18 hours ago by alicemsage

Why Daniel Radcliffe ruined a good read – By Hattie French I liked the Harry Potter books. They’re a good read. The characters in particular are classic: the heroic son, who thought he was just another kid; the unspeakable dark lord; the wise old teacher. It’s such a typical set-up that I studied Ph ...

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2 days ago by w martin

Some recent news in Polish literature: Mariusz Szczygieł’s reportage Gottland (which was written up here in March after it won the Prix AMPHI), has just been awarded the Europe Book Prize. The Prize, which is in its third year, was announced on December 9 and comes with an award of 10,000 euros for ...

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4 days ago by Laura

UP IN THE AIR Author: Walter Kim Screenwriters: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Logline: Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler ...

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8 days ago by Rachel

by Sapphire New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996. ISBN: 0679446265 9780679446262 OCLC Number: 34557216 Date completed: 12-09-2009 Why I read this book: Because of all the hype that came with the film adaptation "Precious." This is a good quick read. It was really hard to re ...

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9 days ago by raninxs

Someone told me that I puke out words like it’s the most natural thing to do whenever I see a computer. Nah, necessity drives me.Besides, it’s the reading that draws me to a computer despite being a perennial myopic. It’s pure stubbornness, actually. Hehe. So, I have read stuffs again. Veronika deci ...

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10 days ago by kpx4890

Image via Wikipedia D.Gray-Man Manga Chapter 187 should return August 17th 2009. That is less than a week away. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Why has it taken so long for a new release you ask? The author of D.Gray-Man is currently sick and has been recovering at her home. But, from what we hear, ...

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10 days ago by youngromantic

Toby Stephens and Ruth Wilson in BBC's adaptation of Jane Eyre After reading this article, about how new adaptations of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are being made to appeal to Twihards, I have just two questions: Can’t everyone just leave the Brontë sisters alone? Must this Twilight insanity phe ...

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19 days ago by admin

Image via Wikipedia Many fans were looking forward to the Premiere of New Moon. The movie is the second film adaptation of the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. In New Moon, Bella and her vampire boyfriend Edward face a new snag or two in their relationship. Edward is convinced by near fatal incid ...

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21 days ago by Camila Tessler

I wrote this a few weeks ago for the school newspaper, the Courier. There’s a certain magic in reading a book, as a kid. There’s something about worlds that you can only get to if you find a golden ticket or crawl into the apple-wood wardrobe that have all kinds of things you can’t see in real life. ...

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23 days ago by Larry Ross

The Road, a sobering film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men and All The Pretty Horses, is a national Thanksgiving holiday theatrical release opening Wednesday. Unlike other recent doomsday movies that build toward a cataclysmic event ...

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