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Libraries ...
Sep. 19th, 2016 06:45 pm
This always kills me lol!
Sep. 19th, 2016
This always kills me lol!
Charmed Once Upon A Time
Sep. 19th, 2016 07:23 pm
Ooh , those pesky trolls.
While Piper worries that Leo will never return, Prue and Phoebe try to save a little girl named Kate and a Fairy Princess named Thistle from evil trolls who lurk in the "tweens" and want to capture the princess. When Prue and Phoebe need Piper's help, her concern with Leo causes a spell to backfire, placing Kate in more danger. Meanwhile, Cole, who appears in his demonic form Belthazor, tries to steal the Book of Shadows.
Books and Other Media
Sep. 19th, 2016 07:54 pmA fair comment from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thespian15 wanted to know what Suite Francoise is all about. I have watched the DVD but not read the book as yet,and it is the latter his enquiry was about. So it got me thinking about adaptations of novels and books into film or TV media ,so -
What book do you wish they never made into a movie/TV show?
What book do you wish they would make into a movie/TV show?
Is there a film based on a book that you think is better than the book?
What book have you reread at least more than once?
thespian15 wanted to know what Suite Francoise is all about. I have watched the DVD but not read the book as yet,and it is the latter his enquiry was about. So it got me thinking about adaptations of novels and books into film or TV media ,so -What book do you wish they never made into a movie/TV show?
What book do you wish they would make into a movie/TV show?
Is there a film based on a book that you think is better than the book?
What book have you reread at least more than once?
John Farndon, "Do You Think You're Clever?" (Icon Books)
This book has some interesting answers to questions that cover a reasonably wide range of topics.
The book purports to give answers to some of the trickier entrance exam questions at the UK's top universities. Initially I enjoyed seeing how the author tackles these questions, mapping potential directions, structuring his answers, larding them with a few historic quotes and dictionary definitions, and building up to the final flourish. But here comes the caveat.
After a while, though, the mechanism becomes repetitive, and the reader will start spotting flaws in the author's logic or glaring gaps when certain obvious aspects are not being addressed in his replies. The questions aren't all as titillating as the one that made it to the book cover. The exhilarating ride that was promised quickly turns into the view of a flat landscape whizzing by, its dull features merging into one blurred impression.
This book has some interesting answers to questions that cover a reasonably wide range of topics.
The book purports to give answers to some of the trickier entrance exam questions at the UK's top universities. Initially I enjoyed seeing how the author tackles these questions, mapping potential directions, structuring his answers, larding them with a few historic quotes and dictionary definitions, and building up to the final flourish. But here comes the caveat.
After a while, though, the mechanism becomes repetitive, and the reader will start spotting flaws in the author's logic or glaring gaps when certain obvious aspects are not being addressed in his replies. The questions aren't all as titillating as the one that made it to the book cover. The exhilarating ride that was promised quickly turns into the view of a flat landscape whizzing by, its dull features merging into one blurred impression.
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