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Bless you, Jennifer. :)
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Don't forget to also check out the 2000 film version o..."
I agree. I went through some of the ones I remembered a couple of weeks ago, and there have been quite a few. I guess it comes up because THG is SO similar to BR.
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Ruby wrote: "Whitney wrote: "Ian wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Per the recommendations, I am embarking on Battle Royale.Then I will read Hunger Games and make my own mind up!"Don't forget to also check out the 200..."
Yep. The similarities are just too many and too clear to ignore. Also, some of us are bitter because some people we know spent decades trying to make an American "Battle Royale" film and now it will never get made because the studios don't want it dismissed as a "Hunger Games rip-off".
Also, I mentioned "Surviving The Game" because it's a delightfully-cheesy re-imagining of "The Most Dangerous Game".
And this: http://www.theonion.com/articles/mave...
Ruby wrote: "I started a sub-shelf "Must-Buy" for the high priority ones from my TBR and a "high-priority" one for books I already own but haven't read. Now those are getting out of hand too!"Yeah, I have the ridiculous regular TBR (well over 1,000 books -- I tend to put anything that sounds vaguely interesting on it), and then to prioritize I had to make a bucket-list shelf, which mostly contains the books I keep hearing about and really have to get around to someday, or else. I try to keep that one under 100.
On topic: I lied in my last post, I ended up reading The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents cause I felt like I needed something light and fun after The Flame Alphabet.
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Dear gods WHY? Can't you people just watch the damn original? Seriously, this one of my big pet peeves!
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BAHAHA! I kinda lied too. I ignored the recommendations in the help-me-choose thread and started Sh*t My Dad Says instead. :)
First off, I want to comment on what I'm seeing about Battle Royale. It's been one of my very favorite books since I first read it back, in... '06, I think. I'd seen the movie (back when it was still only available as a bootleg in America), and I think the book is way better, of course. When I recommend The Hunger Games to my friends, I tend to jokingly call it the American version of Battle Royale. Cuz seriously, there are so many similarities. Children being forced to fight to the death by their government in a political ploy to control the masses. But maybe I should stop talking, and just tell what I'm reading...I must have ADD or something, because I'm always reading a couple different books at once. I start one, and then part way through, I start another, and I read whichever sounds good at the moment. Right now, I'm in the middle of Other Worlds (which seriously rocks, by the way), Do the World a Favour, and Other Stories, A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Fahrenheit 451, and technically, I'm re-reading House of Leaves, but I haven't even touched it in months. I'm also in the middle of a couple others, but it's probably been at least a year since I've read anything of them, so in my opinion, they don't count. I'm pretty much going to have to start back from the beginning, pretty much. >_< The worst part is, I'm thinking of starting a new one. A nice romance novel that requires no thinking, maybe.
Ruby wrote: "Ian wrote: "Also, some of us are bitter because some people we know spent decades trying to make an American "Battle Royale" film and now it will never get made because the studios don't want it di..."Well, as Amber mentioned, the original adaptation wasn't available in the US until pretty recently. Also, the original is a good film, but there are some elements that could use some improvement... Also, do you have any idea how many times other nations re-make American films? ALL THE DANG TIME! And sometimes they're even better than ours! A re-make can be an improvement, as the American version of "The Ring" shows, rather than a lazy cash-grab (a la US "The Grudge").
Also, i decided to go with Zoroastrianism: A Guide For The Perplexed since the first week is on Zoroastrianism.
Forgive me, I am mindlessly devouring YA right now! Reading Wither, a YA Dystopian novel, which has terrible world-building, but I'm sucked in, even when I'm thinking how a lot of the plot doesn't make sense. It's like watching soap operas, which I am also guilty of, where nothing really makes sense, but you get invested in the characters anyway.
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Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
My main reads right now are:
Boneshaker - It's well written, and the concept is great, but...... it's just a little dull so far.
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader and Sh*t My Dad Says.
I've far exceeded my quota of arguing with people for the day, so I might have to bookmark some of those discussions for another day :)
I'm currently reading Dark Citadel by Cherise Sinclair. After reading Fifty Shades of Grey (you can find my review of it here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) I wanted to read some BDSM erotica that didn't make me want to throw my Kindle across the room.I'm also reading Class A by Robert Muchamore, which is going well so far (before I got distracted) and I'm also reading A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, but that one's slow going as I keep reading it and loving it, but then have to psyche myself up to read more because of how he breaks my poor little heart.
Frozenwaffle wrote: "Ian wrote: "Just finished reading The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died"Oooh, that sounds interesting!..."
Me too.
Anna wrote: "Still reading At Swim, Two Boys and Doctor Zhivago. And War Behind The Wire: Australian Prisoners Of War, Fingersmith and Alexander Pushkin's fairy tales."
What do you think of Doctor Zhivago...I wasn't crazy about it. Had to push my way through it.
I just finished reading The Cost of Betrayal and I'm currently working on Crime and Punishment. I'm also going to start on Version 43.
Finished reading Railsea (by C. Mievile) last week.Have spent the last few days trying to listen to Tigana by G.G. Kay. Not getting anywhere, though (a flag must go up as soon as I try to listen- I'm immediatly interrupted by kids/husband/puppy). arg
have just finished reading and reviewing The Great Gatsby http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_... ... brilliant from start to finish.now into a little light viking escapism The Whale Road which is also enjoyable but for other reasons to Gatsby
I just finished Parasites Like Us, which I very much enjoyed. Just started The Leftovers.Next-ups:
Threats: A Novel
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
It looks like both of these are going to fall under the literary genre "Things I wish could be un-read."
Nicholas wrote: "I just finished Parasites Like Us, which I very much enjoyed. Just started The Leftovers.Next-ups:
Threats: A Novel
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
It looks like b..."
You mean The Leftovers by Tom
Perrotta???? Oh no I just got that book and on my to read list. I thought it would be promising since I love Little Children
Lesley wrote: You mean The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta???? Oh no I just got that book and on my to read list. I thought it would be promising..."
Sorry, I just realized how unclearly my last post was worded. I'm enjoying The Leftovers. I meant that the next ones in my queue both look like they're going to be extremely unsettling.
I started Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything a couple days ago. I know I'm like 8 years late, but I've seen people referencing it lately so I thought I should finally see what all the fuss was about.
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Mindjack by Susan Kaye Quinn...excellent so far!
Riona wrote: "I started Freakonomics..."I've been meaning to pick that one up as well (similarly late to the party). Any first impressions?
Ruby wrote: "It's okay Nicolas - I read that as "Things Ruby MUST have" regardless :)"
Right on.
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Holy fxxk you guys, Threats: A Novel is intense.
Nicholas wrote: "Riona wrote: "I started Freakonomics..."I've been meaning to pick that one up as well (similarly late to the party). Any first impressions?"
I quite like it so far! A lot of "Huh, I never would have thought that, but it makes sense..." moments.
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I just finished Boneshaker, and it had a lot of promise, but didn't really do it for me. My review here if you're interested: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I have finally started Ghosts by César Aira - against Riona's advice. Sorry Riona! When it came down to it, I just couldn't do another steampunk novel in a row :(
I'm also reading Four in the Morning on Kindle. So far it's a reasonable waiting-in-line read.
I'm reading "It" By Stephen king Right now. Also kept slightly away with a bookmark is 'Greatest show on earth' and 'god is not great'.
Nicholas wrote: "Lesley wrote: You mean The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta???? Oh no I just got that book and on my to read list. I thought it would be promising..."
Sorry, I just realized how unclearly my last post ..."
Gotcha!
At the moment I'm reading 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen. I like it, it's really realistic and funny.
"The Keep" by F. Paul Wilson. Very cool so far.
Lesley wrote: "I am starting Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn it looks like a good twisted novel."Finished this and LOVED it-gave 5 stars which i rarely do. I love a good twisted screwed up marriage story with lies, missing people, murder and betrayal all in one!
oh my i have too many on the to read list (like 27) but think its either going to be The Twelfth Child by Bette Lee Crosby or Afterwards: A Novel by Rosamund Lupton
I wish my to-read list was only 27 books.
Riona wrote: "I wish my to-read list was only 27 books."Well really its way more I just have 27 I have taken time to type in good reads as to read!
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I'm about halfway through John Dies at the End and to be honest, I thought it was going to be way better given all the good things I kept hearing about it. It's not bad, but it's not great by any means.
I'm almost finished reading The Casualtywhich I loaned from the public library. Also I'm near the end of The Sheep Look Up. I read this back in 1974-75 and it had a powerful impact on me. I'm interested in reading the Afterword of this edition and how it relates to when the book was written back then and our present predicament now. Upon completion I'll add/revise a review to my bookshelf.
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I love that book. Such an interesting combination of humour/Lovecraftian horror/bizarro.
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Ruby wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I'm about halfway through John Dies at the End and to be honest, I thought it was going to be way better given all the good things I kept hearing about it. It's not bad, but it's n..."And that's kinda why I thought I'd really like it, but something's not clicking with me for some reason and I can't really put my finger on it. It's really frustrating.
I'm really dragging my heels with this one, so much so that I've started another one: When I Was Five I Killed Myself, which has blown me away thus far.
But as for John Dies at the end, I'm not sure whether to put it down and comeback to it (which I hate doing) or carry on chipping away with at it.
Katrina wrote: "But as for John Dies at the end, I'm not sure whether to put it down and comeback to it (which I hate doing) or carry on chipping away with at it."I loved every word of JDatE, so as much as I'd agree that putting a book down and coming back sucks, I'd say this one deserves a fresh start. Maybe after you've read the ones that are really calling you.
Who knows? At least if you find that your first impression was right, you'll know it wasn't because you were just in the wrong frame of mind or something.
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That's hilarious - I've started that book twice and not gotten into it! I'll have to give it another go at some point though. It has been a while.
I'm about to finish my first Kinky Friedman-book, The Mile High Club. It has been a fun read so far, with a fair amount of weirdness and bored cats in it. Picked it up on a fluke really. Was browsing around in a second-hand-store, had five books already, and since it was a "take three, pay for two" offer there, I needed one more book.
About to jump on a feast of crows from Martin
Nothing Dr dilated eyes today! Don't even know how I am typing this!
I just started Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang and like it a lot so far. It kind of reminds me of some of Philip K. Dick's work.
I am rereading Anna Karenina, and also just started, The Woman, by David Bishop.
hello everyone... just reading some of the other comments on ...how many books we have still got to read...well i certaintly have soo many to still read and this was before i even found this goodreads site...lol
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... yes, I have to trick myself into discovering what I feel like reading most. Decision making isnt my strongest suit. "
I have found myself doing that too! I put my "unread-but-acquired" shelf on random and tried forcing myself to read the first one that popped up. I like the idea in theory, but always end up reading the one that jumps into my head too!
There is also another thread Riona started to get others to pick a book from your short list for you. That method sometimes works for me!
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...