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I second that motion. I *adore* John Hannah's accent, its perfect. Its what makes him so hot. I have to watch Sliding Doors again soon, just to see him. Nom. Nom. Nom. Its the way he says 'three'.

John Connolly The Book Of Lost Things (2006) Genre: Fiction/Dark Fantasy/Young Adult Synopsis: The story begins in London, England, during World War II. It follows the story of young boy named David who struggles with his mother's death and father's remarriage. While David tries to adapt to this new family situation, he begins to hear his books whispering to him and he often faints. He soon finds himself lured to another world hidden in a crack in the sunken garden of the family's new home. He ends up in the fantasy world of his books and must find the king in the hopes that he can return him to his home. While exploring this new fantasy world, David has many adventures and lives out his own fairy tale. The novel takes a different look at traditional fairy tales and follows every child's journey into adulthood. General Ramble: The thing that originally drew me to this book was the idea of a dark fairytale world. Not everybody knows the horrific original versions of many classic fairytales, romanticized by Disney movies. However, for those interested in such dark tales, this book is an immensely easy-to-read, thought-provoking and informative journey into the themes of those tales. Along the line of Pan’s Labyrinth or the computer game American McGee’s Alice, everything in this fantasy world is a twisted, darkened representation of something in our own lives. Not so scary that a young adult couldn’t read it, but not so childlike that an adult couldn’t read into the deeper meanings of each metaphorical character. It can be read on a basic entertainment level, but the book comes complete with approx. 100 pages of notes with fairytale origins and Grimm tellings in order to help readers of all ages understand it fully. Rating: 9.5/10 Postcards to the usual address All comments welcome of course! Thanks for reading!

My dad would say, 'get out there now and get it yourself, and if you can't afford it, then you don't need it.'

It is, luckily, I don't have such an accent. I get considered posh by such people

You = legend. I adore gaming. FFIV came out on DS!!! I must have it. I have FF's 1 and 2 on emulator on my laptop (shhh!) 3 on my DS, i will have 4 on DS, i have 4 and 5 in the anthology on playstation 1, I haven't got 6 I have 7, 8, 9, 10, 10-2, and 12 on playstation. Also have Ring Of Fates and Revenant Wings on DS. But Shadow Hearts is the ultimate. Its lovecraftian alternate-history stuff with demons, magic, an anti-hero all set in europe and asia, with historical figures like Rasputin and Roger Bacon.

You guys *need* to hear the accent where I'm from. Fortunately I don't have it, but it is what is affectionately known as a 'Kerry/Farmer's/Bogger' accent. Its thick, its rough, its hard to understand, it usually employs terrible grammar and is usually spoken by farmers or people who live up mountains, which is essentially where I grew up. Even ask Crotalus about the Kerry country accent (as opposed to the Townie accent, which isn't QUITE as bad) and I'm fairly sure he'll probably start smacking his head off the wall at the mention of Kerry people Or Cork people. Or Limerick people. Actually, we pretty much all hate each other round here

Oh I've *been* to america. Thats where I got the dirty looks! I can tell distinct Noo Yoik accents too but only the movie gangster style ones

Oh I don't do American accents. I know someone whose generally from *a* southern state. But theres 'southerners' and 'the rest of them' when it comes to americans for me. And I can't tell americans or candians apart either. edit: which has gotten me surprisingly dirty looks.

Best response ever.

Everybody has a soft spot for an Irish accent!

I'm very easy going. I have nothing to hide, but I don't go spouting my woes either coz people who do that are just plain annoying. If people ask, I tell. The only thing I don't 'open up' are the links between me and the people who want to know me emotionally, rather than just as an objective life story. Books can't fix that - the human race not sucking is about all that can fix that.

Ouch. Don't let that distract too much. Mine is a nice second hand paperback IN ENGLISH copy, as I'm not fluent in 56 million languages like you. (or is it three? French, English, Finnish....?)

Do so at the risk of your opinions losing their potency I'm afraid you won't like it now haha, because there are things to dislike about it! But I think it tackles a monumental task, philosophy and metaphysics and a not-too-cheesy love story admist it all, spanning an entire lifetime. And it does it well.

Mine's always on page one. But thats coz I read like a book every 4 or 5 days. I have two rambles to post in mine

I have a strange accent. To non-Irish people, I sound Irish. To Irish people, I usually sound English but I have been accused of American and Australian as well. The best anyone can do is, '(I) sound Irish sometimes.' Hm. As for soft spots - Scottish accents make me melt. John Hannah. My god. Also have a thing for Dublin accents.

I suppose! I've only read it once, really quickly. I want to take my time with it next time

Oh well.

I'm sowwy!!! Think how *I* feel! I feel corrupted by Stephanie Meyer. My good taste in literature violated, my enjoyment of good movies chewed up and spat out at me in the form of a sordid love for Twilight the movie!

:help:

It sucked momumentally, it was almost physically painful in parts, but yes, I absolutely loved it, and I cannot WAIT until New Moon is out.