2012-02-09, 23:32 | Link #2083 |
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, I hated it. Disliked the protagonist, all the supporting characters really, the plot and the writing style. Of course it has to be in our English curriculum... it was the most torturous read in all my years of high school D:
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2012-02-10, 01:37 | Link #2084 |
Gundam Boobs and Boom FTW
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Greedy Bastards, by Dylan Ratigan. He covers just about all of the content on one of his two sites or his show but it was a good read nevertheless. Greatest example I can think of is Salman Khan and how when his only interest was in educating his cousins, he created what can very well revolutionize the face of education.
Another great example: EVs. Imagine how much progress we would have made had the EV1 not been scrapped.
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2012-02-20, 17:13 | Link #2088 |
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finished all potter books. amazing. would recommend it to anyone, adult or children.
read first 5 Percy Jackson. good but anything followed by Potter is just not good enough. i'm sure i would have enjoyed if it wasn't the follow up to potter. read 1st Sooki Stackhouse(True Blood) book. okay. not really my thing. enjoyed Hunger games so i thought this would be good but, could not connect. started reading A Princess of Mars. good so far. enjoying it.
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2012-02-21, 02:56 | Link #2089 |
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Finished Breaking Dawn and The Host. The latter was pretty interesting - body snatching aliens invade and it's from the perspective of one of them with the host still being able to retain thought and talk with each other.
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2012-03-30, 11:11 | Link #2091 |
Hail the power of Fujoshi
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I have been catching up on Agatha Christie's Poirot series. I finished Miss Marple a little while ago, so I decided to start Poirot. I have watched David Suchet's portrayal of Poirot, and I must say his version of Poirot is what the writer would have wanted. Such resemblance!
Comparing Marple and Poirot, I prefer Poirot. This could be due to my personal depiction of what a detective should be. Marple's way of investigating....really not my cup of tea, and I could even predict who the killers are for certain cases. For Poirot, I never could guess who the killers are, and the many twists and turns certainly bewitch me.
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2012-03-30, 13:03 | Link #2092 |
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Finished reading the fourth and final installment in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini - Inheritance. It was good but I felt there should have and could have been more to it. The final Battle was very unusual. Also finished The Lord of the Bows by Conn Iggulden - second installment in the Conqueror series. Its a very good take on Genghis Khan and the Mongols life.
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2012-03-30, 13:05 | Link #2093 | |
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2012-03-30, 13:40 | Link #2094 |
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Yeah, I love cases featuring Hastings as his "sidekick". I jumped straight to the last Poirot case, and the ending is sad, albeit a justified one. After dedicating his life to uphold justice, it is only fair that he ends his own life after he commits murder.
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2012-03-30, 14:16 | Link #2095 | |
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Endless "Little gray cells" Soul
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2012-03-30, 14:20 | Link #2096 | |
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Yes, the background music, the props-everything! It captures the mood of the novels perfectly. David Suchet is an amazing actor. Have you heard his real voice before? haha, this is your chance.
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2012-04-01, 06:56 | Link #2100 |
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A tale of two cities is a masterpiece IMO. The ending still gets to me even after a number of times. Such sacrifice by Sydney Carton...This novel and Les Miserables are the only novels set in the backdrop of a French rebellion that I like. Les Miserables doesn't use the French Revolution as the backdrop, but I still enjoy how Victor Hugo integrates moral philosophy, love, politics, and religion in the midst of a student rebellion.
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