I'm very excited about today's interviewee. As you know, I had been looking forward to the publication of Jane for months when a review copy happened in my lap and I let out a gasp of joy. Being a modernized retelling of Jane Eyre with a rock star-ized Mr. Rochester named Nico and a cover that hits every last one of my aesthetic buttons, it was sort of made to order for this reader. Needless to say, it more than lived up to my not inconsiderable expectations and I have been recommending it on a pretty much daily basis to family, friends, co-workers, neighbors . . . you get the picture. It's now just under a month until the book is out and, in anticipation of the release, I invited April Lindner over to dish about all things Jane. She kindly accepted. Please welcome April! First things first: The Cover. I am in deep smit with that cover. Did you have any input and what was your reaction upon seeing it for the first time? I adore the cover too, and was blown away the...
Ah, I just saw this too. I'm cautiously optimistic that they keep to the spirit of the book (yes, the anger). Aside: what high school boy has abs like that?! That's a 20 something-year old. *googles*.. yeah 26.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping you'd chime in! Sigh . . . so true. Cautiously optimistic describes my state as well.
ReplyDeleteKody Keplinger commented on the movie http://kodykeplinger.tumblr.com/post/103163060241/on-the-duff-movie-teaser-trailer#notes and it sounds like they had to change it to avoid all the sex, which I guess I understand, but it makes things very different. I'm still interested I think.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link. I like her response. But, yeah, it's gonna be way different. But fun I hope.
ReplyDeleteOk WHAT?!!!! LOVE!!!
ReplyDeleteI know!
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