Maybe talking about GRRM ain't such a good idea after all.
Maybe talking about GRRM ain't such a good idea after all.
Swifty, Writing
Film and book reviews, short films, videos from a Malaysian filmmaker based in Tokyo
Fine. You people come up with other books we can talk about, seems that no people's giving a damn about GRRM.
Swifty, Writing
Film and book reviews, short films, videos from a Malaysian filmmaker based in Tokyo
There's nothing new to talk about until he finishes AFFC, which is taking forever.....Originally Posted by Eliar Swiftfire
Winter is coming.
And so is the feast.
"A girl asked me if she should spent money to change the way she look, I told her that she should use it to change her personality instead."
have anyone read the classic chinese book "journey to the west"??
Did anyone read "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella? Its a chick-lit book.
WU ZUN ! <3
My dad owns the translated copy of this book, and I only read the first couple of chapters. As always, our imagination is better than the actual movie/series adaptation. But that's just me.Originally Posted by chuy605
OOO..really.. How big is the book? I mean like pages or voules. Iwas going to buy them but not sure how long was it.Originally Posted by Li Nhi
2 books, each around 930 pages, small font, about 2 inches think. Pretty normal like a Harry Potter book. You're thinking about reading it? I don't have the time or patience to read it, lol, but my cousin said it's so worth it.Originally Posted by chuy605
LOL..thanks for the detail description. I'm reading the Romance of 3 kingdom now, i was planning to read that book after. But it will take a wild to finish it, it has 3 book, total of 3590 pages.Originally Posted by Li Nhi
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hehe... i've noticed.. chuy605... you really like books, don't yah???
"Deep South.."
"when you rush you miss the important things when you take your time you find new paths"
"Beware the fury of a patient man."
Hehe..its just for fun. But most of time i just watch the movie.Originally Posted by maki_hitsugaya
do any of you guys read supernatural books like Stephen King or R.L. Stine besides the other respectable chinese authors? I'm just wondering because I'm curious.
I did read an assorted supernatural books, but I usually choose based on storyline rather than author.
Some supernatural books I've read
-The Singapore True Ghost Story series
- Carrie by Stephen King
- Godsend by ??
- Some Christopher Pike's books.
- Children's Ghost story from Ruth Ainsworth
- Hear the Children Calling by ??
- Vampire Chronicals by Anne Rice
什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
和諧唔係一百個人講同一番話,係一百個人有一百句唔同嘅說話,而又互相尊重 ~ - 葉梓恩
Have you ever stopped to think about some of the silly things involving vampires? Driving a wooden stake through the heart will kill a vampire why? the hearts not functional.
Vampire lovers... not possible since blood flow is required for a certain part of the male vampire to respond for action.
That means Buffy and Angel didn't!
Anyone else think of more?
JamesG.....I thought the same exact thing when I watched Buffy back then, lol!!!!Originally Posted by JamesG
no interest in Buffy. but i am a fan of Anne Rice's vampire chronicles. it is 1 of the best fictions ever regarding vampires.
i also had read LJ Smith's books on vampires, but it is a little childish compare to Rice's. i guess it'll be more suitable for readers of age 13-16.
back to Rice - i had just finish Tale of the Body Thief. anyone (who had read the book) interested in discussing it?
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
American Born Chinese by gene yang
a good book.As alienated kids go, Jin Wang is fairly run-of-the-mill: he eats lunch by himself in a corner of the schoolyard, gets picked on by bullies and jocks and develops a sweat-inducing crush on a pretty classmate. And, oh, yes, his parents are from Taiwan. This much-anticipated, affecting story about growing up different is more than just the story of a Chinese-American childhood; it's a fable for every kid born into a body and a life they wished they could escape.
The fable is filtered through some very specific cultural icons: the much-beloved Monkey King, a figure familiar to Chinese kids the world over, and a buck-toothed amalgamation of racist stereotypes named Chin-Kee. Jin's hopes and humiliations might be mirrored in Chin-Kee's destructive glee or the Monkey King's struggle to come to terms with himself, but each character's expressions and actions are always perfectly familiar.
True to its origin as a Web comic, this story's clear, concise lines and expert coloring are deceptively simple yet expressive. Even when Yang slips in an occasional Chinese ideogram or myth, the sentiments he's depicting need no translation. Yang accomplishes the remarkable feat of practicing what he preaches with this book: accept who you are and you'll already have reached out to others.