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Yeah pickle, what inver said.....I hope it was good as I plan on going to see it next week
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@ Ooshie:- I enjoyed the opening to TCP&TW, I thought it quite novel the way it acknowledged me as a reader snooping around as it's what we all do when reading, snooping in on other peoples conversations, behaviours etc, it got me hook line and sinker.
Glad you are enjoying it tho, I am too. I could be reading it quicker than I am but choosing not too really, once its picked up it is hard to put down and moves along quickly.
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Haha I'd make it, but then I'd have to eat it!
And I haven't actually seen that movie, I'd heard it wasn't very good.
Me want cake!Yeah everything has its lovers and haters, I enjoyed it tho, almost made me cry, I was holding back the tears near the end.
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I have to agree, Edgar p*ssed me off, he was too tame.
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I just read a very interesting review by someone on visual bookshelf who said she read the book in highschool and fell in love with Heathcliff and thought Edgar dull but read it later on in life and disliked Heathcliff and preferred Edgar. She went on to say that at the time of liking Heathcliff she had a similar abusive boyfriend and now has a husband more like Edgar, it must say alot about the woman reader depending on which man she prefers. Women liking Heathcliff (as I do) may make excuses for men's behaviours (I like to think I do not tho) while others who disliked him may not stand for any similar traits in the men they date etc.....hmm definitely something to think about on a personal level and how your tastes evolve.
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Julia Roberts
Bees or wasps?
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4. I love baking? I don't think that's news to anyone but I'm running out of facts. I mainly bake fairy cakes, scones, chocolate cookies and blueberry muffins.
5. I love any kind of A.I. I have a philosophical fascination with anything that resembles or mimicks sentience, without being sentient. When I was a kid, it was cuddly toys with an 'on' switch to make them talk or move. I have a roboraptor, robosapien, and flying bird thing. I love those advanced robots you see on documentaries that understand langauge and interact intelligently with people. I find all that stuff amazing.
Wow, I adore blueberry muffins, make me one please
Do you like the film A.I then, by Spielberg? I just got double disc dvd for
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What about Out - Natsuo Kirino - I read it quite a few years ago and really enjoyed it
Out is the story of random violence in the staid Tokyo suburbs. A young mother, who works a nightshift making boxed lunches, brutally strangles her deadbeat husband and then seeks the help of her co-workers to dispose of the body to cover up her crime. The ringleader of this cover-up, Masako, finds her own search for a way out of the straightjacket of a dead-end life leads her, too, to take drastic action.The riveting narrative seamlessly combines a convincing glimpse into the grimy world of Japan's yakuza with a brilliant portrayal of the psychology of a violent crime and the ensuing game of cat-and-mouse between seasoned detectives and a group of determined but inexperienced criminals. Kirino has mastered a Thelma and Louise kind of graveyard humour that illuminates her stunning evocation of the pressures and prejudices that drive women to extreme deeds and the friendship that bolsters them in the aftermath. Nothing prepares you for the stark, tension-filled, plot-driven realism of Out, a work that took the Japanese literary scene by storm and continues to haunt the popular consciousness.
...and another Japanese author Yasutaka Tsutsui who I keep meaning to read, some of his books have been made into anime too such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time & Paprika
One review says 'Yasutaka Tsutsui is the doyen of avant-garde Japanese writers. His work is by turns innovative, thought-provoking and - not least - extremely entertaining... Tsutsui stands squarely within the modern and post-modern domain from Franz Kafka to J.G. Ballard', another says he is more deserving of international fame than Haruki Murakami being one of the most famous science fiction authors in Japan.
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Read about 120 pages of The Road by Cormac McCarthy over the last couple of days and only have about 100 pages left. Am starting to get more and more into this book and am beginning to enjoy it at last. Shame there is so little left to read now though.
It took me a while to get into it too, but once in it was great. It ended as I was starting to really enjoy it... in the way you enjoy that sort of book.
Bought a brand new copy of Handling The Dead by John Ajvide Lindqvist on local book stall for
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I have read this and while I enjoyed it I personally didn't see anything amazing about it, maybe I need to re-read it and look closer....oft to find my copy
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Masterchef final tonight
Snap!
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Nausica
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I have had that book sitting by my bed to read for months, great to know it's a good one!
I'm half way through The Gate House by Nelson DeMille, and my copy of the Crimson Petal and the White arrived today
Yay!
Been reading Dry Store Room No.1 today
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I like the visual bookshelf on facebook but if goodreads is much better I must check it out asap, I think I have an account but not looked around much.
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Yeah sounds like its just the particular book this time then. Giving it another go sounds like a good plan though. I plan on re-reading some books I had to study in the past to try and see if I can see them in a different light.
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Well I'm glad you're enjoying it I thought the book was absolutely boring and depressing, and I hated all the characters. I didn't feel any sympathy towards Tess although she is a victim in someways, I just felt she was a really pathetic character. (It also might have something to do with the fact that I had to read the book for a lit course... ) Yes that may be a factor towards your dislike I know any book I read for English lit. I found hard to like because of the depth of analysis boring me to death at the time. I do agree it is a depressive read, some people like such things others do not
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Reading: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum: Dry Store Room No.1 - Richard Fortey
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Same here, I always donate even the worst books to charity or the library's free book trolley. But I will say I'd rather throw away Tess of the d'Urbervilles than borrow/give it to a friend, I would never want to enable such bad reading.
That surprises me, I haven't finished reading Tess by Hardy but what I have read so far I loved. As they say each to their own but its a shame you wouldn't want to give to another as alot have enjoyed it
Yeah. All my books go to charity. No matter how bad I think something is, there's going to be someone who likes it, or at least someone who wants to know whether and why they dislike it.Exactly! All mine go to other homes or charity, unless they are too battered and cannot be read any longer by anyone, such as pages missing etc
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Glad you enjoyed After Dark corina, I enjoyed it too
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Today I'm reading Richard Fortey's Dry Store Room No.1, The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum - he has a great balance of information and humour - tis making me want to go and buy the Gormanghast books by Mervyn Peake as well. I've been meaning to read them for years but Fortey's constant comparisons of the museum to the castle from said book is intriguing. I'm enjoying this book immensely and finding it hard to put down
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Yes it's definitely the eyes with added floppy hair
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Ohhh.... *swoon* I'm so jealous! I can't help swooning too - damn, why does he look so pleasing on the eye, not that i'm complaining
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with the one and only Colin Firth on watch channel
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Reading The Secret life of the Natural History Museum: Dry Store Room No.1 by Richard Fortey today, tis very enjoyable and making me chuckle
What have you been watching at the cinema? (Cont..)
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@ Bookjumper:- Thats a shame, I was decided on not going to see the 3D as I have a dodgey eye and when trying 3D glasses out on the tv it just didn't work so didn't want to waste money but now thinking i'll waste money seeing it at all makes me re-think going now. The trailer makes it looks so good as well
Not sure what to do now as I am still intrigued and can't think of anything else to see....hmm...