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  1. How far have you got with Jordan's WOT Univerze? A lot of people seem to give up after book 6 or so.

    Guess I did the same.. :D think I have read about half the series. I plan on buying them all now, so I can re-start any book when I want to instead of having to wait for the library to get them again. They always just have one copy of each book, so they're never available. :)

     

    But I'm there with you Vanwa, the cheapest copies I can find are 10 euros a piece, for paperbacks, so all the series isn't cheap. :kissing:

  2. The Seven Waters Series by Juliet Marillier.

    One of my favourite series of all times. Have read them several times now.

     

    I love Jacqueline Carey. Kushiel's Dart series and Imriel (Treason's heir) series are two of my favourites ever. The world she creates, Terre D'Ange, fantastic.

  3. I think I've re-read all HP books for say, 6 or 7 times now? I had never read them until the first film came out, then before the second one came out, I read all books, loved them. I started with reading them translated, I have them all in Dutch. Then when the last book came out I couldn't wait for the translated version (takes at least half a year for that one every time) so I started on the English one. Much better. So now I have about half the books in English too, pretty pretty hardcovers. :friends0:

     

    Actually, I liked the later books more, they're just a little heavier and less children's books in my opinion. Also I love that they got bigger as the series continued, bigger books are better in my opinion.

     

    But now every once in a while (generally before a new film comes out) I re-read all books except the one of which film it is. (Or else I'll be comparing all during the film, no fun).

     

    But these books are great, easy to read in my opinion too, you just race right through them. They're great for when you want to relax, get back into the world of HP, which is brilliant to me. :D

  4. I saw Paranormal Activity over the weekend and loved it. It was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. There was a great build up and the actors were really good at creating some tension.

    I find the tension in films such as this and What Lies Beneath has me a lot more on edge than slasher films.

    Haven't seen this one yet, am quite curious since I have heard some people say they were so scared they couldn't sleep the night after, and some people said it was boring and not scary in the least. From what I have seen OF it though, I really can't imagine me being very scared by it..

     

     

    2012, funnily also the time i started to feel bored and sleepy, and the film started at 20:00

    I hated that film. I love apocalyptic disaster films, at least the idea, none of those actually ever lives up to my expectations. There were so many things here that just didn't add up, I'm a bit of a science geek at times so am always looking for the expanation WHY in films. This one, meh. First half was horrible, got a little better then, but still, not one I will be watching again soon.:friends0: If ever.

  5. Ah, it's on telly tonight. On BBC. Might watch it, or record it I think, since mom doesn't understand English well enough to watch it without subtitles. :D

     

    And honestly, I haven't see or read The Thirty-Nine Steps, but what comes to mind more is War of the World, and then the horrible adaptation with Tom Cruise. Hollywood remake for sure. :friends0:

  6. I used to love Michael Ende's the Neverending Story, was so magical to read that with the red and blue letters.. ofcourse back then I read it as "Het Oneindige Verhaal".

    Dutch authors have some great kids books, and a lot of which were my favs.

    Tonke Dragt - Torenhoog en Mijlenbreed (don't know if it's been translated into English), Torens van Februari (Towers of February)

    Thea Beckman - basically all her books, but mostly Children of Mother Earth: a futuristic novel set ten centuries after World War III, describing the struggle between utopian Thule (Greenland, after a climate change made it prosperous) and Baden (militaristic European nation. :friends0:

     

    Oh and edit this: How can I forget, but adored the Black Stallion books, by Walter Farley.

  7. The Gunslinger is a very slow book indeed (read it as De Scherpschutter :( ), but if you consider the books as one, it's only normal SK.. He always takes a while to get a book going, and in long books, like The Stand or It, it seems to take forever. So am used to that. What I do think, is that it might make a difference wether these books are read translated or not. I know I keep saying that in other posts, but for the books that originally were written in English, and that I have read both in English and Dutch, I always liked the original language better. So, I'll see if I like them better in English.

     

    Also, seems I just read the first two books, just checked and nothing about book three sounds familiar. :friends0:

  8. Oh I agree on attraction for the macabre, I have that too, have been reading adult horror books since I was 10 or something (then mainly Stephen King and Dean Koontz and such), and only the last 10 years I have been reading more fantasy. So I love things macabre, and I have found some things that other people, say, my friends, find too extreme, I actually like. But this book is seriously crossing the lines for me. I love her other books (Drawing Blood, Lost Souls) but don't think I'll be reading Exquisite Corpse again. :friends0:

  9. Well, guess I am one of the few who didn't particularly like the Road. And you know, I can barely remember it. It didn't really make that much of an impression on me, maybe because I expected it to be. I didn't know there was a hype going on about this book when I read it, but the few reviews I did read were so very positive. I expected more I guess. Reading the synopsis still gets me interested, so might pick up this book again one day, I mean, it sometimes happens that a book that otherwise might have made an impression on me, doesn't affect me much because too much is going on in my life at that time (and that certainly goes for the last year and a half).

     

    I would have liked a little more on the cataclysm that happened, I am a sucker for apocalyptic settings, and as far as that goes, the book doesn't give me enough.

     

    As far as his other works go, don't know if I will be reading any of it. Just read some of what they're about, and a lot seems to take place in the USA, in time periods I don't really care about. :friends0:

  10. I have to admit, he's more what I like about vampires. You know, sexy and a bit scary. If they're not scary it's not fun. And honestly, they have to drink human blood, animal blood or just True Blood, what's fun about that? :friends0:

    Too bad Eric's blond. :(

     

    But like I said, I will probably give this series another shot, when and IF I ever get more time. *sighs*

  11. Ofcourse there's a Dracula film with Keanu Reeves,am amazed if anyone hasn't seen it! :friends0: Gary Oldman as Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina, Keanu is Jonathan Harker. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. I kinda like this film (though honestly, it has it's baaaad moments).

     

    However, has been years since I have read Dracula, and then I tried for it in English, the Dutch translations are no fun. But didn't get too much of it, was bored with it soon.. now my english is much better, I'd probably enjoy it more too. So on my to be read list again.

  12. 1. HIM - Vampire Heart

    2. Within Temptation - Candles

    3. Cruachan - Cattle Raid Of Cooley

    4. Apocalyptica - Path Vol. 2

    5. Epica - Another Me (In Lack'ech)

    6. Visions of Atlantis - Last Shut of Your Eyes

    7. Psyclon Nine - Bellum In Abyssus

    8. Sonata Arctica - Revontulet

    9. Isis - Faun

    10. Agathodaimon - Light Reborn

     

    Okay I put the bands first and not the song titles. But you'll get it. :friends0:

  13. Watched the first season of True Blood, since some people recommended it to me, said I had to watch it since I adore vampires. Hmm. I liked it, and hated it. Anna Paquin, not one of my favourite actresses, she was okay in X-Men, but she has something that annoys me. And Bill's too scruffy and not sexy enough for a vampire. :friends0: I haven't read the books either, so can't compare. And well, I don't hate it, but it's not that much a series for me. If I ever have the time I might watch more, but there's some shows that go first. :(

     

    The title song rules though. I usually don't like that kind of music, but this one is fantastic. :D

  14. Ahh too bad. Ofcourse I'll give it a try, did so with every Star Trek that came out, but well, me and soap operas don't really get along, so if you compare this to that.. :friends0:

    I like SG1 the best, Jack's my fav character, was a little cranky when he sorta disappeared off the show, but I got to like the new characters lots too. Plus it was nice to have a different adversary than the Goa'uld, call me crazy but after so many seasons these guys were beginning t get on my nerves. :D

     

    Stargate Atlantis, well I watched about two seasons, these days I don't have much time to watch series (and currently working on getting through all seasons of the X-files again) so haven't seen much more than that. Teyla and Ronon were so annoying. :( Love this whole ancient technology thing, but still, am an SG1 girl. :guess:

     

    Also, I love Doctor Who, at least the new series, at least the first two (or three) seasons, again haven't seen much more. And Torchwood. <3

  15. I adored the Stand. One of my favourite Stephen King books, and one of my fav books of all times. I have read it.. think about 10 times already. Though, must admit, only in Dutch, my native tongue. Thought about ordering it in English, since I like that better these days.

    But the Stand is like every SK book, slow paced at the beginning, where he describes everyone's lives first, only to let them come together later on.

     

    Great book though. I love that it's so big, I mean, the bigger the book, the better.

  16. It seems like whenever I have a nice bookmark, I lose them. I need multiple ones anyway, I always read more than one book at once, and sometimes I put a book away for a while only to pick it up later. So I usually use either a scrap of paper, or a postcard or card from a store etc. I never dog-ear books, can't believe there's people who do that. :friends0:

  17. Metal, gothic, rock, industrial. Stuff like that.

    69 eyes, Agathodaimon, Apocalyptica, Blutengel, DragonForce, Fields of the Nephilim, HIM, Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes, Nightwish, Placebo, Psyclon Nine, Sonata Arctica, Vanishing Point.

    Folk music sometimes, Loreena McKennit, Faun.

  18. I really don't like poetry, apart from the odd poem here and there. The one I like best has got to be the Raven, by Poe. Why? Because that one most resembles a story, an actual story with a clear storyline. For my tastes, most poems are too abstract, or too banal. It's so abstract you have to go through a lot of trouble to figure out what the poets meaning is (even if that's sometimes just up to the reader), which takes away fun of reading it, OR you get poems about say, a little goat or bird or whatever. Not my cup of tea. Mind you, I have this big book on my bookshelf with stories and poems by Poe, so I might gives those poems a read, you never know if you don't try it right?

    But to me, poems just bore me, or they give me this feeling one of you guys mentioned, "they're trying too hard". :friends0:

  19. I loved Hellbound Heart, had to read that one after I re-watched all Hellraiser films and loved them.. ehh most of them. Some are, well.. bad. :friends0:

    I read Abarat, liked it but not enough to start reading the second book. Oh and I read the Thief of Always, actually I own that one, but it's been so long I barely remember. Might re-read soon, is a thin book so I'll finish it quickly.

     

    Books of Blood and Imajica are on my to-be-read list. As are too many other books. :(

  20. I think I've gotten about halfway in this series, then got bored with it since I read all of them back to back, and when I wanted to pick them up I couldn't remember a lot of it. I am starting the books again soon though, and now, I am reading them in English, whereas before I read them translated to Dutch. My brother gave me The Eye of the World for Christmas, when it arrives I'll start.

     

    Has been years since I read any of it, but can remember I love it. :friends0:

  21. Well reading here about this new book I might give it a try. Reading the synopsis and knowing SK's style I didn't think it would be very entertaining, cause even though I love his books, they can be a bit of a slow read at times, some parts at least. So when this one comes available at my library, I'll get it. Not risking spending money on it just yet, if I like it, I'll buy it. :(

     

    My favourites of his are It, The Stand (best one), The Talisman (okay I just looked this one up online, and IMDB has a film set up for it in 2012.. almost choked, I love this book!), Dark Tower series... as far as I've gotten, which is like book 3. I re-read, by book three I am sick of it for a while, put it down, and by the time I want to pick up again, I've forgotten a lot.. :friends0:

     

    His recent books are boring though. I started Cell. Apocalyptic book, yay? No. Just boring.

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