The Jim Butcher Files: Dresden . Codex Alera . Cinder Spires & More

[bizzybody]

I liked the HP movies. IMHO Goblet of Fire was the weakest of the series because of things that were added which weren't in the book, the very extended dragon battle comes to mind. In the book it was pretty much "Accio Firebolt!" then a bit later "Hahha! I got your egg!". The additions squeezed out good stuff like the Quidditch game and everything about veelas (the boys are all a-swoon because of *magic*, they didn't show the viewers that!) and so much more. The big entrances of the students from the other schools to Hogwarts didn't measure up to what my BGA (Brain Graphics Adapter, the most advanced video processor ever.) had conjured up.

The beginning of it spent a lot of time quickly jumping from bit to bit, whiplash leaping across great swaths of important story that got hacked away by the scriptwriters.

As for the books, I didn't start on them until the 7th was out, then I blasted through them all in two weeks. *checks on some other series I'm waiting for the next book* bleah, nothing new - back to reading Anne and Todd McCaffrey's third pass Pern books, and waiting for the next Harry Dresden book.

I don't want to go back to reading Anita Blake's werewolf und vampire porn adventures...

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

The two that I use are:

Pixel of Ink (my primary source)

Books on The Knob

Both are also available via Facebook.

nyssa, but the one i really liked is neither of these it was formatted very simply as a list (it was in a scrolling horizontal format, so used the screen real estate efficiently) with, iirc, each item represented by both a text title and a small cover thumbnail

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

nyssa, but the one i really liked is neither of these it was formatted very simply as a list (it was in a scrolling horizontal format, so used the screen real estate efficiently) with, iirc, each item represented by both a text title and a small cover thumbnail

Hmmm...I'm sorry. It doesn't sound familiar. Maybe pose your question in a new thread so that "everyone" can see?

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Hmmm...I'm sorry. It doesn't sound familiar. Maybe pose your question in a new thread so that "everyone" can see?

yeah....i probably should

[JSWolf]

I've nominated Storm Front for the book club's December book. Hurry up and go 2nd and 3rd it.

[JSWolf]

Tim Daly as Harry Dresden
Robin Tunny as Karrin Murphy
Kate del Castillo as Susan Rodreguez
Alicia Witts as Molly Carpenter
Jon Bon Jovi as Thomas Raith
Rob Estes as Donald Morgan
Renee O'Connor as Charity Carpenter
John Corbett as Michael Carpenter
Eugene Levy as Waldo Butters
Gary Burghoff as Mortimer Lindquist

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by alansplace

if pressed for an answer to your question i'd have to call them epic sagas, i know, sorry that it sounds like a cop-out. hard-boiled? no

If they were hard-boiled, they'd be a sloppy unreadable mess.

[RiverY]

Originally Posted by alansplace

nyssa, but the one i really liked is neither of these it was formatted very simply as a list (it was in a scrolling horizontal format, so used the screen real estate efficiently) with, iirc, each item represented by both a text title and a small cover thumbnail

How about ereaderiq?

http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/
The site has some very nice features.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by RiverY

How about ereaderiq?

http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/
The site has some very nice features.

, i'll check it out

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

Hmmm...I'm sorry. It doesn't sound familiar. Maybe pose your question in a new thread so that "everyone" can see?

Originally Posted by alansplace

yeah....i probably should

for the idea, i did and it's had a quite nice response, though it hasn't seemed to have come up with the one i'm looking for

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

for the idea, i did and it's had a quite nice response, though it hasn't seemed to have come up with the one i'm looking for

You're welcome. I'm sure someone at some point will know which site you're looking for. Hopefully, until then, one of the ones being mentioned will work for you. Good luck!

[alansplace]

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[alansplace]

Check this out!

P.S. And some new images below.

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Check this out!

P.S. And some new images below.

How very sweet of his sister.

Thank you for sharing that, Alan.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

How very sweet of his sister.

Thank you for sharing that, Alan.

No problem.