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  • June 19, 2008 at 1:21 am in reply to: Thoughts on e-books and online readers #42512
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    Yeah, I didn’t think the Amazon previews counted. :P

    The book feeling can’t be beat at all, although I haven’t tried an e-book reader, so I can’t really speak with authority. *wants to get his hands on a Kindle*

    June 18, 2008 at 9:59 pm in reply to: Classics :) #42448
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    From Oxford: Judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind.

    June 18, 2008 at 2:20 pm in reply to: Read-a-Thon ’08 Questions and Comments #42098
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    How many is lots and lots? If the book was at, above, or around your reading level, then you can count whatever the page count is. Plus, full-page illustrations aren’t usually counted in the page count of a book by the publisher, so they are probably already not in the page count.

    June 18, 2008 at 1:03 pm in reply to: Classics :) #42445
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    Yes, the Narnia series is considered a classic.

    June 18, 2008 at 11:36 am in reply to: Thoughts on e-books and online readers #42506
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    I have never read an e-book, exactly. Does reading the preview on Amazon count? :P

    June 17, 2008 at 9:27 pm in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41724
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    Lady Friday, by Garth Nix. 304 pages.

    Farmer Giles of Ham, by J. R. R. Tolkien. 50 pages.

    Running Total: 1,411 pages.

    June 17, 2008 at 6:10 pm in reply to: Movies vs. Books #42368
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    Oops. Sorry, I always get Sweeney Todd mixed up with There Will Be Blood, which came out around the same time. Both sounded Burton-esque, so I confuse them.

    And staying true to the book’s essence can mean a lot of things. Think Prince Caspian.

    Oh, and Tim Burton did Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (new one). How’d he do with that?

    June 17, 2008 at 6:06 pm in reply to: Classics :) #42440
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    Alyosha » 

    But most of those aren’t the big, thick, complicated, intelligent-sounding books that come to mind when one says “classics.”

    Yes, we do need to remember that a lot of books are considered classics that are actually the enjoyable, light-hearted ones!

    June 17, 2008 at 12:03 pm in reply to: Classics :) #42436
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    LoL, let me see…

    I read Moby Dick for school, unabridged, and I absolutely was bored to death.

    But The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is wonderful!

    June 17, 2008 at 11:50 am in reply to: Movies vs. Books #42366
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    Oh dear, that sounds nasty. Tim Burton directed, among other things, such films as The Nightmare Before Christmas, some R-rated horror flick last year, and The Corpse Bride. *shudders at the thought of a creepy Wonderland*

    June 15, 2008 at 10:33 pm in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41708
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    Isle of Swords, by Wayne Thomas Batson. 341 pages.

    Running Total: 1,057 pages (Yippee! I’m past 1,000!)

    June 15, 2008 at 12:43 am in reply to: 2nd Annual Read-a-Thon #41703
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    Just popping in to say…

    Yes, Sarah, that counts.

    June 14, 2008 at 11:05 pm in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40593
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    It’s about a Roman, uh, legionary? who wants to recapture the flag of his father’s? regiment, to regain honor for his family. (somebody who’s read it recently could probably summarize a bit better)

    June 14, 2008 at 5:02 pm in reply to: Movies vs. Books #42359
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    And, speaking of Redwall…

    http://redwallthemovie.com

    June 14, 2008 at 5:02 pm in reply to: What Are You Reading? #40591
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    Ooh, yes. I need to go back and try some of her books again. Eagle of the Ninth was awesome when my mom read it to my family a long time ago.

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