Everyday Life & Interests - Book Lovers #16: Why can't I just read all day, everyday? - Page 20

kiamay · 09-24-2017, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sunnykerr (View Post)

Never even heard of The Alchemist. What is it about?

Well, I have only read about ten pages so I cheated and got some infos from wikipedia:

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Sophie and Josh Newman are 15-year-old twins who are working at their summer jobs in The Coffee Cup in San Francisco (Sophie works at The Coffee Cup, Josh works at the bookstore on the other side of the street) when a mysterious man, John Dee, comes into the bookstore for a book, the Codex – or Book of Abraham the Mage. Josh witnesses both Nick and Perry using magic. He discovers that Nick is not an ordinary bookseller, but is the medieval and the legendary alchemist, Nicholas Flamel, being kept alive by making the elixir of life (a secret from the Codex) for him and his wife, Perenelle. Dee also uses magic and takes the Codex by force while Josh is holding it – resulting in two pages being left behind; "The Final Summoning" pages that Dee needs to raise the Dark Elders, the beings whom Dee serves, and who have kept him immortal for several hundred years. Both Flamels need the Codex to make the elixir of life, or they will age rapidly and die within a month. Also, if they do not retrieve the Codex, Dee will summon the Dark Elders to destroy the world and return to an age in which humans are but slaves and food.

Sounds like it is mainly about Nicholas Flamel but the focus is on the twins...
The first pages have been a bit confusing

**sunnykerr** · 09-24-2017, 07:14 PM

So would you say it's a supernatural coming-of-age story?

kiamay · 09-25-2017, 10:57 AM

Yes, I think so. My brother found it when he was looking for something Harry-Potter-like... I'm still trying to find my way into it. I like it so far

but this magical world seems very complex with auras and stuff...

**sunnykerr** · 09-25-2017, 05:57 PM

Some people are really into world building. I think my brother's one of those.

Me, I have to be honest, I can get into world building, too, but only to a point, you know? It's a hard balance to achieve, I think.

meraki · 09-28-2017, 11:19 AM

I have over 20 books on my tbr shelf and I feel like I have to read half of them before I start with my HP re-read.

**crazy_diamond** · 09-28-2017, 12:46 PM

Good luck

meraki · 09-28-2017, 12:56 PM

Thanks!

I feel little bit stressed out.

kiamay · 09-28-2017, 02:37 PM

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I have over 20 books on my tbr shelf and I feel like I have to read half of them before I start with my HP re-read.

Oh, you have an extra shelf for that too?

I have 40-50 books on that and at the moment I am forcing myself not to buy anything new before I haven't worked through some of those

**sunnykerr** · 09-28-2017, 04:13 PM

You guys are cute, with your few dozens of books you feel you should read before buying more.

I'm a compulsive book buyer. So I've never counted, but I can't imagine I have anything less than a few hundreds of books I've never read.

Now, obviously, I'm not saying this is a smart thing, what I'm doing. It's far better to do it like you guys are.

I'm just having a hard time seeing your problem.

reason to believe · 09-28-2017, 05:32 PM

I just went to the library to pick up a book on hold but came out of the library carrying 5 books and 3 DVD's.

how predictable

**crazy_diamond** · 09-29-2017, 04:05 AM

Oh dear

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Thanks!

I feel little bit stressed out.

Take you time

meraki · 09-29-2017, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kiamay (View Post)

Oh, you have an extra shelf for that too?

I have 40-50 books on that and at the moment I am forcing myself not to buy anything new before I haven't worked through some of those

Yep!

I find it easier to keep track of the books I haven't read yet.

40-50 books?

That is alot.

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Take you time

I will.

reason to believe · 09-29-2017, 09:31 PM

I just read this book in about 2 hours, a spooky graphic novel for the YA set.

It was sad too, one of the characters reminded me of myself at times.

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Parallel stories set in different times, one told in prose and one in pictures, converge as a girl unravels the mystery of the abandoned Thornhill Institute next door.

1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she’s left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill itself.

2017: Ella has just moved to a new town where she knows no one. From her room on the top floor of her new home, she has a perfect view of the dilapidated, abandoned Thornhill Institute across the way, where she glimpses a girl in the window. Determined to befriend the girl and solidify the link between them, Ella resolves to unravel Thornhill's shadowy past.

**sunnykerr** · 09-30-2017, 10:21 AM

That sounds interesting. Was it any good, aside from being sad?

meraki · 09-30-2017, 10:32 AM

new thread


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