A Return of Joy

It has, yet again, been far, far, FAR too long since I've visited the lovely realm of my cyber book lovers. There has been, not surprisingly, very little reading going on now that the semester has started up again, a fact that I am hoping to change remarkably soon. So as to not get too bogged down in the past, I say we just keep on moving to the present.

I don't know when the last time you were sick was. For it, it has been quite a while. When one is healthy for a long period of time, it is easy to remember being sick as a time of rest, relaxation, and movies. This, however, is not the case, as I've been reminded of with this wicked case of the flu that I've come down with (when living in a hall with upwards of 50 girls, 35 or more of which have the flu, its just a matter of time until sickness comes knocking on your door). Being sick is a time of coughing, sneezing, aching, and general ugliness that really feels like it will never go away. The only thing that is looking up about now is the fact that my roomates and I, as well as most of the hall, has been on a Jane Austen kick lately, more specifically Pride and Prejudice. I blame the release of Becoming Jane, a fabulous movie semi-based on the life of the famous aforementioned author. My room just skipped all of their classes today in order to watch the infamously long 6+ hour A&E version of the book, starring none other than Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth. Yesterday the room across the hall and I watched the most recent version of the film, the one with Kiera Knightly. And, as today was the release of Becoming Jane, we've watched that as well. We've even got chapters from the book printed out and hanging in our bathroom stalls. Pride and Prejudice fever has hit, and hit with a vengence. Blame the sickness, blame the miserably cold weather, blame the fabulous tale itself, either way - it's back. Big time.

Having read my current copy of said book until the cover is about to fall off, I've decided to give Emma a try, having heard that this is also a remarkable book. Hopefully this isn't false. I also plan on earnestly beginning at least a few of my reading challenges, though not too many, as becoming overwhelmed is a huge possibility. We'll just have to see how it goes. I also plan on returning within the week, with some kind of an update. Or maybe I'll just waste more of your time. Either way, it's all a return to joy.

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