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| mafee |
 Posted: Feb 15, 2008 10:41 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Bangkok
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@Twilight-Lullaby
Wow! Didn't know there was novel from Death Note. Interesting really. 
@momentum
You both make me want to try reading some of Stephenie Meyer's work. Will try to find it in the library.
I'm now reading the detective serie "Kindaichi" (not the manga one which is actually the nephew of this Kindaichi, but the novel one): Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku. The story flows in an unpredictive, mysterious way. Adore detective stories.  |
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 16, 2008 3:42 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| haha, try yakuza moon too, i loved that book. now im reading 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne lol! Jules Verne is a genius imo, loved his around the world in 80 days. |
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| mafee |
| Posted: Feb 18, 2008 11:11 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Bangkok
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You're reading classical works, momentum !  Kidding. I've never read Jules Verne but saw the movie 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Sometimes it's a pity how technology has developed to the point that life is too much easy. I mean in Verne's time travelling around the world in 80 days was a wonder. Now you can do that in 80 hours, less I would even say. (I'm just blah-blah-ing  ) |
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 18, 2008 10:13 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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haha. well, im chinese so i'll recommend some chinese classics, should be able to find translated versions easily. water margin is cool lol, romance of the three kingdoms and journey to the west are good too. i didnt read the original versions though, my chinese is just passable lol. i read the simplified versions. think i better finish up 20,000 leagues under the sea 
oh hey, is the movie you watched the jackie chan one? rofl. i didnt watch it, but i heard it was very very loosely based on the novel |
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| mafee |
| Posted: Feb 20, 2008 11:35 pm |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Bangkok
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Yeah, it's the Jackie Chan's one. I would say it's a bit foolish, but easy to watch on the other hands. I read the easy version for children when I was young so I see that the movie changed the original story much.
A-ha! Romance of the three kingdoms....I read it in Thai language, after the first 80 pages I gave up. Too hard, too difficult. But I still believe I'll finish this book, at least once. Maybe when I'm 60 years old, on pension and have nothing to do.
Have you ever read Pearl S. Buck? I like her feminine-style works with smth related to China. Read 2 of her books and will read more in the future. |
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 21, 2008 4:41 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| nope, ive not heard of her, but i will definitely check her out |
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| mangomalte |
| Posted: Feb 21, 2008 5:22 am |
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恋愛写真
Joined: 10 Oct 2006
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Location: Sweden
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oh, i've read some Jules Verne too, but that was back when i was 13-14. i liked them.
right now i'm still reading Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks. it's the 15th of his books that i've read.
speaking of which... which are your favourite authors, or rather, which have you read most books by?
my list would look something like this:
1. Terry Brooks - 15 books (all the books in the Shannara series except the Genesis trilogy, and now i've begun reading The World and the Void trilogy too)
2. C. S. Lewis - 8 books (The Chronicles of Narnia and The Great Divorce)
3. Frank E. Peretti - 5 books (This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, Prophet, The Oath (the longest book i've read, btw), The Visitation)
3. J. R. R. Tolkien - 5 books (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, Farmer Giles from Ham)
5. Katherine Kerr - 4 books (first 4 books in the Deverry series)
5. Jules Verne - 4 books (The Lighthouse at the End of the World, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robur the Conqueror)
i've probably forgotten someone, but those six almost make up half of all of the books i've read. i've soon read 100 books. |
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| suturawberii |
| Posted: Feb 22, 2008 2:22 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 22, 2008 5:29 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| i think they talk about marriage only in the 3rd book. Belle wants to become a vampire coz its dangerous for her to be human, what with every bad vampire after her, but edward doesnt want her to be one coz edward thinks he's lost his soul after he became one, and doesnt want belle to lose her's as well, so edward wants belle to marry him before he agrees to let belle become a vampire. the 2nd book is mostly about how edward tries to turn her life back to normal by leaving her, only to make it worse. |
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| mafee |
| Posted: Feb 23, 2008 1:32 pm |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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@mangomalte
Amongst the authors you've mentioned, i've read only C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. I know Vernes but didn't read.
Though only between Lewis and Tolkien it's already hard to decide. I like the great imagination in Chronicle of Narnia though it's a bit childish. LoTR is THAT GREAT but finishing this huge, long serie was really exhausting.  |
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| octocoffee |
| Posted: Feb 23, 2008 5:09 pm |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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| ^ Oh, I know exactly what you mean. LoTR took so much time to read, but it was definitely worth it. The Chronicles of Narnia was good too, but it did seem a little too childish to be really taken seriously. |
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 26, 2008 7:21 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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| lol, i didnt read those... i'll look for them when i have the time. i want to read slash's autobiography lol. im not a guns n roses fan though, but i think its going to be cool to read about the life of a rock star, his crazy life, drugs, prostitutes, and how he finally managed stability. i could finish yakuza moon, slash shouldnt be too much of a problem lol. |
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| mafee |
| Posted: Feb 26, 2008 9:30 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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As for me I've just watch a trailer of the film 'The Kite Runners'. The story is about 2 Afgan boys who used to be close friends in their childhood. But then one went to live in America, the other remained in Afganistan. Both changed and the American one wants to find the other one. I don't know who 's the author but this book has just been translated into Thai so it'll be easy to find in the bookstore.
The most important thing:
~~~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY~~~momentum~~~!!!
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| momentum |
| Posted: Feb 27, 2008 9:27 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Feb 2008
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haha, thanks.
the kite runner is easy to find, my fren read it already, looks interesting |
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| Jester |
| Posted: Feb 28, 2008 6:17 pm |
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フレンジャー
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Posts: 806
Location: Canada
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Just finished Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk; now that's an f'ed up book if I ever read one. F'ed up in the good way of course. It's just amazing read. He combines one large underlying storying, a dash of poetry, and more then a dozen amazing short stories that tie in heavily with the poems and main story. Some of the short stories are funny some are serious. They all make you contemplate one thing or another, and the vast majority of them just freak you out. One in particular, Guts, really makes your stomach ache. I think it has the record of making the most people faint during public readings. Seriously, check this guy out.
Now I'm reading A Briefer History of Time by Steven Hawking because I'm a nerd like that. |
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