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| Having seen the movie first, I find that I prefer it. I did enjoy the extra depth the main story had in the book and I loved the witty/pun bits every bit as much in print. However, the addition of a narcissistic, mature narrator was obnoxious. | |
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is on page 33 of 398 of The Princess Bride: My progress may only be page 33, but I've read more than that--neither of the (two) introductions have page numbers...and they do yammer on...I'm finally at Chapter 1 and hopeful that it will get better.
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| Pullman has done a wonderful job subtly modernizing the fairytales (There was once a couple who very much wanted children but despite much praying and special diets, had none.) The stories are clean, economical, and straightforward. We find old favor...more | |
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| Based on a folk tale of a little snow girl that comes to life The Snow Child is beautiful. The writing is lyrical which is a delight in and of itself but Ivey's real gift is in showing the subtle gradations between joy and sorrow, life and death, rej...more | |
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“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals
“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions
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― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler
― Mortimer J. Adler
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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