Chrissy
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He bought 28 Day Later (the movie) for me, and I think a short, thought provoking book can be just brilliant to have to hand. Great review Roxi, I'll let you know what I think once it's arrived.
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It really does pay to re read them. You capture all the bits and nuamces and humour that you may have missed the first time/s around.
Go on TV83 - you know you wanna!
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I've just bought a new copy (incl postage) for
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I've just ordered this Roxi, as I think my son and I would both enjoy it (I'm going to be reading it first though!).
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Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Lisa See
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Hello Maggie!
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We should all have listened to Dumbledore!
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Kreacher was fascinating, and it bugged me that so few people saw that he
'betrayed' Sirius solely based on the treatment he had received. Dumbledore got it, so did Hermione. Wasn't there something said about see how someone treats those 'lesser' than them to get the measure of the person. Having said that, Sirius had his own reasons for hating Kreacher.
It's a valuable lesson for us all.
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Hello Tania!
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Cornelia Vanderbilt Whitney's Dollhouse: The Story Of A Dollhouse And The People Who Lived In It - Whitney Marylou
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It was only when I had re read TDH that
I 'got' the Kings Cross scene properly (I think). This was a limbo of possibilities. Harry was possibly dead, having chosen to attend his killing at Voldemort's hands. He had the choice to stay dead or return and face Volde for the final time. Meanwhile Volde had the choice to face the consequences of his actions and feel regret, and his potential for a new untainted soul was also in limbo in the form of the creature that was lurking nearby.(I am a little uncertain whether Volde could have life or an untainted soul)
That's my reading of it anyway!
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I read this a while back, and thoroughly agree with your review BookBee.
Nor was he afraid to admit his faults. It was so completely enduring; he admits mistakes and negatives about his past without giving false excuses, which only makes me adore him even more.Before I read your review I remembered how endearing and powerful this aspect of his autobiography was. His honesty sticks with you.
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When Phineas Nigellus from the painting is in a blindfold and he's like running around going "Pull this off at ONCE, young lady!".
I loved the pomposity of Phineas!I think that this last one had to be all actiony, there was too much that had to happen,
but I think it was tempered by the at-times drawn out camping bit and the time spent at Shell Cottage. It did seem that they were either planning action or carrying it out,
but I guess that had to be the case.
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He was devoted, and his depiction in the last book really peels away the irritating aspects of him.
His devotion to Harry forces him to return to Malfoy Manor - JKR made sure we could almost taste his fear. The scenes at the manor are really well written; taut and lean, edgy and intense. One of the trio is being tortured, Pettigrew's hand, wands, Fenrir..... OMG it's too much!
Phew
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I vaguely remember reading the New York Trilogy years ago, and the conclusion being that Paul Auster had set out to subvert the 'taken for granted' relationship the reader has with an narrator, and indeed the author.
Fascinating and disturbing in equal parts.
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Hello geordie_bint!
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It's been too many years since I saw the movie/read the book to remember that, but it sounds great! (Does that make me seem weird? I'm not, I promise!)
Definitely weird! No doubt about it, but you're in good company with the rest of us ghouls!
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I don't think Deaver ever specifies Rhymes' skin colour in the books, although he makes reference to other characters features (hair colour/style/type, eye colour).
But I think we all do the same thing, whereby an image enters our mind regarding what a character looks like, and we stay with it unless specifically directed not to.
I haven't seen the movie, but Angelina Jolie just is so not the picture I have in my head for Sachs! I have more of a young Sean Young in my mind.
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I like how you equated that one! X2 of one makes X1 of the other!
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Hello Joe!
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Yeah I definitely agree, and I think that
Tonks and Lupin was harsh, leaving little baby Teddy
I think JKR wanted to
carry on the 'tradition' of parentless children - also I think she felt it would be too neat if only peripheral characters died, although I think she realised that she would be lynched if any of the trio perished!
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I just thought of two more I don't like. The triple velvet soft soft soft ad, I think that kid is really freaky! And the completely baffling advert with the kid wanting to do a poo at Pauls house! I find that disgusting.
These two rate high on my most hated list!
I would have locked the baby CEO in a cupboard and the small 'poo at paul's ' boy would have received a sly cuff round the back of his head!
Disclaimer - I love children, no really, I do!
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I read quite a bit of non fiction, especially relating to places I have an interest in.
One I hope to get a chance to read soon is Home Run by Nichol and Rennell relating to the networks that existed across Europe during WW2 to get downed pilots home, and children away from danger.
Harry Potter Books by J. K. Rowling
in Children's / Young Adult
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Have you thought of doing a re covering? I have a couple of old favorite books that have pretty much fallenapart, and I have used wrapping paper (on presents I got from close friends) to re cover them. It has the double thing of keeping the book safe, and remiondeing me of the friend when I read the book!