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  • Book News!

    The 5th book in the Harry Potter series, the illustrated edition, will be released on October 11th of this year (according to Amazon). They don’t show a book cover just yet. I hope to see at least a book cover for this sometime soon (I was hoping to see one when I saw it on…

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  • 20 Blog Post Ideas for a Literature Blog

    Looking for some inspiration for your literature blog? Here are some ideas to get you going. Forum Question Take a question that someone has asked you on a forum and write an article about it. For example, if someone has asked you “What is the importance of reading?”, “Did you ever have a teacher that…

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  • Movie better or worse….?

    How often do you watch a movie that is based on a book you’ve read? Do you feel that the movie is better or worse than the book? Why do you feel that way? I’m always watching movies based on a book I’ve read. I would say this applies to most of the movies I…

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  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    I almost forgot to mention that I was able to snag this movie on blu-ray. I had been looking for this movie for a while but I could never find the blu-ray version that I wanted. Everywhere I looked, all they had was just the regular dvd version (if they even had it). My hubby…

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  • “IT” on blu-ray

    I got a movie on blu-ray over the weekend. I got both parts (chapter 1 and 2) of “IT” based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. I am in the process of reading the book (it’s quite a long read so this may take me a while) and I have been telling…

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  • Movie or tv show based on literature…

    How often do you watch a movie or tv show that is based on some form of literature? If you don’t watch them, then may I ask why? Which do you prefer….a movie or a tv show based on your favorite books? To me, it depends on the book. I thought the Harry Potter series…

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  • Reading versus movie/tv show

    The question today is, which do you prefer…….reading the book or watching the movie/tv series. I, personally, enjoy reading the book. Reading is something I’ve enjoyed my whole entire life. Hollywood has taken to making these books into a movie or tv show of some kind, which is fine by me. I don’t mind watching…

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