tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post1402748909979738414..comments2023-12-22T10:05:42.994-05:00Comments on Put Up Your Dukes: in which i'm a geek and a hypocrite.keight dukeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-14930458212151532922014-05-18T22:46:16.017-04:002014-05-18T22:46:16.017-04:00Out of all of your posts that I resonate with (whi...Out of all of your posts that I resonate with (which are…all of them), and all of the posts I want to write you a huge comment on (again…all of them)…this post gets the comment, because I just googled "Is Jon Snow dead?" (Please don't be dead!) (Also, I hadn't read the series at all prior to this blog post, but I was itching for a new series, and then, yeah. Countless hours over the past two months, spent in Westeros, etc.) (Don't be dead Jon!) (I don't want any of the Starks to be dead, but it seems a little late for Ned and Robb.)mrs.lmnophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683780299101973689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-53606860354637236482014-03-28T23:53:26.538-04:002014-03-28T23:53:26.538-04:00YES TO HATING THE HOBBIT!!! My poor husband, I jus...YES TO HATING THE HOBBIT!!! My poor husband, I just sat there and bashed it the whole time. Where in the world did Legolas come from???? Ridiculous. It was a perfectly glorious story on its own. I might be biased though, because I did read it when I was a child and it has remained in my top 5 books of all time (and trust me, I've read A LOT of books). <br /><br />But yes to reading the nerdy books! Love delving into that side and surprising people :-) rachieanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891461692390092827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-68350195842281347712014-03-28T20:55:55.436-04:002014-03-28T20:55:55.436-04:00Don't start divergent. Stinks. Only trilogy I&...Don't start divergent. Stinks. Only trilogy I've never finished. Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164338748942349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-57230718627755403372014-03-27T09:35:04.374-04:002014-03-27T09:35:04.374-04:00Juliet Marillier's Sevenwater's Trilogy is...Juliet Marillier's Sevenwater's Trilogy is. absolutely. amazing. She writes fantasy based off of irish folklore, and its just so wonderful. She has two books that she's written for young adults, and they are fantastic as well, 'Wildwood Dancing' and the sequel 'Cybele's Secret'. Whenever I find out someone else enjoys fantasy (which is rare because I don't divulge that information readily!) I recommend these books. Also, this post was so great because I just started reading Sense and Sensibility a few days ago! I LOVE that movie and felt like a hypocrite too! So far, its better than I could have imagined...I can't wait to have the weekend to finish it off.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291228661583614239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-86895785343081709012014-03-26T17:44:45.532-04:002014-03-26T17:44:45.532-04:00This is me reading this blogpost: "Mmmhmm, mm...This is me reading this blogpost: "Mmmhmm, mmmhmm, what? blah,blah, words I can't pronouce, is that a book? What is she saying? Jane Austen, good, I see. HUH? Lost me again....Hmm...I don't get it."<br /><br />In other news, Memoirs of a Geisha is an incredible book and a terrible movie (besides the music and scenery). I actually asked Grant if he had any clue on what was going on because I didn't see how anyone could understand anything if they hadn't read the book. And, yes, we were dating at the time. He was still trying to act like he cared about my movie choices at that point. Bless him.gldampierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266961691558060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-64203103992304445982014-03-26T16:31:05.679-04:002014-03-26T16:31:05.679-04:00I haven't seen the movie yet, not sure if my E...I haven't seen the movie yet, not sure if my Ender loving friend has either. I also suggest Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it's even better and who doesn't love zombies! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916919934171895015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-4353263881352430292014-03-26T11:05:58.880-04:002014-03-26T11:05:58.880-04:00I'm the exact same way, Ender's Game, Harr...I'm the exact same way, Ender's Game, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, I could go on. They were all a bit frustrating to watch and just not as good as what I imagined. <br /><br />But the movie that was, by far, the worst adaptation of a good book for me was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer. Found the book during a long layover in an airport a few years ago and once I've started it I couldn't put it down. I've read the book multiple times since then, love how the author was able to weave history into this story. It made me want to read non-fiction books about Mr. Lincoln. The movie was so dissapointing. I felt like the director/whoever looked at the book and said how gory can we possibly make this? There was a fair bit of gore in the book but the movie was terrifying in a way that the book just wasn't. Just awful. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942884706722181277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-50800760627315687312014-03-26T10:59:36.015-04:002014-03-26T10:59:36.015-04:00NO I HAVEN'T! thanks for the suggestion!!!NO I HAVEN'T! thanks for the suggestion!!!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974119137861459963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-73142607345400827142014-03-26T09:57:57.450-04:002014-03-26T09:57:57.450-04:00oh that sounds awesome! i know theyve made lots of...oh that sounds awesome! i know theyve made lots of movies about it, but a miniseries would really do the full scope justice! i'll check it out for sure after i finish the book (im in progress now!)keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-43444659228522982872014-03-26T09:57:12.376-04:002014-03-26T09:57:12.376-04:00OMG totally didnt know YOU were into geekery! i ha...OMG totally didnt know YOU were into geekery! i havent tried divergent yet bc it reeked of Hunger Games ripoff (i know the Div. fans HATE hearing that). name of the wind...gonna check it out! i read the twilight books too! no shame. wasnt a super fan of the whole thing but read them really fast bc they were GOOD (though, more sex scenes, please...after so much build up, dont just fade to black!)keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-89185227983619209002014-03-26T09:55:18.867-04:002014-03-26T09:55:18.867-04:00i LOVE ender! i read the first one in HS and read ...i LOVE ender! i read the first one in HS and read all the sequels and prequels too (even when they got WEIRD). i was pumped for the movie but heard it blew so i cant bring myself to watch that dream be destroyed before my eyes. i'm dying at the sea monsters! cant believe this is a real thing and yet completely intriguedkeight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-31361459318224535522014-03-26T09:54:09.399-04:002014-03-26T09:54:09.399-04:00Mrs McNash! (i tried going for "peggy" a...Mrs McNash! (i tried going for "peggy" and just couldnt pull the trigger. thank you, woodward discipline for that ingrained behavior). i actually read Emma last year ONLY because it was what the plot of "clueless" was based on (for shame, i know). i really loved it and then bought a hardback of her main 4 works that was pretty and on sale (and swiftly let it decorate my bathroom but never touched it. after i finished S&S on sunday i started in on P&P, and i am really liking it. i think it may be safe to declare me officially a fan! and god bless a perennial rereader! keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-10504760631039498052014-03-26T09:51:02.710-04:002014-03-26T09:51:02.710-04:00hahahahaha i thought of you constantly while writi...hahahahaha i thought of you constantly while writing this post, ESPECIALLY when i drew the line at Simariliion! you're in a whole other league, bets. and i think youre onto something neurologically with the austen/fantasy connection. mmmm Col. Brandon.keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-55914101089021849962014-03-25T23:42:32.502-04:002014-03-25T23:42:32.502-04:00Agree with Unknown...have all the other Austin boo...Agree with Unknown...have all the other Austin books if you'd like...and I just watched 8 Pride and Prejudice DVD's from the HBO series on Elena's small TV/DVD player in my room alone on the floor by staying up late two nights in a row and had a ball!!Linda Dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12328010935528038852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-22710570721240743872014-03-25T22:07:07.810-04:002014-03-25T22:07:07.810-04:00Ok first, NAME OF THE WIND. Read it now if you ha...Ok first, NAME OF THE WIND. Read it now if you have not. I saw someone already said Brandon Sanderson. Love him. Way of Kings? Amazing. Have you read any of the Divergent books? I'm debating jumping on that bandwagon. As far as book to movie rants, hated all the Twilight movies because of the casting. (Don't hate me on my sparkly vampire lameness and I'll forgive the light saber stuff.) Also hated Queen of the Damned from a thousand years ago because I LOVE the Ann Rice novels and most of those other movie adaptations were awesome. Oh, and I literally JUST had the GOT book versus show "true fan" debate last night. Makes me bonkers... although I get some points taken away since I have yet to finish the latest book... Aaaaaand the end. Sorry that was crazy scattered and long.GreerAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598302522765366986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-20342538605009082762014-03-25T19:11:13.847-04:002014-03-25T19:11:13.847-04:00I am not a sci-fi fan, but am a crazy voracious re...I am not a sci-fi fan, but am a crazy voracious reader. I did read Ender's Game recently as it is my friend's favourite book and there is a movie. I will NOT see a movie before reading the book first, books are so much better. The GOT books are amazing, I can't wait for him to finish the next one! You should read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, you get the general story, but also the fun of sea monsters to make it a little more exciting! Oh and yes I love Rickman too. Swoon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916919934171895015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-91340559840024765672014-03-25T18:42:43.978-04:002014-03-25T18:42:43.978-04:00So, Jane Austen. Graduating college in 3 years due...So, Jane Austen. Graduating college in 3 years due to courses I took through GSU at WA, I was in my last week before exam week of my overloaded semester course (8 English and history courses due to a double major). My English Novel teacher says, "Pick any Austen novel you have not read to read this last week." Um. I thought Pride and Prejudice might be like Crime and Punishment (and I had to read that for SUMMER READING going into grade 12!). I had not read any. In the next two weeks, I read them all: Emma (maybe my fav), Sense, Pride, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey (almost juvenilia). And had the only semester of straight A's on that second week of exams. I reread them all at least once a year. I even read the fragment Sanditon that Joan Aiken (whose dad was a poet) completed for Jane. . . . Your former WA 10th grade English teacher suggests you keep on the Austen train till you finish! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193298938717860048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-27301616914204265972014-03-25T16:04:34.104-04:002014-03-25T16:04:34.104-04:00You hit every nerve I have with this post. I have ... You hit every nerve I have with this post. I have mostly gotten past how plots have to change for movies/series- but mischaracterizations enrage me. Glad you read S and S- one of my faves. I used to think it was odd that I had such a nerd boner for fantasy and Austen... But maybe it's not so odd:) I also have such a crush on Rickman's as The Colonel. And snape. Sigh. <br />Why would you draw a line at the Simarillion, btw? It is awesome, in text and audio format. Why would nerds DRAW LINES????Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164338748942349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-7218007631895096112014-03-25T15:48:48.257-04:002014-03-25T15:48:48.257-04:00I'm actually super nervous about the Outlander...I'm actually super nervous about the Outlander show coming out because, OMGosh, I love the books and I just don't know how they are going to get it all right. So, I totally get that.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798842025735776242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-40866556361591338102014-03-25T15:02:33.975-04:002014-03-25T15:02:33.975-04:00JUST finished stormlight2 after ANXIOUSLY awaiting...JUST finished stormlight2 after ANXIOUSLY awaiting its release forever. i read the first one and loved it so much that i got the mistborn ones b/c same cosmere or whatever, but i didnt love the way that trilogy ended. but my husband and i are both SOLD OUT hard on kaladin et al. keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-35203919116061716252014-03-25T14:53:55.010-04:002014-03-25T14:53:55.010-04:00You should try some Brandon Sanderson if you haven...You should try some Brandon Sanderson if you haven't already. The Mistborn trilogy and The Stormlight Archive are both really, really good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376226568067098197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-4898663076951892782014-03-25T14:03:00.195-04:002014-03-25T14:03:00.195-04:00how did you not read this in high school??
I ref...how did you not read this in high school?? <br /><br />I refuse to watch things I might want to read, but life is so crazy for us that I NEVER read, and therefore I never watch anything. And I'm such a purist (read: control freak) that I don't let Matt watch anything because I don't want him to spoil it for me. When I go out of town, Matt watched things behind my back and I regularly have to talk myself off the ledge. Amy Franckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10363457636044895242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-67637720616163263332014-03-25T13:45:31.707-04:002014-03-25T13:45:31.707-04:00totally agree with the line at simarillion. ok so ...totally agree with the line at simarillion. ok so i wont hate you for not immediately falling deeply in love with ASOIAF only if you wont kill me for loving the hobbit movies about 100 times more than i liked the book (which i only read AFTER LOTR and never as a child). <br /><br />and you are tracking right with me on the stand. just read it last year and loved it. PLEASE OH PLEASE tell me youve read his magnum opus series "the dark tower" seriously...go now and buy it if you havent. keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-61152750314875899422014-03-25T13:42:52.800-04:002014-03-25T13:42:52.800-04:00ERMAHGAH the names of these series alone would be ...ERMAHGAH the names of these series alone would be enough to send my father into apoplexy. i LOVE it!keight dukeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887072283297653771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261923494451820843.post-9714242187170150092014-03-25T13:13:30.235-04:002014-03-25T13:13:30.235-04:00hahaha, you are so hilarious and amazing!!! I love...hahaha, you are so hilarious and amazing!!! I love this post.<br /><br />now I'm going to tell you one of my deepest darkest secrets... please don't ban me from reading your blog. I too am the spawn of extremely nerdy parents and was a voracious reader as a child (well, and now). not as into specifically sci-fi and fantasy stuff, more just nerdy amounts of reading in general (actually I read a weirdly high proportion of historical fiction as a child, something I am not remotely interested in now), but I am a huge Harry Potter fan and huge Lord of the Rings fan (but not, like, SO huge that I've read the Silmarillion).<br /><br />so... last year my boyfriend and I happened to watch the first episode of Game of Thrones and IMMEDIATELY became addicted. we completely lost our social lives for a few weeks while we watched every episode. then I got really excited to read the books because they are totally up my alley and all my nerd friends really like them and I loved the show SO MUCH!<br /><br />well... I started reading the first one last summer and totally COULD NOT get into it. like, it is still on my nightstand taunting me... I only made it probably 25% of the way in. I guess I just need to try again? but I'm really ashamed that I still haven't read it. surely I should be done with the whole series by now!!!<br /><br />anyway, my nerd cred is shot and I have no great nerd book series reading recommendations for you... but I will say I just finished reading The Stand by Stephen King and if you haven't read that one, I thought it was pretty incredible. it's not really the same genre but if you like fantasy epics I think you would like it. it's almost like a fantasy epic set in post-apocalyptic 1971 with some interesting religious/supernatural elements. and the characters are sooooooooo good. I am going to have to check out Liz's suggestions!!<br /><br />oh yeah and weirdly I can't think of any book-->movie adaptations that I've REALLY hated... other than The Hobbit because that is an appalling, disgusting, money-grubbing abomination that bears almost no resemblance to the actual book! what were they thinking?!?!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974119137861459963noreply@blogger.com