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I read Eva Luna about ten years ago for school and though I'm vague on the details, I remember being utterly enchanted by Allende's writing, so she's definitely an author I'm planning to get to know better. I'd really like to see what she did with Zorro, seeing as I grew up with the classic television series.
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Glad to have inspired you Ooshie
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Blood and guts are absolutely fine, but... darn it, I knew it. Thanks for the warning, Fiif you don't like blood, guts and sexual scenes avoid Ms Brite at all costs..
Not at allIs it wrong that this has piqued my interest in this book?
at least one of us gets to enjoy the vampiric funnage - why couldn't I have discovered Mr Brite at 15? I would have loved her then!
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... Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite? I've had a friend un-recommend the author to me as she made her faint once, but I saw this one in W's yesterday and the blurb really appealed so I'd love thoughts from anyone who might have read it.
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I'm working on it, as it so happensI guess it's up to you to give us an ugly heroine!!
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Well I thought it was a very good review, akshully
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Tee-hee
.In all seriousness though, one thing which annoys me (even though your cover of Wicked is without a shadow of a doubt much nicer than mine) is that Elphie is always portrayed as quite pretty, just green. I'm sure Maguire goes into some detail about her not being pretty in any conventional meaning of the term (I mean, she's got pointy teeth for goodness' sake!), so it vexes me that publishers feel the need to prettify her to appeal to those who want to identify with a heroine who's pretty, if a bit green. Seriously - when will it be acceptable for a female protagonist to be ugly yet awesome?!
/rant:lurker:
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Who could resist the shinyness
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All of Maguire's first edition hardbacks have pretty coloured end-pages, alas both of my Wicked Years 1 & 2 are horrid cartoony ones but I do want the entire series in hardback rather badly
I am also ogling the B&N leather omnibus of W/SOAW, it has to be admitted.Yay for Wicked tikkies
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Oooh
I'll see whether W's will preorder it for me; I really must get a move on and acquire a copy of A Lion Among Men, then, if at all possible in pretty hardback with yellow end-pages *curses self for not parting with the mere -
There's three multipacks with 2 packets x 3 flavours each, Poppy
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Gammon joint glazed with honey, mustard and herby things
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First of all, I'm made up that you decided to give this another chance and ended up enjoying it so much
secondly, I agree about the cover - I had no choice but to buy the horrid cartoonified version; yours is so prettiful! -
Oooh I've seen Kraken in W's yesterday and it looked shiny, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it when you're through with it Pickle
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I've just been informed I've won an ARC of Lisa Mantchev's Theatre Illuminata Act II: Perchance to Dream in a blogger's competition
I'm so made up, I've been trying to preorder this for ages and now I don't even have to pay for a copy that's more collectable than a first edition. W00t w00t! -
No probem
hope you enjoy them but I shouldn't think that would be a problem, there are a couple of things that vexed me (my Amazon review of GD was 3 stars over 5), but to be honest if I of all nitpicky OCD people could deal with the lack of proper editing it must mean that the story is absolutely amazing - which it is. I mean, I'm the one who abandoned I Am Legend on page 2 because of a slight continuity error; by those standards, any book I have to get to the end of typos or no typos needs be exceptional. -
Oooh, Generation Dead
a very good book that, enjoy! I've got that and its two sequels set to be delivered to me in shiny hardback as soon as Passing Strange (Book 3) is released in June - a birthday present to myself - cannot wait to read The Kiss of Life and PS one after the other! -
Some people just need to be tied down Clockwork Orange-style and be exposed to all of Cristopher Lee's Hammer Dracula films in rapid succession, that they might learn that if the acting and atmosphere are good enough, all you need to see is hardly anything at all to have nightmares for a week.
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Indian restaurant is what's for dinner
as my Dad, who's taking me out, says: 'at least you get to eat properly once a month!'
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I've never read Baum's book, had only a vague recollection of the film left over from my infancy and I think that if anything, this state of affairs enhanced my appreciation of Wicked - I wasn't comparing it to anything, and so could enjoy it on its own terms. As far as I can tell it's impeccably researched and should make a lot of sense read hot on the heels of Baum's work, so I think both methods can work well Chesil
.Frankie, I think the problem you may have had is that the novel is only a part of a much grander vision (the Wicked Years series); I read Son of a Witch straight after finishing Wicked and the smallest things in Wicked are expanded in SOAW until you suddenly understand their significance. SOAW doesn't explain everything either, but then that's what A Lion Among Men is for, surely
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Thanks to our housemates who have decided to hijack the oven five minutes before we tried to hijack the oven
me and OH will be having Japanese takeout (honey chicken wings, chicken satay skewers, salt & pepper ribs and char sui buns) watered down with beer/cider and followed by B&J Cookie Dough ice-cream... nom nom nom! -
R.I.P. Dio.
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Good luck Nienna, let us know how SW works out for you
!On the downside, I've been comfort-eating of late, with the consequences you can all imagine
in fact, *goes to nab a packet of crisps from the kitchen*.On the plus side, I've discovered that wearing shaping undies and hoisiery all day makes you pretty much immune to hunger, even when you eventually take them off
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I don't know the titles as I haven't read them myself but I am reliably informed that Andre Norton has written several YA sci-fi books with cats in them; does her name ring a bell by any chance?
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I can't help but get a 'marketing research' vibe about your post, arewenearlythere - as indeed I do about most of your posts, which tend to be vague prompts for quotable opinions as opposed to genuine discussions about books. This is a question you've already asked before in many ever-so-slightly different guises, so we would be grateful if you could refrain from asking it again.