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sozobe
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 06:48 pm
I liked the Kite Runner OK. I'm afraid I found much of it self-indulgent and simplistic.

Pretty good yarn though.

Separately -- not the book's fault -- I worry about the movie, and the impact on the child actors in it.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 06:51 pm
sozobe wrote:
I liked the Kite Runner OK. I'm afraid I found much of it self-indulgent and simplistic.

Pretty good yarn though.

Separately -- not the book's fault -- I worry about the movie, and the impact on the child actors in it.



I have just begun the Kite Runner!!!!



Have youi seen the film???????


Also reading "The Poe Shadow"....
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OGIONIK
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 06:53 pm
called simply "pastels" haha.

yeah, so far, im drawing like in kindergarten with crayons.

wtf does kindergarten mean anyways?
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 06:55 pm
OGIONIK wrote:
called simply "pastels" haha.

yeah, so far, im drawing like in kindergarten with crayons.

wtf does kindergarten mean anyways?


Question Question Question
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 07:39 pm
Don't ask, Merry, just go with the flow.
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 08:28 pm
The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope and Plato's Symposium (with my wife).
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Stray Cat
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 08:29 pm
Quote:
wtf does kindergarten mean anyways?


Kindergarten is a german word that means "children's garden."
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sozobe
 
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Reply Fri 22 Feb, 2008 08:35 pm
dlowan wrote:


Have youi seen the film???????


I haven't, no. I think I'd have a hard time watching, knowing the backstory. Would worry about the kids too much.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 24 Feb, 2008 03:53 am
I have now added "People of the Book" and the bestest "biography" of "Fawlty Towers" to my current reading list.
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Merry Andrew
 
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Reply Sun 24 Feb, 2008 04:36 pm
sozobe wrote:
dlowan wrote:


Have youi seen the film???????


I haven't, no. I think I'd have a hard time watching, knowing the backstory. Would worry about the kids too much.


I haven't seen the film yet, either. But, interestingly enough, the main reason I picked up the book was because a friend recommended the movie very highly. He hadn't read the book.

I think that movie is up for some Oscars tonight.
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Quincy
 
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Reply Sat 1 Mar, 2008 03:18 pm
I've seen the movie, not read the book. Ok, I'll admit, about three or four times I was almost, almost, in tears. I had to blame it on allergic reactions.

Currently reading "The Fowler Family Business"by Jonathan Meades, only just started it.
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 1 Mar, 2008 04:33 pm
I just bought Three Cups of Tea. I was supposed to read Kite Runner, but bought this one instead.......

Also reading my usual young-audience selections. Currently Rascal (1963) and Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book 2.
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 04:27 am
Just finished A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka. Just wonderful! I loved it! (Thanks for the tip, hinge.)

I've made a resolution. To stop buying books ... & to borrow instead, when I can, from my local library (a mere 5 minute's walk away). That'll get around my perennial problem of buying some book, then getting side-tracked by another one (then another!), only to discover the purchased book again months down the track. Rolling Eyes
Now I'll just borrow what I want, when I want!

So I borrowed Tractors, but got confused between The Kite Runner & The Blue Kite. Which one was it, again? Confused The end result was that I've booked both, for when they're available - one in audio book form, the other in book form.
The librarians there are wonderfully helpful! Very Happy
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Bohne
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:23 am
I read the third part of the inkworld trilogy, then a biography on Helen Keller and now, guess what...

I am back on Ulysses (made it to page 195)
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:30 am
Bohne wrote:
I am back on Ulysses (made it to page 195)


Wow, that's an achievement not to be sneezed at!
Congratulations! :wink:
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Bohne
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:35 am
Desperate to break the 200, but I keep falling asleep!
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:52 am
Laughing

You have my full admiration for getting as far as you have, Bohne!
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:33 pm
msolga wrote:
Just finished A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, by Marina Lewycka. Just wonderful! I loved it! (Thanks for the tip, hinge.)


I loved that book! resonance resonance resonance
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 05:35 pm
my current transit read

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/52/76/53ce4310fca07f52892d6010._AA240_.L.jpg
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 3 Mar, 2008 06:04 pm
some guilty pleasure reading, might make an interesting movie

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TABCBKWFL._SS500_.jpg

just started this one, interesting so far, the premise, herge's tintin cartoons have been read by ten's of millions and translated into more than 50 languages. here tom mcarthy asks a beguilingly simple question; are they literature

http://www.granta.com/shop/product-file/39/tint2939/product.jpg
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