Comments | _xehra: Football and dragons

_xehra

Football and dragons

Jun 13, 2007 19:49

Football is on tonight - State of Origin II for those foreigners interested. I just can't raise the enthusiasm - rather curl up with my book.

I have been reading the second book in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. I got interested when I heard PJ has optioned the movie rights, and then got hooked because it's basically the Napoleonic Wars re- ( Read more... )

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Comments 7

tree_pretty June 13 2007, 13:40:15 UTC

I'm not all that sure about Eragon - I was a little turned off when I heard the books they're based on were written by a 14 year old boy. How inventive could he be if the title is a combination of DRAGON and ARAGON?

_xehra June 14 2007, 10:32:15 UTC

Lol!! I was impressed when I heard it was written by a kid, but the cliques (sp?) he used are quite obvious.

fbajet June 13 2007, 14:10:25 UTC

Ahh, I've been itching for a good fantasy recommendation!!! And with dragons too=double yay. There's so many in the fantasy section of the bookstore, but it's so hard to find a good one lately, and not just filled with Tolkien cliches. Thanks for passing this on; I can't wait to read it! :)

_xehra June 14 2007, 10:33:08 UTC

You're welcome mate! I can only say if you like naval adventures like Hornblower or Master and Commander, and also dragons, you're set :)

lambchop33 June 14 2007, 02:04:37 UTC

I rather liked it too, although I really would have liked the movie to be a bit more fleshed out in parts. LOTR has spoiled me and I expect all my fantasy movies to be at least three hours long. ;-)

_xehra June 14 2007, 10:34:11 UTC

You're totally right, in parts. LOTR spoiled us all!

_xehra June 14 2007, 10:34:45 UTC

About the parts that needed fleshing out I mean. Pfft. I should think before I type...!