Scarlette
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As mentioned before, I can remember several scenes, characters, etc, from books if they were particularly memorable and had some impact on me - whether it's emotional, frightening, humorous, etc. Some books and characters are enjoyable, but not lingering. I live for encountering characters that stay with you ages after reading their stories.
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I bought one book from my wishlist, today. Tales of Mystery and Imagination, a compilation of stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
Actually, that particular title isn't on my wishlist, but his detective stories are, so I consider the extra tales a bonus. 
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I like "egregious", because it sounds so lovely. Also, "extemporaneous" and "irrevocably". I love words that make you run to the dictionary to discover their meaning.
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I read about 50 pages of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, during my lunch hour, today. It's an easy read, thus far, and the main character's views and quite entertaining.
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There is, though, an additional problem which I was going to bring up on the Cool Books thread. People were talking about looking over shoulders to see what others are reading, and sometimes on the tube I'm reading a fairly literary book, and suddenly I'll find myself reading something really rather kinky and weird which has sneaked in. And that's when it gets uncomfortable - thinking there's some doddery old granny, or gothy teenager, or severe jehova's witness woman, looking over my shoulder thinking "what a filthy perv! Reading that stuff in public." So, the book comes a bit closer to me and I lean further back into the chair as I try and make it harder for anyone to read over my shoulder. I always feel I look very weird at this point, and it's completely "obvious" that I'm a dirty old man. I can relate so much to that. In high school - reading Anne Rice during recess and subtly cocooning myself around the book trying to cover up the sexy bits. And, now, even though I'm older, I still do the exact same thing when something kinky sneaks into the storyline and I just happen to be reading in the presence of other people.
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I loved The Secret History Dan! Great book.
I read up to chapter 10 last night in The Swan Thieves, which is just up to about page 60. I love it so far and can't wait to read more
.I'm so envious, peacefield! The Swan Thieves will only arrive at my local bookstore later this month - and I just can't wait to read it! How does it compare to The Historian?
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I don't mind sex in books, but like Kell mentioned above, too much of a good thing can become boring very quickly. I don't particularly like sex scenes that are too explicit, sentimentally Mills-and-Boon-ish, pointless, and anything too perverted makes me cringe and turn the page without giving it another thought. That being said, though, like with most things it all depends on the writing.
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The first one is easy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Boring, boring, incredibly boring, and incredibly depressing. And I don't care that the woman was a victim of her age and I guess couldn't defend herself as she would've been able to do in the modern society? I felt no compassion towards her because she was a miserable wimp who let everything happen to her. I hate that book with a passion and only struggled to finish it because it was on my English lit course. It totally put me off Thomas Hardy, forever.
Thank you! I couldn't even bring myself to finishing that one. I disliked the way Tess and her situation was described even more than I disliked Tess herself. I hated the way the Hardy kept on nagging about how pretty she was and how it seemed that that was to blame for everything.
Another one was The Agony and the Ecstasy (I can't recall the author at this moment). Boring, dull and dragging on and on and on and on.
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I'm positive we have had a thread like this, too.
Mine is simply the name of a colour I love. It sounds rather dramatic, too, which suits me, I suppose.
I also chose it because I've been dyeing my hair red eversince highschool. -
Bambi!! Does it for me everytime.
For serious films, A Very Long Engagement has me blubbering at the end even though it's not a sad ending.
A Very Long Engagement is probably one of the most emotional films I've ever seen. I've shed a few tears myself after watching it.
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I stick around until the shop assistants start looking at me strangely and then I try to leave as nonchalantly as possible...
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Right... I knew this would happen... I went to a book sale, today... I walked away with six books. A Stephen King for my brother, a fairy album for my sister, a book on modern architecture for grandpa and, for myself:
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein - Peter Ackroyd
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
Dark Alchemy, which is a compilation of short stories by various authors including Neil Gaiman.
I'm done, now. I'm not going near that place, again. Maybe...
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Colin Firth, for all the perfect, yet awkward, English gentlemen characters he's portrayed.
Hugh Grant, because of his dry wit and don't we all just love seeing him play the naughty boy?
And, Johnny Depp... because he's Johnny...
I don't think I've ever had a favourite actress, although I've enjoyed Julienne (sp?) Moore in quite a few films.
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I watched Juno, today for the first time. It was both amusing and heart wrenching. I was in tears midway through.
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Bookjumper said what I wanted to say, only so much better.
Besides that, reading gives me the kind of nourishing entertainment that television, films, video games never, ever will. I love living in a different world - a world of my own making, just as much as the writer's - for a while and getting to meet characters someone else brought into existence. Also, when you read a book, you get a most intimate glimpse of a stranger's thoughts and ideas. I've read quite a few books I had to literally close and put down for a while, because it I felt like I was peeking into someone's private world and seeing things that weren't meant for me. That's the kind of reading experience I'm constantly seeking.
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I've never quite figured myself to be a lover of the fantasy genre - until I took a good look at my bookshelf and realized that at least half of my book collection contain at least some aspects of the genre or overlaps with it in some way.
I guess I enjoy fantasy as long as it isn't too fantastical - although that statement requires an entirely separate explanation itself. I need to read something that has some basis in our real everyday lives. -
I went to see Sherlock Holmes again, today.
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I don't mind cracked spines - it's only embarrassing when they crack at particularly naughty bits and it seems like you've dwelled on those parts too long.
I have many a cracked spined, moderately stained, dog-eared novel on my bookcase - and I myself caused said damage from reading and rereading and taking them everywhere with me. Like Bookjumper, I enjoy a browsing visit to the secondhand-store, but I prefer buying books in mint condition. -
I'm having a mango again. I keep craving them! The woes of addiction...
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I made Spaghetti Carbonara, tonight. Yum!
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I have been reading The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett for ages now, and I'm giving serious thought to letting this one go and moving on to something else on my list, as I'm simply not enjoying it as much as the Discworld-novels I've read before. I love Rincewind, but this one is just a bit too much on the fantasy side for my tastes.
EDIT: Alright, Colour of Magic has found a new home - I passed it on to my little sister, since she seemed to be interested.
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I've read a few more pages of The Colour of Magic, but I'm not enjoying this one as much as I did the others I've read in the series. The Death books are still my favourites, I think.
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I watched the Simpsons Movie, today. I always get a kick out of their escapades.
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Hello and welcome to the forum.
The Lost Diaries of Arian Mole certainly is a very intriguing title - what do you think of it thus far?
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I imagine reading the other day that apparently there has been talk of making a proper sequel to Interview - and that is something I'd love to see done, and done well.