So I finally managed to see the latest adaption of Jane Eyre. I was a little skeptical about the film, only because the book itself is definately my favorite novel of all time, it even beats out the Hobbit and the Tomorrow Series for me, so yeah, I'm pretty sure I know what I wanted to see in the new film. Forgive me because I compare it to the BBC ( Read more... )

Remember THIS Man?


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I don't know if anyone else on my friends list even knows who Jean M Auel is, but the 6th book in her Earth's Children series came out reccently and I wanted to know if anyone's read it yet. I'm not sure if it's worth it? It's been such a long time between books (I'm talking years!) and the fifth book was a major disapointment ( Read more... )

Okay, so for those that have NOT seen Tomorrow, When the War Began yet, what the hell are you THINKING?!?!?! If you haven't read the books, GET EDUCATED!!! :)

The following is a graphic from the film made by the lovely ellie_linton you can find more of them over at tomorrow_fans


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Spent an amazing afternoon with my dad today. Felt like a real rural when we went out along all the dirt roads across the EP in search of wild fruit.
Our Mission was successful.
We found:

Figs
Grapes
Almonds
Blackberries
Nectrines
PearsWe then discussed at length what meals we could make out of them if we lived off the land. Roast Duck or Rabbit ( Read more... )

So after much deliberation, I've decided to start reading The Hunger Games. This is what convinced me:

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Ugh. Slight mistake today ( Read more... )

Woohoo! I got a message back from one of my fav authors today! :)

Her name is Monica McInerney, an Australian author who writes books based between South Australia and Ireland - The Alphabet Sisters, Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons, A Taste for It, etc. Love them muchly ( Read more... )

So after about 10 years one of my favorite Authors, Jean M Auel, has decided to release what is 'appearantly' the last book of The Earth's Children series of six, on which I grew up on. Now, don't get me wrong, I am am curious about it, simply because I've wanted a conclusion to the storyline she started.

The first book, The Clan of The Cave Bear ( Read more... )