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Melodious

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  1. Squueeeeee Jasper is soooooo cute. I get rid of the gunk from Eddie's eyes too Winny looks very comfortable there.
  2. Happy reading *High Five* Keep it in mind for sure
  3. This was my first Hemingway but certainly not my last.
  4. Nice review of the Liam Creed book Athena. Must be hard letting go of the dog at the end. I think my library allows 7 books out at a time.
  5. Synopsis: An old fisherman off the coast of Havana hasn't caught a fish in 84 days and is considered to be 'unlucky' so much so that his young assistant has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him. The man lives alone but the young boy visits him in the evening, makes sure he's fed and they talk about baseball. On the 85th day the old man sails further out into the sea in hoping to end his unlucky streak, there he catches something he never expected and a three day battle ensues. Review: I loved this book. It's quite short (under 100 pages) but there is so much packed in here. The writing style is very simple but impactful. Hemingway insisted there was no metaphor or allegory in this story and that it is simple a story about a man and a fish but the way the story is constructed and delivered to us it's no surprising that this book speaks to people in many different ways. Each individual will take something different from this story, some will relate more to the man while others more to the fish and even the young boy. That's the genius of the book even if he never intended it to be that way. I don't think I should say anymore other than head down to your local library and pick up a copy. It's readable in a afternoon so grab yourself a cuppa and set sail 4/5
  6. Tee hee hee no. Scott just strikes me as someone who doesn't have a fan club already. You two could be the presidents of the fan club Edit: Too late http://scottbakulafanforum.yuku.com/ No need to thank me
  7. I've just realised your avatar is of Martin Clunes. I thought it was like your dad or something
  8. @Marie - I love that song. I haven't listened to that version in a few years so thanks for the reminder. I also love Robert Plant's version just as equally.
  9. It must be difficult when bands don't come and see you. I'm blessed living in the UK in that regard. I'm just 30 min train journey to the second largest city for gigs. I really wanted to tell her how great she was afterwards which is unusual for me as I don't really have a desire to talk to musicians or famous people. I think I've mentioned this before but Pearl Jam are A-MA-ZING live. Seen them 14 times I think. Worth getting out your passport for I got it cut because I just wanted a change after so many years. I do miss it sometimes and it was high maintenance. People were really jealous of my hair though, it grows quite thick.
  10. People who put non-easy peel stickers on books/cds/vinyl should be fired from a cannon into the sun There's a copy of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species in my local Waterstones for £2.50. Bargain but I'm trying to not spend money. Which is pretty easy when you don't have any
  11. I never really listened to much Skunk Anansie but me and a friend went to see them live about 2 years ago. It was incredible. She just burst onto the stage with so much energy and passion I got swept up. She was top drawer. I had a similar experience in high school. I had long hair then and some of the kids in the years below would make fun now and again (nothing really heavy just teasing rather than bullying) but years later I saw a couple of them around town with long hair themselves I like to think of myself as a trend setter
  12. Naawwwww. Scott has his own little fan club
  13. Yes to both. The last episode of QL was so sad
  14. He he he I do that too. It's disgustingly adorable Huskies are irresistible aren't they? Poor Winny
  15. I agree. I think there is potential in games but the story telling in them has a long way to go but they are getting better. Planescape Torment and Bioshock are two great examples of good stories told in a mature way.
  16. Boris is such a cool name for a dog @Abielle - My arm gets tired also his claws are really sharp. You're right though, he's sooooooo cute.
  17. Welcome Sousa. My experience was similar. I fell out of love with reading during high school and it was years before I got it back. Hope you enjoy it here
  18. The first Nick Cave song I ever heard was The Birthday Party. I'm the opposite though, I've been listening to a lot of his later stuff recently and Grinderman. I would really love to see him on the upcoming tour. I saw him last year and it was brilliant.
  19. Sorry about Moses Frankie. I hope you try again one day All those lovely pictures of doggies Whinny is one of those cats eh? My Eddie is as good as gold but he doesn't take no for an answer when he wants to cuddle.
  20. I've been on a big Nick Cave mission lately. The guy is a whirlwind of talent.
  21. Synopsis: Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks. Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere. Review: Well this is an interesting one as I think I disliked the book almost as much as I liked it. I think this comes really down to as this is not the usual thing I like to read. The plot moves at such a breakneck speed that we never get any chance to spend time with any of the characters or the environment around us. I found it difficult to really care for any of the characters and their plight as its not really detailed out to us. It moves at such a pace that it gives no room for any tension to build or the characters to really breathe with exception of the two villains Mr Croup and Mr Vandemar who are great fun to read. I wish the book was about them to be perfectly honest with you. A reason for this however is that the book was written along side the TV script so that could explain the quick pacing. Indeed the chase scene at the beginning interrupts another subdued scene which A) doesn't let the tension build with the chase and B) the switching between two scenes like that is very cinematic rather than a literature technique. By giving the chase its own chapter instead of a line or two here and there we can feel the build up, her breathing, the pain, fear etc but here we don't and it seems nothing more than a little interruption. This is my first Gaiman novel, the only other thing I have read by him was some of the Sandman graphic novels so I'm not sure if my hypothesis is correct or this is his usual writing style. The characters rely on quirkiness than any real depth but in this case I think it's enough. I think the interesting environment and the way it moulds with a real one we can recognise kept the pages turning for me. There is great humour in this book too particularly from Richard, the protagonist, who is your bog standard 'fish-out-of-water' character in a sci-fi/fantasy book. The story isn't about him really but he's there so he can ask questions to have things explained to the reader about the things the other characters would have no reason to talk about otherwise. Despite it's faults, many I admit is more to my personal taste than the writer's ability, I enjoyed this quite a lot and although I think putting in some extra detail here and there to build up a few scenes (Like the bridge for example) I would have no problems recommending this to anyone. I think this would be a great book to give say a young teenager to get them interested in reading and their eyes away from a computer screen for two minutes. Of course that's not to say anyone of any age could enjoy this book. I think there may be a few of you who disagree with me here. HAVE AT YOU GAIMAN FANS 3/5
  22. @Marie - The World Without Us is a book I'm going to read in the near future. It's been on my shelf for a while now. Feral is quite an optimistic book and is a good champion for the rewilding movement and the human need for adventure. Of course who could forget DeMartino? @Kylie - I hope you do, it's a great talk.
  23. I wish I studied a book like Animal Farm when I was in school. We did The Indian in the Cupboard
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