Yeah, I prefer it to the other way around. Since books are typically better than their movie counterparts, enjoying the movie first gets rid of the potential for disappointment.

Most of the time sure, but not always. If I had read The Godfather first I can guarantee you I would have never seen the movie.

I've been reading some Russian classics lately (Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy...) 'cause I wanted to know what's the fuss about. Right now I'm reading War and Peace but I haven't gotten very far with it 'cause my copy is in English and I read a whole lot faster in Finnish. Can't say I can recommend these to anyone, unless you're a masochist like me who enjoys to be bored out of their right minds. They're not bad, but they're quite heavy. For future reference: I've read the Bible from cover to cover, so I can deal with boredom quite well. And no, I'm not religious. Also, normally I read less "serious" books.

I just finished this:

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I really, really liked it.

currently reading

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I finally finished Crime and Punishment yesterday and started One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich earlier today.

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I had a hell of a time this morning trying to decide what to read next, I have way too many titles on my high-priority list. It was between this, Brothers Karamazov, Confederacy of Dunces or Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. I picked this because it was short haha.

Going back to this, from my understanding, it's basically a graphic version of Twilight, which is probably why it's garnered the exact passionate love/hate reaction it has.

I weep for humanity.

Speaking of 50 Shades Of Grey, has anyone else heard about this new line of 50 Shades-inspired takes on classic literature?

Fifty Shades Of Grey*now also ruining classic literature | Books | Newswire | The A.V. Club

I have to say, i'm kind of interested to see how exactly these turn out.

The unfortunate downside of the Internet, give any idiot an outlet and soon any idiot is churning out garbage like this for other idiots to buy. Best advice I can offer is to just ignore it and go about your day, I've been doing it for pop music for the last 8 years and it's worked like a charm.

Anybody have book recommendations about mass suicides, mind control, human experiments, or cults?

Don't look at me like that, and thanks!

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^ this