As Lou Grant said to Mary Tyler Moore “You’ve got spunk”. Jane Eyre definitely has spunk. I related more to her than I have to any other classic heroine. She sticks to her principles & speaks up when she doesn’t like something, but she’s still feminine.

Jane makes the perfect modern day character, but it’s astounding that Charlotte Bronte wrote this in 1848. I can only imagine what the more conservative people of the day thought of Jane Eyre, but I’m a huge fan. Once again, thanks to Rory’s Book Club for the fantastic introduction. Of course I knew there was a book called Jane Eyre, but I never read it because it was sitting on the bookshelf, leather bound, next to all of the other “boring” books.

This is definitely a book where I can actually see why it’s a classic. Robert Louis Stevenson was a genius. It’s also one of the few books that is better as a movie. However, I can’t remember exactly what version of Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde I saw, I just remember that it was scary. I also can’t tell you why some refer to is as the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde but other copies of the book are just called Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. So basically, I’m no help at all. I just really liked the book.

Every Monday since I started this site, I’ve reviewed a book from Rory’s Book Club. This means reading at least one book a week. Well, obviously that didn’t happen this week. Blame the fact that John Grisham was looking so much more fun than David Copperfield. Also blame the free preview of Showtime last weekend. Pretty much blame anything that isn’t me. I’ll start reading the list again, pinky swear.

I’ll admit that I was getting a little burnt out by reading Rory’s Book Club list. I never considered giving up the project, but I am woefully behind because I’ve been reading non Rory books. Shocking, I know.

Then I picked up Small Island by Andrea Levy & it reminded me why I’m doing this project. It reminded me why I read in general. Small Island is about Jamaican immigrants to England after WWII. It’s a good book. A very good book. One that I never would’ve picked up without Rory’s book club.

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