People have been asking, "What does your novel have to do with Jane Austen?" Good question!
Without giving too much away, let's just say that Sylvie is an English teacher and her life tends to parallel a few of the works she teaches. One of those works is Pride and Prejudice...Hmmm...hope that didn't give too much away--Haha!
There's also a scene during which Sylvie attempts to review Pride and Prejudice (the summer reading) with her students. Here's how it ends:
What does this reveal about Mr. Darcy's personality at the beginning of the novel?”
“Arrogant and conceited,” Courtney jumped into the discussion.
“Yes,” I encouraged, “You’ve all heard of the seven deadly sins, I’m sure. Which one does this episode demonstrate that Mr. Darcy had in abundance?”
“Envy. For Mr. Bingley,” Courtney answered sincerely.
“Perhaps a bit. But what else? What’s the big one?” I prodded them.
“Pride?” Jeremy asked with mock uncertainty, looking right at Courtney with raised eyebrows and shrugged shoulders.
“Yes, Jeremy, pride. Excessive pride isn’t becoming to anyone.”
“So what’s the prejudice about?” Courtney asked. “There weren’t any minorities in the book, as far as I could tell, anyway.”
Matthew Cory
Belle & Sebastian
Gene
Radiohead
ELO
Decemberists
The Sundays
Rush
The Polyphonic Spree
Morrissey/Smiths
Nigel Hickenbottom
Sting/Police
Movies
Seen from 2009:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Knowing
New in Town
The Uninvited
He's Just Not That into You
Sunshine Cleaning
17 Again
Earth
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Invention of Lying
Seen from 2008:
Nim's Island
Definitely, Maybe
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Be Kind Rewind
Fool's Gold
I.O.U.S.A.
Sense & Sensibility
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Deception
Iron Man
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day
Australia
The House Bunny
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants II
Miss Austen Regrets
American Teen
Swing Vote
Seven Pounds
Baby Mama
Flash of Genius
Lost in Austen
Last Chance Harvey
Twilight
WALL-E
Seen from 2007 (favorite movies are starred):
Once
P.S. I Love You *
Enchanted *
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Waitress *
Mr. Bean's Holiday *
Music and Lyrics *
Premonition
The Last Mimzy
Disturbia
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War ..ion
Sicko
The Simpsons Movie
Becoming Jane *
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit...
Amazing Grace *
Freedom Writers
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Across the Universe
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters*
Sydney White*
Death at a Funeral
Juno
Next
Stardust
Marathon Challenge
27 Dresses
Martian Child
Jane Austen's Persuasion
Ballet Shoes
All-time Favorites:
The Sound of Music
Kate & Leopold
Pride and Prejudice
Bride & Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
The Prestige
The Spanish Prisoner
What About Bob?
The Fugitive
North & South (with Richard Armitage)
Television
Monk!!!
The Office
Lost
Arrested Development (Movie in the works!)
Gilmore Girls
The Vicar of Dibley
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
MacGyver (Check out the MythBusters 100th episode special!)
Robin Hood: Seasons 1 & 2
Books
Non-fiction that gets me all riled up and intelligent chick-lit, especially Must've Done Something Good, of course!
Cheryl's Details
Status:
Married
Hometown:
Worcester, Massachusetts
Zodiac Sign:
Libra
Cheryl's Schools
Assumption College
Worcester, MA
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
If you love The Sound of Music and Jane Austen (and smart chick lit that doesn't feature shoe worship or dozens of designer name-drops), then Must've Done Something Good is the book for you!
Sylvie O’Rourke, The Sound of Music devotee and born procrastinator, is about to die. Well, she thinks she is, anyway, and so attempts a last-ditch bargain with God for her life. “You guys are my witnesses,” she tells her sisters somewhere over Connecticut. “If we get out of this plane alive, I promise to do something good with my life.”
Back on firm ground, Kate and Meg won’t let their sister forget her promise, and with their years of practice hitting just the right chords of guilt (“What kind of person lies to God?” Meg wants to know), Sylvie finally caves.
A teaching position at the broken-down St. Matthew’s High School appears to be Sylvie’s perfect opportunity to do some good, though her irreverent style gets her called down to the principal more often than her students. Can Sylvie keep her promise and make it through the year, dignity and sanity intact?
Cheryl Cory was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She spent the first twenty-six years of her life in nearby Holden, where she graduated from Wachusett Regional High School in 1993. She and her husband Matthew have been living in Worcester since 2004.
Since graduating from Assumption College, Cheryl has held a number of jobs in finance, insurance, healthcare and education (one very long year teaching English to five very large classes of tenth-graders). Writing has been, by far, her favorite occupation.
The Corys have a cat named Betsy who was the inspiration behind the hilarious children’s musical “Professor Smellbottom & the P.U. Patrol.” Her reputation is deserved. They also have one ALF stuffed alien.
When not cajoling strangers into buying her book, Cheryl enjoys reading (non-fiction about why our society is so messed up, followed by hilarious fiction so as not to wind up overly depressed). She also loves long walks with her husband (not necessarily on the beach—around the lake, mostly) and ridding herself of superfluous possessions. Cheryl suspects she may be just a couple of old sweatshirts and some mateless Rubbermaid covers away from nirvana.
It's a thrilling adventure in my new novel, "Life After Phantom: Opera Erotica!" See 28, Five-Star Reviews in my "REVIEWS" Blog on my Profile. Please visit my profile for more details and insight. You might be pleasantly surprised...*wink*
TITLE: Life After Phantom: Opera Erotica AUTHOR: Samantha
