WFD/Evening thread?

crfische · January 2012

Dodgers I'm reading Extremely Loud, too. I'm only about 50 pages in, and it isn't BAD, but I'm kind of disappointed. Does it get better?

avsfan33 · January 2012

I have the episodes waiting to be watched but I haven't started them yet.

LP11509 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Hi. I just got here and I've only read page 3. Life is way too short to suffer through 200 crappy pages just on the chance the book gets good after that.
Posted by pirategal03[/QUOTE]

<div>Agreed! If I'm not feeling something after about 50 pages, chances are I won't finish it.</div>

kd.joseph · January 2012

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[QUOTE]I am almost done with Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. My next book is Beyond the Western Sun. I got that one and Walk the Red Road already on my nook.
Posted by DodgersBride[/QUOTE]

Hurry up Dodgers!

lindseyann410 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : This is exactly what I loved about Harry Potter - the little details that link all of the books. It amazes me how much time JK Rowling must have spent planning everything out for 7 books.
Posted by LP11509[/QUOTE]

<div>I'm such a nerd that when I was in Edinburgh, I made sure I went to all the Harry Potter spots, like the Elephant Cafe where she overlooked the castle and wrote the book, and visited Tom Riddle's gravesite. It is such a cool city.</div>

LP11509 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : Do you still have this book? If so, would you be willing to book swap? I've got The Hunger Games trilogy, Water For Elephants, The Help, and other misc books I'd be willing to swap for this. I love the movie and just re-watched it weekend before last. I love books/movies set during this time period (Dueces Wild, too).
Posted by mehgank[/QUOTE]

<div>I think I do have it! It's just in our storage unit with 95% of our other belongings right now but I can get it out! I'd totally be willing to swap. Actually, I've been trying to get Water for Elephants from the library for forever but its always checked out with a huge wait list, so that'd be perfect!</div><div>
</div><div>ETA: Wait, I just realized that you may have meant on Kindle/Nook, which I don't have. I am willing to send the physical copy, though, if you want it. </div>

Nebb · January 2012

Sorry, I got on the phone. Something borrowed is like a chick book, they made a movie of it.

Also - I loved anne rice and ive read most of her books 3+ times. Most of the books I like ive read multiple times. I am pretty sure ive read gone with the wind upwards of 15 times in my life.

kd.joseph · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Sorry, I got on the phone. Something borrowed is like a chick book, they made a movie of it. Also - I loved anne rice and ive read most of her books 3+ times. Most of the books I like ive read multiple times. I am pretty sure ive read gone with the wind upwards of 15 times in my life.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

My favorite was the Mayfair Witches

Nebb · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : My favorite was the Mayfair Witches
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]
Mine too, The first 2 the best though. I also loved memnoch, pandora and blood and gold.

ZombieNates · January 2012

I'm just jumping in on this last page--I fell asleep and now N is asleep. I'm hungry.

I've read all of Anne Rice's vampire books, but not the Mayfair Witches, although everyone recommends it. MY favorite vamp of hers was Armand, but I hated the book she made about him.

Nebb · January 2012

It still to this day annoys me how they portrayed armand in interview with the vampire. He wasnt old like antonio banderas!!! ALL WRONG!!!

kd.joseph · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : Mine too, The first 2 the best though. I also loved memnoch, pandora and blood and gold.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

I really had trouble getting into Memnoch, but I bought it so I read it. After that is when I stopped buying her stuff.

number55 · January 2012

All this tells me is that I need to read more.

Who has read Sarah's Key? I saw the movie this weekend and LOVED it (except for the fact that the subtitles were HORRIBLY translated and I spent most of the movie retranslating it properly for my DH and friend. I have no idea how it actually could have been translated that badly.

lindseyann410 · January 2012

I've never read any of Anne Rice's work; I feel like I'm missing out.

mehgank · January 2012

LP - No rush! Feel free to PM me with your address whenever you find it, and I'll get Water For Elephants in the mail for you.

Lindsey - I love Scotland, it's one of my favorite places on the planet. I went there for a week in 2008, and while I know that's a very short amount of time, I fell in love. I could totally see myself living in a small cottage outside St Andrews or Stirling or Kirkaldy.

AW moment - Scotland pics (for those I haven't shown yet):

St Andrews (the beach where they filmed Chariots of Fire)

Edinburgh, near the Royal Mile

Fields of barley in Kilconquhar:

Path I went running on, right near the above barley fields

This cottage would suit me just fine

Inside the Wallace Monument:

Glencoe/The Scottish Highlands

Loch Ness

The water in Loch Ness is so black, that even in just six inches of water, you can't see the bottom. Our tour guide told us that Loch Ness is so deep that the entire land mass of the UK could sink into it. He also said that the silt along the water's edge is very unique and the only other place in the world with silt similar to it is in New York. Not sure if he was lying or not, but I thought that was pretty cool.

I have tons more pics, but this is taking a while lol.

lindseyann410 · January 2012

I liked Sarah's Key. Not the best Holocaust novel I've read, but I do enjoy the structure.

ZombieNates · January 2012

I hated that, too. I loved how he was supposed to be this old world, too old child, who was this crazy predator.

I loved the book of The Queen of the Damned when I read it, although I was young and I've never reread it as an adult, but I despised the movie. There were way too many interlocking storylines in that one to deal with in one movie. Plus whatsherface as Akasha was fucking ridiculous. And her GD accent?!

Nebb · January 2012

I read anne rice a lot when I was young (picked up interview with the vampire when I was 11 or 12?) and I have a feeling thats why I was sorta over sexed as a teenager. I totally blame it on anne rice. Her stories sorta started to fall apart towards the end, before she started writing her jesus books. I didnt like the last 2 vampire ones she did.

ZombieNates · January 2012

I read Sarah's Key for my knottie book club and I read it during the plane ride to SF. At times, I thought it was brutal, but then at other times, I couldn't wait to see what happened.

Nebb · January 2012

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[QUOTE]I hated that, too. I loved how he was supposed to be this old world, too old child, who was this crazy predator. I loved the book of The Queen of the Damned when I read it, although I was young and I've never reread it as an adult, but I despised the movie. There were way too many interlocking storylines in that one to deal with in one movie. Plus whatsherface as Akasha was fucking ridiculous. And her GD accent?!
Posted by ZombieNates[/QUOTE]
That movie was AWFUL!! the worst, the absolute worst. I complained through the entire thing because i hated it so much.

LP11509 · January 2012

Will do Mehg! I need to go to the storage unit tomorrow anyway so I will look for it then

And Scotland looks amazing, I'm so jealous!

avsfan33 · January 2012

I didn't know Sarah's Key was a movie. I really liked the book, I finished it pretty quick.

ZombieNates · January 2012

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[QUOTE]I read anne rice a lot when I was young (picked up interview with the vampire when I was 11 or 12?) and I have a feeling thats why I was sorta over sexed as a teenager. I totally blame it on anne rice. Her stories sorta started to fall apart towards the end, before she started writing her jesus books. I didnt like the last 2 vampire ones she did.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]
Ha, same. Usually there was a lot of sex, but towards the end it was all blah blah drink some blood, bang it out, we are evil, drink some blood, here's my penis again.

I did the same during QOD. I was so excited to see it, too, because it was one of my favorite books, and I was just livid.

ZombieNates · January 2012

I want to go to Scotland. N said we better get some traveling out of the way this year, before we TTC. I was like, Umm, get on that, moneybags.

Nebb · January 2012

As much as I dont like tom cruise, I think he made an excellent lestat. I wish they could raelly do the stories justice and make the whole series into movies.

mehgank · January 2012

I think if I ever go back, I want to check the west side of Scotland. Kinda bummed I didn't get to see Glasgow, since I spent most of the week on the east/north sides. Dunfermline Abbey where Robert the Bruce's memorial is at, Crieff where Ewan McGregor is from, Stirling Castle, and even the little town where I stayed was just so beautiful and 'homey'. I liked that if you didn't want to be around a lot of people, you didn't have to go very far to escape them. It's so not like that here in SoFlo.

LP11509 · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : Ha, same. Usually there was a lot of sex, but towards the end it was a<strong>ll blah blah drink some blood, bang it out, we are evil, drink some blood, here's my penis again.</strong> I did the same during QOD. I was so excited to see it, too, because it was one of my favorite books, and I was just livid.
Posted by ZombieNates[/QUOTE]

<div>This made me LOL for real. I pictured you saying it in a totally bored, monotone way.</div>

kd.joseph · January 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: WFD/Evening thread? : Ha, same. <strong>Usually there was a lot of sex, but towards the end it was all blah blah drink some blood, bang it out, we are evil, drink some blood, here's my penis again.</strong> I did the same during QOD. I was so excited to see it, too, because it was one of my favorite books, and I was just livid.
Posted by ZombieNates[/QUOTE]

OMG! This is fricking hilarious! I swear you have me in tears.

I've never seen the movie.

lindseyann410 · January 2012

Awesome pics, Mehg!

I loved Edinburgh, I thought it felt like a fairy tale, which I know is lame, but it's true. I just wish I could have spent more time there and gone to the highlands!

ETA: I was not a fan of Glasgow. At all. We might not have given it much of a chance, but it wasn't my fave.

mehgank · January 2012

Haha Nates, you crack me up. I get the same way whenever Will mentions going to Greece. I'm like "Ok, I'll start packing my bags now then".

Nebb, I agree about Tom Cruise as Lestat. He brought the right amount of sass and creepiness to the character that just felt so spot-on. For me, this was before he got super weirdo IRL. IMO, I think if they had made Interview now, though, that he would have a hard time being taken seriously in that role.

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