My Book of Mormon and Bible got a lot of travel time in, too. However, I lost them during my move from my apartment back into my parents' house and I can't find them anywhere They might be racking up the miles somewhere, but more likely they're in some obscure box in my room that I can't find. It makes me upset that I can't find them.
And I totally agree with you about the LOTR movies. I read each book once, right before I saw the corresponding movie. and once I was finished I had no desire to ever read any of them again. But the movies were awesome.
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Oh no! It's terrible to lose things in a move, especially something important like scriptures. I hope you'll be able to find them. We're still looking for things from our move several years ago.
I do think Tolkien was a genius, and without him of course there wouldn't be the movies, but some things I did find a bit tedious in the books. A lot of the opening chapters didn't seem terribly necessary. I never have been able to really see the point of Tom Bombadil. And the Scouring of the Shire felt very anticlimatic.
I think a lot of people are probably with you in disliking Twilight too :)
I never read it or saw the movies but I definitely have no plan to. From everything I heard about it it is not my type of book.
I never read Pollyana so maybe that is why I like the movie. I love Hayley Mills though (but I guess Parent Trap is my favorite of her movies). I also love the LOTR movies but still definitely prefer the books overall.
Yeah. I know there's lots of Twilight haters, but I'm not sure there's a lot of dislikers who don't want to pitch flamethrowers at everything Twilight related. LOL. Sometimes I think they're just as ridiculous (or even moreso!) as the diehard Twilight obsessees.
It's definitely not my type of book series. I was a bit intrigued by the mystery in the first few chapters, and the intense situation that came up late in the book, but all the mushy trash made me want to bang my head on the wall. And I heard it only gets worse in the other books.
I love Hayley Mills too. I think I've seen and love all of her other Disney films. That Darn Cat! is my favorite. I really like The Moon-Spinners and Summer Magic, too.
Oh, you definitely must see it! It's hilarious and Hayley gives a stellar performance. It's also Dean Jones' first movie for Disney. I'm a big Dean Jones fan.
I'll have to check out Tiger Bay, too. I always like it when family members make movies together.
What did happen to question 14??? The f-lister I nabbed it from didn't have it either. Hmmm...
I've never read Pollyanna but I did like the old Disney movie, I never realized it was different to the book.
I loved the LOTR movies but couldn't make it through the first few pages of the first book. I feel like im the only person in existance that doesn't love those books.
Twilight is just awful. It's like the worse sort of fanfiction imaginable and the characters are all completely self obsessed and irksome.
The Final Act sounds really interesting actually. I'll have to look out for it.
Very strange. I wonder if it was a dirty question that got eliminated along the way.
Yeah, the movie Pollyanna is vastly different than the book. I've gone on several rants about it. But I can understand that for someone only familiar with the movie, it would be awesome. That's how I am about many films vs. books.
I enjoyed the first few pages; I thought they were highly amusing. It was several chapters further in when I started to wonder exactly what point it had in the overarching picture. I wonder if the point was simply to expand on the Hobbits' characters and familiarize the readers with them more before the main action picked up. I could understand that.
LOL! I love that description of Twilight. Bad fanfiction, yes, that's so suiting. I kind of liked Jacob, but I heard his character goes really downhill too.
Good luck with that! You'd probably have the most success checking online.
I find alot of the book sales I go to have an amazing amount of thrillers so it may actually turn up at one of those.
Jacob becomes as petulant, dominating and creepy as everyone else in the series tbh. Plus I can't quite get over him being in love with Edward and Bella's baby...yes, you read that right. Apparantely its a werewolf thing. *rolls eyes*
I'm now determined to read the book "Pollyanna" now - Im kinda intrigued to find out what the differences are.
Apparantely number 14 was - have you ever found something intersting inside a book? Quick answer ~ no. Less quick answer ~ I wish. :P
Maybe, but it's a book that's locally published, so I'm not sure you'd find one way out there.
Yeah, I know about him and imprinting Renesmee. It's nice that something was set up so he could have a happy ending too, I guess, provided that she'll actually go with him when she's old enough. Nevertheless, the twist does make me raise an eyebrow.
I hope you enjoy it!
LOL. Hmm. I found some money in a book once. It was in a library book, so I took the money back to the library for them to try to trace the owner through the book.
The mind control book is very intense. And it's got a review from an actual doctor who says it's medically plausible. When people do their research to make an accurate book is a wonderful thing. Although it is disturbing to think that what's described in the book actually is plausible.
An okay book is ... still too kind, I think. LOL. Ugh, all the mushy garbage is just nonsensical.
I carry them around; I don't necessarily read them out of the house. But I used to, before the spider web problem. I've been so disgusted and horrified by it that I never have gotten the strength to deal with it. Several times I've tried, and then I've seen the webs on the book and hanging from something inside the pocket and given up.
I'll only bend for books if I want it really, really bad. Same for electronics. I just don't feel it's worth it otherwise
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(Incidently, have you read the Hardy Boys "manga"? They're actually imitation manga, but I do like them. There was one that was really intense where they were on a runaway electric train... or did I mention this already?)
Ooh, the idea that it's plausible... wow. o.o
Ah. **nods** Now I'm even less motivated to read it... XD;
Oh dear. XD;
Eh, my line of thought is that you're more likely to have a defective secondhand electronic than a secondhand book. XD; As for the germ thing, well... a few drops of hand sanitizer on a napkin takes care of that (been there, done that, actually--that time a mouse used one of my books as a springboard... >.<)
Oh, yes, they have to be decently written. Bleh at the bad Gomer Pyle book. -.- (Appendix in a jar? Wot? In *Mayberry*? Okaaaaaay...)
I haven't read any, but I know they exist. Originally I'd thought they and the Nancy Drew ones were adapting existing stories, but then it started sounding more like the graphic novels were their own original stories.
Yeah, I'm very concerned about getting a secondhand CD that skips around/is scratched/etc. And I've used antibacterial wipes on any secondhand CDs I have. But when you wipe down a book, all you can really do is get the cover and the edges of the pages. You can't wipe each individual page all over; it'd get ruined.
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And I totally agree with you about the LOTR movies. I read each book once, right before I saw the corresponding movie. and once I was finished I had no desire to ever read any of them again. But the movies were awesome.
*looks around with shifty eyes, then yoinks the quiz*
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I do think Tolkien was a genius, and without him of course there wouldn't be the movies, but some things I did find a bit tedious in the books. A lot of the opening chapters didn't seem terribly necessary. I never have been able to really see the point of Tom Bombadil. And the Scouring of the Shire felt very anticlimatic.
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I never read it or saw the movies but I definitely have no plan to. From everything I heard about it it is not my type of book.
I never read Pollyana so maybe that is why I like the movie. I love Hayley Mills though (but I guess Parent Trap is my favorite of her movies). I also love the LOTR movies but still definitely prefer the books overall.
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It's definitely not my type of book series. I was a bit intrigued by the mystery in the first few chapters, and the intense situation that came up late in the book, but all the mushy trash made me want to bang my head on the wall. And I heard it only gets worse in the other books.
I love Hayley Mills too. I think I've seen and love all of her other Disney films. That Darn Cat! is my favorite. I really like The Moon-Spinners and Summer Magic, too.
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I'll have to check out Tiger Bay, too. I always like it when family members make movies together.
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The f-lister I nabbed it from didn't have it either. Hmmm...
I've never read Pollyanna but I did like the old Disney movie, I never realized it was different to the book.
I loved the LOTR movies but couldn't make it through the first few pages of the first book.
I feel like im the only person in existance that doesn't love those books.
Twilight is just awful. It's like the worse sort of fanfiction imaginable and the characters are all completely self obsessed and irksome.
The Final Act sounds really interesting actually.
I'll have to look out for it.
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Yeah, the movie Pollyanna is vastly different than the book. I've gone on several rants about it. But I can understand that for someone only familiar with the movie, it would be awesome. That's how I am about many films vs. books.
I enjoyed the first few pages; I thought they were highly amusing. It was several chapters further in when I started to wonder exactly what point it had in the overarching picture. I wonder if the point was simply to expand on the Hobbits' characters and familiarize the readers with them more before the main action picked up. I could understand that.
LOL! I love that description of Twilight. Bad fanfiction, yes, that's so suiting. I kind of liked Jacob, but I heard his character goes really downhill too.
Good luck with that! You'd probably have the most success checking online.
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Jacob becomes as petulant, dominating and creepy as everyone else in the series tbh. Plus I can't quite get over him being in love with Edward and Bella's baby...yes, you read that right. Apparantely its a werewolf thing. *rolls eyes*
I'm now determined to read the book "Pollyanna" now - Im kinda intrigued to find out what the differences are.
Apparantely number 14 was - have you ever found something intersting inside a book? Quick answer ~ no. Less quick answer ~ I wish. :P
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Yeah, I know about him and imprinting Renesmee. It's nice that something was set up so he could have a happy ending too, I guess, provided that she'll actually go with him when she's old enough. Nevertheless, the twist does make me raise an eyebrow.
I hope you enjoy it!
LOL. Hmm. I found some money in a book once. It was in a library book, so I took the money back to the library for them to try to trace the owner through the book.
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The mind control book is very intense. And it's got a review from an actual doctor who says it's medically plausible. When people do their research to make an accurate book is a wonderful thing. Although it is disturbing to think that what's described in the book actually is plausible.
An okay book is ... still too kind, I think. LOL. Ugh, all the mushy garbage is just nonsensical.
I carry them around; I don't necessarily read them out of the house. But I used to, before the spider web problem. I've been so disgusted and horrified by it that I never have gotten the strength to deal with it. Several times I've tried, and then I've seen the webs on the book and hanging from something inside the pocket and given up.
I'll only bend for books if I want it really, really bad. Same for electronics. I just don't feel it's worth it otherwise ( ... )
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(Incidently, have you read the Hardy Boys "manga"? They're actually imitation manga, but I do like them. There was one that was really intense where they were on a runaway electric train... or did I mention this already?)
Ooh, the idea that it's plausible... wow. o.o
Ah. **nods** Now I'm even less motivated to read it... XD;
Oh dear. XD;
Eh, my line of thought is that you're more likely to have a defective secondhand electronic than a secondhand book. XD; As for the germ thing, well... a few drops of hand sanitizer on a napkin takes care of that (been there, done that, actually--that time a mouse used one of my books as a springboard... >.<)
Oh, yes, they have to be decently written. Bleh at the bad Gomer Pyle book. -.- (Appendix in a jar? Wot? In *Mayberry*? Okaaaaaay...)
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Yeah, I'm very concerned about getting a secondhand CD that skips around/is scratched/etc. And I've used antibacterial wipes on any secondhand CDs I have. But when you wipe down a book, all you can really do is get the cover and the edges of the pages. You can't wipe each individual page all over; it'd get ruined.
Ugh. Horrible mouse!
That was very weird.
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