About Me

I love to read, but seldom find the time to do it. I'm hoping to complete 50 books a year for the next two years or so, and am up to 35 for my 2008-2009 (Oct-Sep) reading.

Home on web at http://mvenus929.livejournal.com

My BookLists

• To-Read (10)
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
  • Wuthering Heights
    by Brontë, Emily
  • Dracula
    by Stoker, Bram
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    by Hugo, Victor
  • The Three Musketeers
    by Dumas, Alexandre
  • Moby Dick
    by Melville, Herman
  • Great Expectations
    by Dickens, Charles
  • Vanity Fair
    by Thackeray, William Makepeace
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
    by Dumas, Alexandre
  • Don Quixote
    by Cervantes, Miguel de

Browse BookLists

• The Lost World finished
• Around the World in 80 Days finished
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band finished
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth finished
• Little Women finished
• Frankenstein finished
• Wikipedia Tour: Famous Women Throughout History finished
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished
• The Hound of the Baskervilles finished
• Wikipedia Tour: Greek Mythology finished
• Les Miserables finished
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde finished
• Through the Looking-Glass finished
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finished
• The Count of Monte Cristo suspended

Reader Challenges - 6 Word Autobiography

Content. Still looking for my bashert.

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Etc. - Question of the Week #12: Unfinished Books

I think a lot of the books I've 'read' for high school I didn't actually make it all the way through. Song of Solomon jumps to mind on that front. I faked my way through that book because I got so annoyed with the first few chapters.

I've tried reading Little Women a few times, but can't get deep enough into the story to become enthralled with it. Lately, I've tried to read Around the World in 80 Days, and I think I'm just not getting through it because I'm trying to read it at work, and my head just isn't into it.

I posted this topic 9 months ago. Replies (44)

Question of the Week - Question of the Week #8: Which books make good movies?

The BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is amazing. I think The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is pretty well put into a movie. Being a purist, I hated Ella, Enchanted.

The Princess Diaries took quite some liberty with the books (such as setting, character descriptions, etc), but I think it captured the essence of the book fairly well (then again, I saw the movie before I read the books).

In general, I agree that shorter stories make better films. Trying to take a 600-page book and fit it into a 2 hour movie is difficult, and a great deal will be cut in the process, possibly making the film worse. Directors who take artistic liberties with the book, while still keeping the essentials, are good as well, because often they do so in a way that satisfies the fans of the books. Those who try to remain very true to the books often fail and make a weak movie as a result.

I posted this topic 9 months ago. Replies (31)

Etc. - Question of the Week #7: Holiday Edition

The Giver. It's a quick and easy book to read (so those who don't like to read might still opt to read it), and yet has so many insights into the true value of diversity.

I posted this topic 10 months ago. Replies (26)