Nollaig
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Ahhh right, whoops.
I'll keep my mouth shut about him I think, I don't know his books well enough.
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Thanks everyone, its always nice when people take the time to say welcome
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Ah yes thats the one.
Interesting that a short story got made into a movie when none of his books have.
Regardless, it was a very good movie. Thanks, I'll have to check it out.
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Has anybody here read this book??
I read it several times when I was younger, and I recall thinking it was superb, and identical in ways to the movie K-Pax starring Kevin Spacey.
Its about a little boy, who, after the death of a family member seems to become possessed by a dangerous spirit called Del Del.
Doesn't sound like the stuff of kid's books does it?
I don't remember the exact age group it was meant for, maybe it was Young Adult, I read a lot of those when I was quite young.
Regardless, I'd love to read it again to see if it was really as good as I thought at the time.
Has anyone here read it more recently than about 10 years ago?
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I was thinking about it. But I have a list of childhood books I want to get my hands on, one of which I kind of want more
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Hah yeah it would be. My mistake.
I was looking up both it, and Chain Letter yesterday. Chain Letter IS Chris Pike. I wrote Pike instead of Wooding by mistake.
*edits*
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Hiya =]
I went about this in the wrong order, I chattered about books all over the place and then came here to say hello.
Edited version:
I'm Nollaig. (Thats Irish for Christmas. You can see why I choose a more normal name as my internet alias.)
I'm just turned 21, and studying English and Philosophy in college.
While Philosophy is my passion and what I want to study after college, my ambition from the age of 3 was to be a writer hehe.
However, since my laptop died a randomly epic death about two years ago and I lost all I had written on the concept that was my pride and joy, I took it as a sign from the Gods of Books that they would smite me should I attempt to follow that aspiration any further.
But I love books.
In college I tend to focus on classics from the 18th century, Shakespeare and romance/realist texts. So I suppose they're my favourites in a way... it was in college I discovered Caleb Williams, The Moonstone, She, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray and the immensley fun: The Female Quixote.
I love all books though, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mysteries, childrens books, romances, biographies.
I decided to come look for a book forum as I don't really know many avid readers - or any at all. And I'm the kind of person who reads a book and wants to go explore it with someone else.
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Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde.
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen.
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Someone mentioned His Dark Materials...
I don't care who says what about them being kids books, they're the kind of adults books that young'uns might enjoy.
Give those same kids the books in 10-15 years time and they'll enjoy a whole other side of them.
I love the Inkheart Trilogy - totally written for kids but absolutely superb. Can't wait to see the movie!
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Don't think they're well written.
Very engrossing, but not the kinda thing that would make you think Meyer is immensely talented. Shes not. Shes a vampire fangirl who had a dream one night and wrote it down.
And much as I adore the books (and I do) I though Book 4 (Breaking Dawn) was utterly ridiculous, as did everyone else I know who loved the books.
What did you guys think?
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I'm team Cullen. Hehe.
I love the Cullens, except Rosalie.
I don't like Jacob. At all. He irks me.
Although I thought the movies did a better job with Edward and Bella than Meyer did (I make no secret of the books are horrible in terms of writing quality.)
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Best ones were Point Horror Unleashed, and the best one imo was 'Catchman' by Christopher Wooding.
Amazing book, even though he himself doesn't think its much good.
Haven't read it in years, would love to get my hands on a copy.
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Thought this was a great book. Really good read.
I agree with what somebody said about the characters somewhat lacking depth, but I think the story concept carries you through.
Would also scream at anyone who liked this book to read Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie."
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I like Dean Koontz overall. But I have two problems with him, and this may be because I've only read about 3 books by him:
1. I felt like when I'd read one book by him, I'd read them all.
2. I always felt his characters were very black and white.
I read his earliest books first... so maybe they get better.
I saw the movie version of.... of... Black...water?? Dark Water? Something Water Where The Main Character Can't Escape From a Town?
I want to read the book version of that.
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Tuesdays With Morrie.
Its one of those books, the reading of which should be mandatory for living. Okay, so I'm biased, coz its a true story and the movie made it even more heart breaking to deal with the ending.
But still. Its a wonderful book about life.
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Don't read it.
It will suck you in and devour your soul, and when you finish book 4 you will want to go around to Stephanie Meyer's house and hit her in the head with it.
I love the books, and I read them after seeing the trailer for the movie (I love vampires, I adore Ann Rice and Buffy and blah blah blah.)
But they are horrendously written. Most of the characters are underdeveloped or just plain annoying, and book 4... my god. Book 4 just goes off the wall entirely.
Its written for young adults. I'm 21, and I was reading this thinking, '14 year olds should be scared by this material.'
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I don't lie about what I read.
I read Twilight.
There, I said it.
And guess what.
I loved it.
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No but really. I never lie about what I'm reading, I don't see the need. I read kids books and science fiction and epic fantasy adventures and dummies guides to physics. I love everything, and have never even thought about not saying what I read. I don't really understand why anyone would =/
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I tend to read in the evenings, if I'm just reading for the sake of getting through some chapters.
When I'm on a book I can't put down, I've been known to stay up all night, or skip class during the day just to get through the book as quickly as humanly possible.
I discovered the Twilight series about 4 weeks ago, and sadly, despite the fact that I really think they're poorly written, I love them. I read all four books (1000+ pages) in 3 days. Skipped class, left an essay til the day before it was due, just ploughed through them.
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Hmm. Going by the things you like I'd recommend a light-hearted trilogy called Inkheart. The movie will be out shortly, so you may have heard of it. Its a German series of kids books about a guy who can read characters out of their books.
Don't be fooled by the childish descriptions you might find, its actually quite a serious and dangerous adventure the characters embark on =P
And, it has possibly my favourite children's fictional character ever - Dustfinger. He's wonderful. Hes the mysterious untrustworthy shadowy guy many books have - but you get to explore his entire life throughout the course of the books.
Its a really wonderful series.
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TWILIGHT Saga by Stephenie Meyer
in Children's / Young Adult
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I hope you've read indepth summaries of Breaking Dawn just to see how little you missed =P