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Laura-Jade

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  • Birthday 08/16/1991

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  1. Salad Cream sandwiches. Beetroot and coleslaw sandwiches (they are seriously delicious!) American dramas - Gossip Girl, 90210, The OC etc. TV shows with people falling over - Total Wipeout, Takeshi's Castle etc. They always cheer me up Disney Channel - Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana, JONAS, Sonny With A Chance etc. I'm 18 years old Power ballads and 80's hair metal bands - Air Supply, Heart, REO Speedwagon I love belting out rock songs while I'm cleaning
  2. I use my local library quite often but what I usually find happens is I completely fall in love with the book I've borrowed and end up buying a copy anyway . Luckily my town has 2 libraries - one about a 20 minute walk from my house, which is very small but still has a semi-decent selection, and one about a 20 minute bus ride which is bigger and has a great, wide range of books to choose from. There's also another library, even bigger, about a 45 minute bus ride away, so if I ever run out of money to spend on books I'll be fine .
  3. I cried for hours after reading A Walk To Remember. The film version also makes me cry but the book was much, much worse. I was a wreck! I actually prefer the film version of The Notebook to the book, but I also believe that the film is a little overrated . I enjoy Nicholas Sparks' novels, but they can get quite repetitive as they often deal with the same themes - romance, death etc. I've just finished The Last Song which also made me cry, but the ending felt a little rushed. The Last Song also focusses heavily on religion, the characters are big on Christianity and (without giving too much of the plot away) the local church features heavily, which made me a little uncomfortable as I am not religious. But I enjoyed the story very much, I'll probably see the film version when it's released later this year, even if it does star *gulp* Miley Cyrus .
  4. Oh, I loathe that version of Hamlet . My friends and I fell in love with the play while studying it for A-Level and we watched as many versions and adaptations as we could to contrast and compare, but were all left cold by that one. But, Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet is my all-time favourite interpretation, it's absolutely gorgeous, and the only adaptation of Romeo & Juliet that's ever made me cry. I agree with the idea of watching movie versions of the plays. It helps when you see the scenes and hear the dialogue spoken, it makes it easier to understand. Also, if you can, try and see some on stage. There was a theatre group a year or so ago that performed Hamlet at Lancaster Castle and it was amazing. It was set up so the audience had to move around the castle and the scenes with Old Hamlet's ghost were truly chilling to watch against the backdrop of the castle. The climax of the play was performed outside, it was wonderful
  5. I finished Nicholas Sparks' The Last Song while babysitting today. I cried my eyes out, the kids thought I'd lost my mind . I've just started reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. I really want to read all of her books - I've read Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility so far. P.S. rach.at.the.disco - I love your avatar! It's gorgeous
  6. A friend of mine got the Sony Reader for her birthday just before she went away to university, for convenience's sake. I had a go and while I was impressed with how good it was, I still prefer real books. I like holding them, looking at the cover art, watching how you progress through. I take great delight in cracking the spines . Also, and this is the show-off in me, I like seeing my bookshelves full to bursting with books I've read. It makes me smile .
  7. I was surprised at how many people actually talked to me. I'd just make the odd comment such as 'Oh, I love that author' or 'have you read his latest?' or something like that, and it usually took off from there. There were, however, quite a few people who looked at me like I was mental . And, yes, they should know by now!:) Oh, I adore Lolita!
  8. I love the Cravendale adverts . And I also adored the bread advert (Hovis, IIRC) where the young boy goes through history. It's lovely . I hate any of the compensation adverts and the cash for gold ones. There's one fairly recent ad for a website that will lend you money with the bloke acting out a conversation between two people. The interest rates in the tiny print on the bottom of the screen are unbelievable, I can't believe they get away with it .
  9. Even if I've got a pre-planned list of what I want to buy, it's still rare for me to get in and out straight away. I end up wandering around, looking at the displays, visiting my favourite sections (Mystery and Classics) and all the Bestsellers lists and everything. I'd estimate I take about an hour, average. There was one memorable afternoon just before Christmas when I was in my local Waterstone's for around 4 hours. I kept striking up conversations with strangers and the staff about certain authors and books, they probably thought I was lonely . I can't walk past a bookshop without having a nosy, it's become a bit of a family joke. If I'm ever out shopping with my family they try and take the route which won't lead me past a bookshop. And if I ever wander off while they're shopping the first thing they do is check the bookshops before calling me .
  10. I thought it was a clever theory. When I've got time I plan on re-reading it (again! ) and seeing if I can spot anything that supports the idea .
  11. I read this years ago when we studied it for GCSE and, even though the rest of the class hated it, I loved it. I bought my own copy about six months ago and re-read it immediately. It's such a classic plot, and so famous. I'd definitely count it among my favourite horror/thrillers. A friend of mine is studying English Literature at university and they discussed Jekyll and Hyde. Something she emailed me has always stuck in my mind - her lecturer commented how Jekyll could be gay, and that Hyde is his subconcious expressing his 'darker side' - bearing in mind when it was written. I just thought it was an interesting idea .
  12. I absolutely love the TV show, it's one of my favourites. However, I do also love The OC and it's made by the same people so... I haven't read the books yet, they're just not high on my list at the moment. But, I have been told the TV show is very different from the books - the storylines are different and many of the characters are nothing like their book counterparts. So perhaps I won't enjoy the books as much as the show.
  13. That's lovely I also liked Rowling's dedication in Deathly Hallows - the way it was arranged into the shape of a lightning bolt was very clever, as was the way it was split into seven.
  14. He's single as far as I know, which makes it all the more odd!
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