's and Charlotte Brönte's books cover. Just too Twilight like. It's a shame ! >___<
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I still have never read anything by Jane Austin!
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