Kylie
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Candide's one of a kind, innit?
It certainly is! It's great.
I must say that I haven't made much progress though. 
Part of the reason is that I'm sort of reading two different versions. I have an ebook on my computer, which I have in the background so I can randomly switch to it when I need (want) a break from work. I don't know...it's just sort of comforting having it available on my computer, even if the book itself is right next to me. Anyway, I noticed straight away that the translations are different, so I've been a bit distracted by comparing them. I try not to, but sometimes I read a particular phrase and think 'I wonder if it was translated the same way in the other one?' so then I have to stop and check. My reading has been very stop and start! Also, in many ways the ebook is much better because it has many footnotes that explain historical events, historical figures and customs etc. I'm so glad I have this version, because I'd be missing out on a lot otherwise!I guess the badge was bored of being a mere badge and went on a reading binge
I wish! But I'm afraid it was actually stuck in the bottom of a bag that I took to the last book fair in Canberra.
(I wore it while browsing at the book fair. )Thanks, Kylie
. I hope you enjoy all your new books and that they come with the covers you want .Thanks Athena.
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Not quite a meme, but The Book Man in Canada has made an awesome video to the tune of Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass (which I love). It's called It's All About Them Books. It has a slightly anti-Kindle sentiment, but I'm sure you'll all forgive them for it because The Book Man is a bricks and mortar store plugging their books.
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Aww, I really appreciate your lovely words about Finland
I do love our country, but I promise, we have our fair share of intolerant people too. What can you do 
About the band again, they played a gig at a Finnish prison some weeks before the ESC, and I think it was Toni who did a little speech about how his bike had been stolen, and then he said 'I'd like to have it back' or something along those lines. When I read about it on the paper, I thought it was hilarious, shows a great sense of humor! After that the inmates had actually started raising money to buy him a new one! I thought that was pretty cool
Aw, what a sweet story!
Finland definitely has a good international reputation, I'd say. It doesn't feature in our news very often, but when it does, it's usually something about how Finland has one of the best education systems in the world. And how well looked after new parents are (I think I sent you an article I found about that once...)
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I did enjoy it, but I realise how much of the book I've forgotten now … think I may have to consider a re-read (and perhaps invest in the ebook this time to save my poor aching wrist!
),Me too! I visited Wikipedia afterwards and read the whole plot synopsis to remind myself of what happens. It's funny how you can love a book so much but forget huge chunks of it.
Watching the first show made me very, very tempted to start the book again. Luckily I now have a three-book set, so my wrists will be safe. Watched with my OH and he wasn't so keen, but from a technical point of view. He complained that no-one puts a camera on a tripod any more and some other such nonsense that I kind of tuned out as soon as he started
Won't stop me making him watch it again next week. 
I didn't even notice any tripod technique being used, but I'll probably be looking out for it now! -
You should go book shopping afterwards to reward yourself.
Keep your eyes on the prize, Frankie!That reminds me, when I had to do an editing exam a few years ago, I took along a book voucher I had received from a friend and rewarded myself by buying a beautiful copy of Jane Austen's Letters.
Actually, I think I bought it before I went in to the exam, so I guess I pre-rewarded myself. -
It seems to be quite controversial that they didn't get through. Maybe it was a case where everyone thought that Finland was a shoo-in, so they voted for someone else instead.
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A few bookish updates.
I finally received Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest in the mail this morning. I had to wait for it to be reprinted; it's been sold out everywhere over here. It's another gorgeous book.
I somehow managed to order four more of Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin books.
I still haven't read the first one, but I've read enough snippets to know that I love the writing style and I'm certain I'll love the plot just as much. Given Poppyshake's recent traumatic experience with ordering a book from the series (sorry to bring it up 
), I'm rather worried about whether I'll receive the books with the covers I really want. But I can only wait and see. Actually, part of the reason I ordered them is because I'm worried that the longer I wait, the less chance there is that I'll get the covers I want. If these three books arrive as ordered, I'll probably jump in and buy the rest (another three or four) straight away.And another online book site is having a sale, so I'm planning to order three more books in Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce series.
That will be the last of my purchases for a while, hopefully!In the meantime, I've been reading Voltaire's Candide and MRC Kasasian's The Mangle Street Murders, which are both going very well.
Lastly, I found a small book badge that I lost a while ago, so I'm very happy. The badge says 'I'd rather be reading'.
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Great review
! That was very helpful to me. I do plan on reading the trilogy some time, and hopefully I will enjoy it . Your review makes me think I should definitely give the books a go.Thanks Athena. I think you'll enjoy the trilogy!
I find I can't read them in bed at night (when I do most of my reading) as I can't follow the story properly when I'm tired.
I can understand that!
Particularly as this fourth book will be published soon. Still not sure how I feel about that, but I know I won't be able to help myself!
Heh. I probably won't be able to help myself either. Unless the reviews are really bad!
A friend of mine also struggled to keep track of all the characters. Her solution was to make a bookmark with a table on it listing who were the 'goodies' and who were the 'baddies'.
Ha! I wish I had thought of that. I've made a list of characters before when reading a book, so I don't know why I didn't do it this time! I would imagine that your friend's list of 'baddies' was much longer than the list of 'goodies'!
I still have the third book to read but I'm not sure I'll ever get around to it. When I read I generally need a character I can root for, or empathise with. In the first book it was genuinely possible, less so in the second and sounds like not likely in the third!
Aw, that's a shame! Lisbeth is a prickly character, but I think she's worth rooting for.
A lot of people are on her side in the third book, and she in turn does a couple of particularly nice things that she didn't really have to, which was really sweet.I've had the third for a couple of years but I've also been putting it off! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
The first two were great so I'm not sure why I keep putting off the third.Probably for the same reason I put off the second and third books for so long...too many other enticing books kept getting in the way!
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I watched the last two episodes of The Following last night. They must have really thought the show was going to be renewed, because it basically ended with an opening for a whole new chapter to start. Oh well. I'll have to let my imagination decide what happened next!
I'm almost relieved that it's over; it was such a gory, violent show! 
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Ah, OK. Thanks Kell.
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I used to like a French film called Love Me If You Dare (that was its English title anyway). Really weird film. I'd probably hate it if I watched it now, but it used to show on the movie channels years ago and I liked it.
Oh, I saw this 5-10 years ago on a TV channel here that's known for showing foreign films. I randomly started watching it (missed the beginning, as I recall). The ending of that movie will stay with me forever.
I'd like to see it again one day.- Plein Soleil (1960) - French - original and best version of The Talented Mr Ripley, starring Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet and Marie Laforêt
- Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) - Finnish/English - brilliant horror about the REAL Santa Claus starring Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi and Onni Tommila
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) - Swedish/English - rare exception where I preferred the remake - I found this quite dull. Starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace and Ewa Fröling
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Spanish - fantasy horror starring Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil and Sergi López
I have #1, #3 and #4 on my 'TBW' pile. I watched the Swedish TGwtDT years ago, and since I recently finished the trilogy of books, I want to watch all of the movies, including both versions of TGwtDT. I can't remember much of the Swedish version.
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Is it just me, or is anyone else in the UK irritated that on the advert for it on the television, they say it's out on "May 1st" instead of "May the 1st", or more correctly for the UK, "the 1st of May"?
Yes, that would bug me too.
I am a voice crying in the wilderness......
Aw, poor James.
Anybody seen it yet then?
I'm not sure if it has been released here yet. I'm interested in seeing it, but not enough to pay an exorbitant amount of money at the cinema. I'll wait until it's shown on TV.
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I know there are some fans here of MRC Kasasian (author of The Mangle Street Murders and The Curse of the House of Foskett). In case you didn't already know, the third book in the series, Death Descends on Saturn Villa, is going to be published in a week or so (1 June).
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I just watched the first semi-final. Some good songs there. Can someone please explain to me how pre-qualifying works?
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Aw, you poor thing.
Are you able to check with the university whether it needs to be written in English in Finnish?I wish I could give you helpful advice, but it all sounds lame in my head, and it's all stuff that you already know. But I'll say it anyway. You definitely don't have to worry about grammar etc., because you're an excellent writer. And we both know that you know your material. If you combine those two things with the fact that it's apparently easy to pass, then you really have nothing to worry about. I know that exams are worrying anyway and that it's easy for us to say 'don't worry', because exams are things that everyone worries about. I really don't think there's any danger of you going blank. I wonder if it would help to take a few deep breaths when you get in there and read the question? Don't rush into it; just take a couple of minutes to read the question a couple of times and think about how you're going to answer. I'm sure that once you see the question you'll breathe a sigh of relief and realise that you can do it.
Then your nerves will go away and you'll just get stuck into it. Perhaps you could prepare by thinking about the possible question/s that might be asked and maybe even writing one or two practice essays.Re the reading material. I think you should just read the book at your parents' place, and maybe take one from your TBR pile for the trip there.
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#31. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
I want to say that it's a darling little book but that sounds condescending, and that's definitely not what I'm after. It was a darling little book in the most positive of ways.
I don't think it sounds condescending. Actually I think it's a helpful phrase because I know exactly what you mean by it.
It's kind of like how THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH is a darling little book. 
I keep meaning to tell you that I visited a library recently.
My friend had a job interview in a lovely country town a couple of hours away, so I went along for support. While she was being interviewed I went for a walk and found the local library. I went in and spent some time working (until I dozed off... ). It was quite a small library, but it was nice, and there were quite a few people there, which was good to see. Because I was there to work, I didn't look at any books, but when I strolled into an aisle just being leaving I immediately noticed a book that has been on my wish list for a while. So now I regret that I didn't spend the time just browsing through the books. -
Happy birthday Lopeanha.
A book that I ordered a month or more ago had been delayed for a while. I thought it wouldn't be shipped until towards the end of the month, but I was happily surprised to receive an email yesterday telling me that it had been shipped.
Also, I've been watching episodes of Community, which always makes me laugh.
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I didn't understand this until I saw 'Mambo' in the tag.
I never knew all the lyrics to that song, but I know it well enough to recognise the names.Have you ever seen images of book stacks that people have made where the titles of the books make a sentence or story? I want to do that one day.
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No, 'tis my first. Of course, when I bought it I didn't realise it was part of a series
Although I think they're only loosely connected, is that right? 
I think that's right...I haven't read any of them yet. I was first drawn to them because I heard they're dystopian.
I thought I'd read the first few lines of The Mangle Street Murders while I waited for my food to heat up in the microwave....37 pages later I managed to break the story's grip on me long enough to eat.
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Currently 170 pages into Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack. Might finish it today, more likely tomorrow.
Cool. I've had that on my TBR pile for ages. Have you read anything else by Womack?
I've read a little more of Candide today.
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Watching it now. Loving it so far!
Best quote so far: Mr Norrell (when Childremass tells Norrell that they're going to a party): 'A party? I wish to go home and read a book'.
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Aw, that sounds horrible. Why couldn't your subconscious give you happy dream about Augusten being surrounded by dogs and loved ones? (But no clowns.)
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I don't think I'll watch it. I had a bad reaction to watching the first Mad Max. I don't know if I was just in a bad place at the time, but I thought it was the most disturbing movie I had ever seen. I've since rewatched parts of it and it doesn't seem quite as bad, but the memories of how I felt the first time I watched it are still there. The things they were doing to other humans were just awful. And while I've seen stuff at least as bad, or worse, in other movies, it was somehow much worse in MM. Needless to say, I haven't seen the second or third movies.
I read an article that linked to the most sexist website I've ever seen, where men are boycotting the movie because it is too 'feminist'.
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Aw, what a sweet story. I must have missed it the first time around. Thanks for posting the pic with it, too.
It's so nice that Augusten has ended up with a good, 'normal' life after everything he has been through.
Kylie's Literary Adventures in 2015
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I know, right?! It must be some sort of tech-related thing. Maybe a publisher updates a cover in a database somewhere when they're doing a new printing and it flows through to online sites, but those sites still have the old version in stock and continue to send out the old one until they're all gone. That's my theory, anyway.
I may have given this too much thought. 
Oh! I could have sworn it was you that read it first and then recommended it to Kay! I thought I was buying it based on a couple of recommendations, but apparently it was only based on one.
I generally hate to recommend specific books to specific people because I'm terrified I'll get it wrong...BUT I really think you'll enjoy The Mangle Street Murders (every time I type 'Mangle' my autocorrect changes it to 'Mange' 
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I ordered the second book the other day.