tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post1842065164407942843..comments2023-05-27T00:49:54.551-07:00Comments on The Storybook Journal: >Amaris http://www.blogger.com/profile/10325468716241431375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post-10173023829390410252017-10-17T13:55:00.214-07:002017-10-17T13:55:00.214-07:00You're welcome! Thanks for tagging me! :D I...You're welcome! Thanks for tagging me! :D I'm glad you enjoyed. Amaris https://www.blogger.com/profile/10325468716241431375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post-86429822273997380832017-10-17T13:54:31.221-07:002017-10-17T13:54:31.221-07:00Livia:
I agree. The character in Ivanhoe was quite...Livia:<br />I agree. The character in Ivanhoe was quite boring, if you ask me. I think they could improve the story quite a lot by making a movie out of it, for sure!<br />I forgot about abridged versions. Perhaps that's what I should do to read Les Mis. I must be honest; I've never actually read an abridged version of anything, so I don't know what it's like, or if it's noticeable. *shrug* Guess I'll find out. :)<br />I think it's about time that i read N&S again. I just realllly enjoyed it last time, I'm sure I'll enjoy it again. <br /><br />Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed my post. :)<br />-AmarisAmaris https://www.blogger.com/profile/10325468716241431375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post-9777985936131826222017-10-10T19:06:47.432-07:002017-10-10T19:06:47.432-07:00Yes, she does! Your best friend LOVES her beautifu...Yes, she does! Your best friend LOVES her beautiful, golden-edged, anniversary edition of the Book Thief. Almost as much as she loves the amazing, thoughtful, lovely person who gave it to her. Almost. ;)<br />North&South is just so good. I love that book to pieces. And BBC did an absolutely beautiful job of retelling the story. Each and every one of the actors were spot-on. :) Except Mary. But the rest were fantastic. #mostlyRichardArmitage #hissmiletho #lookbackatme<br />The Hobbit always makes me hungry. And The Fellowship of the Ring. <br />Speaking of hobbits...I always thought I'd be an Elf, and I still do sometimes. But if I had to switch places with a certain person, I'd switch with a hobbit. Specifically Rosie Cotton. I love Elves, but they have a certain despair about them...you get the sense that they have a lost love that is forever beyond their reach. You know what I'm saying? It's nostalgic...which means, perhaps, that I should be an Elf. They enjoy being alone and lonely. Which you and I both identify with. But another part of me sympathizes greatly with the hobbits. They enjoy the simple things of life: good food, better company, and love of the soil. Hobbits are capable of such deep love, courage and virtue that equals that of Elves. <br />I guess I'm half Elf, half Hobbit. :D <br />*dramatic gasp* You don't take my opinion on books?!?! I'm offended! Name one book that I told you to read that you didn't like! Actually, now that I think...yeah, don't. Let's not do that. ;) Point taken. :)<br />I miss the days when we were obsessed with LotR and the Hobbit. We were young and immature in some ways, yes, but those were good days. The lore of Tolkien is most beautiful when you're first discovering it. <br />I think the Fellowship of the Ring has been most places with me, besides the Bible. I used to bring it to every single baseball game. It's been to Florida and Branson with me as well. <br />I like reading Acknowledgments. I like reading about the people who all had a hand in this book, and knowing that even though the names are just words to me, to someone somewhere they mean so much. To someone somewhere, that name means the world. I love to think of who they might be. <br />I loved this post, Amaris. :) It was full of nostalgia and good memories. Thank you for giving us your thoughts. :)<br />-Diana<br />tessa leigh https://www.blogger.com/profile/01533925453357795509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post-3209335397913575502017-10-10T06:29:57.041-07:002017-10-10T06:29:57.041-07:00Thanks for doing the tag, Amaris! I enjoyed readin...Thanks for doing the tag, Amaris! I enjoyed reading your answers. :DFaith P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12321422384005620538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837860452830746732.post-45076850705920563872017-10-09T12:52:05.534-07:002017-10-09T12:52:05.534-07:00~I didn’t love Ivanhoe (I think in part because I ...~I didn’t love Ivanhoe (I think in part because I didn’t love the character) or at least not now. Mom read it aloud over a decade ago, and I may have re-read it once? The story does make for a good movie, but there isn’t enough likeability or development in the characters. I preferred the bad guy. <br />~Usually I consider abridged versions anathema . . . and then I read Les Mis. Read the abridged. You don’t need to know the life story of a character of brief appearance, the details of the Paris sewers and Hugo’s disgusting suggestion of their use, or a romanticized story of a Napoleonic battle with little connection to the story. I estimated the Paris sewers took up 40 pages. Again, another novel that is more plot than novel.<br />~North and South is WAAAY better book than series. I’ve read it 3 times and get more from it each time. I usually think books are FAR and beyond movies. Except for the cases I mentioned, the plot/epic and nothing else novels. Also, The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott. Darling movie, hysterically sappy book (she WAS a teenager when she wrote it).<br />~#18. Haha, yeah. I like getting recommendations from blogs I trust (but I have decided to trust them), but I primarily rely on MY judgement and taste.<br />Livia Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755623391278276925noreply@blogger.com