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Totorosfantasy
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husky51
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Totorosfantasy
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quote: Originally posted by husky51
I watched "When Marnie Was There" tonight and I will not say anything about the characters or the storyline. IMO, it ranks up there with the other great Ghibli animes...
I will say that at one point I got shivers up my arms and my back, TOTALLY!!! And yes, I cried.
When you see the movie, you will understand...
I'm now looking forward to reading the book, which I also have...
I actually had my local library purchase the book, because for some reason none of the libraries in my area carried it. I'm hoping to get the copy sometime soon.
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husky51
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Totorosfantasy
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Wow, you read books pretty quickly. I just finished the entire "Wicked Years" Series by Gregory Maguire; after about four months or so. Each book was at least 300 pages - the last one was over 500.
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husky51
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Roarkiller
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I find it amusing that people consider reading an entire Harry Potter book in a day to be amazing. It's one thing if it was a deep complicated novel like Lés Misérables, that one took me two weeks. Simple fiction though, just takes barely a weekend.
But then I'm the type to finish a book at one go so, eh.
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quote: Originally posted by fenkashi Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.
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husky51
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Roarkiller
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I kinda gave up with my studies, haha. It's very hard to self-study a difficult subject without proper tutelage. So just fiction for me now.
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quote: Originally posted by fenkashi Screw your opinions, they are not relevant ^^.
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husky51
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saviour2012
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quote: Originally posted by Roarkiller
I find it amusing that people consider reading an entire Harry Potter book in a day to be amazing. It's one thing if it was a deep complicated novel like Lés Misérables, that one took me two weeks. Simple fiction though, just takes barely a weekend.
But then I'm the type to finish a book at one go so, eh.
same with me too. however if its detective kind then i try not to finish it very fast cause there are very few good detective books. and its quite hard to write one.
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husky51
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quote: Originally posted by saviour2012
same with me too. however if its detective kind then i try not to finish it very fast cause there are very few good detective books. and its quite hard to write one.
Some good authors are Tony Hillerman (primarily dealing with the Navajo Tribal Police), Dick Francis (a former British jockey who mainly wrote about racing industry mysteries), and J.A.Jance (who wrote both a series of novels about a Seattle Washington cop and another series about a woman who becomes a Sheriff in her hometown in modern Arizona... even a couple of novels with both of them in it).
Another is Sue Grafton ( her novels follow the alphabet with a female private detective named Kinsey Milhone, like "A is for Alibi", the first in the series.)
Another is Robert B. Parker (who wrote a number of different series', Spencer [made into TV]; Police Chief Stone [made into movies] and others)
To me, all these mystery authors are very good reads...
One thing about them all, their hero's aren't supermen or women! They do get hurt in some of their activities, physically and sometimes mentally...
Each of these authors novels stand alone, but best if read in the order of printing, not always possible, I know.
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Totorosfantasy
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I didn't mean for this thread to get into a discussion on comparing how fast one person can read through a novel to another. I take my time reading books because I just don't have a full day to read them. I'd take the book on the train with me to work. Read through a couple chapters before I go to sleep. Several more chapters on the weekend mornings.
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saviour2012
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quote: Originally posted by Totorosfantasy
I didn't mean for this thread to get into a discussion on comparing how fast one person can read through a novel to another. I take my time reading books because I just don't have a full day to read them. I'd take the book on the train with me to work. Read through a couple chapters before I go to sleep. Several more chapters on the weekend mornings.
cool down, we were just saying.......
__________________ Watch everything but only take the good things from it
Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.
Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.
If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.
its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso] taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi
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