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09-21-2009, 05:21 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by Janine

Just a short comment. I hope the book "The Beloved" is a lot better than the movie.

There is only one way to find out!

:D
09-22-2009, 02:30 AM
Janine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scheherazade

There is only one way to find out!

:D

How true! :lol:
09-22-2009, 10:06 AM
Jozanny

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janine

Just a short comment. I hope the book "The Beloved" is a lot better than the movie. I personally hated the movie, which stars Oprah. I watched it specifically to see the farm where my ex-boyfriend had his Civil War re-enactments. Oddly enough, I didn't recognise anything. Perhaps one scene was an area I did sort of know. I like the movie up to a point; then I began to moan at how ridiculous I thought it all got to be. Like I said, I hope the novel is a lot better and makes more sense. I didn't exactly see it as a ghost story but I guess it is. I saw it more as a drama about a family.

IMO, if I may make some very general comments, the book is better than the movie, and I did not see Oprah in Sadie. However, Beloved caused me to cease reading Morrison, but for now I'll leave it there; it's complicated.

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And Jozanny, we would never poke your eye out; honestly. You have enough grief, without having a swollen black eye! :lol: By the way, I heard something negative about your library on the TV the other night. I didn't catch it all but seemed it was to be shut down for a time. Sorry about that.

A toast to good sisterhood Janine! Statehouse gamesmanship is over in this end of the tri-state; the main branch and most of the others are staying open for now:p, which is why I voted, and hey, at least I have some online friends here at LitNet, and maybe that is worth a little story project at some point... mmm. A wheelchair possessed by ghosts maybe?:lol:
09-22-2009, 01:49 PM
Drkshadow03

Well, since no one is going to vote for my pick this month, I guess I'll not waste my vote and go with my second choice.
09-22-2009, 06:40 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by Drkshadow03

Well, since no one is going to vote for my pick this month, I guess I'll not waste my vote and go with my second choice.

Attaboy!

:D
09-22-2009, 10:21 PM
isidro

How sad

I happen to be listening to Dracula in the car, but aw well. Not listed. I love this forum! :)
09-24-2009, 05:20 PM
Scheherazade

With less than a week to go, we have a tie...
09-24-2009, 06:08 PM
balehead

Are we meant to be able to vote to choose a book? Because it says i'm not allowed to
09-24-2009, 06:15 PM
Dark Muse

You have to have at least 50 posts to be able to nominate or vote for books, but anyone can partake in the book discussions.
09-25-2009, 12:01 AM
balehead

Thanks for your continuing tolerance of my reptitive questioning ... hopefully my unknowledgiability (is that a word?) of LitNet will become a thing of the past in the near future!!
09-25-2009, 06:50 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by balehead

my unknowledgiability (is that a word?)

"Unknowledgeableness"? :p

Please feel free to ask any questions you have (you can PM me as well) :)
09-25-2009, 06:52 PM
Dark Muse

What is going to happen if the tie is not broken?
09-25-2009, 06:55 PM
Scheherazade

Russian Rulet! :D

Usually I pick a book then.
09-27-2009, 01:09 PM
Scheherazade

Only 3 days to go and still a tie!
09-28-2009, 12:18 AM
Jozanny

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Only 3 days to go and still a tie!

How bout committing voter fraud so I can expound on The Collector?:D
09-28-2009, 03:16 AM
balehead

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Muse

You have to have at least 50 posts to be able to nominate or vote for books.

I have 50, and yet it still does not allow me?
09-28-2009, 03:18 AM
Dark Muse

Hmm not sure why, I thought the post max was 50 unless I was mistaken.
09-28-2009, 05:52 PM
Scheherazade

Going once...
09-28-2009, 06:04 PM
balehead

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Originally Posted by Dark Muse

Hmm not sure why, I thought the post max was 50 unless I was mistaken.

I was able to vote today; maybe I had to get 50, and then wait a day or something?
09-28-2009, 06:07 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by balehead

I was able to vote today; maybe I had to get 50, and then wait a day or something?

Probably you needed to log out and log in again.

I am glad you could at the end, though.

:)
09-29-2009, 05:58 PM
Scheherazade

Going twice...
09-29-2009, 06:52 PM
Jozanny

I like Mary Shelley's rather unassuming, if alarmist, masterpiece. I like it more than the Hollywood versions of it which have mildewed the poor classic, but I'll pass for now, with an occasional whine for The Collector along the way. I will reconsider in three years, if that is the time limit.
09-29-2009, 06:57 PM
isidro

I think it's sold.
09-29-2009, 07:04 PM
Scheherazade

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Originally Posted by isidro

I think it's sold.

Nope.

The fat lady hasn't sung yet.
09-29-2009, 07:07 PM
Janine

Wow, I didn't know Frankenstein had taken the lead. I think it's a fantastic novel. I've read it twice, so this should be an interesting disgussion for me; I hope I can do more than sit in; hope I can recall the book and add my own humble opinions. I always find it is such a thought-provoking story...I recently listened to the audio abridgement; I don't like abridgements but considering I read it twice already I figured I could savor the essense of the text...it was quite good.
09-30-2009, 02:11 PM
Dark Muse

Oh wow, at first I thought Beloved had pulled ahead and was going to take it, but Frankenstein all of the sudden got this great push

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