P&P, Facebook Style

Posted by mimi on Dec 11, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Okay, this is just hilarious. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, written as Facebook news feeds. Here’s a sample: Charles Bingley is buying a house! Mrs. Bennet became a fan of Charles Bingley. Kitty Bennet can’t stop coughing!!! Charles Bingley is now friends with Mr. Bennet and Sir William Lucas. 11 of your friends are attending Assembly at Meryton. Fitzwilliam Darcy is...
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Cool Chick: Nancy Drew

Posted by mimi on Sep 19, 2008 in dish | 1 comment In our eyes, she is forever eighteen, resourceful, and smart. She is Nancy Drew, and she is the ultimate Cool Chick.Nancy had boatloads of freedom and resources while those of us sucked between her yellow covers (this was, after all, the 70s) ached for them. She had Ned, a hot boyfriend, but didn’t suffer by the phone praying for him to call. She had a kicky blue convertible. She had her...
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Musings: On Writing

Posted by mimi on Sep 8, 2008 in dish | 3 comments I heart Stephen King. I read the daylights out of Stephen King years ago, stopping when the books resembled (and weighed as much as) concrete blocks. But after reading, and re-reading, his wonderful portmanteau of a writer’s manual and memoir, I’ll probably have to revisit the “K” shelf at the library soon.King’s memoir is by turns hilarious, heartfelt, and as...
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Books and Cooks: False Impression

Posted by mimi on Feb 26, 2008 in dish | 1 comment WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: BREAKFAST CASSEROLEThis is the second Archer page-turner we’ve selected–the first being Kane and Abel–and it was a snack of a book. I ate it in a few hours, actually. It’s extremely fast-paced. The entire action takes place in the week or so following the September 11 attack. The heroine, Anna Petrescu, is a Czech refugee all grown...
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