Book #8 Completed: "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austin

Mit warned me about this because she has been hearing me complain about this book for over a week. She told me I am going to catch hell from some people about how much I hate this book. I assume she is going to be right so I am giving her props ahead of time....

How in the hell is this book considered a classic or even one of the best books of all time?? I mean, I am sure it was popular back in the 1800's before toilet paper was invented but I am sure it was not because of the words on the pages. First - it is not necessary to use every word in the dictionary! I was like 30 pages into it and I was sure that one of her friends made a drunk challenge to her that she should write a book using each and every word in the dictionary and she sure tried to accept that challenge! Dear God!

Second, I hate this time period in history. It SOOOOOOOOO boring. I wanted to beat my head in with a tire iron every year in history class when we had to go over the American Revolution and the following 50 odd years. NOTHING HAPPENED! American history class should always start with the Civil War, unless you promise that you are going to spend a ridiculous amount of time talking about how Ben Franklin was a fall down skirt chasing drunk - then if that is the case I will share my valuable time with you.

Oh and the characters...ick! All the women ever do is talk about how much money prospective husbands have. Its "oh he is a fine match because he has 30000 and his twelvemonth income is like 800 so that will surely buy you two servants and a trusty mule" I ain't sayin she a golddigger but...well, if you listen to popular music you know the rest.

And how do you find prospective spouses by hanging out with them for like a week and suddenly you are engaged because SHE CUT OFF PART OF HER HAIR FOR YOU???? Seriously, these people needed more bars and possibly television.

The only redeeming thing about this book is that I thought it was cool how they referred to themselves as "I am 7 and 20 years old". This is how I plan on telling people my age.

Well, the best part of the book really was the last page - because it meant that it was over. Thank the man in the sky!!!

Oh and I have to rate this too huh? Ok well, Jane Austin, you get:

...............dead battery, bike won't start......... (on my Vroom scale of motorcycle awesomeness).

Next up: I figured I needed to be a lot dumber to offset the pollution of Jane Austin so I am currently working on "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" and "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"