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Dierna Soul, Reporter
 
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Just started reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I figured I'd give this a try since it's such a popular series. Since it's set up here I keep on seeing all the news reports on it. Gee thanks Stephanie Meyer for making a blink and you'll miss it town into a vampire lovers tourist trap town.
 So far it's interesting. Mostly cuz of the setting being in an area Im somewhat familiar with.
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11-24-2008, 02:34 PM
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Bought a plethora of comics on Saturday, so have been reading TMNT, Gizmo, Melting Pot, Rogue, Shi, Kabuki, Venom, and Blue Monday for the past few days...and still have more to go!
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11-24-2008, 04:36 PM
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I'm re-reading Koji Suzuki's Loop, book three of Ring (yes, the same Ring that spawned the horror series of Ringu and The Ring). That book is a serious head trip.
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11-24-2008, 08:33 PM
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Dierna Soul, Reporter
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Well I loved Twilight....it was a slow start but got good near the middle. So now Im reading New Moon then Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Dunno if Im ever gonna see the movie...maybe when it's out on DVD....
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11-24-2008, 09:32 PM
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I finished a Forgotten Realms trilogy called "The Year of Rogue Dragons" by Richard Lee Byers recently (interesting menagerie of fantasy creatures; Taegan kicks ass). It was three separate books titled, "The Rage," "The Rite," and "The Ruin." Pretty decent story if you're into that genre.
Now I'm re-reading "Mad Merlin" by J. Robert King. A few years ago, I started this and got to chapter 48, then misplaced the damn thing during a Spring cleaning and found it again in October. It's quite surreal and will make you see Merlin in a very different light.
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11-25-2008, 07:45 AM
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11-25-2008, 12:55 PM
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I've read Twilight and New Moon, and plan to read the others, as well as see the movie eventually. While geared towards teenage girls they're still pretty good, if you like vampire books. But when it comes to teen vampire books, IMO nothing can compare to The Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith. I loved those as a teen.
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11-25-2008, 01:08 PM
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I guess it helps there's Werewolves in both series....
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11-25-2008, 01:17 PM
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 It's a different take on vamps. Nothing wrong with that.
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12-04-2008, 09:00 AM
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12-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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I mean take a look at the different ones: Transylvanian - The ones everyone knows Brazillian - Furry feet!! Native American - Basically snort blood thru their noses.... Malaysia and Philippine - Only suck blood of children and pregnant women. Aztec: Noblewomen who died in childbirth. Japan: Kappa are vampires as are Kitsune Australia: Basically the same powers as the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis. They suck blood with their hands. Some transform into bats while others transform into wolves or other creatures. http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Vampire
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12-19-2008, 11:07 AM
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Ugh. I hate Twilight. It is a horrendously written collection of embarrassing fantasies of a fat 30 year old outcast. There is not one well-developed character, creative plot point, or anything to draw in interest in the entire book- everything remotely interesting about vampires has been removed. "Biting" is a lackluster metaphor for sex and the whole book is conservative propaganda. The main character barely has a personality- she is only there for the lonely "tween" readers to project their personalities into and pretend like anyone would ever love them.
Anyway, I just finished The God Delusion and I'm currently reading Siddhartha. I think God is Not Great is next on my list.
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12-21-2008, 05:58 AM
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Hannah...have I ever told you I love you?
For me, I just picked up "The Ultimate History of Video Games" at the local library.
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12-31-2008, 04:24 PM
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I just finished Batman the Long Halloween. A great read. The art is amazing. So was Glida (SP?) the real Holiday? I'm planning on getting Dark Victory.
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12-31-2008, 06:28 PM
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Shadow of the Warmaster by Jo Clayton.
Never read anything by this female s/f author before, so I figured I'd start with one of the very few standalone books that she wrote. Gotta say so far that I'm about 150 pages in and still not really drawn into it. She is an excellent writer and on a technical level, I'm impressed, but it's lacking something I can't quite put my finger on. I'll push through, but if I don't start loving it soon enough I don't think Ms. Clayton will be take up any more space on my shelf. I'll save that space for Andre Norton, a female s/f writer that never dissapointed. I think my next book will be another one of hers.
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I've read the book because so many people were saying it was good. I figured it might be worth something and besides "Twilight" is an interesting sounding title. But that book is fanfiction in printed form. It's atrocious. It obviously caters at the "I'm an ugly twat, but my mom's said that I'm beautiful"-crowd who doesn't understand that they just might be too ugly for reproduction. They'll swoon over Edward who is "The only man who could ever love me the way I am!" since "Oh, my God, I'm so much like Bella!" whereas Bella was just intended to be that way. If you want to write books for the sole purpose of making money off teens and other social rejects who don't know better, then Twilight's the way to go.
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If someone released a TMNT story where they aren't turtles, aren't ninjas and are 35 years old. Is it the same thing? Thing is, we're arguing with the target audience Hannah and Anarky mentioned so theres no way it'll get through.
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