I agree. I have never managed to finish Frankenstein, but adore Dracula.

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Yes, that's right. I'm approaching the end now (I've been busy), but it does feel like it's taking an odd turn at the moment. Really loving the setting though.

Re Frankenstein - I loved it. The Fin de Siecle is probably my favourite period of English literature. Needs to be read alongside Jekyll and Hyde.

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Dracula's good, but I really couldn't be arsed with the letter-writing style (epistolary, IIRC). The stuff from Mena, in particular, just left me a little bored.

The rest, though, was classy as owt.

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My next book to be read will be Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I've never read it at all in my lifetime. Soon that will be fixed.

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Thought Frankenstein was better than Dracula personally.

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Proper!

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Nope, but ordered it now! Gaiman and Pratchett? Yes please Thanks.

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Good omens is quality.

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Good Omens is a great book. One of my favourites from Pratchett!

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I remember during the time I was reading Frankenstein, I was fixing some electric plug and got a 220V shock, with no one else around in the building. For a few seconds I thought the Frankenstein monster was strangling me

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Is it just me or is the prologue to LOTR (the whole concerning hobbits chapter) really hard to read, to me it's like reading a textbook. Thankfully the rest of the book is far easier to read.

I am going to make a real effort to read the whole trilogy of the books over christmas, I've managed to read the first one before but for some reason gave up halfway through the second book. Also I think watching the films before reading the book has sort of ruined them for me, because now when I read it all I can imagine are the sets from the movies.

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And all the film actors break out singing or reciting poetry.

One of those rare cases that I find the films much better than the books. I read the books before the films was announced, and read them again just before the first film got released.

I have no desire in reading those books ever again. No regrets though.

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I like the concerning hobbits part. The Tom Bombadil stuff can die in a fire though.

Had this same problem with the imagery from the movies taking over

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It's funny how different people struggle with different parts of the book. The Bombadil bit is usually the bit where people stop and say "This isn't for me!"
I thought the films captured the look of the places from the books very well so the inevitable overlap is not a problem for me. The shire in particular is very close to how i imagined it. Jackson played it very smart by getting John Howe and lan lee as conceptual designers (both being renowned Tolkien artists). In many ways he used exact images from their famous illustrations and reproduced them in the film. The shot of Gollum, Sam and Frodo overlooking the Morannon is the best example of this.

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I finished Slaughterhouse 5 a few days ago, which is thought was pretty bizarre but fantastic at the same time. Very, very odd but enjoyable.

I've been reading A Life in Metal, Dave Mustaine's book. Not sure what I make of the guy Some parts he's massively humble, others he's like I'M gooseberry fool HOT, LOOK AT ME. He runs people down a lot, it's quite amusing in places.

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I read a couple of classic books over Christmas. Can't believe I had never read them before!

Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)

I really enjoyed both of them. Animal Farm in particular was great, I didn't realise quite how scathing it was of Stalin/Soviet Union. Even without the introduction by Orwell, the message was not exactly discrete.

I have almost finished Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby. I saw the film years ago but have not read this before. Interesting to read about the experiences of an Arsenal fan up to the early 90s (before Wenger turned them into a pretty team). I don't like the moaning though! He has been to countless cup finals (won a few of them), has won the league in his lifetime, been a constant presence in the top division and is still writing about how miserable it is to be an Arsenal fan. Try supporting a lower league team if you want proper misery.

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Hey, Denster.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16440150

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I know i read that. I thought there reasoning was a bit harsh but fair, some of the comments by readers after it are laughable.

strawberry floating clueless troglodytes!

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Just finished 2001 - A Space Odyssey today. Thought the film was a mixture of amazing and boring. It works better as a book. The premise is pretty awesome, the whole controlled evolution thing is just too cool.

Moved onto The Invisible man by HG Wells. I've loved his other stuff like War of the Worlds, The Time Machine and (my personal favourite) The Island of Doctor Moreau. I can see myself liking this.

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