What are you reading right now?
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lol Lord of the Flies inst THAT bad i think its mostly that it was requirered reading when I was in high school. The rotting pig head with flies all over it ugg, gave me nightmares for a week thinking about that ugly thing.
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Oh yeah, that's the one book were a group of tourists do have to get rid of that One Fly, so decide to bring it to the Flypaper of Doom. They form a fellowship of the Fly, protecting it from The Hivelord, who would gain immense power to terrorize hotels and beaches and kids with sweets, not to mention the dog excrements he could lay under siege! And then...Azunara wrote:Lord of the Flies
Nah, just kidding... Our teacher in school actually tried to make us read it but was shouted down and so decided on Carl Zuckmayers "Der Hauptmann von Köpenik". Hmmm... I wonder if there is an english version of this... We all looked forward to it, because there is a rather funny old german movie but it turned out the movie was cool but the book was rather made for social criticism of the german society of that time. Boooooring!
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I finished the first book, Halfway to the Grave, last night and am about halfway through the second book now.
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No honestly. When I saw the movies, I thought Frodo and Sam were about to throw the ring away, run back to the Shire and start the first all gay hobbit commune. Geez!
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"Hey! Couldn't he have gotten some more people in there? This looks like an elementary schoolyard brawl! Boooooring!"
No, I wasn't but I couldn't get enough of it!
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Peter (Jackson, that is) seems to have a taste very close to mine.
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Agreed. I never even got through the first book of the trilogy. It put me to sleep, literally.Mania wrote:The Hobbit was definitely my favorite Tolkien book. I found the Lord of the Rings trilogy itself rather slow.
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The very first time that I tried to read them was in Grade 4, and they were a little too difficult to get into at that age. I've been an avid reader my entire life and as a child I often was reading novels that were well above my age range. I did read the Hobbit and enjoyed it very much, but the Trilogy was decidedly more 'meatier' - they're tough books to chew on and if you aren't in the right frame of mind it's easy to give up on them.
I attempted the Trilogy again in Grade 7, and once I managed to get through the first part of the story I was hooked. I fell into a rhythm with Tolkien's writing style and quickly became so adapted to it that I no longer had any problems or lulls with his dialogue and description. The plot was so engaging that I could not put them down and marathoned all 3 books in a matter of a week.
Since then I re-read them every while to relive that nostalgia and enjoyment. I wholeheartedly support the movies and adore what they did with them. They are also something I marathon watch every year or so as well.
Last year on my birthday my mother bought me an Anniversary Edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy - all in one book! Now I don't have to scramble to find all three since they mysteriously seem to get lost all over the place, and when I wanted to read them I could never find them. xD
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More recently I tried to read the Simarillion, but couldn't get very far in that one either.
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All in all a bloody good read with lots of warfare, politics (the fun sort of politics with assassinations and such) and a nice sprinkle of fantasy that doesnt go over the top. Oh yeah, and blood all over the place
Cant wait for part 5, but untill then I ll just have to delve into the many bookstores in my hometown for something new.
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