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chief_85

I never liked you even when I tried to.

Aug 17, 2008 18:22

Staff retreat day for work was on Friday which I actually really enjoyed. I expected the talk in the morning to be a chance to catch up on some sleep, as they'd organised for a Jesuit priest to talk to us about the portrayal of Jesus/God in films. But it was actually really interesting... he was very funny and a great speaker. I'm still unsure what ( Read more... )

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_megalomania_ August 18 2008, 07:17:13 UTC

Yay! It was lovely to see you *squishes*.

Those V.C. Andrews books are kind of scary. I used to collect them back in my early teen years (I was a strange STRANGE child *cough*). Practically every series she ever wrote was basically the same plot (evil mother betrays family etc, wicked stern grandmother, massive old house, brother/sister incest issues, possible rape scene). I think she recycled them. Seriously. The only difference was the character names.

I always used to think that the titles of her books were pretty nifty though (ie all the Flowers series involving flower titles, the Dawn series involving times of day, the Heaven series involvine...uh...heaven-ish names).

Ooh and speaking of books. I didn't mind that Alphabet Sisters book I was reading the other day so will totally pass it and the other one along to you when next we meet :)

chief_85 August 18 2008, 07:32:02 UTC

Yeah now I think about it, all her books ARE like that! lol I've read a few of her series, and they really just repeat themselves. I really should stop reading them, but my curiosity usually wins out.
I know what you mean about the titles though, they're all linked/similar in some way.

Cool :) I've got a few books I could pass on to you too, including the Melanie La'Brooy ones. Also some Jane Green if you're interested. BTW how did you end up liking The Time Traveler's Wife?

_megalomania_ August 18 2008, 08:10:31 UTC

Aren't they just?! It's scary how one woman can sell millions and millions of books when they've all got essentially the same plot. I wish I could make money like that! I was always very fond of the 'Flowers' series though. Maybe because it was the first one I read. They're a bit like a car wreck though, you want to look away and yet YOU CAN'T ( ... )

chief_85 August 20 2008, 12:50:20 UTC

Yeah I'd definitely be up for a sort of 'book swap' thingy. Sounds great!

I wasn't sure what to expect of The Time Traveler's Wife when I started reading it, but really enjoyed it. It was very different from anything I'd ever read (and probably read since then) and that was sort of part of the reason I liked it. Hopefully they do a good job with the movie! I think it'll be hard to do.

_megalomania_ August 21 2008, 03:27:17 UTC

Maybe we could make it a regular occurance, a sort of "I really like this book so now I'm going to MAKE YOU READ IT AHAHAHAHAHAH!" sort of thing. Uh, except without the evil laughter I heard in my head while typing that ( ... )

chief_85 August 21 2008, 10:40:55 UTC

Have I mentioned lately how much I love your thinking? lol I think that's a great idea! It would also make sure that we caught up often too which is fantastic! Where do you come up with these great ideas?!

I know what you mean though. Whenever I read a book first I get ideas in my head of how things would look and how people would look and then the movies never meet my expectations.

_megalomania_ August 22 2008, 02:57:03 UTC

Trust me, hun, the love is totally mutual! I mean, who here suggested a Sydney getaway that I'm currently flailing around in excitement over? :DDDD ( ... )

chief_85 August 23 2008, 02:20:28 UTC

*Goes to add Ferney to wish list on Amazon (that's where I keep my list of books I want to read...damn thing keeps growing!)

I'm really looking forward to Sydney! Am just going to check my emails to see if anyone else has replied. Would you mind if it was just the two of us? I think we should buy the plane tickets and accomm soon, just to be safe. I haven't heard back from Jess yet so I might msg her. Sam can't go, San can't go and Diana is already going to Sydney later on in the year so I doubt she'd want to go twice lol

Do you have anyone else in mind that we could ask? Or just the two of us? lol

_megalomania_ August 18 2008, 08:11:39 UTC

PS: I have 21 minutes until the end of my work day. WHY IS TIME MOVING SO SLOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY *stares at clock obsessively*.

Ebay and livejournal are my only distractions right now!

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