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posted at 24/11/2004 5:07 PM GMT
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Total posts: 79
First post: 12/1/2004 Last post: 19/2/2005 |
Originally posted by hols WHY must they make film adaptations of everything? Sometimes it's better just to leave things to the imagination. Grumble, grumble. |
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posted at 24/11/2004 5:47 PM GMT
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First post: 4/9/2003 Last post: 1/8/2009 |
I wish they'd leave Perfume alone :rolleyes: I cannot see how they can manage to translate it into a decent film. Reading Vanity Fair at the moment.
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posted at 26/11/2004 12:28 AM GMT
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Total posts: 802
First post: 18/3/2003 Last post: 1/2/2009 |
Just finished Perfume. It wasn't as unputdownable as I imagined but it was still a good read. I am currently on the latest Anne Rice - "Blood Canticle" - simply because if its a Vampire Chronicle I just *have* to read it. I thought Blackwood Farm was better than other previous recent offerings so hopefully this one will carry on where it left off. |
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posted at 26/11/2004 2:48 PM GMT
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First post: 6/8/2004 Last post: 6/11/2007 |
Reading Vanity Fair at the moment. I loved this! I read it a couple of months ago and it is now one of my favourite books- Hope you're enjoying it as much as I did :) Am currently reading The Da Vinici code as I'm too lazy to get myself some new books and this was the only one of my mums that looked appealing and that I hadn't read. And also am trying to wade my way through a JF Kennedy biography... |
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posted at 26/11/2004 3:47 PM GMT
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First post: 4/9/2003 Last post: 1/8/2009 |
Originally posted by BeautyAddict I am enjoying it so far although I'm still trying to get used to him using the word "ejaculate" on such a regular basis :o :D
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posted at 27/11/2004 11:56 AM GMT
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Total posts: 2117
First post: 19/3/2003 Last post: 17/5/2006 |
Originally posted by LoonyPumpkin That's one of Agatha Christie's favourite turns of phrase too. Just goes to show how quickly certain words got bastardised and appropriated for narrower use in the late 20th century! |
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posted at 28/11/2004 2:12 PM GMT
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First post: 20/10/2004 Last post: 27/7/2006 |
I've just read through this whole thread and now want to comment about every single book Ive read of these! Pearlie - I sympathise re the JM Coetzee. I read a horrible book of his - In The Heart Of The Country, about a spinster in South Africa who goes mad with loneliness - but it was so well-written I moved on to Boyhood, which was great. Both quite short though. Beauty Addict - what did you like about Oscar & Lucinda? I hated it so much I'm really interested in why you liked it. I found the characters repulsive, the story sluggish and the ending depressing and frustrating - stupid bloody Oscar! But it's one of your favourite books! Why!? :) I've just finished Out Of Sheer Rage , by Geoff Dyer. A few days before that, I finished his Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It, which was so brilliant I rushed out to buy OOSR. I SO recommend them - they're funny and clever and ruefully familiar and wonderfully written. Now I've promised my mum I'll read Ishmael (forgotten the author) as she has been raving about it. Has anyone else read it and did it change their lives!? |
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