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Originally posted by infinity HiGH I was flip-flopping on jPod for a while. Always picked it up in the bookstore but never ended up buying it. You're saying it's definitely worth picking up?

Yup! I liked it.

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Originally posted by Ania_xox Has anyone read Perfume: Story of a Murderer? I bought it a while ago and haven't picked it up yet - it sounds kind of twisted... I'd have to read it on a sunny day lol

i read it over christmas break and thought it was weak. i found it simple, and the characters lacked depth. i didn't like the way it was written either. it didn't have the finesse i've come to expect from my books. i had just finished re-reading Steinbeck's East of Eden before i took up Perfume so maybe i was coming at it with the bar set too high. give it a shot though, maybe you'll like it.

i went to chapters last week and will be picking my way through these reads:
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden
Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar - Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Steven Weinberg

"The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory"

Jenn, did you watch the movie? there are a few books, movie adaptations of which I've seen, and I wondering if I should bother reading the books now

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Originally posted by Irishaddict The ending could have been so much better. Sorry Rach!

I don't think I will bother finishing it then as my mum said exactly the same thing!

I will skip straight to the Time Traveller's Wife

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew "The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory" Jenn, did you watch the movie? there are a few books, movie adaptations of which I've seen, and I wondering if I should bother reading the books now

personally i can't watch the movie and then read the books. i like experiencing what i think the elements of the story look like by reading the book. if i see the movie first, then i just have the people/storyline from the movie stuck in my head following the storyline of the book, which sucks the fun right out of reading for me. i think the indication of a really great movie is when it lines up with how you imagined the story to be when you read the book(like LOTR trilogy)

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Originally posted by Gypsy personally i can't watch the movie and then read the books. i like experiencing what i think the elements of the story look like by reading the book. if i see the movie first, then i just have the people/storyline from the movie stuck in my head following the storyline of the book, which sucks the fun right out of reading for me. i think the indication of a really great movie is when it lines up with how you imagined the story to be when you read the book(like LOTR trilogy)

oh god LOTR was just a very hard read for me

Rach, enjoy it
let me know, I'll be happy to lend it to you

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew oh god LOTR was just a very hard read for me Rach, enjoy it let me know, I'll be happy to lend it to you

I have it hun and I have had it for well over a year, just haven't had time.... thanks though

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Originally posted by Gypsy Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

^^ HATED it! lol

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe - Steven Weinberg

Hmmm. This title has me intrigued!! Interested to see if you like it Jenn. LEt me know habibi.

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