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My friends poked fun at me because I haven't read the Harry Potter books. So I went to amazon.co.uk and ordered the first book. Oh, and my friends also poked fun because I won't read the U.S. version.

Do you remember an earlier scene where MaryKate goes to slap Sean and Micheline says, ""Is this a courtin' or a donnybrook? Have the good manners not to hit the man until he's your husband and until he can hit you back." There is also another scene where MaryKate says to her brother "do that...

It was originally filmed in color. The DVD I have is a restored version and the colors are so vibrant.

The Quiet Man I don't think it's profound but I do love that film. For a little while I am swept away to the Emerald Isle until I hear a car honking outside. :p

Stewart - Ell said it all!

I went to see The Island last evening. What a good movie. There were a lot of action sequences, but aside from that the plot of the film was great and not too farfetched.

Hilarious! I live in the U.S. so I have to rely on BBC America and Public Television to see it so it's not that often.:(

He's also got some other great works like Martin Eden and The Sea Wolf. I'll never forget the first time I read The Sea Wolf. It was such a gripping story.

One author for the world? Tolstoy! "...If I were told that what I shall write will be read in twenty years by the children of today and that they will weep and smile over it and will fall in love with life, I would devote all my life and all my strengths to it." -Leo Tolstoy

Any lovers of Jack London out there?

I got these from local library this week: Serpent and the Moon - Princess Michael of Kent Katharine the Great - Darwin Porter The Canterbury Tales - Chaucer Catherine DeMedici - Leonie Frieda The Way We Lived Then - Dominick Dunne

I just finished Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of Kent. Despite the reviewer raves I thought it was disappointing. I don't believe Princess Kent is a strong enough writer to pack 4 generations of family history and European history into 300 pages. She was using it to lead up to the...

I'm currently reading Katharine The Great by Darwin Porter.