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- Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:32 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: What do you think of the Kindle or electronic readers?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 20270
Re: What do you think of the Kindle or electronic readers?
i cannot stand e-books. It is so much nicer to hold a book in your hands and read than it is to read from a screen. i love collecting old, rare books too, and with electronic readers, that's not possible. And of course, e-books don't smell nice
- Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:52 pm
- Forum: Arts & Entertainment
- Topic: What movie scared you when you were a kid?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 30623
Re: What movie scared you when you were a kid?
i don't remember any films that scared me when i was younger, that's not to say there weren't any though. However, i do remember being terrified by several of my old cassettes. i used to be fascinated by them, i'd listen to them all the time, yet they scared me a lot, especially my tape of ghost sto...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:32 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Your five favourite books?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 15614
Re: Your five favourite books?
It's so hard to pick five, these five are from my top ten:
The Monk - Lewis
The Mysteries of Udolpho - Radcliffe
Frankenstein - Shelley
The Castle of Otranto - Walpole
Faust - Goethe
The Monk - Lewis
The Mysteries of Udolpho - Radcliffe
Frankenstein - Shelley
The Castle of Otranto - Walpole
Faust - Goethe
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:28 pm
- Forum: Arts & Entertainment
- Topic: Tim Burton fan, anyone?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6052
Re: Tim Burton fan, anyone?
i most certainly am a Tim Burton fan, i love (almost) all his work. His adaptation of Alice in Wonderland looks fantastic, and i cannot wait to see it. :D Has anyone read The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy - And Other Short Stories By Tim Burton? Quite charming little poems and illustrations, i woul...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:23 pm
- Forum: Arts & Entertainment
- Topic: what is your favorite musical?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16500
Re: what is your favorite musical?
The Phantom of the Opera!!! (The West End production, not the film)
My favourite musical films:
Sweeny Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Yes...i like Tim Burton, a bit...
My favourite musical films:
Sweeny Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
Yes...i like Tim Burton, a bit...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:02 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now?
- Replies: 410
- Views: 104801
Re: Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now?
Faust - Gothe (again)
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful - Burke (more out of interest than pleasure)
Wuthering Heights - Bronte
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful - Burke (more out of interest than pleasure)
Wuthering Heights - Bronte
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:59 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: A little bit about me - John Bayley
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1078
Re: A little bit about me - John Bayley
Yeah, Hamlet is pretty awesome. I studied it for A-level, and I've done Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, also. i've studied R&J and Twelfth Night too, but that was before i was interested in literature, so i found them rather dull...i should go back to them at some point, i suppose. I can te...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:26 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: A little bit about me - John Bayley
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1078
Re: A little bit about me - John Bayley
Welcome to BookTalk.org. :) You're one of the few people that answered all those questions. What the heck is doom metal? I've always loved heavy metal. but I don't understand all the sub-genres. Thanks :) Doom Metal is characterized by very slow tempos and (generally) down-tuned guitars. Lyrics oft...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:38 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: A little bit about me - John Bayley
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1078
A little bit about me - John Bayley
i decided copying and pasting the "READ ME" would be the simplest way to make sure i covered everything! Where do you live? South East England How old are you? Seventeen Are you a male or female? Male How did you find BookTalk? Through FaceBook What type of books do you enjoy the most? Ear...