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She can't do convincing anything yet that has never held her up in the past
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And yet they keep giving her parts in movies....
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Awww
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I'm not sure if the video mentioned it, because this is I think the third? year in a row that they do this and it was mentioned in the earlier years' videos. I hope there is no such police, either
!To be honest, I couldn't watch through the whole video because the girl was a bit too ... energetic for me....
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Hehe, cool that it's your first time too!
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That makes sense, I never knew that
.This is going off-topic, but it changes the whole meaning of the word if you put 'a' instead of 'ä' or vice versa (and sometimes it'll turn into a word that doesn't make sense or isn't a word). For instance... let me think... Hm.... it's difficult, because with 'a' in the word, you can only use 'i', 'e', 'o', 'u', in the same word, and with 'ä' you can only use 'i', 'e', 'y' and 'ö'. For example, there aren't any words in Finnish that would have both ä and o in the same word. Only i and e are the ones that can occur with both a and ä. So it's not easy to find an example... Oooh I just thought of one, phew. Häkä vs haka. Häkä means carbon monoxide fumes, and haka means latch and/or pasture
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Hurraa, booktubeathon!
Is this your first time doing this, Athena? I'm pretty excited. Although I've not even started yet, I need to finish my current book first! -
'K' is somewhat common here, yes! My brother's girlfriend's last name is 'Kuijpers' for example. I can't imagine å, ä or ö! That would be very difficult
.You know, I thought that 'k' is probably more common over there, too, compared to English
Kuijpers sounds like a great last name!! Ä and Ö would be difficult even for Finns even though we have those letters in our language. I can't think of a single author whose last name (or first name!) starts with ä or ö. But then again, it's just as likely that there aren't all that many readers whose names start with that. Phew!
In Dutch, I wouldn't call the 'ë' a different letter than the 'e', because of language rules, we only write ë if it is necessary for the spelling of the word to I think duplicate the vowel sound or such, for example, one idea: 'idee', two ideas: 'ideeën', pronounced as 'idee-en'. The same goes for ï. I don't think we have any words with ä or ö that I can think of, in Dutch.
That makes sense!
For us, ä and ö aren't a and o with umlauts, and a case of making the vowel longer. They are completely different vowels and pronounced completely differently
I shall start a new thread! But do we post the progress for the usual read-a-thon Fri-Sat-Sun in this thread or there
? Well, I'll start the thread either way.Cool!
I think the usual read-a-thon posts ought to go in this thread, of course, but it's up to any individual. I think the booktubeathon posts could go in the specific thread, but if there's any overlapping (as in if you're reading a specific book for the booktubeathon but are reading it on Fri/Sat/Sun), you can post in both threads. I think that would make sense -
I'm sorry to hear that Sabry, I had the same problem a few times when I started. Are you new to jogging? Is it possible that you might be trying to jog too fast? Do you jog on asphalt?
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I must say this always gives me immense respect for J.K. Rowling and her refusal to give way on that grounds .. hoorah!! I wouldn't want to see a movie adaptation of Gone with the Wind set in Cornwall (though .. now I think about it .. why not?
) and similarly don't want to see British books being given an American makeover. Oh botheration!! I was looking forward to it 
When I was reading the books and they were talking about the movies, I don't think I paid much attention to that discussion... I may have read the first books so late that the movies were in the making already? But I cannot understand how and why in the world should these books have been made into movies in the States. I can sort of understand why Americans would love to make the British thrillers, but Harry Potters?? That's just .... It's like saying Jesus was a Hindu and that's that. No. NO. J.K. Rowling is so amazing
On the plus side, I guess that rules Keira Knightley out!
A very good point!! Although... How is she with her palette of accents? Can she do a convincing American? Don't rule her out yet -
Yes .. we don't call it by those names .. nobody would say 'fanny' around here
not in polite society anyway. We have a purse type thing that ties around your waist and call it a 'money belt' Not sure I could fit a book in it tho! I only ever use it (or Alan does) when travelling abroad (or London .. same thing ) It is so funny when you hear it said though .. I've got American friends and they would often use the term .. making me almost fall over from shock .. they, on the other hand, were shocked that I used the word 'toilet'
:D I think when I come over, I'm going to have to say 'fanny' a few times just to get a reaction
I only hope that I will do it at your place and not in a cafe! Toilet
That's the one thing I don't understand about American English. I always say toilet. I mean the equivalent word in Finnish. And I've sometimes said toilet in English, too. Although I've come to learn that one ought to say bathroom or restroom. So odd! Makes me think of the Boris movie It's one of my absolute favourites.
The cover is also mostly blue (if you have the same edition I do) so it would fit the first criteria as well!I already have plans for the blue cover, but it could actually be used for the book I won't let go of, too!
Edit: My cover's different though! It's this one:
But obviously not in as bad a shape! When I was googling for that, I saw the blue covered one, oh man, I like that one much better
Hmm, never ever heard it called either of those things in Australia. We call it a bum bag.
I knew it! I knew you would call it a bum bag
I should totally get a PhD in all things OZ 
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I think you should be allowed to go for a letter to either side of K. Hmm, I wonder if you have any books starting with a J? Oh, I know! What about The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster? What a coinkydink!
What a fantastical coinkydink! I wonder how you came up with the letter J and not I instead? -
I'm sure you have loads of copies at the library
The Helsinki metropolitan area libraries have 83 copies, and 228 reservations I've reserved one. -
So we haven't changed much over the years then, have we Same interesting topics!
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:lol: Sorry Jänet that I made you go through that. I do know where and what it is
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Oh crap. I sort of like the sound of this, and I'm scared.
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Thanks Athena for being so patient and explaining the rules for me
Yes, 13 books would be insane, but it's that kind of insane that excites me and inspires me, although I know for sure that I couldn't read 13 books And you weren't being unclear at all! I could've checked things out for myself, too, so it's just my own laziness Yep, S is a lot easier
But compared to my library of K books, you would have quite a few to choose from, if your last name started with K. But then again, you are Dutch and maybe K is a more common letter to start a last name over there than in the UK. Over here 'k' is a very common letter in Finnish. Imagine the people whose last name starts with å, ä or ö (Since you're doing the booktubeathon, I was wondering if we should/could/ought to start a specific thread for that. It might be fun.... Hm!)
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In the UK, your fanny isn't at the back!
I loathe the word bum so I would never buy one as I wouldn't know what to call it!
That's a great sounding challenge.
Where is it then
In your pocket? Yeah, the word 'bum' doesn't exactly make you think of happy thoughts, does it It's nice you will have the place to yourself for a few days
!It's hella awesome
Frankie, you are allowed to combine challenges (see my post here), sorry for not explaining it properly
. So you could read a book of which the author's last name starts wtih a 'K' in your case, that also has blue on the cover and that will tick off two challenges, for example. I think by not letting go of it they mean you have to keep touching the book, so it would have to be a short read. You could just do the challenges you feel like doing, you don't need to do them all if you don't want to.Ah, I didn't know that you can combine the challenges. It had actually crossed my mind that I might probably do something like that, but I didn't realize it was noted in the rules. And of course no one has to do all of the challenges, as there is no challenge police policing around, checking that everyone will abide by the rules. At least I hope there aren't!
Or maybe there are. Like in the library police in a Stephen King novel. -
Landlordess will be starting work next week and she's having to go to some remote area to collect samples of what not, and so she'll be staying there for the next four-five days, and her husband and kids will be spending that time at his parents' house, meaning I get to have the place to myself till Thursday or Friday!
Ah, the silence! Ah, being able to laundry whenever as nobody else will be doing any. Oooh and I can read on the couch me thinks! -
I was re-reading this thread from random page (20) onwards and by golly, I miss the times when we did our little group reads on the Rory novels
Those were some fun times! This thread was packed and lively! Edit: I recently started watching Fresh off the Boat and it made me think of Amy Tan, and I've also been interested in reading Natalie Goldberg's books on writing, and now re-reading this thread has made me think I really ought to read Amy Tan's The Opposite of Fate. Some of us read it for the Rory challenge a few years ago. I was also reading it and loving it but for some reason I never managed to finish it. I only had maybe 40-50 pages left but something came up
I'm seriously considering picking up the book again for the booktubeathon next week. Would anyone else be interested in reading the book? Those of you who haven't read it yet, that is. -
I couldn't find a thread for Herman Koch on here so decided to start one. I went to the bookstore yesterday and found a whole new novel by him that I'd not even heard of, it's his latest I believed. It's called Dear Mr. M. I couldn't find it on Amazon yet, though, so maybe the English translation is still in progress? I found something on it in English, though:
"Following his ruthless dissections of the hypocrisy of the moneyed classes and corruption in the medical profession, Herman Koch turns his dystopian gaze on the literary world. In his new novel,Dear Mr M. he tells the tale of a fading writer held grimly to account by a neighbour with a score to settle. Did Reckoning, the novel that cemented Mr M’s literary success all those years ago, culpably distort the facts of a mysterious missing persons case?"
I really like it that the main character is a writer!
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Happy traveling! I hope you have a fantastic time
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Thanks tdfn
You're right, it's surprising how your body can adapt to new things if you give them a try I would heartily recommend you take up jogging again It's such an energy boost! And if you do, please feel free to talk about it in this thread! -
What does it actually entail, finishing a book without letting go of it. Is one allowed to use one's bum bag? Or fanny pack? And why do you guys call it by such horrible names
We call it, literally, a belt bag. Nothing funny about that! I had to go and see wiktionary for this... "A fanny pack, belt pack, belly bag, buffalo pouch, hip sack, phanny pack, waist bag, waistpack, butt pack (US), waist wallet (Canada),Snatchel, hip pack (UK), belt bag (Philippines), bum bag (UK, Ireland, South America), Kangaroo and Koala (Australia, New Zealand), or moon bag (South Africa), is a small fabric pouch usually secured with a zipper and worn by use of a strap around the hips or waist."
I've only ever heard of the fanny pack and bum bag. And apparently it was called fanny pack because people used wear it at the back. I love the names Kangaroo and Koala and moon bag
Anyway, where was I... Yes, is it cheating if you put the book in your bum bag for when you're not reading it?
Or do you have to hold it in your hands or have it on your body at all times. CBTD!!
Alan would probably recommend you give this booktubeathon a serious go :D I'm currently training for the booktubeathon, I'm trying to finish Tinseltown today!
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Athena posted in the read-a-thon thread about (warning: if you want to see what it's about and click on the link, please turn down the volume on your speakers as you will otherwise have a heart attack because the girl is loud) a BookTubeAThon and I'm getting more and more interested. My mojo's been unreliable for a while now and I've been wondering if I could use this opportunity to try to coax the mojo to reunite with me and be my good friend again.
The challenges are as follows:
1. Read a book with blue on the cover - I immediately thought of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, but I'm not sure if there's blue on the cover, just on the side... Should check out the library copy
2. Read a book by an author who shares the same first letter of your last name - Difficult
I could only think of Stephen King without resorting to my TBR list. I don't want to do any re-reads so these will be my choices: - Kazantzakis, Niko: Zorba the Greek
- Kekki, Lasse & Kaisa Ilmonen: Pervot pidot – Homo-, lesbo- ja queer-näkökulmia kirjallisuudentutkimukseen
- Kerouac, Jack: Maggie Cassidy
- Kilpi, Volter: Alastalon salissa
- King, Stephen: The Dark Half
- King, Stephen: Salem's Lot
- Kirkland, Gelsey: Dancing on my Grave- Koren, Yehuda and Negev, Eilat: A Lover of Unreason: The Life and Tragic Death of Assia Wevill, Ted Hughes' Doomed Love
- Kosonen, Päivi: Naissubjekti & postmoderni3. Read someone else's favourite book - Whose and what book??! Phantom Tollbooth??
(But is it Kylie's absolute favorite, though?)4. Read the last book you acquired - The last book I acquired was Susan Coolidge's What Katy Did, I found a copy at the library's book swap shelf. A suitably short and easy read I should say!
5. Finish a book without letting go of it - This would have to be a short, light one.
6. Read a book you really want to read - Too many to choose from! - Perhaps The Opposite of Fate which I started back in 2012, making it to almost the very end but not quite finishing. I was just re-reading the Amy Tan thread and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed the book
7. Read seven books - Um..... No.
Edit: Taking part in this is just an idea, I'm not sure if I will actually do it.
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