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Dotsie

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What did you think of the Canterbury Tales Mivelli? I read the general prologue at school and wasn't inspired to go any further
You missed a treat then ;) Full of naughty fun!
 

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Dotsie said:
Doughnut Jimmy said:
What did you think of the Canterbury Tales Mivelli? I read the general prologue at school and wasn't inspired to go any further
You missed a treat then ;) Full of naughty fun!
I had to learn the Pardoner's Tale, at school, for my 'O' Level English Literature exams. Unfortunately, we had to read the text and do the course-work using the original Middle English (e.g. The Pardoner's Tale) which put me off! We did do a field trip to the Old Vic Theater to see some of the Canterbury Tales, although I can only remember the Millers Tale. ;) :oops: :oops:

We also did Julius Caesar as the second book and I have enjoyed Shakespeare ever since. 8)
 

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I'm currenty reading a manga called D. Gray-Men. My friend made me read it (although I'm drawing a comic I don't really enjoy reading them) and I have to say that I like it pretty much. I'm very impressed with the drawing, especially the backgrounds. I was a bit confused with one character: I thought he was a woman up until someone sed "he" in the third book :laugh:
Another book i'm currently reading is "Power of five" by Anthony Horowitz
 
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Penfold said:
Dotsie said:
Doughnut Jimmy said:
What did you think of the Canterbury Tales Mivelli? I read the general prologue at school and wasn't inspired to go any further
You missed a treat then ;) Full of naughty fun!
I had to learn the Pardoner's Tale, at school, for my 'O' Level English Literature exams. Unfortunately, we had to read the text and do the course-work using the original Middle English (e.g. The Pardoner's Tale) which put me off! We did do a field trip to the Old Vic Theater to see some of the Canterbury Tales, although I can only remember the Millers Tale. ;) :oops: :oops:

We also did Julius Caesar as the second book and I have enjoyed Shakespeare ever since. 8)
I agree dirty jokes are rather spoilt when you have to try and work out what on earth they mean :(
 

Tristan

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"De Verdronkene", Margriet de Moor

Do not read it, Sjoerd. I already fell asleep three times while reading it. Just too melancholic for me... o_O
 
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Finished Dark Side of the Moon (a struggle), and have just started Strata (looks more promising).

I struggled with Dark Side, as I found there were too many different species, with dodgy pronouciations, and too much description of planets, and space travel.

I'm glad Strata has come back (well, as far as I've got!!) to land....... and it's a very flat, discular sort of land! ;)

And now I at least know why the tavern is called the Broken Drum.
 

chuckie

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Just finished Jasper Ffordes' The big over easy. Loved it, very funny.
Just one little problem. I couldn't watch Poirot or Sherlock Holmes without giggling :laugh:
 
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Bouncy Castle said:
Finished Dark Side of the Moon (a struggle), and have just started Strata (looks more promising).

I struggled with Dark Side, as I found there were too many different species, with dodgy pronouciations, and too much description of planets, and space travel.

I'm glad Strata has come back (well, as far as I've got!!) to land....... and it's a very flat, discular sort of land! ;)

And now I at least know why the tavern is called the Broken Drum.
I liked them both. :)
 

Willem

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Currently reading Fluke by Christopher Moore, and I've got a collection of Neil Gaiman short stories on my nightstand (Smoke and Mirrors).

I've started listening to an audio of Unseen Academicals yesterday, first time I've really tried an audiobook. It takes some getting used to, but at least it keeps my hands warm on my way to work (I'm known as the guy who reads while walking in my neighbourhood).
 
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mystmoon said:
I have a reputation as the only person in my school who can climb a busy staircase whilst reading

I've been getting into Alexander McCall's No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (N1LDA from now on) which are really fun.
I love that series (and the TV series, though they have changed a few things in that), but the first one I read was immediately after finishing a Patricia Cornwell book.

I found Mma to be very dull, and kept waiting for the twist. After I'd accepted that there were no twists and that it was a lovely gentle story, I fell in love with them.
 

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I'm reading Guards Guards, but I'll start on Coraline soon. My brother gave it to me for b-day :)

EDIT: Oh, and I'm also reading "the illusion of life" by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson. A brilliant book about Disney animation. There is quite a lot of history in it and the best part: It explains the how-to-do of animation and how you get the disney flair into the movements. :) There's even a part explaining lip sync. Not long to go and I'll do Discworld short-films :laugh:
 
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