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July 02

Laura made a comment in the group 100+ Book Challenge—Laura's 2008 hundred books topic:

Laura wrote: "35. Lord of Chaos -- Robert Jordan
36. Crown of Swords -- Robert Jordan
37. The Path of Daggers -- R...more "

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The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time #4)
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June 16

Laura made a comment in the group Movies We've Just Watched—Kung Fu Panda topic:

Laura wrote: "I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Anyone who loves the kung fu movie genre would love this movie -- i...more "

May 29

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The Dragon Reborn, (The Wheel of Time #3)
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Laura said: "This third book was better yet than the first two of the series. However, Jordan is driving me nuts in the way he portrays his women. They are constantly folding their arms, scowling, and telling the men-folk that they are "wool-headed idiots&qu...more "

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May 22

Laura made a comment in the group Movies We've Just Watched—Prince Caspian topic:

Laura wrote: "Having FINALLY seen the movie, I find I agree in part with both of you. They did do a good job of co...more Having FINALLY seen the movie, I find I agree in part with both of you. They did do a good job of condensing and retelling the story. It is darker and sadder this second visit, more savage, as Trumpkin says. I could also have done without the additional, unneccessary battle at the castle, and the tension between Caspian and Peter. Caspian should have been a boy Edmund's age, to whom Peter as High King hands over the rule of Narnia, legitimizing him as the rightful King, more Narnian at heart than Telmarine.

I did miss Lucy's interaction with Aslan, when she follows his call into the dark and finds the trees dancing. I thought the movie was going to go there, when she commented that the trees were so still, and that they used to dance, but then it fell short, leaving us with only a lovely dream sequence and a dissappointing awakening. After that, nothing happened quite as it was supposed to.

The Beruna Bridge exists already in the book, and the river spirit says to Aslan, "loose my chains," which Aslan does, returning Beruna to its wilder, more primitive, more natural state...a metaphor for the Narnia which flows seamlessly with natural wonder, versus the cold, hard metal and stone cities of the Telmarines. In fact, what happened to whole scene in which the young people come running and laughing and celebrating through the streets after Aslan?

As a whole, the book is more light-hearted than the movie, more like the wild, untamed, rowdy Narnia it is supposed to be. I suppose the movie would have been much shorter without the additional battle scene, but then, there would have been time for the bacchanalia. I wish the movie had taken less liberty with the story. It does not surpass The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, partly for that reason.

As an additonal note, I thought that the score would have been better if there were more new music in it, building on the themes of the first movie, rather than a reprise of the exact same music, overlaying a new battle....less "

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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time #2)
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Laura said: "I enjoyed this second book more than the first of this series. However, there is still that pervasive similarity to Goodkind. This book was published three years before Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule, so I can only conclude that Goodkind borro...more "

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