Stella's comments (member since Jan 05, 2009)

Stella's comments from the The Rory Gilmore Book Club group.

Wow Alison, good point! I didn't realize the resemblance between Jeremy Northam and Paul Rudd, but now that you ahve pointed it out it is obvious, they really do resemble!

And I agree, loved how Cher's character was written: she was spoilt but her quirky, witty barbs were funny and she was kind. Loved Mel's character also, loved how Cher was daddy's little girl, and her dad couldn't say no to her :-)

(and in the GP version, I agree, I didn't like Jane Fairfax too much..)

Hi Bethan, Welcome to the group! :-)

1. The Life of Pi
2. The Lovely Bones

ps. and I agree with you Michelle, I can't afford to buy any more books, and not just because of the money, but also because I have so many books laying on my shelves I would feel bad getting more and more and not reading the ones I have (of course I wouldn't even dare resolving not to buy any more new books until I have read all the old ones, because that would be impossible)

ps2: if you were chatty Michelle, then what was I? writing a little novel here..sorry! :-)

.. and I'm way behind .. for a month or so I had this aversion to read on the bus (and that us where I usually read), so didn't progress with my novels in book form. But I've read more than half of Far From The Madding Crowd, which is one of my challenge reads this year, so at least that will be something at least to finish that.

Thanks Kristi, it makes sense! and there was definitely some jealousy going on between those two..

Summer wrote: "Kristi wrote: "Was Dionne supposed to be Mrs. Weston?"
Here is what I think:
Cher = Emma
Josh = Mr. Knightly
Dionne = Isabella
Murray = John Knightly
Amber = Jane Fairfax/Mrs. Elton
Christai..."

I agree with your Mr and Mrs. Weston casting, but why is Amber Jane Fairfax? I can't recall any scene with him and Christian, what happened between the two of them?

*nods* you should do that :-) , and be prepared for the cringe-worthy wig..

he had a blonde shoulder-long wig.. he rescued Emma when her carriage was stuck in the river. He arrived on horse (if I remember correctly a white one..), still doesn't ring a bell? (their duet was really good)

Yes, he is Frank Churchill in the Gwyneth Paltrwo version of Emma, he doesn't make an appearance in Clueless :-)

Give it a try Kathryn, my first try put me off for years too, but now I loved it.

Clueless has been one of my favourite modern adaptation of classics, I think it has been done wonderfully: it is fresh, witty and not at all cheap or stupid. It is laugh-out-loud funny and the modern versions of the characters are fantastically done.

It is the GP version of Emma I have known for many years, and though I liked the film (and LOVED Jeremy Northam's Mr. Knightley), somehow the film in its whole irritated me, and I still can't put my finger on why. I'm very ashamed to admit that I have had the KB version for almost as many years as I had the GP one, but once when I was around 16, I started watching it and the moment Mark Strong's Mr. Knightley came on screen I got so disappointed I switched it off and never tried watching it for years *blushes* And then a very good friend of mine, who also loves period dramas recommended to persist and watch it, and when I finally did watch it, I instantly loved it! and now I even prefer it to the GP version! This one doesn't irritate me, and though Mark Strong doesn't appeal to me as much as Jeremy Northam does, I think his Mr. Knightley is still wonderful. KB as Emma is believable, she is young, fresh spoilt and impertinently meddles in others' lives, the actress playing Harriet is really a shy and timid gentle girl and not the huge tall Toni Collette. And the Jane Fairfax in this version is a very amiable, pretty young girl, somehow I could never warm to the one in the GP version.
So all in all, I would recommend for all of you who haven't seen the KB version, watch it, it is wonderfully entertaining (and many say it is way closer and much more true to the novel than the "Hollywood version")!

1. Hamlet
2. Flowers for Algernon
3. Beloved

1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Marion it sounds interesting, I will also check it out, thanks for the recommendation! that's what I love about these communities: you get to hear and know books which you never would have come across, thanks to some friends having the same interests and taste reciommending them! :-)

Hey Kourtney, welcome to the group! *waves* :-)

Marion wrote: "I am from the very south of Germany, I live near Lake Constance in Bavaria."


Marion, my great-aunt (the sister of my grandmother) and hor husband and family live in Konstanz! :-) We have been to visit them once a few years ago, it was very nice!

1. My Sister's Keeper
2. The Lovely Bones
3. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Thanks for the recommendations El, added them to my TBr list (oh my that list just keeps on growing..) ;-)

Lori wrote: "Stella, I'm thinking of reading Grapes of Wrath for my first Steinbeck (I own East of Eden too) in the near future. Do you have any opinions or advice?
"


Lori, unfortunately that is one Steinbeck I still have to read, so I can't give you any advice, just that I know it is one of his most praised novels.

My first was East of Eden, which I liked so much I went on a roll: read Of Mice and Men (which I also found extraordinary), then a collection of short stories like The Moon Is Down and Sweet Thursday.

Grapes of Wrath is also the next Steinbeck i'm planning to read (though that TBr pile is quite huge, it might take some time before I start it..).


ETA: ok, then Michele it is, thanks that's make it easier and a lot shorter to type ;-)

Whichwaydidshego?, that has happened to me also, though I can't recall now with which book.