Sense & Sensibility (1811)

Authored by Jane Austen
Original language: English
Genre: Romance/Classic/Satire
374 pages

Knew this book after reading "Pride & Prejudice." Well, I'm a fan of Jane Austen now :D Just like the other books that were written by her, "Sense and Sensibility" is also classy, charming, beautiful and has "something." (I can't explain this feeling)

At the first time, I felt that the story went quite flat, but pages after pages, everything changed. It made me feel so curious.

This book is interesting and cool, the emotions are deep, it has a few twists too. The book was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1995. Although it's not Jane Austen's best, but it's easier to understand and the plot is less complicated. Somehow, I prefer "Pride and Prejudice", but "Sense and Sensibility" is still magnificent. I would definitely recommend this.

Blurb~

Sisters Marianne and Elinor couldn't be more different. Marianne is desperately romantic and longing to meet the man of her dreams, while Elinor takes a far more cautious approach to love.

When the two of them move to the country with their family, miles away from London, there is little prospect of them finding anyone at all. But then they meet their new neighbours - including kind Edward Ferrers and the good-looking, dangerous Willoughby - and it seems happiness may be just round the corner after all.Things aren't always as they appear to be, though. Soon, both sisters will need to decide who to trust in their search for love: their family, their new friends, their heads - or their hearts?

Haven't watched the movie, but this is the trailer

The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000)

Authored by Sophie Kinsella (Madeleina Wickham)
Alternative title: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Original language: English
Genre: Chick-lit/Comedy/Romance
319 pages

Just watched the movie a few months ago, then went to bookstore looking for this. But somehow, I love the book better :)

This book as absolutely funny, light, and creative. I love the part when she tries to hide her debt collector and says that he's stalking on her, and when she wants to buy the Denny & George scarf but she needs twenty pounds more, she asks her friend but no use, then Luke Brandon hears it and stops the whole Press Conference just so he can give her twenty pounds because she has made up a story about she needs the money to buy a present for her sick aunt.

"The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic" is the first book in the Shopaholic series. The story is about Rebecca Bloomwood, a journalist, who is addicted to shopping and has a serious amount of debt because of her addiction.

The blurb~

From Publishers Weekly

Add this aptly titled piffle to the ranks of pink-covered girl-centric fiction that has come sailing out of England over the last two years. At age 25, Rebecca Bloomwood has everything she wants. Or does she? Can her career as a financial journalist, a fab flat and a closet full of designer clothes lessen the blow of the dunning letters from credit card companies and banks that have been arriving too quickly to be contained by the drawer in which Rebecca hides them? Although her romantic entanglements tend toward the superficial, there is that wonderful Luke Brandon of Brandon Communications: handsome, intelligent, the 31st-richest bachelor according to Harper's and actually possessed of a personality that is more substance than style. Too bad that Rebecca blows it whenever their paths cross. Will Rebecca learn to stop shopping before she loses everything worthwhile? When faced with the opportunity to do good for others and impress Luke, will she finally measure up? Rebecca is so unremittingly shallow and Luke is so wonderful that readers may find themselves rooting for the heroine not to get the man although, since Shakespeare's time, there's rarely been any doubt concerning how romantic comedies will end. There's a certain degree of madcap fun with some of Rebecca's creative untruths; when she persuades her parents that a bank manager is a stalker, some very amusing situations ensue. Still, this is familiar stuff, and Rebecca is the kind of unrepentant spender who will make readers, save those who share her disorder in the worst way, pity the poor bill collector. (Feb. 13) Forecast: This is a well-designed book, with a catchy magenta spine, and a colorful and kinetic double cover which will attract many browsers. Major ad/promo, including national NPR sponsorships, will enhance sales, despite the novel's flaws.

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The book is followed by "Shopaholic Abroad" (2002)

Time Traveler's Wife (2003)

Authored by Audrey Niffenegger
Original language: English
Genre: Science fiction/Romance
546 pages

The story is about Henry De Tamble, who has an ability to explore the time. He can suddenly disappear and appear in unrecognized places. Ten years ago or that will come, while exploring time, he meets Clare Abshire, a girl who lives in Michigan, and then there's a love story. Problems arise because at the age of Henry's back and forth according to its location in time, Clare is on the increase with age normal. But this book is in a way that is so soft and smooth, so this book is not just ordinary love story. I think that the story focuses on Clare Abshire's live, the readers will be able to capture the beauty and strangeness of life. This book was adapted into a movie of the same title in 2009.

Audrey Niffenegger on The Time Traveler's Wife, Part 1

Audrey Niffenegger on The Time Traveler's Wife, Part 2

Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Authored by Jane Austen
Original language: English
Genre: Romance/Novel of manners/Satire/Classic

The story is about Elizabeth Bennet, one of Mr and Mrs Bennet five daughters. Mr and Mrs Bennet have no sons, and that conduces his wife and daughters will be left without any inheritance, money or even a house if Mr Bennet dies, because the inheritance has to be given to his cousin, Mr. Collins. So it becomes important to Mrs. Bennet that at least one of her daughters will marry a man who can protect their wealth. Then one day, Mrs. Bennet is quite interested when there's a news about rich people who move into Netherfield, nearby their area. For the sake of her daughters, Mrs. Bennet immediately urged her husband to meet with the newly arrived neighbor, Mr. Bingley. Some of the Bingley family members will attend the ball. Mr.Bingley has a cousin, Fitzwilliam Darcy, but for Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy appearance is so annoying.

Elizabeth never thought his life should always collides with Mr. Darcy. Although Mr. Darcy is the target of many women because of his wealth, Elizabeth is not interested in him at all. His pride and arrogance make ​​her sick. Elizabeth suspect the possibility of Mr. Darcy has a big role in a thwarted love affair between her sister and Mr. Bingley. She thinks that Mr. Darcy isn't more than most of the the noblemen who despise people under their social status. But then a letter came. For the first time, Elizabeth sees the different side of Mr. Darcy that she never would have thought so far. And before she managed to accept the situation, Elizabeth knew, the man who she has always avoided is the one who secretly been in love with.

The book was adapted into TV series in 1980 & 1995, and also movie in 2005.
This is the snippet of 1995's mini series, Love this version of Mr. Darcy so much!! XD