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Good Books

serious14

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Bought you a Big Day Out ticket didn't he??  :p

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is another quality read.
 
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jiggles

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Finished a book called Sold by Patricia McCormick, about the sex slave industry in Nepal and India. Very eye opening an, just...wow really.

Just given a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. Its the only book that I had to read in English at school and didn't hate with a passion afterwards. Brilliant story...will be reading it countless times.
 
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jiggles

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Random, but my mate LOVED the time travellers wife...saw the movie. Said the movie was a total disgrace and shit compared to the book.
 

Kareem

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yer- I am afraid of that. It has Eric Bana which is a no-no
not to mention, I just dont know how suitable that kind of book is for the movies.

apart from that I am sad to say I dont read as much as I used to. Very dissappointing...I suppose I read more before football came into my life
Football >>> books
 
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jiggles

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Yeah, apparently Eric Bana is good...but just doesn't suit the role very well. Apparently that was one of the biggest flaws in the movie.

On another forum I am on, there is a "books that should/should't be made into movies" thread and it's actually interesting on peoples opinions. I generally hate it when one of my favourite books becomes a movie because you lose so much of the plot. Prime example is My Sisters Keeper. I read the book when it was first released and have every single one of Jodi Picoults books. I was so excited about the movie. Then they fkn changed the ending (and not just a bit...like, the whole plot just...changed) and they skipped out a lot of the sub-plots and focused on the wrong characters.
 

Forum Phoenix

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serious14 said:
Bought you a Big Day Out ticket didn't he??  :p

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is another quality read.

Mmm, and have you seen the editor ;)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atheists-Guide-Christmas-Ariane-Sherine/dp/0007322615

I had the pleasure of seeing Dawkins at the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas at the Opera House recently Serious. First time out here in awhile. Sold out. Front and centre seats, was fantastic. Must be more accessible to you now being based in the UK however!

I'm also a Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens fan.
 

hasbeen

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Yeh, I thought "the God delusion" was pretty good. The Kite Runner wasn't bad either, although a little far-fetched towards the end. Just read a couple of Michael Connelly's which were ok (The Lincoln Lawyer & Echo Park).
 

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