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How I get my kicks… No prejudice here, that’s a collection to take pride in!
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a warm blanket and cup of hot co ee, must be in want of a good book — at least, so thinks Kayla Blackmore!

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An Orange local, Kayla loves nothing more than snuggling up with something to read, but there is one particular book that keeps her coming back time and time again; a book she, literally, can’t get enough of!

“I just love it, it’s one of my favourite stories – it’s like the original enemy to lovers story,” says Kayla of Jane Austen’s timeless classic Pride and Prejudice
One of the best-loved books in English literature, Pride and Prejudice follows the turbulent courtship between the beautiful, witty but stubborn Elizabeth Bennet and the dashing aristocrat Mr Darcy. It’s a story that’s captured millions of hearts in the 200 years since it was first published and now it’s capturing more and more space on Kayla’s bookshelf!
“I don’t know how I ended up collecting so many, but I just bought one edition and then I just kept finding new, prettier ones and before I knew it, any time I was at a second-hand bookstore or a book fair I was looking out for another copy,” says Kayla, who now owns 21 di erent copies of the novel.
Her favourite though, says Kayla, would