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This week’s topic is “Books“.
Here are the questions:
- Do you prefer digital, paperback, or hard bound books?
- Do you have a library full of books or just your favorite tales?
- Harry Potter, Narnia, or Twilight? (You can choose all three or pick and choose.)
- Do you like when books are turned into movies? Why or why not?
- What is a book that you have read over and over again?
- Do you prefer digital, paperback, or hard bound books?
I’m happy with paperback or hardback, depending on cost.
- Do you have a library full of books or just your favorite tales?
We did in the cottage, having and entire alcove dedicated purely to books.
- Harry Potter, Narnia, or Twilight? (You can choose all three or pick and choose.)
None of these I’m afraid. - Do you like when books are turned into movies? Why or why not?
IMO Movies never do books justice, eg Absolute Power, Aliens, The Abyss, Dances with Wolves. However, if a special edition comes out, sometimes it goes back to the book and really enhances the story.
- What is a book that you have read over and over again?
Judith McNaught’s Remember When and Erica James Precious Time.
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I love Judith McNaught!
I wasn’t a fan of her period stuff, but liked Paradise, Perfect, Night Whispers, Double Standards, Every Breath you Take and Someone to Watch Over Me. I read Tender Triumph but wasn’t too keen on that. I haven’t seen anything of hers available for years.
I don’t think she has anything new. At the time, I adored Whitney, My Love, but on a subsequent read, it annoyed me. LOL. Her others are still great, I think…
The closest movie to a book for me is Lord of the Rings. Not as good but as epic.
I saw the three movies, but didn’t read the book.
The special editions of Dances with Wolves (almost 4 hours) and The Abyss (over 3 hours) went back to the book and were much better than the original releases IMO
Interesting… I agree that most movie adaptations don’t do the books justice.
The movie Absolute Power was very vaguely related to the book (both were good though)
Awesome answers Di! I love books too and I always have one on the go! Xx
I’m reading David Baldacci’s A Gambling Man at the moment. Hopefully I’ll get round to reading the ones bought 3 Christmases ago this year!
I am with you on the cost of books when they are hardbound. It’s hard to get them new without paying an arm and a leg. I never got to read Dances with Wolves, but I did enjoy the movie. The alcove in the cottage sounds awesome! I keep picturing a room with one of those ladders and walls full of books 🙂 Thanks for joining, Di, and rambling about books with me!
Sadly our alcove was nothing like that I’m afraid, just a recess by the fireplace. The other side housed my piano. It was custom made though and took all of our books as it was six feet wide and floor to ceiling. We had another in the back corridor of the same dimensions and that contained all our DVDs and videos!
That still sounds pretty cool, especially with the piano accenting with the alcove of all those books 🙂 It sounds beautiful.
If we could have picked the cottage up and put it somewhere else, we would have.
I bet! That place sounded amazing. I have a picture in my head from how you described it, and it sounds comfy and happy.
It was built in 1847 and was originally the village school. Over the years bits were added to it after it became a residential dwelling in the ’50s. It wasn’t a listed building so was modernised accordingly.
Oh wow! That’s interesting! I like buildings with history like that!
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