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girlwomanbeautybrainsblog

290 posts

Community member since 12/10/2007

I liked the Life of Pi, too. How about the Tao of Pooh? I think it is just adorable.

canuckinla

312 posts

Community member since 01/11/2008

The Tao of Pooh! I loove that book. I read it in high school and again over Christmas. It's very cute and such a great reminder to just simplify our lives. I have The Te of Piglet at home and have yet to read so maybe I'll start in that if I can ever tear myself away from the laptop!
As for Life of Pi, I thought it was marrrvelous! I just wonder if the movie will do the book any justice. They often don't though I'll probably watch it anyway.

kgraulty

152 posts

Community member since 02/15/2008

GirlWomanBeautyBrainsBlog wrote:

I liked the Life of Pi, too. How about the Tao of Pooh? I think it is just adorable.


Awesome, another Pi fan! I have yet to read Tao of Pooh yet though. It sounds great!

Canuckinia, I don't know how well the movie will go, I heard they keep loosing their directors.

canuckinla

312 posts

Community member since 01/11/2008

I wonder why they keep losing directors, maybe it's a hard to find a way to translate what transpires on the boat in a way the producers want? I wonder if they gave Yann Martel and creative direction on it?

kgraulty

152 posts

Community member since 02/15/2008

canuckinla wrote:

I wonder why they keep losing directors, maybe it's a hard to find a way to translate what transpires on the boat in a way the producers want? I wonder if they gave Yann Martel and creative direction on it?


I'm not sure exactly. I saw the article in a community and it didn't go much into detail. I do wonder how they are going to get the tiger to work on a boat.

ama1221

196 posts

Community member since 12/27/2007

I miss the days of having time to read for pleasure. :-(

One book that I always recommend to anyone, especially women is "Do they hear you when you cry" by Fauziya Kasinjda (sp?). Its a biography about a woman who fled her African Muslim nation to avoid undergoing female circumcision. She eventually winds up in the US, wanting to seek status as a refuge. She is imprisoned. The book is about her fight. It really is a powerful book.

canuckinla

312 posts

Community member since 01/11/2008

ama1221 wrote:

I miss the days of having time to read for pleasure. :-(

One book that I always recommend to anyone, especially women is "Do they hear you when you cry" by Fauziya Kasinjda (sp?). Its a biography about a woman who fled her African Muslim nation to avoid undergoing female circumcision. She eventually winds up in the US, wanting to seek status as a refuge. She is imprisoned. The book is about her fight. It really is a powerful book.


That sounds like a great book. Whenever I read books like this, my friends think I'm morbid or somethign but I find it fascinating and also important to realize how lucky we are that we were born in countries where woman have rights.

canuckinla

312 posts

Community member since 01/11/2008

Eek, that last post I wrote sounded so preachy. Sorry, it wasn't meant to come across that way.

canuckinla

312 posts

Community member since 01/11/2008

kgraulty wrote:

canuckinla wrote:

I wonder why they keep losing directors, maybe it's a hard to find a way to translate what transpires on the boat in a way the producers want? I wonder if they gave Yann Martel and creative direction on it?


I'm not sure exactly. I saw the article in a community and it didn't go much into detail. I do wonder how they are going to get the tiger to work on a boat.


Seems like there will be a lot of difficult scenes to film. But I bet it will be cool to watch.

girlwomanbeautybrainsblog

290 posts

Community member since 12/10/2007

Sound very powerful. I am going to recommend this to my book club group.

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