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Jul 08, 2015 09:14AM
I'm counting
for Place I'd like to visit. There is no specific place in the book, but I would love a road trip through the States...oh and it starts in California a state I'd like to visit
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So I added
for the movie adaptation, cute book
I only knew the movie before. Growing up in Germany, Roald Dahl wasn't a big thing
another book finished for the reading challenge Requiem for a Dream book by fav author. 5*, should be possible to give more. absolutely stunning book.
Since I'm only reading Sherlock Holmes for a university paper at the moment the challenge is a bit on hold
i've nearly completed my book started and never finished. the very boring game of thrones.
You don't like GoT? I loved the first book.
nope, finding it incredabily dull. not that impressed by the tv series, but thats probably due to it being similar to the book.found a book to fit the under 30 yr old author. Sinkhole
I liked the first two books, but then they get really boring. Well now I'll stick it out and finish the series if GRRM ever gets around to finishing it.I crossed a few of my list. When She Woke for set in the future, Fasandræbernefor mystery/thriller and I started Little Women which I'll use for 'more than a 100 years old'
Finished game of thrones for my "started but never finished" category. Made it to the end but it was sooooooooo boring. Possibly worse than HP???
I've never been one to enjoy reading a book that everybody loves, hunger games is probably the exception. I get more out of a story reading unknown authors, the guys other people wouldn't dare read because it isn't recommended by Waterstones.
Well, hype can kill a book. A lot of hyped books don't live up to it. I hated City of Bones with a passion
I switched some stuff around.
which was used for the 'Non-human characters' (because of the vampires) is now used for the 'Antonym in the title' (living/dead) and I chose
for the non-humans because it features demigods, Gods, magicians and monsters
'Oblivion' is not drirectly a color in the sense of red, blue or green, it is however a color scheme. So chosing that is really quite clever, respect
ok. saves me going to the local DIY shop to ask for some oblivion paint. :)
I'd count it. Like I said its a clever way around it haha
Well done, I think I am nearly left with all the tricky ones to fill.
Finished a book by my favorite author
Talking about the 'tricky ones'...book 'that scares me' is the almost impossible task...even when I read horror I don't get scared because I'm well aware its fiction...same problem I have with horror movies tbh
Read fifty shades of grey, I find it scary how that is popular.
Well it is scary how many women actually think it is romantic...
Finished
and added it for "banned book" since it was banned in America for a while
what did you think? I enjoyed it, felt a bit rushed though.
It was okay but I expected more, since I really loved Something Wicked This Way Comes. The writing seemed a little bit over the place and I just couldn't connect to characters or story.
Well either it should've been longer to get more into detail or it should've stayed a short story as it originally was, this middle way however...nope.
Well, my very interesting reading experience of Seven Ancient Wonders proved being useful to my big surprise and I can add it to the challenge. Looked up the ratings on Amazon and whoopsie not so good (shocking really) and I can use it for the 'bad reviews' category now
Haha you can add your review to that list. This is one of my favourite books, bit like reading a bad disaster movie, great fun.
When I have time I will write one. I do think there were some good ideas somewhere in there, but the writing was atrocious in my opinion and the characters so underdeveloped.
Just finished 101 Dalmatians, that is book 12 completed for the Disney challenge.
How was it? I seriously believed for years Disney made that story up and had no idea it was based on a book
Jason wrote: "Just finished 101 Dalmatians, that is book 12 completed for the Disney challenge."
The same author wrote I Capture the Castle a romance but a good read, there is also a film.
The same author wrote I Capture the Castle a romance but a good read, there is also a film.
It was a really good adventure, I have also been surprised by how many of the Disney films were books first, I knew Disney were lazy but not this bad.
Yeah me too. Though, I don't think it is lazy. They always made adaptations that's nothing new. Lazy is what they are doing now, by turning all of their animated movies into live action ones and rebooting everything
I watched Disney's monkey kingdom last week, they have really put effort into that, somehow managing to make natural history into a Disney style story, they should do more of those.
Pretty sure I'm cheating here but I don't care as I can't find a book based in my home town so I've read a local history book instead. The Illustrated History of Basingstoke
Well it is a book, so I wouldn't say its cheating. I have one at home that only partly plays in my hometown and I'm counting that as well
I finished the The Inkheart Trilogy: Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath which is a German fairytale/fantasy trilogy and wow I'm blown away. The first one didn't fully convince me but they just got better and the last one was so much more than I ever expected.
I have that trilogy, might have to dust it off and give it a go.
It starts more aimed at children and slowly progresses into something more serious, but never loses the classic fairytale touch. However, I'm not sure how good the English translation is since I've read the German original
I love that trilogy, I was planning to re-read it soon. I'm glad you liked it
Me too. I read Reckless by her a while back and didn't like it all, so Inkheart was a welcome surprise
I never touched Reckless, because I thought it would disappoint after reading Inkheart. I guess, I was right :D
It was just weird tbh. There was no substance at all to plot and characters. After now finishing the Inkworld Trilogy I'm even more shocked about it
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