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my-sweetheart-is-drunk

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  • Birthday 05/19/1985

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  1. I don't actually know. There are so many that I've loved and that have stayed with me. I guess if I had to pick one or two I'd go with Hannibal or a Harlan Coben novel from which I couldn't pick one I enjoyed more than the others.
  2. Same for me, well Secret Seven, I also read a few Nancy Drew books as a kid. After that I mainly read school books to be honest so the next would probably be "An Inspector Calls" if that counts? Ian Rankin was the author who actually got me choosing to read crime novels, loved the Rebus books especially as they're set in a city I'm very familiar with.
  3. Definately Harry Potter land but only if I could be a badass witch, second choice would be Star Wars if I could be a Jedi or Han Solo's bit on the side! I'd prefer Sookie Stackhouse land but it wasn't an option!
  4. I have a really old copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. I can't find a year of publication on the inside but it was found in my Uncle's attic a few years back along with stuff that had belonged to my great grandmother.
  5. Watched "I Love You Man" and "Monsters vs Aliens" last night and thoroughly enjoyed them both. However sadly the main character in "I Love You Man" reminded my OH and I too much of ourselves.
  6. There are 2 conditions under which this is a possibility for me; 1. I have no money, in which case I can't buy a book, I therefore never set foot in a book selling establishment unless I have money to buy with. 2. The shop in question is Waterstones or any other large chain bookshop (not that many are left) with a billion books. In this situation I become so spoiled for choice as to what book(s) to buy that I don't know where to begin and my head starts to feel like implosion is imminent and I have to leave before I collapse to the floor in an indecisive puddle!
  7. Sooooo hungry, hurry up lunchtime!

  8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - It's everything a book should be in my opinion, beautifully told and something that everyone should read not just once but many times. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling - As far as I'm concerned the best series of books ever, the continuity in the storytelling is immense and for me everytime I read them they become better. Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke - I just think this book is a beautiful love story that anyone can enjoy. Survivor by Chuck Palahnuik - Forget Fight Club for me this is his seminal work and if you only ever read one Palahnuik book (and IMO everyone should) it should be this. It makes me laugh, cry, cringe and grin from ear to ear. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin - Possibly the greatest love story ever told.
  9. I haven't really experienced this as such. I mean I guess I enjoy Patricia Cornwell's books less than I used to and the storylines have become more predictable and far-fetched but I still read them and at the time I enjoy reading them but at the end I kind of think that's because I just enjoy the act of reading. Ooh actually, much to my shame, when I first read the Twilight books I liked them. So pretty much as soon as I was finished I went back for another read (which is what I usually do after finishing a series and it usually makes me like them more) and then hated them. On the second read all the characters seemed so shallow and one dimensional and the story was just ridiculous. My only excuse is that I must have been suffering from some kind of hormonal problem the first time I read them.
  10. I love films so I have a lot of favourites The Matrix The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert Silence of the Lambs Dogma Mallrats Love Actually La Haine The Brotherhood of the Wolf Dobermann Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Irreversible The Orphanage Malena Edward Scissorhands Taxi Driver My Life Without Me Sunshine Cleaning Rear Window Vertigo The Sandlot (Kids) A Few Good Men Twelve Monkeys Blow Meet the Parents Rushmore The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou The Curious Case of Bejamin Button Sleaping Beauty Robin Hood (Disney) Lion King Playing by Heart It's A Wonderful Life Wizard of Oz Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Sympathy for Mr Veangence Save the Green Planet Jurassic Park
  11. I finally bought "I am Sasha Fierce" by Beyonce on CD which is freakin' awesome and the True Blood OST in a 2 for a tenner deal. The True Blood sountrack is fantastic and I don't usually like even countryish music. I downloaded "Puppy Toy" by Tricky from Nokia music last night as had been meaning to for ages. If I like an album, I buy the CD if I can get it. If it's just a couple of songs on an album I download them.
  12. Just thought I'd say hi as I'm a new member... so, yeah HI! I'm glad to be here and that I finally found a place to chat about books because I think my boyfriend (who has no interest in reading whatsoever) is getting bored of me babbling to him! I enjoy reading most stuff except chick lit but my fave genres are horror and mystery/thiller.
  13. My boyfriend was really freaked out by Martyrs and I've never really seen him like that at anything else. I didn't watch it as was a work but been meaning to. I wouldn't really have called Irreversible a horror. It's one of my favourite films although I do realise it's not for everyone, I find it very moving and though provoking, I cried at several parts and I was afraid for certain characters but I can't say I was actually scared. Parts are very hard to watch but that's the point I guess. I liked the sequencing of the film backwards and how some parts were shot too. What part did you fast forward if I may ask? The scariest film I haveever seen is a Korean film called A Tale of Two Sisters, I didn't sleep for a while after that! I don't really find that many films scary to be honest, unnerving or gross maybe but not that much scares me... books scare me waaaaaay more!
  14. I too love LOTR and almost cried after watching The Phantom Menace, I felt so let down that I haven't yet been able to bring myself to watch either Revenge of the Sith or Attack of the Clones! I have to agree with this too, she's awful! Radcliffe seems to have grown with his character and become much more convincing where as Watson seems to have a perpetual look of someone who would rather be someone else and really can't be bothered, especially since the 4th film! I'll watch pretty much anything to be honest and most films I enjoy just because I love film but obviously I've come across many that are over rated. As has been mention the Spiderman films were terrible, Kirsten Dunst was only ever good in Interview with the Vampire and Toby Maguire cannot act 'conflicted' or angry or really at all except for in The Cider house Rules. Ooh another Dunst film - Marie Antoinette hyped because of Sophia Coppola and her success with Lost in Translation. It was dire, I can't get the time I wasted watching that film back, even Schwartzman was bad and I usually enjoy his performances. I thought Avatar was ok, I expected AWESOME but no cigar! Terminator 2 remains IMO Cameron's masterpiece! Cloverfield - Why was it made and as importantly how on earth did anyone like it! Sherlock Holmes was a waste of the £15.99 I paid for the blu ray, should've waited till it came on Sky Movies but "everyone" said it was great! Every Twilight saga film ever made and probably then next two as well. Far too much of the screen time was devoted to looking soppy and 'loved-up'. Kristen Stewart was only good in Panic Room and blinks all the time until Eclipse where she seems to have gone from blinking to nodding her head all the time like those dogs you put in cars! Robert Pattinson has the charisma of a dead fish. Taylor Lautner who probably gives the best performances of the 3 main characters is overshadowed by the fact he appears shirtless ALL THE TIME! For me the best characters in the movies so far have been Aro and Jasper and Alice is ok. Shakespeare in Love - Considering the hype and the awards it won and the films it beat to win those awards you'd think it would be good but it's not. Almost every Bond movie except Goldfinger which is hilarious!
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