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vi0let
19 yrs ago
> Books that surprised me, either because I
> went in "clueless" or because they
> transcended what I did know about them,
> include du Maurier's Rebecca
I knew next to nothing about Rebecca when I started readi…
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Myntti, Sudizoso, Katayoun, Hengameh, Scism and MaraJade, please read!
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Re: i'm also pretty sure that i don't have them
vi0let
19 yrs ago
i'll be home in a couple of days
> and i'll check and i think to get in touch
> with hengameh it would be better if you
> were to pm her, i don't think she checks
> the forums much. so till later and hope
> th…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
Tom Holland´s (not very well known, a interview can be found here: http://www.sfsite.com/07a/th60.htm) Sleeper in the Sands is set in Egypt, starting from 20th century and going back to antiquity. It´s a thriller/histori…
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*Harry Potter for adults* - someone was looking for this
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Re: Anyone read it? Is it good?
vi0let
19 yrs ago
I suppose you mean Jonathan Strange -It is very good. Starts like a Jane Austen novel, and moves from a historical story to dark fantasy.
There are lots of good reviews available on the internet, but do not read the on…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
will be announced tomorrow. I´m currently reading "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell"(HIGHLY recommended, btw), but I don´t think it will make it to the shortlist. Not literary enough.
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Myntti, Sudizoso, Katayoun, Hengameh, Scism and MaraJade, please read!
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Re: Myntti, Sudizoso, Katayoun, Hengameh, Scism and MaraJade, please read!
vi0let
19 yrs ago
| 1 replies
Ok, thanks.
>I checked the excerpts twice before posting them
I have searched the house for them, but just to make sure: do you remember seeing my excerpts, beside the one you claimed, in the envelope?
vi0let
19 yrs ago
I don´t know why, maybe I just feel sorry for the book (or author).
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> I've been looking all around and I can't
> find the titles I want, and I always have
> to go to amazon.com to buy the ones I
> can't get and the costs add up to so much!
Ditto. Although I don´t buy from Amazo…
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Myntti, Sudizoso, Katayoun, Hengameh, Scism and MaraJade, please read!
vi0let
19 yrs ago
| 9 replies
You were after me in the BookXerpting ring (http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/1061936). Of my 3 excerpts, 2 seem to have gone missing, but still there currently are over 10 excerpts going around (according to Jossanai…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
| 2 replies
> and "just a short list, which exerpts
> arrived in Brazil (some of you mioght be
> interested): "
> marajade #1, #2, #3 sudizoso #2, #3
> scism #1, #2, #4 minx2012 #1 katayoun
> #1, #3 hengameh #2, #3…
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What are essential reads from your country/culture/region?
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Re: What are essential reads from your country/culture/region?
vi0let
19 yrs ago
Seven Brothers by Aleksis Kivi is probably THE Finnish classic, although students (including me) rarely like it. A more enjoyable one is The Egyptian by Mika Waltari. But of course it isn´t set in Finland ;)
Bookrings, Bookrays, and Bookboxes
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Lost Bookray/ring Registry
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Re: Stuck ray: The World of Jeeves
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> This has been with elina since 4/10/04.
> Still PM'ing to determine status.
I tried to contact her in June but received no reply. There has, however, been no problems before.
vi0let
19 yrs ago
PMing you!
Chit-Chat
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What do you think of when you think of New Orleans?
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Re: What do you think of when you think of New Orleans?
vi0let
19 yrs ago
("There´s a moon over) Bourbon Street"
Garden district
Anne Rice
Vampires
French
Mardi Gras
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Canada. What do you think when you hear this word?
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Re: Surprised nobody had mentioned...
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> Canadian music (recent)... Shania Twain
> Celine Dion Bryan Adams Alanis
> Morrisette
*cough*
Rufus Wainwright
And:
Ice hockey
Ottawa
French. I think they say "eighty" instead of "forty-and-forty" or…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry
> Pratchett Johnny Depp and Robin Williams
> were in talks to star...?
Yes, yes, YES! Good Omens would make a great movie. I guess Depp & Willaims would do as Crowley & Azir…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> But have you read her "The Third Witch",
> which is basically Macbeth as told by one
> of the three witches with an agenda of her
> own?
No, but I´m going to add it to my wishlist (when it starts working again…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
| 2 replies
Ophelia´s Revenge by Rebecca Reisert. I liked the idea and of course the first sentence caught my attention; "By my sixteenth birthday, I'd murdered two kings, my father, my brother, a queen, a prince and my husband."
vi0let
19 yrs ago
how about picking this
> list apart a bit. What wasn't on there
> that you particularly wanted, and which
> book do you think did not merit the honor
> bestowed by fellow Bookcrossers?
When I was trying to ma…
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> And, what did you think of the list?
> Surprises? Other authors/titles you
> missed?
Surprises: Stand by Stephen King is above Catcher in the Rye (I thought Catcher would be in the Top 3!)
Also: Lamb is on the…
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upcoming book to film adaptations that make me shudder
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Re: upcoming book to film adaptations that make me shudder
vi0let
19 yrs ago
| 3 replies
> I've also read that Patrick Suskind's
> novel 'Perfume' is going to be made into a
> film and that Orlando Bloom is one of the
> contenders to play the lead character,
> Grenouille.
NO. This can´t be true. …
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List of 50 modern "essential" reads, as reported in The Guardian
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Re: I've read 16 1/2 of these...
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> I was definitely surprised to see MISERY
> included- good book, but I don't even
> think it's King's best, much less in the
> 50 must-read department.
I can´t believe that there´s a Stephen King on the list. …
vi0let
19 yrs ago
> I think this one might be the same as One
> Two, Buckle My Shoe. Sorry, too lazy to go
> look it up right now.
Well, that makes sense...I think. Thanks!
