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adz3

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  • Birthday 09/03/1987

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  1. I think a lot of people have this secret desire of being an author because they think it is an easy job. Write a book and do nothing else. I would love to be one just to have the satisfaction that people out there enjoy something I've created. Having my own bookstore would be a sweet job but with all the big chains out there don't know how I would keep it a float (the movie You've got Mail with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks always come to my mind). Althoug with all the new distractions out there working on a campaign to promete reading books sounds like a really good option for a book-related job.
  2. 1.Erik from the Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 2.Dagny Taggart from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.Elphaba from Wicked by Gregory Maguire 5.Javer and/or Jean Valjean from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (I'm not sure which one I like best yet)
  3. "The Opera Ghost really existed" -Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera I just love this line
  4. I give up on a book when either a)after a considerable number of pages I found the character and/or plot boring or b)I come across another book which is more interesting than the one I'm currently reading. Luckly I'm never out of books that I haven't read so there's always a back-up book to come to my rescue.
  5. I've read Wicked and I loved it. I always thought it made the character of Elphaba a very tragic figure. Definitly nothing like the original Wicked Witch from the West. I don't know if it's just me being picky but I liked Wicked better than any of the other books because I feel it is a well-thought novel, while the other books feel a bit more rushed and amateur.
  6. Just a quick update, Les Miserables was worth the long read. Definitly has become one of my favorites books.
  7. There's lately a trend in book writting. Lately authors have chosen to take classics novels and add them supernatural elements. The best example of this is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. I thought this would be it but after a quick look I also found this titles: 1.Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters 2.Jane Slayre 3.Little Vampire Women 4.Mansfield Park and Mummies 5.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim 6.Android Karenina 7.The Undead World of Oz 8.Little Women and Werewolves 9.Alice in Zombieland 10.Emma and the Werevolves And many, many others in the similar nature (not counting of course Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and Queen Victoria Demon Hunter which are more historic character based). So my question is are there really that many people reading this books. I bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I really liked it mainly because I thought it was an original idea. However I don't feel like reading every single version in the list because after a while it just feels like someone's fan fiction. Like I mention I haven't read more than the one I mention so maybe the other ones are good and witty. So what are your thoughts on this new trend of taking a classic and throwing in zombies, werewolves and mayhem?
  8. No it's not, in this books there are more monsters than ghosts. Actually I don't remember ghosts in the monster gang. But thanks!
  9. Hi! I was trying to remember the name of a series of books I read when I was 10 years old. I founded this books in my school library and I wanted to see if I could get them in Amazon. However I don't remeber the name of the books! I have tried to google them but haven't had much luck, so I was hoping that maybe someone remembers the name of this books. Here's what I remeber: The book is about a kid who comes across a group of monsters and befriends them. I think the kid's name is Max (I'm not sure) and a couple of the monsters included a mummy, a werewolf and a female lizard (who I think was some sort of loch ness monster). If I recall correctly the kid has to try to keep the secret and at the same time goes to school. I'm sorry I can't provide much information except that I read this books in the late 90's and they were translated in Spanish so I'm not sure where they are originally from. Anyways, hope someone knows what I'm talking about and thanks in advance!
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    Tattoos!

    I always knew I wanted a tattoo but it took me years to finally decide on what I wanted and where I wanted it. I ended up getting it last December. It is the Phantom of the Opera mask (the complete one that appears on the poster) with a purple rose (since purple is my favorite color I thought it would be more me than having the red one). I have it on my lower stomach on the left side and it doesn't show. I am so happy I waited to get it since it is exactly what I wanted, being my favorite book and musical having it makes a complete geek and I wouldn't have it any other way.
  11. I love th first episodes of Glee but the last ones were a bit off in my opinion. I think that having such a large cast doesn't do much for the storylines because they don't have enough time for them. I didn't like how they eneded the Jonathan Groff storyline. However I do admit that the musical fan in me had a total geek moment when Idina Menzel and Leah Michele sang "I Dreamed a Drem". Hopefully they'll improve the storyline writting for the second season and for the spoilers I read online it looks like it will be a great season.
  12. I discovered musicals after seeing the Phantom of the Opera movie. That lead me to the book and that very same year I was lucky enough to see it in London. After that I've seen it in both New York and Las Vegas. This musical opened the door for other musicals and those musicals led to other books. I haven't seen Wicked or Les Miserables but I've read the books (I've already read Wicked and I'm currently reading Les Mis). I love how my two big loves relate to one and other and how different a story can look either in print or on stage.
  13. I know! Althoug listening (and loving!) the musical first it is really interesting seeing how the original story goes.
  14. The way the novel presents society I found it really brilliant. You can read the novel today and be isntantly transported to a period of American society that is so different from the present day. I think that's where the "greatness" of the book lies. On the other hand, all of the characters in this book are incredibly flawed. Even Gatsby, with his love for Daisy, feels like a flawed doomed character.However, I couldn't find a single character that I could actually root for. Maybe that's why some people don't find the novel to be so great.
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    Ayn Rand

    I read all 4 novels of Ayn Rand and I liked them a lot. I think the key to this is to try to not get to caught up with the philosophical part of the novels. Like someone mention The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged are pretty similar so I would recomed reading them with some time between them. Anthem is probably the lightest of her novel and We the Living for some really strange reason reminded me a bit of Dr. Zhivago (the movie I must confess since I haven't read the novel). We the Living is probably the novel that has less philosophy in it if you prefer to avoid that aspect.
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