frankie
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Ooops I reread the Somerset Maughan thread and you have seen the movie. The twist in the end was incredible, I never saw it coming.
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No problem scottishbookworm, I used to mix those two up myself before I watched The Illusionist a few weeks ago
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W Somerset Maugham wrote The Magician, and Steven Millhauser wrote Eisenheim the Illusionist which the movie The Illusionist was based on.
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Yes I'm feeling rather giddy It's so nice to find some new author who's written loads of books that come with a BFC recommendation
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Ahhh, finally my reserved Deja Dead has arrived to my local library. I cannot wait to start it!
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I'm glad you liked it, it's in my TBR and I have it in my bookshelf already. Have you read any of the other books by Stephen Fry?
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Hi Charm, how are you? I spent last night with Dexter
I really thought that nothing in those books could surprise me anymore because I've seen so much already, but boy was I wrong. There was probably the most grotesque thing I've ever heard of in that book. So I guess you've been warned. There are some really appalling stuff there but if you can survive that, then you're in for a treat
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I've put this on my TBR. I'm really upset that the local library has only one copy of Twilight and one copy of New Moon in English even though this series seems to be really popular. They don't even have the other two books in English I've reserved Twilight but it might be a month before I'll get it
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Yep you're right, the series is based on Jeff Lindsay's books. When Dexter first aired in Finland, I watched a couple of episodes and didn't like it that much, and missed the couple next ones. Then I decided to give it another go, watched a few episodes and I was hooked It's one of my favorite tv-series. I found the book a bit later and read it. It was a good book, but to my big surprise the series was so much better. I love the characters, and the actors are just phenominal. I think that Dexter the series character is a bit more sympathetic than Dexter the novel character. In the novels he seems to get a real kick out of murdering people and makes light of the situations. The series character at least sometimes seems to be tormented by a guilty conscious. Or at least tries to be. I'm sure you won't regret adding Marley and me to your wishlist!
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Charm, you're welcome! And I'm glad Madcow joined the conversation and backed me up on this I was having trouble falling asleep last night so there was plenty of time to finish Shopaholic & Baby. I quite enjoyed it! It was definitely much better than Shopaholic and Sister which I almost hated. A good light read. Made me want to read more chick lit. I also started Jeff Lindsay's Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexterin kolkko kutsumus). As I already mentioned in currently reading -thread, I'm having some trouble with this one because I cannot remember how the first Dexter novel ended. I keep thinking about the tv-series which doesn't help at all because the book was so different from the series. Or should I say the series was different from the book. I'll just have to try to detach from any other previous Dexter experience and read the book as it is.
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I reread many books. Especially if I get a reader's block, I often go back to an old favorite or something from my childhood. I've read Lois Lowry's Anastasia series so many times I cannot count them. I also read Bridget Jones's two diaries every now and then and they always, always keep surprising me and make me laugh. Oooh and Harry Potter -series of course! Nowadays there are so many books on my TBR that I haven't done any rereading for what seems like ages. And the TBR is getting longer and longer every time I'm here on BCF...
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Hello Vince and welcome!
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Hello and welcome!
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Hello Susan and welcome!
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If you fancy it, then I definitely recommend it. Let us not forget that this is mainly a funny book about a really quirky dog. Marley is really a hilarious character and the tone of the book is really warm and humorous. I can't remember when was the last time that I was so glued to a book and laughed out loud so many times while reading it! And yes, but . So it's definitely worth a read!
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This weekend has been rather productive. I finished The Shining and I also read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and John Grogan's Marley and Me. Marley and me was especially a wonderful book! A real tearjerker. I started Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic & Baby last night.
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Hello and welcome!
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Hello Bindi and welcome!
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Hello and welcome, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here!
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Har har I was planning on that too!
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I don't know if I could ever survive the film!
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Welcome Robin!
