The Other Boleyn Girl

I've been looking at this and all of Philippa Gregory's books for some time now, and I just generally kept telling myself I would read them when I get the chance. I've heard good reviews of her writing, and I've always been interested in that part of history, so I figured they'd make good reads. About a week ago, Mike mentioned that he'd seen a preview for the movie adaptation of The Other Boleyn Girl, and that he thought it would be really nice for us to go see it. I immediately refused, because I have this Thing where I do not go to see movies based on books without first reading the books. At least, not if I can help it. Sooo, I ran out to the store and grabbed a copy of the book. Annoyingly, though perhaps not unexpectedly, the cheapest copy was the new paperback with Natalie Portman & Co. on the cover, and not the original. (I have a Thing about this as well, you see.) Still, since it was literally half the price of the original, I swallowed my pride, reminded myself that this would allow me to save money for the *other* books, and bought it.

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