When I was a young teenager I used to read a lot of books but since several years ago I feel like I've been too busy and have had other things to do than to read proper fiction books. The last book I read outside of uni was Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark, so a non-fiction book, which is what I seem to read if I read anything these days... and that was months ago...
When I was younger I loved Les Misérables, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina, Oscar Wilde's plays (and Dorian Gray), the Harry Potter series, The Dark is Rising (by Susan Cooper) series, The Lord of the Rings, Interview with the Vampire (had a big impact on me because I was thinking a lot about existential stuff and religion at the time), H.C. Andersen's stories were my favourites as a kid, April Witch by Majgull Axelsson, And I Don't Want to Live This Life by Deborah Spungen, Mio Min Mio and The Brother's Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren etc. are some of the books that have had an impact on me as a child.
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Great thread! I love hearing everyone's different recommendations.
I am an obsessive person by nature (wonder how I wound up in the phandom?), and I tend to get attached to an author's particular writing style and just absorb all of their work. As a child, it was Madeleine L'Engle. Then Poe, Vonnegut, Steinbeck, Bill Bryson (a humorous travel writer), Mary Shelley, Toni Morrison, Palahniuk, Nabokav, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and now Dan Simmons. I like classics, surrealism, and fantasy.
I am an obsessive person by nature (wonder how I wound up in the phandom?), and I tend to get attached to an author's particular writing style and just absorb all of their work. As a child, it was Madeleine L'Engle. Then Poe, Vonnegut, Steinbeck, Bill Bryson (a humorous travel writer), Mary Shelley, Toni Morrison, Palahniuk, Nabokav, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and now Dan Simmons. I like classics, surrealism, and fantasy.
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Despite being an old school bookworm (contemplating "book worm" knuckle tattoos (although I'd feel too much like I copied Frank Iero, I guess) ) I love LOVE my Kindle - I was looking through it for some books to talk about and realised I had 17 (no exaggeration) books that I am currently part-way through. This is why I love the Kindle, so I don't have to carry several books around with me at all times.
There was a time I read 10-40 books a week (depending on length) but adulthood, parenthood, and fanfic all contributed to slow me down to 1 or 2. I'mma lurk this thread for some new ideas.
There was a time I read 10-40 books a week (depending on length) but adulthood, parenthood, and fanfic all contributed to slow me down to 1 or 2. I'mma lurk this thread for some new ideas.
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Not sure if this should go in the book thread but I just read spoilers for the Cursed Child and I don't even know what to do with myself. The plot is not what I expected. I'm really nervous that i'll hate it because the script format won't do it justice or I wont understand the characters actions because I can't understand their thoughts (like a novel) or see their expressions (like a play).
Hope that's not too spoilerly?
Hope that's not too spoilerly?
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Haven't looked up any spoilers about it yet myself, will definitely hold off till both parts have had their first preview but even then idk if I want to spoil it. I've pre-ordered the script to read but have tickets to see it in November so I'm still struggling with the debate as to whether I should read or see it firsttimtam wrote:Not sure if this should go in the book thread but I just read spoilers for the Cursed Child and I don't even know what to do with myself. The plot is not what I expected. I'm really nervous that i'll hate it because the script format won't do it justice or I wont understand the characters actions because I can't understand their thoughts (like a novel) or see their expressions (like a play).
Hope that's not too spoilerly?
I'm trusting in JK Rowling that it'll be good, and the few tweets I saw about it said it was great so hopefully I won't be too disappointed
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I really like the sound of it (spoilers)timtam wrote:Not sure if this should go in the book thread but I just read spoilers for the Cursed Child and I don't even know what to do with myself. The plot is not what I expected. I'm really nervous that i'll hate it because the script format won't do it justice or I wont understand the characters actions because I can't understand their thoughts (like a novel) or see their expressions (like a play).
Hope that's not too spoilerly?
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Currently reading Cursed Child as I got it this morning, will be back with thoughts when I'm done
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I've only read the spoilers, but not gonna waist money buying it. It seems like a not good fanfiction, it's not that bad, but when you think the same person that wrote the fantastic saga wrote that
I don't like how Harry acts, that's not Harry. I love Albus and Scorpius friendship
The delphi thing is just stupid, the Cedric thing is just stupid.
I don't like how Harry acts, that's not Harry. I love Albus and Scorpius friendship
The delphi thing is just stupid, the Cedric thing is just stupid.
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Okay I finished it. Wow there's a lot of emotions rattling around in my mind right now. I liked it but I also didn't like it? Idk. I went in knowing absolutely nothing and quite enjoyed it, but it does read a tad like fanfic. Is that just cause I've actually read fanfic where Albus and Scorpius are friends? Who knows. Anyhow I'm still excited to see the show, and would love an in-depth spoilery discussion about this but don't want to spoiler up the whole book thread :/
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Please , I love spoilers and want to know if it's worth it the money and my memory of hp ( as I didn't like the last pages, regarding the future harry). I would suggest to open another thread for this, what's one more.bluebox-away wrote:Okay I finished it. Wow there's a lot of emotions rattling around in my mind right now. I liked it but I also didn't like it? Idk. I went in knowing absolutely nothing and quite enjoyed it, but it does read a tad like fanfic. Is that just cause I've actually read fanfic where Albus and Scorpius are friends? Who knows. Anyhow I'm still excited to see the show, and would love an in-depth spoilery discussion about this but don't want to spoiler up the whole book thread :/
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'bluebox-away wrote:Okay I finished it. Wow there's a lot of emotions rattling around in my mind right now. I liked it but I also didn't like it? Idk. I went in knowing absolutely nothing and quite enjoyed it, but it does read a tad like fanfic. Is that just cause I've actually read fanfic where Albus and Scorpius are friends? Who knows. Anyhow I'm still excited to see the show, and would love an in-depth spoilery discussion about this but don't want to spoiler up the whole book thread :/
Just put it under spoiler tags
Yeah this basically sums up my entrie feelings on it hahamajitzu wrote: I don't like how Harry acts, that's not Harry. I love Albus and Scorpius friendship
The delphi thing is just stupid, the Cedric thing is just stupid.
Okay so i didn't like it much and I am incredibly disappointed because I am a HUGE harry potter fan. I knew all the spoilers beforehand so I went in with very very low expectations and still didn't like it. I personally think that if I hadn't know the spoilers beforehand I would have been both disappointed and angry.
Here's some things I did like though (MASSIVE SPOILERS BEWARE)
It's funny because my feelings about it are pretty similar to yours with a few exceptions but to me it's still somehow weights on the positive sidetimtam wrote:bluebox-away wrote:
Just put it under spoiler tags
Yeah this basically sums up my entrie feelings on it hahamajitzu wrote: I don't like how Harry acts, that's not Harry. I love Albus and Scorpius friendship
The delphi thing is just stupid, the Cedric thing is just stupid.
Okay so i didn't like it much and I am incredibly disappointed because I am a HUGE harry potter fan. I knew all the spoilers beforehand so I went in with very very low expectations and still didn't like it. I personally think that if I hadn't know the spoilers beforehand I would have been both disappointed and angry.
Here's some things I did like though (MASSIVE SPOILERS BEWARE)
Things I didn't like (this is a long list...)
I have many, many many more complaints about it. I'm trying to enjoy the good bits but it's just ruined by the bad bits. I think if you are a big fan you should still give it a read. Just go in with low expectations. I expected so much more and I am incredibly disappointed. A lot of people have been saying that it's much better on the stage and I should stop judging it but they can go away because I'm never going to see it on the stage and if this is such as problem then they shouldn't have made it such an exclusivity way to see Harry Potter (I'm still annoyed at the exclusively of this format if you can't tell)
Haha I totally respect that people can have different opinions about it. I think it's going to be a really divisive book.sia wrote:
It's funny because my feelings about it are pretty similar to yours with a few exceptions but to me it's still somehow weights on the positive side
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Yep I agree with almost everything you said timtam, I liked a lot of the details you mentioned, but found the overarching plot so strange that the whole things has really disappointed me. I'm going to see it in November so that might change my opinion of it a bit, but generally the plot just sucked ..?timtam wrote:Yeah this basically sums up my entrie feelings on it hahamajitzu wrote: I don't like how Harry acts, that's not Harry. I love Albus and Scorpius friendship
The delphi thing is just stupid, the Cedric thing is just stupid.
Okay so i didn't like it much and I am incredibly disappointed because I am a HUGE harry potter fan. I knew all the spoilers beforehand so I went in with very very low expectations and still didn't like it. I personally think that if I hadn't know the spoilers beforehand I would have been both disappointed and angry.
Here's some things I did like though (MASSIVE SPOILERS BEWARE)
Things I didn't like (this is a long list...)
I have many, many many more complaints about it. I'm trying to enjoy the good bits but it's just ruined by the bad bits. I think if you are a big fan you should still give it a read. Just go in with low expectations. I expected so much more and I am incredibly disappointed. A lot of people have been saying that it's much better on the stage and I should stop judging it but they can go away because I'm never going to see it on the stage and if this is such as problem then they shouldn't have made it such an exclusivity way to see Harry Potter (I'm still annoyed at the exclusively of this format if you can't tell)
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Yep I agree with basically everything you just said.bluebox-away wrote: Yep I agree with almost everything you said timtam, I liked a lot of the details you mentioned, but found the overarching plot so strange that the whole things has really disappointed me. I'm going to see it in November so that might change my opinion of it a bit, but generally the plot just sucked ..?
Tldr. I am very conflicted about this because I wanted so badly to love it and imo it just wasn't as good as the books.
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I've been missing Cursed Child conversations?! Massively agree with everything timtam and bluebox-away have said here, and also:
But yeah, there were good bits too, and the staging was amazing, definitely worth a watch if you can! (hahaha i'm literally going to be late to work b/c of this oops /o\ /o\ I have a lot of feelings!)
Everything you said is so true!internetakeover wrote:I've been missing Cursed Child conversations?! Massively agree with everything timtam and bluebox-away have said here, and also:But yeah, there were good bits too, and the staging was amazing, definitely worth a watch if you can! (hahaha i'm literally going to be late to work b/c of this oops /o\ /o\ I have a lot of feelings!)
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timtam wrote:Everything you said is so true!internetakeover wrote:I've been missing Cursed Child conversations?! Massively agree with everything timtam and bluebox-away have said here, and also:But yeah, there were good bits too, and the staging was amazing, definitely worth a watch if you can! (hahaha i'm literally going to be late to work b/c of this oops /o\ /o\ I have a lot of feelings!)
internetakeover wrote:timtam wrote:Everything you said is so true!internetakeover wrote:I've been missing Cursed Child conversations?! Massively agree with everything timtam and bluebox-away have said here, and also:But yeah, there were good bits too, and the staging was amazing, definitely worth a watch if you can! (hahaha i'm literally going to be late to work b/c of this oops /o\ /o\ I have a lot of feelings!)
Basically agree with everything you've said!Catallena wrote:The Cursed Child book came out while I was in London so I read it with my friend who had reserved it like the loyal fan she is. We're both huge Harry Potter fans actually, but we didn't like it. At all.
timtam wrote:Basically agree with everything you've said!Catallena wrote:The Cursed Child book came out while I was in London so I read it with my friend who had reserved it like the loyal fan she is. We're both huge Harry Potter fans actually, but we didn't like it. At all.