Reading Project of Doom update.
Dec. 8th, 2004 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teylaminhI'm not getting very far through the list at all, but that's because I keep adding things to it. Anyway.
Read
Red Dragon & Silence of the Lambs, both Thomas Harris. Hannibal is somewhere in the house, and would have been read by now, but my brain was going "nooo moooore jaaaargoooon" at me.
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. Well, ish. I didn't finish it in time for the show (oh, crap, the write-up...) and then gave up on it entirely because I was too tired to appreciate it. I'll try again at some other point in time.
The Curious Tale of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. It's really good. Read it!
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in two days.
To read next:
It'll either be Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, or The Fandom of the Operator. Given I can probably read both fairly quickly, I might move onto a Discworld next. The list is far too long. And I have to read Derek Acorah's book before February, too, as I was going to take it with me to get it signed and it would be hypocritical of me not to have read it. :)
The list of movies I shall work on at a later date. Ditto the list of DVDs I have yet to watch. Though, on that note, I bought the original Japanese version of The Grudge on DVD and really enjoyed it, though I think the sheer terrifyingness of the remake somewhat desensitised me... The plot was much, much better (and more confusing) in the original, though. Far cleverer. The Hollywood remake is much better executed than that of The Ring - in that case, the original scared the living crap out of me, whilst the American one just made me slightly nervous, and annoyed about the minor plot changes. The Grudge, I think, works quite well in its remake because it maintains the same atmosphere of the original, and gives it a spooky Hollywood twist. Though, obviously, I imagine the Japanese one would've been equally terrifying in surround sound...
Read
Red Dragon & Silence of the Lambs, both Thomas Harris. Hannibal is somewhere in the house, and would have been read by now, but my brain was going "nooo moooore jaaaargoooon" at me.
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins. Well, ish. I didn't finish it in time for the show (oh, crap, the write-up...) and then gave up on it entirely because I was too tired to appreciate it. I'll try again at some other point in time.
The Curious Tale of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. It's really good. Read it!
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in two days.
To read next:
It'll either be Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, or The Fandom of the Operator. Given I can probably read both fairly quickly, I might move onto a Discworld next. The list is far too long. And I have to read Derek Acorah's book before February, too, as I was going to take it with me to get it signed and it would be hypocritical of me not to have read it. :)
The list of movies I shall work on at a later date. Ditto the list of DVDs I have yet to watch. Though, on that note, I bought the original Japanese version of The Grudge on DVD and really enjoyed it, though I think the sheer terrifyingness of the remake somewhat desensitised me... The plot was much, much better (and more confusing) in the original, though. Far cleverer. The Hollywood remake is much better executed than that of The Ring - in that case, the original scared the living crap out of me, whilst the American one just made me slightly nervous, and annoyed about the minor plot changes. The Grudge, I think, works quite well in its remake because it maintains the same atmosphere of the original, and gives it a spooky Hollywood twist. Though, obviously, I imagine the Japanese one would've been equally terrifying in surround sound...
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 12:21 pm (UTC)I was thinking of taking my Derek book to be signed, but I think the question will come out as " Mlurgh..PweCudjooSignMBook? ".
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 12:25 pm (UTC)re: booklist of doom - have you read The Da Vinci Code?
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 12:29 pm (UTC)Aww - Derek is so cuddly. Except for when he's possessed, of course. The desire to hug him isn't quite as strong then...
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 12:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 01:41 pm (UTC)Must. Get. Screencap...
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 07:26 pm (UTC)he was totally sweet as Charlie.
-Luton-
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 01:40 pm (UTC)No more books, dammit! It's got the entire frellin' Discworld series on there as it is!
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 01:39 pm (UTC)"W'y'sn'm'prgm...?"
Complete with hand gestures.
(Translation: Would you sign my programme?)
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-08 07:25 pm (UTC)I hope when you read Harry Potter you'll enjoy it :-D
And you'll have tolet me know about the Derek book, I always fond those kind of things quite intriguing, even if I'm not wholly convinced of the person's ability.
-Luton-
(no subject)
Date: 2004-12-09 01:18 am (UTC)There's lots of little cutesy stories about him & Gwen and their "adventures" throughout his career. You can just tell she's been his rock throughout it all.
A good insight into the mind of a psychic non-the-less.