c_s_1987 Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 9/10. You should know what book I am referring to. It took me 1 1/2 days to read, although I see that's a while longer than Foolonthehill took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 The last thing I read was Chris' post. Wonderfully crafted wording and the plot had me glued till the end. I give it 10/10!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 It's unfortunate that there is no director out there who can put onto film what the books have. It seems the movies always lack something... The Green Mile perhaps came the closest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydaholic Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 The Green Mile perhaps came the closest. 'Tis a very excellent movie indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 I think so. It was on the way home after seeing that movie that I suggested to the first wife that we should go our separate ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Were there little flies coming out of her mouth just before you said that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 No, but some other foul stuff came out of her mouth.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I just finished reading "Planet Germany - An Expedition into the home of 'Toast Hawaii'" by Eric T. Hansen, a Hawaiian journalist who lived in Germany for the past 20 years it's fun to see typical German characteristics described from an outside perspective... and I also learned a bit about Americans 8.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) I dropped by the BBC America website a couple of weeks ago and saw that "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" had ceased production. PBS' "Mystery!" has been playing series 5 "Inspector Lynley," so I figured it was time to take up with Elizabeth George if "Sgt. Barbara Havers" and "Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley" were "Ballykissangeled." I hadn't seen the video version of "A Great Deliverance," so the topic was disturbing, to say the least. However, I was hooked, and have burned through "Payment In Blood" and "Well-Schooled In Murder." (Traditional GB nobles really take "death before dishonor" seriously! And English Public schools make me prefer Barbara Havers' working class animal farm of a school.) Also, I found "Wolves Eat Dogs," the latest paperback "Arkady Renko" mystery, which takes us into the radioactive lands surrounding Chernobyl and Kiev. I'm debating buying the hardcover edition of "Stalin's Ghost" just to see if the other great dictator rides the Moscow subways. Edited September 30, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer 9/10 Riveting reading, such a beautiful love story told in such a different way. But then, I always did have a thing for vampires First in the series, can't wait to read the next 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Star Trek-Meh, 6/10 coz it's Star trek and it can't do much wrong. Wasn't quite enough action in it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 you just read Star Trek? you mean some kind of fan novel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 No, the thrid one of the books! They HAVE written Star Trek books ya know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Sounds exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 They are brill! This one was the slowest of them all. I'm moving on the Star Wars next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 no, actually I didn't know that they have official books are they from the movies or completely new stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 From the old old tv programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 ah... okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 you don't look very exicted about Star Trek books, you not a fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I am reading two books about French history. But the best is the third book I´m reading, it´s Paul Verlaine´s poetry. I am discovering him now... one of the greatest French poets and I´ve waited 51 years to find out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 you don't look very exicted about Star Trek books, you not a fan? not really I like some Science Fiction, but Star Trek is, imo, too "good guys vs bad guys", and every species is a cliché (Humans are all good guys, Klingons are all warriors etc. etc.), you know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 I just finished, But Enough About Me by Rolling Stone writer Jancee Dunn. Dunn writes about her life covering the crazy world of Rock n Roll. It's a very funny book. She has a very smooth writing style and her encounters with some of music's biggest stars are hilarious and sometimes frightening. It's a nice read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 "A Suitable Vengeance" by Elizabeth George (#4 in "The Inspector Lynley" series) What's this? 21-year-old Deborah Cotter just got back from 3 years in the U.S.? Lady Helen Clyde isn't Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley's paramour? And where is Detective Sgt. Barbara Havers? This WayBack Machine tale takes place some years in the past. It's another tale of mayhem and suspense concerning: Cornwall, Cancer, Cocaine, a cross dresser, and a leftover adolescent revenge plot from Tommy Lynley's past. As usual, have a large dictionary handy for "counterpanes, cerulean, and expiation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Yeah, Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 I've been reading "Anne Of Green Gables" to my 8 year old daughter as a bedtime story. She says she's enjoying it, though I think she often finds the language rather bewildering. I'm enjoying reading it immensely, just as I did as a child. The book is a family heirloom of sorts. My mum was given it by her parents for her 11th birthday in 1941. Once we've finished it, there's "Anne Of Avonlea" and then the rest of the series, whose titles I can't bring to mind right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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