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Jan 20th 2012, 12:18 am

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Re: Good book

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Finished it yesterday. Enjoyed it (but it is a bit complicated in places, it'll be interesting to see how they fit all that into a film!).

Will go and see the film on the weekend

Read them all. They are a good read but IMO didn't live up to all the hype.

Jan 20th 2012, 4:20 am

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Read them all. They are a good read but IMO didn't live up to all the hype.

Yeah I know what you mean (although I've only read the first one so far). I liked it but don't quite get what all the fuss is about tbh.

Jan 20th 2012, 4:54 am

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Read them all. They are a good read but IMO didn't live up to all the hype.

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Yeah I know what you mean (although I've only read the first one so far). I liked it but don't quite get what all the fuss is about tbh.

It's because he karked it.

I got about half way through the first one and although I was sort of enjoying it, I did feel it was translated in a rather ponderous manner. It was a tad like reading Abba lyrics.

Jan 20th 2012, 5:48 am

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It was a tad like reading Abba lyrics.

Jan 20th 2012, 6:25 am

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Yeah think you hit the nail on the head.

Jan 20th 2012, 7:19 am

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Re: Good book

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.

It's a personal account of the Mt Everest disaster of 1996. If you like these type of books this is definitely worth a read. Quite controversial as there are several different accounts of what happened up there that day.

I give it a

Jan 20th 2012, 8:20 am

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Oh yes, that was a brilliant book, very inspiring and well written

plenty of food for thought.

Jan 23rd 2012, 1:08 am

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Yeah I know what you mean (although I've only read the first one so far). I liked it but don't quite get what all the fuss is about tbh.

I saw the film (Girl with Dragon Tattoo) on the weekend. I enjoyed it but it missed out a lot of things that were in the book, and changed quite a few things that were still in the film. It did feel like they raced through it a bit but I guess that's because the book is always going to be more detailed.

I was surprised it didn't feel like a really long film (because it really was long!) but that might be because we were in big comfy seats in Gold Glass

So I thought the film was alright but not amazing. Bit like the book I guess?! Starting the next book today

Jan 23rd 2012, 5:35 am

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I'm now half way thru the 2nd book of the vampire chronicles - 'Vampire Lestat'.

It's fab. Loving it.

Jan 23rd 2012, 9:57 am

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Re: Good book

Just finished the Hunger Games , Catching fire & Mocking jay by Suzanne Collins ! Excellent books. My 15 year daughter is obsessed with them & really looking forward to the movie in March !

Nicky

Jan 23rd 2012, 12:23 pm

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Re: Good book

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Oh yes, that was a brilliant book, very inspiring and well written

plenty of food for thought.

I read "The Climb' a few years back which tells the other side, by the Russian guide who represented the other major team on the mountain. He died himself the year after it was published.

I also had occasion to look up Jon's book last week!