I had a bf once who loved the chronicles of riddick... I never saw it though. :S

No, its not one of those...its something new...
Like, I think...he's a mercenary or something? and there's this girl....from....Russia? And he's supposed to transport her somewhere, but there are people after them? And apparently she's dangerous...? And then maybe he falls in love with her, or at least there was a scene in a preview and they were kissing.
Dammit I wish I could remember the name of it! D:

Sounds like... Bond. xDDD

Lemme look on wiki.
This? It's the only movie he's done this year.

You may not want to see it.

Director Mathieu Kassovitz was very unhappy with the distributors, 20th Century Fox, producers and other partners. He described the film as "pure violence and stupidity" and stated that "parts of the movie are like a bad episode of 24."

As of September 13, 2008, Rotten Tomatoes records a 6% positive rating, while Metacritic compiles a 26% rating based on 15 reviews.

Kee, that's it. :yes:

Mm. I still want to see it I think. Will wait till it comes on video though. >.>

I was always a sci-fi tv nerd growing up. My dad loves escapist tv, and we watched those shows together. Original Star Trek is great with him, because he always talks about how high he was when that episode originally aired.

I lol'd a little. xDD

My dad always talks about how high he was pretty much on a daily basis when he was younger.... :ninja:

...so...

You guys make me want to start talking about Alice in Wonderland.

HAHA!

Hookah smoking caterpillar... >.>

WOO! 20 books down.

You can't prove that there was any illegal substance in that hookah! It was just water tobacco, I say!

I was thinking along the lines of the "Eat Me" and "Drink Me" treats, and the two sides of the mushroom that made Alice grow larger or shrink.

That caterpillar was high! :insane:

Oh, well the mushroom obviously. XD

I thought the double-post bug got taken care of? e_e;

Or they were telling Alice to fuck off. xD
I mean, "eat me"? :P
That was a mean little piece of food, I tell you!

I'm so excited!

I've signed up for LibraryThing's early reviewers program and today I got my first free book in the mail:
Iraq Through A Bullet Hole: A Civilian Returns Home by Issam Jameel.

I can't wait to start it.

Asking "What is is about?" seems like it would make me sound stupid, and yet... >.>;

Has anyone seen the original Star Trek episode with the White Rabbit? Everyone knows that story is drug related.

I finished Syrup today.
It's amazing how fast you get through a book when you're actually enjoying it. xD

But seriously, it was a great book. I'm definitely going to get the rest of his stuff.

I have it on my "To Read" list.

Gotta finish my Laurell K. Hamilton stuff first though. >D

Hmm...book lists sound fun. I used to keep one, but it just fizzled because I missed a few books and stopped out of frustration. I believe I'll simply start listing after I finish the book I'm currently reading.

Originally Posted by `Kitami

Asking "What is is about?" seems like it would make me sound stupid, and yet... >.>;

The back says:

Iraqi playwright Issam Jameel returns from Iraq in the summer of 2005 after a 12-year exile. From the relative safety of Jordan, where he worked for an opposition radio station under the watchful eyes of Saddam's spies, he travels by car to Baghdad visit family and friends. He longs to see his mother country, but the immediate reason is to grieve his nephew's untimely death at the hands of American forces while guarding an Iraq parliament member from insurgent attacks.

Jameel enters a Kafkaesque nightmare of assassinations, kidnapping, and explosions. American soldiers are everywhere in the streets and ready to shoot whenever they feel danger is close. He sees the formerly secular civil society fairly well replaced by vehement sectarianism, intolerance, and ignorance. Basic human needs have become a endless daily struggle amidst the shards of infrastructure. Tasks we all take for granted, such as selling a house or getting a job are fraught with peril as old scores continue to be settled on religious, ethnic, and political fronts. Everywhere he turns, people are desperate to leave but fear the worst. After returning safely, he started to record the events he had seen, trying to be honest and impartial to unfold the Iraqi problem to the western community. This is his story.

Yeah, it's a mouthful. But that's all I know about it - I haven't had the chance to start reading it yet.

That sounds very interesting. o:

Oh, cool, you want to read Syrup! :D

I'm not sure how difficult to find it may be, though. I don't think his books are very well-known. You may have to go online.

Okay. :]

Yeah the book sounded neat and funny, so I added it to the list. xD

I'm not quite so sure how to list the books I've read this year.
Do I put them in a quote or what?
O.o

Help please!
Dx

PS: I'm not meaning to brag, but I finish books quite quickly.
Almost oddly so, according to most people I know; teachers included.
And as strangely unlikely as it seems, I do keep a list of the books I read and in what order, it's in a word-document actually.
So can I just post them all here?

No, you don't need to put the list in quotes. (Right Knerd?? xD; )

I think that's fine, as long as you end the challenge from whatever day you started that list. :]

Cool, I started sometime in March, or at least that's the date on the list.
O.o

Oh and this might not be in order, because I can be rather forgetful at times, I tend to add the books onto the list a good few days after I've actually finished them.
xDD

1- "Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean" by Justin Somper.
2- "Samurai" by Jason Hightman.
3- "The Black Tattoo" by Sam Enthoven.
4- "The Saint of Dragons" by Jason Hightman.
5- "Fallow Blade" by Celia Dat-Thornton.
6- "The Winter King" by Bernard Cornwell.
7- "The Quest" by Wilbur Smith.
8- "The Merlin Conspiracy" by Diana Wynne Jones.
9- "The Shadow Thief" by Alexandra Adornetto.
10- "Runemarks" by Joanne Harris.
11- "The Sight" by David Clement-Davies.
12- "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss.
13- "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer.
14- "The Dragon Companion; An Encyclopedia" by Carole Wilkinson.
15- "Septimus Heap: Magyk" by Angie Sage.
16- "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer.
17- "Maddigan's Quest" by Margaret Mahy.
18- "The Runes of Odin" by Ben Julien.
19- "Blaze of Glory" by Michael Pryor.
20- "Septimus Heap: Flyte" by Angie Sage.
21- "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini.
22- "The Amulet of Samarkand" by Jonathan Stroud.
23- "Fell" by David Clement-Davies.
24- "The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
25- "Adventures of the Wishing Chair" by Enid Blyton.
26- "The Dragon's Eye" by Dugald A. Steer.
27- "The Land of Elyon: The Dark Hills Divide" by Patrick Carman.
28- "Eclipse" by Stephanie Meyer.
29- "The Golem's Eye" by Jonathan Stroud.
30- "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London.
31- "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
32- "The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
33- "Septimus Heap: Physik" by Angie Sage.
34- "Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan" by John Flanagan.
35- "Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge" by John Flanagan.
36- "Dragon Rider" by Cornelia Funke.
37- "The Wishing Chair Again" by Enid Blyton.
38- "Breaking Dawn" by Stephanie Meyer.
39- "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini.
40- "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
41- "Septimus Heap: Queste" by Angie Sage.
42- "The Enchanted Wood" by Enid Blyton.
43- "The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
44- "Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land" by John Flanagan.
45- "Ptolmey's Gate" by Jonathan Stroud.
46- "Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling.
47- "The New World Order" by Ben Jeapes.
48- "The Land of Elyon: Beyond the Valley of Thorns" by Patrick Carman.
49- "Rowan of Rin: The Jourey" by Emily Rodda.
50- "The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
51- "Ranger's Apprentice: Oakleaf Bearers" by John Flanagan.
52- "Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorcerer in the North" by John Flanagan.
53- "The Magic Faraway Tree" by Enid Blyton.
54- "The Land of Elyon: The Tenth City" by Patrick Carman.
55- "The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
56- "Ranger's Apprentice: The Siege of Macindaw" by John Flanagan.
57- "The Folk of the Faraway Tree" by Enid Blyton.
58- "Fairest" by Gail Carson Levine.
59- "The Lost Art" by Simon Morden.
60- "Wicked Lovely" by Melissa Marr.
61- "Ink Exchange" by Melissa Marr.
62- "Arthur Spiderwick's Guide to the Fantastical World Around You" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
63- "Book of Dreams" by Traci Harding.
64- "Empire of Dragons" by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
65- "Operation Red Jericho" by Joshua Mowll.
66- "Gideon the Cutpurse" by Linda Buckley-Archer.
67- "Stone Heart" by Charlie Fletcher.
68- "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving.
69- "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde.
70- "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
71- "The BFG" by Roald Dahl.
72- "Which Witch?" by Eva Ibbotson.
73- "On Fire's Wings" by Christie Golden.
74- "The World of Grymm: Allira's Gift" by Paul Collins and Danny Willis.
75- "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien.
76- "The Witches" by Roald Dahl.
77- "In Stone's Clasp" by Christie Golden.
78- "The Secret of Platform 13" by Eva Ibbotson.


I have read quite a few of them more then once, but I don't think that should be put down.
...
Should it?
.______.;;;

I...don't know if more than once counts. o:

You'd have to ask Knerd, I guess. ^.^;

Oohh, you've read Brisingr. D: I didn't get to pre-order it, and its still gone from all the bookstores. xD