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Oh yes, Ring was streamlined and dumbed down for a mainstream film audience to be 'entertained'
The book's narration is interesting enough and doesn't rely so much on the cheap scares of the film adaptation.Good to hear as I have this on my to be read very soon list. Had the book long enough, it's about time I read it.
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Started 'The Sight' by David Clement-Davies last night - it is a book I borrowed from my bf a couple years ago. Tis good, don't know why I never started it sooner.
Took all the books and other stuff to the charity shop and came out with Stephen King - IT and a book on customs and etiquette of China (travel book) twas buy one get one free.
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That is stunning Calilily, what a great view, the colours are magical.
Wow Rawr, that is a great picture!
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I'm a H.P. Lovecraft advocate, so I'd say him! Some great short stories like Dagon
I second arewenearlythere! If you are looking for scary/ unnerving reads with added monsters H. P. Lovecraft is your man.
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Salems Lot - Stephen King
Waterstones synopsis:
Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town.
My random thoughts:
Now this is what a vampire book should be like! Intensely suspenseful in parts with instinctual vampires who rightly so scare people!
Character wise I only really felt for the young boy Mark, he was my favourite character. As much as Ben was a dominant character and he was going through alot I didn't really feel for him at all and wasn't really moved when
Jimmy and Matt died.
I enjoyed the ending and King's descriptions of the vampire's reactions, but I was wanting things to move alot faster than they did but then if they did I suspect I would not have been moved as much when the real action happened. To begin with I did feel bombarded with alot of street names and people's names and couldn't really remember who was who until much later in the book. I'm usually good with names so its either there were too many names to remember or I was just too lazy to remember.
One thing that I would like to know is
how the vampires managed to lock themselves in cupboards etc with padlocks and move furniture in front of the doors. Did the human familiar go round and do it and I doubt that because at the end anyway Straker was dead and Father Callahan had fleed. And how would they manage to get out with the padlocks on the doors on the outside, unless they can act like ghosts and seep though a crack....oddness. When Ben smashing the door with the axe and other characters hammering padlocks off here and there it just puzzled me to how the padlocks got there in the first place.
Did I miss something??????
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the outbursts of I love you or do you love me? between Ben and Mark puzzled me. I know they went through alot together and it made them very close very quickly. I don't know why but those comments just didn't seem to fit right for me in the story.
All that said I did really enjoy reading salem's lot and need to go buy my own copy now as i've borrowed this copy off my bf.
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Try Salems Lot by Stephen King if you haven't already. I just read it and its the only thing that comes to mind when thinking of silent hill-ish in relation to a small town (abandoned) and horror-ish happenings.
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I also try and take a book with me wherever I go. Even to the point of planning what to wear around my book. My winter jacket has a massive pocket that can take even large books.
I'm always annoyed when I can't wear it or can't carry a bag with me. The other night I had to dress kind of smart(ish) so just took a small book of MR James short stories with me in my pocket.
I can usually read if the tv is on or if music's playing but it takes me a while to get into it properly and I'm snapped out easily.
Work is the most annoying. I can read with the music on in the staff room but people still chat to me when I'm clearly trying to read. I wish I was less polite so I could tell them to shut their stupid faces but I can't.
I try to give them hints by not really replying or looking up but they don't seem to get it.
Yes I am similar. I just bought a coat with massive pockets so it's okay for me atm until it gets too hot and I cannot wear it any longer. I know what you mean about work. I wish I could tell people 'I'm trying to enjoy my break time and my idea of enjoying that time is relaxing with my book now will you please shut up' but alas I am polite on the outside like you and nod, smile and reply to whatever they are speaking about.
Although I am impressed by some of the people at work, they have shown an interest and asked what I am reading and had a look at it and then I've had a few good conversations about books during break which is better than just normal gossip and bitching.
When it's hot out, I like to go reading in a nearby forest. On a bench or under a tree, whatever takes my fancy. I take my bike, some books and off I am. The lonely traveller. Perfect solitude. The way I like it.
That sounds lovely!
I like to do the same but I have found finding a place where no one will come and disturb you is quite hard in my home town.
Cambridge is perfect for reading outdoors in the summer, I love that place for such things and will miss it dearly once the weather gets nicer.
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Me and my mum have had a spring clean this weekend and have come up with many items including books we are planning on taking to the charity shops by us, the main one being RSPCA.
I just counted all the books we no longer want or have never read and do not wish to read ever, including old text books and it amounts to 84 books that we need to haul to the charity shop next week. That doesn't include 4-6 books of mine which I am giving to one of my mums friend.
It sounds like alot but it mostly came from my mum's shelves, (alot of Danielle Steel which my mum cannot remember how she aquired and has never read.) I find it very hard to part with books, I probably parted with around 20.
I know that when we do hand over the books I won't be able to resist having a look at what they already have and come out of the shop with one or two books
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Welcome to the forum Rune! - I do love that name also
Happy reading! So many books, so little time!
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I despise Jay Z, in addition for destroying Linkin Park's music.
I wholeheartedly agree, he ruined perfect music.
I'm quite open minded to music but there are bands out there that annoy me, i'll think it over and report back with my negative comments.
The music on the new halifax advert does my head in too, the channel is flicked or muted if it comes on when i'm watching.
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I ordered some books today.
The five people you meet in heaven - Mitch Albom
The girl next door - Jack Ketchum
Got it on ebay in the end as Amazon and Play.com were asking stupid prices:roll:
Living dead girl - Elizabeth Scott
Ketchum book is one I plan on getting myself, it was on a list of scariest books I once saw.
I eventually got round to buying Nocturnes: John Connolly. Largely because I love the cover but the content looks to be brilliant too.
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I used to read & walk all the time back at home, even when crossing roads - I'd never dare in London though, that'd just be suicidal!!! It would indeed!
I used to read and walk when younger but I did walk into a fair few bins on bin day when I forgot they would be out on the pavement.
I always take a book with me if I think there will be a chance of reading time. At work I have maybe 15 mins max to read but I rarely do because the rest of the staff speak so loudly it is impossible. I would never take a book to the supermarket, although i'm tempted everytime, just for comfort.
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Making my way through:
Richard Mabey - Beechcombings
Harold Gatty - Finding your way without map or compass
Henry Gee - Deep Time: Cladistics, the revolution in evolution
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I finished the last 140 pages of Cabal by Clive Barker last night. It was a pretty good read
Glad you enjoyed this book,
I got a copy from the pound shop of all places and look forward to reading it myself very soon.I plan on finishing Salems Lot TODAY!
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I really like the sound of this!
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I'm a total sap when it comes to weeping at movies. My mother often tells the tale when I regularly had to be removed from the cinema for uncontrollable sobbing.
Although I don't have to be removed anymore, there are movies and subject matter that I have to avoid, and it's mostly animal or cartoon related. I don't do Disney. I hate being emotionally manipulated by drawings!!! It's very embarrassing.
On no account are the following allowed on my TV....even the theme tunes can set me off.
Babe, Bambi, Dumbo, Pinoccio, Incredible Journey, that episode of the Simpsons when Homer meets his mum....then she leaves....am filling up just thinking about that....Watership Down, Finding Nemo,
I's really odd, I watched hours of violence to people daily, can sit through the nightly news and be unmoved......a cartoon animal gets is ikkle paw hurt and I'm a snivelling mess.
And there's the happy ending tears.
And the 'oh my God isn't that horrendous' tears.
It's exhausting.
Should change my username from Coffin Nail to Soggy Blancmange.
It sounds exhausting.My cousin when younger was not allowed to watch 'The Lion King' because she would get so emotional and start to get violent towards people after the scene of Mufasa dying.
'The Fox and the Hound' gets me everytime, the bit where the old woman leaves Tod all alone in the woods.
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Has anyone read Moonheart by Charles De Lint? Finally bought it,and will read it next.
Not read Moonheart myself but have read Greenmantle by Charles De Lint and loved it and it made me search more of his out and moonheart is one that appealed the most - I hope you enjoy it!
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Holding back tears? I was just crying then, then again I am a lightweight when it comes to crying when watching films, I easily do so. Awh.
If I'm alone i'll cry but if i'm in company i'll try and hold it back as much as I can. Even with funny films that make you laugh until you cry, i'll try to not laugh as hard because when I start to cry with laughter it turns into sobbing and it looks like i'm upset
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Highlander
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This is probably the queerest reading habit anyone's ever seen, but I find I read best when I'm reading aloud. Not the entire story, of course, but the dialogue if possible. If I'm forced to read silently, I find that I kinda glaze over the tale and don't pay as much attention to the details. Of course, this results in other people being very displeased with me and the disturbance I create.
I do this too, only when i'm in the house alone so people don't think i'm talking to myself, although I do that a fair bit anyway. I find I have a much deeper vision of whats happening by seeing the words with my eyes and hearing the words through my ears. I used to read Poe to my pet rat as he used to sit still long enough, my gerbils don't so much.
My voice/ throat does get sore after a while tho, I think its because i'm more muttering under my breath rather than speaking normally. -
AI is a sad film too!
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You shouldn't have told us what it was!
Bite Me: For angry secretaries everywhere . . .
You are right, I should have left it to peoples imagination.
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I can't think of any off the top of my head but I remember getting sad in I Am Legend with the dog scene. Partly because I have a dog and love him to bits so yeah...
Oh yes that part was sad, I was holding back the tears then
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The ending to 'House of Flying Daggers' :friends0:makes me cry/ shed a tear everytime. It's the mix of beautiful scenery, moving music and the strong emotions in the scene, it is powerful and one of my favourite films.
Favourite Book Titles
in General Book Discussions
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Isn't Amarillo off topic
Robert Rankin has many brilliant book titles I agree!
Some titles I love:
The Secret Life Of Trees
Dark Banquet :Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures
At The Mountains of Madness
Tales Of Ordinary Madness
Salmonella Men On Planet Porno
The Good Angel of Death
Seeking Whom He May Devour
The Premature Burial by Poe makes most people shudder in horror at the thought.