Alyosha
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Actually the original title was I Am David, but the first American editions were North to Freedom. So yeah, you might find it under either.
Re. BB: Thanks, will do.
edit–(have I ever mentioned how much I love the edit button?) Actually the original Danish title was just David so I’m not sure where I Am David came from. It’s the best title of the three I think, but it’s odd that they kept it for the movie when the movie took out the part of the story that makes that title make sense.
LOL, so the fact that it’s a book makes y’all more favourably inclined toward it even if the book has the exact same story as the movie?
I know what you mean, though.
The movie releases in a few months and all we have are two measly production pictures! Ridiculous.
*goes off in search of spoilers*edit–Oh, and the trailer, but my computer won’t let me watch that. I was hoping to see it when we went to see PC again last night but we were subjected to the deeply scarring Wall-E and Beverly Hills Chihuahua trailers instead.
edit again–Ha, two more pictures. Very vague and cryptic but they’re pictures all the same. I wonder what Lina is holding in the second one? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/mediaindex
I’ve heard that Buttercup’s Baby is the objectionable part and the actual book is fine, is that right?
The movie had some not so nice language too. Ugh.
I’ve read that The Seeker movie was horrible and barely resembled the books, and that the books were pretty good. (Another thing that’s on my to-read list.)
Has anyone seen the new Northanger Abbey? I quite liked the book but I heard that the movie has more innuendo and all that.
And to prevent this post becoming a list of the rumours Alyosha has heard and can’t verify
—Alassiel – 1 hour ago »
I’ve heard of I Am David, but I don’t remember where. What is it about?
It’s about a boy who escapes from a prison camp, and how he discovers the outside world, and finds out about his past…the movie is pretty good also but the book is in my top ten list, I think. It’s a children’s book but quite…deep, and subtle, and Christian without being preachy.
Sarah – 1 hour ago »
Fiddler on the Roof is a book?
Sort of. The musical is based on Tevye’s Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman) by Sholom Alecheim, which is a collection of short stories.
Amazon editorial reviews are notorious for their spoilers so you are very wise to stay away from them. In my experience anyway.
In a nutshell, it’s about a city powered by lights, with nothing but darkness around it, and then the lights start to go out and two kids have to save the city…
…which sounds horribly cliched (about the kids) but there’s more to it than that and it’s a very enjoyable read.
Pip – 12 hours ago »
“The Wolves of Willoughby Chase” by Joan Aiken was deliciously scary,
Oh, someone else who’s read that! Yay! Actually I didn’t like WoWC so much, I think it’s the most cliched book I’ve ever read, but some of the sequels are really good.
*weeps bitter virtual tears on account of her library not having The Pushcart War*
^Haha, I’ve heard that the movie was ghastly. What atrocities did the filmmakers commit?
My favourite movies-adapted-from-books are ones whose books I haven’t read. Master and Commander and The Princess Bride come to mind…
So of course The Book is Always Better.
Favourite adaptions? Ah…I Am David, Lord of the Rings, Les Miserables the musical which maybe doesn’t count, Pride and Prejudice (mostly because I didn’t like the book so much to begin with), Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Phantom of the Opera…
Least favourites: Prince Caspian (though I enjoyed the movie as a movie–horrid adaption though) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (sort of–I used to love it but I’m mostly just tired of it now from having seen it too many times, which is entirely my own fault) and the 1998 and 1978 versions of Les Miserables. Oh and the cartoon Hobbit but maybe that doesn’t count either.
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse: 245 (hilarious)
No Time to Wave Goodbye by Ben Wicks: 228
Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor: 133 (the first books are better)
Meet the Austins, by Madeline L’Engle: 216 (not a huge L’Engle fan but this is definitely my favourite of her books)
Politically Correct Fairy Tales by some author whose name is not very memorable: 79 (don’t bother with it)
Nell’s War by Ben Wicks: 249 (excellent
)When the Siren Wailed by Noel Streatfeild: 176
The 1940s: 60
Total thus far: A rather pathetic 1386
I’ve read it; it was a while ago, but I really liked it.
I had read an abridged version before though, so the ending was spoiled. (Death to abridged versions!) It was really good, love the first and last lines (as over-quoted as they are). And Miss Pross (I think that’s her name?) was my favourite character…Mme Defarge was v. interesting also. *adds to Reread list*
Hmm… You might like the Attolia books by Megan Whalen Turner (The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, must be in that order
). Other than a little language and various other deities (the culture is based on ancient Greece) they’re amazing books, very well-written and humourous and suspenseful.Also The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton. *grins at Owan* And Alice in Wonderland. And the Jeeves and Wooster books by P.G. Wodehouse. And Sherlock Holmes, and–*shuts up*
Oh, let me know what you think of Alice in Wonderland, Sarah! People seem to either love that book or hate it… I’d be the former
Currently reading: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader to my brothers, and Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, which is somewhat formulaic but awesome and hilarious nonetheless.
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