I really enjoyed it. I hate to admit it, but I’ve never read the original. I was always more of a Bronte girl myself. I had seen the Kiera Knightly movie a few years back. That’s all I had to go on.

It’s almost scary how easily the zombies and martial arts and ninjas are slid into the original story. And ball jokes. Darcy likes to make innuendos frequently.

I think if you’re a Austen or zombie fan you’ll probably like this. If you like both you’ll love it.

And I apparently finished it just in time because they’ve announced they plan on adapting it into a movie. I thought while listening to it that it would make a good one. I guess Natalie Portman’s going to play Lizzie? Should be fun!

Basic story, which you would have gotten from the trailers running right now: Margaret, played by Sandra Bullock, is a hard-ass, Canadian book editor living in New York. She let her visa slide so she’s going to be deported. She ropes her assistant, Andrew, played by Ryan Reynolds, into marrying her to stay in the country. To convince they deportation worker it’s a real marriage, they set off for Andrew’s home state of Alaska for his grandma’s birthday party where they plan on telling his family.

Honestly, Sandra plays the same character she pretty much always does. She’s pretty much the same woman she was in 2 Weeks Notice only change lawyer to book editor and up the bitchy scale about 45% (for the first bit of the movie anyway, until she starts to warm when she starts interacting with Andrew’s family). And Ryan Reynolds is in his character comfort zone too. But they both play the roles so well, I didn’t mind at all. And I’m someone bugged by that type of thing.

And the scene they show in the trailer where they’re both naked. Yeah, it’s a bit longer in actual movie. And the camera pans full out. And Ryan’s sweaty. Ok, I’m a perv but it was a nice scene for me.