04 March 2011

i was devastated

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I, of course, don't remember for certain, but I think it was the first time a movie had ever sucked me in that way. Listening to the story being read isn't exactly the same as reading it to yourself or watching the movie, but, even so, the slowly mounting dread coming from nowhere exactly is retained.

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I would be handing out One Hundred Years of Solitude.
March 5 marks the first annual World Book Night, an insanely bold initiative whereby a million books will be given away. The people handing them out will be members of the public who have chosen a particular book they love enough to recommend to strangers on the street. The tens of thousands of “givers” include Brian Eno, Tracy Chevalier and Julian Assange, who is giving out All Quiet on the Western Front; the Duchess of Cornwall, meanwhile, recommends One Day by David Nicholls. The launch will take the form of a party for 10,000 revellers tonight in Trafalgar Square. Look out for Graham Norton and Alan Bennett jostling for position on the fourth plinth.
A lovely idea, wot?

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love, 99
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2 comments:

  1. The book giveaway is a great idea. I'd like to give away copies of 1984 along with DVDs of Loose Change.

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  2. I wonder how many takers you'd have.

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