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    rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Re-reading Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness In The West by Cormac McCarthy.
    Easily one of my top ten favorite books.
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    rcs wrote:
    Re-reading Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness In The West by Cormac McCarthy.
    Easily one of my top ten favorite books.

    Weren't they going to make a movie based on this book? What happened to that?
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    rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Byrnzie wrote:
    rcs wrote:
    Re-reading Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness In The West by Cormac McCarthy.
    Easily one of my top ten favorite books.

    Weren't they going to make a movie based on this book? What happened to that?
    I heard the same thing a while back and that James Fanco wanted to direct it. Don't know what's become of it though. I think it would be very difficult to adapt the book into a movie because the writing is so poetic and I'm not sure it would translate to film all that well. It certainly would take a very talented director to get it done properly while maintaining the integrity of the book. One thing is for sure, if it was made into a movie it would be extremely violent and gory.
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
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    AELARAAELARA Posts: 803
    stargirl69 wrote:
    AELARA wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHr1smZ6iwo

    :clap:

    Thank you ... my favourite line of the entire film "I seem to feel better when their not around" I can agree with that

    :thumbup: :wave: Me too... Hehehe! ;)
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    AELARAAELARA Posts: 803
    Byrnzie wrote:
    AELARA wrote:
    Not only he wrote the screenplay but he also appears in one scene in the bar.
    The movie is good especially if you are a Buk fan. :D
    Truth is I expected more from Mickey Rourke, he wasn't quite what I expected.
    Matt Dillon was better in Factotum and even Ben Gazzara in Tales of Ordinary Madness was closer to Buk's persona. (according to my opinion of course!)

    I thought Barfly was shite. Embarrasing even.

    The best movie of the bunch is Tales of Ordianry Madness IMO, followed by Factotum. I own every Bukowski movie and documentary except Barfly because I have no time for it. Also I can't stand Mickey Rourke.
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I have a signed copy of septuagenarian Stew 8-)

    You are my man... :)8-)
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    AELARA wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I have a signed copy of septuagenarian Stew 8-)

    You are my man... :)8-)

    :P
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    rcs wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    rcs wrote:
    Re-reading Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness In The West by Cormac McCarthy.
    Easily one of my top ten favorite books.

    Weren't they going to make a movie based on this book? What happened to that?
    I heard the same thing a while back and that James Fanco wanted to direct it. Don't know what's become of it though. I think it would be very difficult to adapt the book into a movie because the writing is so poetic and I'm not sure it would translate to film all that well. It certainly would take a very talented director to get it done properly while maintaining the integrity of the book. One thing is for sure, if it was made into a movie it would be extremely violent and gory.

    I read it a couple of years ago. Not an easy read. Would probably play a bit like the movie 'The Proposition'.
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    number1PJfannumber1PJfan Posts: 3,748
    Bill Bryson- The Lost Continent
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    Jeff MurrayJeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    Brian McGilloway's Borderlands
    If there were no Angels would there be no sin?
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    Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. The subtitle is Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History.

    Very well written and researched and very enjoyable despite being filled with some horrific stories about the clash of 2 civilizations.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
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    he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    number1PJfan wrote:
    Bill Bryson- The Lost Continent
    good? I love Bryson but havent read this one.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i bought 2 books yesterday and have started both of them without finishing the last book i was reading.

    hitch 22 - christopher hitchens

    the jokes over - memories of hunter s thompson - ralph steadman
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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    smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
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    afroannnieafroannnie Posts: 12,995
    I just started reading 11/22/63...it's really good so far!
    Show #13 was a lucky one for me....
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    fear4freedomfear4freedom Posts: 920
    Glenn Beck THE SNOW ANGEL!!!!
    Theres no time like the present

    A man that stands for nothing....will fall for anything!

    All people need to do more on every level!
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    whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I'm reading about four books at the moment..
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    whispering hands wrote:
    I'm reading about four books at the moment..


    tis a bad habit to break isnt it?? ive got 3 actively on the go atm. there are others ive put aside.

    what are you reading?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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    rriversrrivers Posts: 3,693
    Finished "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood earlier this week. Fantastic book. Very 1984-ish. I haven't pulled for a protaganist as hard as I pulled for the one in this book in a long time.

    Now back to Song of Ice and Fire book 5. About halfway through and put it down probably because I was readying all of them back to back and needed a break from the world.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
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    Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
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    gunter1976gunter1976 Posts: 587
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
    "...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."

    My Fugazi Live Series ramblings and blog: anothersievefistedfind.tumblr.com
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    bowerymissionbowerymission Posts: 160
    I just finished Nightwoods by Charles Frazier. I love his writing and his wonderful knowledge of Appalachian people and the woods and survival. (he also wrote Cold Mountain -which book of course was much better than the film)
    Into the Wild Things
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    pennylane106pennylane106 Posts: 135
    I was so happy to read Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, by Steve Almond. Such an excellent and hilarious book! Perfect for all of us Drooling Fanatics!!!

    if you haven't already, check it out!
    'You know time is long, and life is short.
    Begin to live while you still can.'

    While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.-Gilda Radner
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    Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Reading "Richard II" for my Shakespeare class.
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    RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    gunter1976 wrote:
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

    I can't wait to read this. Love Haruki Murakami... you enjoying it?
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    NastasjaNastasja Posts: 9,668
    Walden - Henry Thoreau
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
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    gunter1976gunter1976 Posts: 587
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    gunter1976 wrote:
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

    I can't wait to read this. Love Haruki Murakami... you enjoying it?

    it's okay, but definitely not his best writing. if anything, i would recommend The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle instead.. .
    "...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."

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    RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    gunter1976 wrote:
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    gunter1976 wrote:
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

    I can't wait to read this. Love Haruki Murakami... you enjoying it?

    it's okay, but definitely not his best writing. if anything, i would recommend The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle instead.. .

    That's too bad. Is it still worth it do you think? ...Wind-Up Bird Chronicle got me started on him.Loved it. Norwegian Wood is my favorite so far.
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    Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,380
    rrivers wrote:
    Finished "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood earlier this week. Fantastic book. Very 1984-ish. I haven't pulled for a protaganist as hard as I pulled for the one in this book in a long time.

    I haven't read that book in a very long time but I remember it being very disturbing! I'll have to read it again, what a crazy and scary concept.
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    smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
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    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
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    Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    smarchee wrote:
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    :thumbup: Never heard of the book.
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