Elora is currently reading Les Miserables.
I’m female, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since November 17, 2009.
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Reader Challenges - 2010 Wishes in One Sentence
My wish for twenty-ten is that wishes become actions and actions create positive change.
Reader Challenges - Before I die...
Death will not come before I birth an epic.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #63: Remakes
Need Remaking
Troy (The Iliad) - I love this classic, but the current film made the story far too flat for my liking. I see where he was going, but everything seemed so politically correct.
The Hours - Let's take a book rewrite it, add some senseless things into it and call it the same title?
The Scarlet Letter - Just because we like happy endings, doesn't mean we should rewrite the stories of authors who didn't make one for us.
Adaptations I loved:
I Am Legend - Great story and very nice additions to flesh out the parts that might not make sense today.
The Kite Runner - The adaptation was wonderful and brilliantly wove this story into a rich visual tapestry that worked in a satisfying way.
Fight Club - Never remake this Hollywood. It was perfect, just the way you told it.
Reader Challenges - Encounter with an Angel
Dancing together, we rise into the room. Looking down at motionless me, I am unafraid. “This is not your time but dance with me a moment longer.” Chords of sweet melody fill the air, my spirit intertwines with his until the crescendo. He leaves, and I live …again.
Reader Challenges - Who's Coming to Dinner?
Standing at the door the uninvited looked back with a dark smile and wiped her mouth. The turkey, still stuffed, fills the table untouched. Cranberry red streaks the walls and upturned chairs clutter the floor. The meal taken resting in her belly she thanks the motionless, pale guests and leaves.