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Stormkeeper said on January 30, 2003 21:42:
Are you guys into reading?
I did a lot when I was about 12.
My faves were any books by Enid Blyton and later Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes stories.
Now I only read some newspapers :D
Jud (moderator) said on January 30, 2003 22:17:
sometimes, well lately quite some.
I also liked the Enid, Agatha.. books :) Also The lord of the rings...and lately i have read “La colmena” by Jose Cela and “Cronica de una muerte anunciada” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
the last book i read is “Tender is the night” in English, found it a bit weird, but well :P
Santi said on January 30, 2003 22:20:
I’m reading right now “The Blind Watchmaker” by Richard Dawkins
gyllene_tjej said on January 30, 2003 23:08:
my combination is M. Keyes, Ch. Bukowski and . King. sadly I don’t have much time for reading these days :( Damn stresses of everyday life ;)
Anarem said on January 31, 2003 01:01:
I like to juggle 3 or 4 books at a time, right now it’s The Mothman Prophesies by John Keel, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, and The Promised Land by Pierre Burton, a Canadian historian :-)
I must confess that I like that Harry Potter crap, too. It’s surprisingly well written for a children’s book, and a guilty pleasure :-)
LittleSpooky said on January 31, 2003 03:45:
“The Hunt For Red October” - Tells more information about the fate of Marko Ramius’s wife in the book.
Twilight-Ghost said on January 31, 2003 18:00:
I love any vampire books.
Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, Christopher Pike, Christopher Golden (borrowed characters: Spike and Dru) and many more.
I also love crime, mystery, horror books and some romance books now and then.
I also like books that has any intersting facts about anything.
I would have liked any books about Roxette, but I don’t have any.
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Also, did you know that the duo ’Savage Garden’ got their name from one of Anne Rice’s book???
I think it was Darren Hayes who thought of the name because he was the one who likes to read Anne Rice’s books.
Stormkeeper said on January 31, 2003 18:25:
hmmmm...The Hunt For Red October and Anne Rice...hmmmmm... sounds familiar to me.
Twilight-Ghost said on February 1, 2003 15:40:
@Stormkeeper
Well to jog your memory.
Have you heard of the movie ’Interview with the Vampire” and “Queen of the Damned” ???
Those movies are based on Anne Rice’s books.
Once you read Anne Rice’s books you’ll like the vampire Lestat. Lestat referred to a world that is a “savage garden”. To explain what “savage garden” mean will make this post quite long and I won’t bore you with that. Not unless if you want me to.
Anyway, I think that’s where Darren Hayes got the name of their band because he likes reading Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles”.
vaxjoe said on February 1, 2003 15:47:
heyyyyyyyyy INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and QUEEN OF THE DAMNED are my favourite films!
the soundtrack of Queen.... rox too!
twilight ghost i also have news on the other story i was telling you :)
vaxjoe said on February 1, 2003 15:48:
oh i have to say i had read the vampire book b4 the movie ...cause i sounded a bit irrelavant b4 :p
Twilight-Ghost said on February 1, 2003 15:59:
Hello Vaxjoe,
Yes. I love those movies too.
It is my favourite. I really love Anne Rice. Do you know that there fans who celebrates her character “Lestat” once in a year. I think they have a social gathering (a ball or something) every halloween.
.... and Lestat is only a character. Even Anne Rice jokes that people have this social gathering for Lestat but not for her (the writer).
So, what’s the news you wanted to tell me??? Was it something to do with your post in ’Song of the Day’???
vaxjoe said on February 1, 2003 16:03:
i like lestat the way he was portrayed in Queen...better...
hey i wanted to tell u this for days! remember the story with life in mono?
after we had that discussion i wanted to find my friend back! but i had nothing no number no email...so i emailed his company (a bit embarrasing) and they promised they would help me...so after a week i received an email from him yeahhhhhhh!!!! now we re in touch again...i wanna thank u cause if u hadnt reminded me all that with that song maybe still i would be in the dark and so would he ..*kisses*
Twilight-Ghost said on February 1, 2003 16:15:
WOW! That’s good news Vaxjoe.
I’ve always believed that there is a reason for everything. We are meant to be a Roxette fans so we could meet (in this forum) and I could remind you about your friend.
I’m very happy for you =)
If there are more news tell me (but only if you want - I don’t want to intrude into your private life).
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Also, I totally agree about Lestat in “Queen”. He was better and younger. Lestat is suppose to be 20 years old when he became a vampire right. So, Stuart Townsend is a more realistic choice than Tom Cruise in “Interview”. But both movies are good. “Interview” has a bit of a humour in it. But Stuart has more charisma playing as Lestat than Tom Cruise don’t you think?
Next vampire book I’m going to buy and read (of course) is called “The Vampire Vivienne” by Karen E. Taylor. I mean I’ve always loved vampire characters and Vivienne (exactly the way it was spelt) is my first name. What a coincidence.
vaxjoe said on February 1, 2003 16:21:
i now i believe that too and also that if u want something bad then the universe helps u to get it!
i think tom cruise was bad for the role...i expected someone TALL and someone who could take your breath away , a dominating presence if i can say that...tom is short and always the good boy
...so in interview for me Brad Pitt wins by far!
now in Queen..thats exactly the lestat u wait for! looks+character :)
well my friend said that my email travelled halfway around the world b4 he got and that hes excited that we re back in touch again!
Stormkeeper said on February 19, 2003 09:02:
I know many of you are into LOTR / Potter, I´m curious which one do you usually find better one, book or a movie for a same story?
LittleSpooky said on February 19, 2003 09:13:
“Hunt For Red October” was also a movie starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden and a few other “names”.
I recommend both the movie AND the book. Read the book AFTER the movie though. That way, you’ll understand and have a visual of what’s going on as you’re reading. Like I said, they talk about the death of Marko Ramius’s wife in the movie, but in the book, they tell you HOW she died (it was a ruptured appendix that was caught too late). One of MANY things. Some would say to read the book first. If you’ve never experienced Tom Clancy’s books, you’d be better off watching the movie first.
Oh, and so you know, Jack Ryan (character in the books / movies) is a fave of Clancy. Ryan’s stories go like this:
Sum Of All Fears (how Ryan got into the CIA)
Clear And Present Danger
Patriot Games
Hunt For Red October is the final story of sorts. However, the movie release goes differently:
Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games, Hunt For Red October, and then Sum of All Fears.
vivien said on February 19, 2003 11:20:
My fave authors are:
Jane Austen
Nick Hornby
Emily Brontê
Virginia Wolf
I am reading now “Den allvarsamma leken” from Hjälmar Söderberg.
Majdy said on February 19, 2003 14:34:
I like Enid Blyton and Astrid Lindgren, but now I’m into JK Rowling. I really like Harry Potter and cant wait to have the new one on june.
lonely_girl said on February 20, 2003 07:00:
According to the main book delivery service here in Switzerland the new Harry Potter will be out in March or June 2003 and it is called the Order of the Phoenix. Great, so I can take it with me on holiday if I can wait reading it so long... (-;
Otherwise I like writers like Henning Mankell, Ake Edwardsson, Marianne Keyes,...
coyboyusa said on February 20, 2003 09:50:
anyhting shakespear..melissa etheridges autobiographhy..war of the worlds the time machine the hobbit
lol i didnt think peopel read anymore
ixtlaner said on March 6, 2003 01:06:
Currently reading Stanislav Grof’s “The Adventure of Self-Discovery”.
What else can I say than “reality is stranger than fiction”... I’m speechless... Haven’t enjoyed a book that much for years.
Santi said on March 6, 2003 10:20:
I’m reading a book in Spanish about how to write screenplays for cinema, tv and radio programs! :P
Aaso said on March 6, 2003 11:51:
These days I have no time to reading just studying!!I have to pass the IELTS in March 16 :((( and I just study and study and study.... oh pleaseee
Aaso said on March 7, 2003 06:43:
Well, ya know, IELTS is a kind of test to examine your English..(I explain cuz I thought you amy not know). It is like TOEFL(American one) but it’s British... And actualy I’m studying English...
oh I have only 9 days ...
Th_Th said on March 7, 2003 13:00:
I love all the Harry Potter Books!!! I am such a HP addict! I even got dressed up for the Second HP Film, of course I was HP, with the scar and the school unifrm and everything! ;-)
harriej said on March 9, 2003 20:16:
At this moment I’m reading the books by Wilbur Smith. Other good writers include:
- Larry Bond
- Tom Sharpe
- Tom Clancy
- Frederick Forsyth
Santi said on March 9, 2003 20:38:
I read one book in 3 DAYS!!!!!!!!! WOW that’s a record for me!!! :D
It was in Spanish:
- Fundamentos del guión audiovisual (Fundamentals of the audiovisual screenplay).
I’d like to write something, you see :D
I started another one :p
Stormkeeper said on March 9, 2003 20:47:
I´m glad people are still reading books these days.
I´m not.
Aaso said on March 9, 2003 20:56:
I have read a book in 5 hours it was a Farsi novel and it was nearly (if I can remeber ) 200 pages...
I started at 11 am and finished at 4 pm :))
Santi said on March 9, 2003 20:58:
My record is also in some 7 hours a book in Spanish called “Is there intelligent life in rock’n’roll?”. Not serious stuff :D
Stormkeeper said on March 9, 2003 20:58:
Santi: no. I have my personal reasons.
I used to a LOT when I was about 10.
Aaso said on March 9, 2003 21:07:
surely mine was easy to read if it was a book like you read in 3 days i would read it in 5 days LOL
lost-little-girl said on March 9, 2003 21:33:
I am reading Prozac Nation, it is really good and they made it into a film which is due for release soon.
lonely_girl said on March 24, 2003 06:57:
To all Harry Potter fans:
Found the following text in an ad in our newspaper (Switzerland):
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, release date June 21st 2003, 768 pages.
Extract:
Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses: “It is time,” he said “for me to tell you what I should have told you five years agou, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything...”
misterious, hu? (-;
pumpkins said on September 14, 2005 09:30:
I am very much into John Connolly. Michael Connolly also writes excellent books.
Th Th : The Harry Potter books are very good. I agree.
See... I can agree with him on some things!
Bibi said on September 15, 2005 19:32:
I like pop-literature like
Benjamin Lebert: Crazy
Florian Illies: Generation Golf
Rocko Schamoni: Dorfpunks
Jonas Gardell: En komikers uppväxt
...
MiracleMan said on September 15, 2005 23:38:
Judith—Gabriel Garcia Marquez! I read Chronicle of a Death Fortold years ago when I was reading a lot of his stuff. Have you read Love In the Time of Cholera? His prose, translated into english, is exquisite. I assume it’s even more beautiful in Spanish. I understand he’s got a new fiction novella out soon, the first in about a decade.
I’ve also been sucked in into the Harry Potter books. I’m on Phoenix right now. Goblet of Fire was sooooooooo gooooood!
Remembering Babylon—David Malouf was so lovely, one of my favorites. Excellent writer.
The God of Small Things—Arundhati Roy. Donna Tartt, E. M. Forster, Julian Barnes, Douglas Adams, Elizabeth McCracken, Patricia Highsmith, Nicola Barker’s Wide Open. . .
Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series is also rather entertaining. Like Douglass Adams with a literary twist.
If you like mysteries, Laura Joh Rowland’s samurai detective series is enjoyable, very evocative of feudal Japan, and very well plotted.
xarrrr said on January 30, 2003 21:55:
i’m reading About A Boy and The Look For Roxette :D