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 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:06 am
Szinriia I saw the animated film of Watership Down when I was a kid and never got around to actually reading it. Did you get disturbed by it too? sweatdrop .
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:07 am
Szinriia I saw the animated film of Watership Down when I was a kid and never got around to actually reading it. Made me cry sweatdrop I hate the song with a passion though. Dark Materials was quite good I thought *shrugs* personal taste Of Mice & Men is that huuuuge?
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:09 am
The Stand? you mean Stephen King's The Stand? It's horrible!!!! gonk
I get annoyed reading his books, it starts of so great with all this depth and detail but the ending isnt worth fly puke.
Of Mice and Men was good 3nodding I read it before GCSE which was good, since everyone who studied it for English got completely sick of it.
Szin: Read Watership Down!! The book is so much better!
The books I really love reading right now are the Sherlock Holmes ones. I got bought the complete set the other day. Absolutely spiffy.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:10 am
Andyzee Szinriia I saw the animated film of Watership Down when I was a kid and never got around to actually reading it. Made me cry sweatdrop I hate the song with a passion though. Dark Materials was quite good I thought *shrugs* personal taste Of Mice & Men is that huuuuge? Of mice and Men is actually a short book, it's not really that long. more like short and straight to the point...they made a good Movie of it too starring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:12 am
I just didn't like the 3rd one, more specifically the ending of the book.
I blame LOTR. I know it isn't the best book in the universe, but after I read it, I haven't really found a book that's kept me captivated the whole way through and/or not ended in disappointment.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:13 am
Andyzee Szinriia I saw the animated film of Watership Down when I was a kid and never got around to actually reading it. Made me cry sweatdrop I hate the song with a passion though. Dark Materials was quite good I thought *shrugs* personal taste Of Mice & Men is that huuuuge?
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:17 am
You mean the black rabbit of inle? I thought it was quite cute.. at the end, where he goes to join the owsla.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:40 am
Laydee Chups You mean the black rabbit of inle? I thought it was quite cute.. at the end, where he goes to join the owsla.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:45 am
Szinriia Laydee Chups You mean the black rabbit of inle? I thought it was quite cute.. at the end, where he goes to join the owsla. Aah, that probably why. Even though it was animated I don't know why they made it a kids series. Some of the stuff in there is pretty heavy.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:54 am
Laydee Chups I absolutely hated the Dark Materials trilogy!! The ending was just... gonk scream stressed It started off so well and then went to pot. Stephen King also sucks now. The Dreamcatcher made me feel sick after I read it. The ending of HDM was... yeah... but, It's great on Stage, in the Adaption.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:11 am
From the Waterstones and Channel 4 one I particularly recommend 'American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis ' and 'The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks ' to anyone who hasn't read them. They are definitely... mature books though.
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:14 am
Teh Yuri No Jutsu Of mice and Men is actually a short book, it's not really that long. more like short and straight to the point...they made a good Movie of it too starring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich Okies will add to list Laydee Chups I just didn't like the 3rd one, more specifically the ending of the book. I blame LOTR. I know it isn't the best book in the universe, but after I read it, I haven't really found a book that's kept me captivated the whole way through and/or not ended in disappointment. LOTR is by far the best fantasy work I've read so similar books do pale in comparison. 3nodding Tend to read more Sci-Fi than fantasy, though they can mix well see Iain M Banks. Or Iain Banks if Skiffy isn't your thing. The man is sickeningly talented even his travel book was good (And about good whisky whee ) Edit: Szinriia From the Waterstones and Channel 4 one I particularly recommend 'American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis ' and 'The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks ' to anyone who hasn't read them. They are definitely... mature books though. Bugger!
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:15 am
Andyzee Edit: Szinriia From the Waterstones and Channel 4 one I particularly recommend 'American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis ' and 'The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks ' to anyone who hasn't read them. They are definitely... mature books though. Bugger!
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:38 am
Looking at the Top 100 books of the 20th century list I have also read:
Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh
The diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank
A clockwork orange. Anthony Burgess
Lolita. Vladimir Nabokov
The wasp factory. Iain Banks
The name of the rose. Umberto Eco
The unbearable lightness of being. Milan Kundera
The handmaid´s tale. Margaret Atwood
It. Stephen King
American psycho. Bret Easton Ellis
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson
A brief history of time. Stephen Hawking
James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl
Lady Chatterley´s Lover. D.H. Lawrence
The bonfire of the vanities. Tom Wolfe
2001 - a space odyssey. Arthur C. Clarke
Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton
High fidelity. Nick Hornby
I have: Long walk to freedom. Nelson Mandela, but haven't as yet felt like reading it.
My dad obsesses over Delia Smith books & had too many. I think Carol may have banned them from the house.
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:40 am
3nodding I shall look into that.
Yea, LOTR just seemed to blow everything else away. I love sci-fi and fantasy.. it got to a point where it was almost obsessive. Everyone who worked bookstores from Uxbridge to Ealing knew me by name sweatdrop
T'was good though, because I never had a problem reserving or ordering a copy of anything. 3nodding
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