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Tina

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  • Birthday August 31

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    Tampere, Finland
  • Interests
    Literature, pole dancing, music, films, knitting, crocheting, animals

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    http://tiinana.blogspot.com/

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  1. If I get a book as a present for someone, I usually write a short message on the first, blank page. I also love getting books with little personal notes. It makes me feel that the person who bought the book for me really thought about me while getting it. It's also lovely to flip through old books and spot those little greetings when years have passed.
  2. Provided that I had something with which to read ebooks, like that Kindle thing, I'd give it a shot I'll think about getting one when I have a bit more extra money in my hands. Of course it would be lovely to have a bit lighter bag to carry with me when travelling, so I'm willing to try out an ebook reader if I get the chance. But I think ebooks will never come even close to replacing "real" books for me. It's the same as with music: I want to own the cd or the vinyl, not just a bunch of mp3 files.
  3. Just finished reading the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz - and really liked it. Especially the last 30 or so pages captured me totally. Then I picked up a book that has all the stories of Scandinavian mythology compiled and read the first few chapters. So excited about this one, too!
  4. Wow, people have really disliked this book here. I, on the other hand, pretty much loved it. The footnotes were indeed long at times, but they were necessary and it didn't take me long to start seeing them as tightly knit parts of the story that were just positioned differently. The cursing and vulgar language in general didn't bother me at all: it suited the story unlike in some books that obviously just want to create fuss by using expressions like that. I think The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was an interesting story on so many levels. It had the historical aspect, it was an exciting story of a family, it had some mysterious things going on while it portrayed everything in a very realistic way... Funny, how basically a really sad story can be told in such a humorous way. So, thumbs up from me to this one!
  5. For me Life of Pi was an easy read in the sense that it totally caught me from the first pages and it didn't take long to finish the book. I liked the way in which realistic and unrealistic things started to get mixed - storytelling like that always fascinates me. Yeah, neither I think that Life of Pi can be made into a film very well. The sense of time (how it passes painfully slowly when Pi is on the raft, etc) is in my opinion an important factor in the whole story and from the book it comes out well. But a film, then, just doesn't allow the makers to let the story evolve and pace forward as slowly as it should. Or that's how I feel.
  6. The one from Sons of Anarchy! I occasionally even go on Youtube to listen to it, which doesn't happen often when it comes to TV series theme songs.
  7. Grapes, eating them kind of as dessert. I yearn for something sweet, argh.
  8. To the original question: hardback. I love having a neat row of books with proper hard covers on my bookshelf. I do own quite a few paperbacks as well, they're usually cheaper so if I have doubts whether I'll like a book or not, I'll buy a paperback version. Paperbacks are of course lighter to carry with you, which is definitely a plus in this situation of mine: I travel a lot between two cities and have everything from clothes to laptop with me, so my bags are heavy enough without a couple of hardback books... So I basically like both, but prefer hardbacks when it comes to owning a book. eBooks, then, aren't very familiar to me. I don't have anything to read them with and I can't focus if I have to read a long text from the computer screen.
  9. Started reading Drown by Junot Diaz yesterday. I haven't had that much time on my hands so I've read only about 30 pages of it. Seems very good! I always enjoy realistic and even kind of rough stories.
  10. Hmph, the release of this one has been pushed to 2013. Boo!
  11. I've lately been focusing mainly on some books I need to read for school. Creative Arts Marketing is one of them, been reading it like crazy during the last few days. I hope to finish it in the next few hours so I can get my hands on something a bit lighter. Oh, I did read one novel a couple of days ago. It was a Finnish one, I don't think it's been translated into English.The name of the writer is Irja Virtanen and the book is about some women in Finland during the Second World War. I really enjoyed reading it and the end managed to shake me even though it was pretty predictable.
  12. Yeah, that quotation is so simple yet brilliant. I've read only Fight Club by Palahniuk. That book, then, is actually one of my favourites. I don't know why I haven't looked up any of his other works! The local libraries don't seem to have many of them on shelf, or at least I haven't managed to spot them. Reading this topic reminded me why I should try to get my hands on them.
  13. Some delicious dark chocolate... Saturday is the day when candy is allowed. Yum.
  14. A Mighty Heart. Nothing too special, but worth watching.
  15. Finished a book about Finnish biker gangs and criminal gangs in general earlier today. Interesting and actual one (it isn't long since two men were brutally murdered by two gang members - not bikers though).
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