I hadn't until I was looking for a picture for this post.
I read Eligible on a friend's recommendation, and because it's not that hard to get me to read something based on Pride and Prejudice.
As retellings go, it was really successful. Curtis Sittenfeld achieved a good balance of source material and updating. Plot points were different, but recognizable.
It's set in Cincinnati, and Liz & Jane have to fly home from New York to deal with a family health scare. From there, the story progresses more or less as one would expect.
Darcy is an arrogant neurosurgeon, which feels more believable that just a rich do-nothing.
It was fun. But I probably won't read it again.
(I finished reading this on April 18)
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