It really is a great book though. The movie was...ok.
It really is a great book though. The movie was...ok.
yeah.. i saw the movie first and then read the book. the book was way better of course.
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
My favorite part is where SL Jackson first enters the sphere, that maniacal smile that he has
On-topic : I'm inching my way through IT while I wait for Prisoner of Azkiban to arrive in the mail.
w00t! jump on the IT train. i was scared of the book for so long and then i finally decided i was gonna read it and that was all there was too it! i sure showed me! it's great. i'm still working slowly through Insomnia and i really like it. Kicking myself for not reading it before although i'm glad i got to read the DT series before it.
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
I loved IT! Right now I am reading Carrie again. It was pretty good.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. - Edgar Allan Poe
Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity. - H.P. Lovecraft
idk. I'll read him. He's easy and fun. I've read Jurassic park, the lost World, Next, and i'm starting Prey today. I really enjoy reading Crichton after i tackle something bug and complicated, he's fun to relax to.Originally Posted by feverishparade
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
Finally started The Green Mile for real.
I get to read it duing my breaks at work when there aren't any cars. (Which in the afternoon is a majority of my shift).
UnfoundOne, I've never read The Green Mile either :gasp: I hear it is worth the read.
I finished Order of the Phoenix last night and I'm off to start Half Blood Prince today. I guess Duma Key is just going to have to wait a bit longer.
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sugarpop <3
and I never finished it, and it doesn't look like I ever will
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED The Green Mile.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
The Green Mile remains one of my favorite King books.
John
I totally agree, its worth every minute.
damn, seriously? one of the best? well I do love the movie version but I don't own the book. I'll add it to The List.
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sugarpop <3
Oh, I think you'll really like it.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Definitely! The movie was very, very good, but, as usual, can't compare with the book!
John
So what part are you up to now? And are you enjoying it more?
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Mill's "On Liberty" as well as a bunch of Korean poetry collections.
I actually am looking for a good read after finishing Balzac's "Le Père Goriot", which was brilliant after I got further than the description of the hostel from page 1 to 5 (literally made me sleep the first time I read it).
To all who haven't read The Green Mile - do so! And soon!
I spent my entire shift reading bit by bit this morning and then came home and read for a couple hours. I might even finish it tonight. It's great!
I was going to read Duma Key, but after reading the cover flap, I find myself completely uninterested.
I've just started re-reading Dolores Claiborne. I read it once, long ago, and didn't much care for it. I'm hoping I'll like it better this time.
Donna
"What can I tell you, baby? I've always been bad."--Spike
Hmm, not really. It's 1 or 2 gripping pages in which Pennywise makes an appearance, and then 50 pages of them smiling at each other and building a dam. At this point, the only reason I'm moving forward with it is because I don't like to leave books unfinished :/So what part are you up to now? And are you enjoying it more?
Don't, just....don't.I was going to read Duma Key, but after reading the cover flap, I find myself completely uninterested.
Finished Eclipse and I'm off to start Breaking Dawn... then its on to Duma Key... i've been curious as to why some don't like it around here....
If you can, try to get the audio book, read by Frances Sternhagen. It's MARVELOUS!
John
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