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Jul. 30th, 2012 04:23 amJust finished up #18.
I was reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
A classic that I would like to say I loved, but I can't.
This is a case where I actually liked the movie, Disney's version from 1954, much better then the book.
The book is very dry, not meant to be funny, in my opinion. Mr. Verne spend paragraph after paragraph describing sea life that was seen on the voyage. Must of the time he would use their, for me, scientific names. Which for me means I have no clue about most of the stuff he was talking about. And for the most part didn't really care. Maybe if you are really into ocean studies it would be different.
The actual adventures, when they had them were good/interesting.
They traveled through all the oceans of the world, but there was just too much desription of aquadic life that bogged it down.
They got stuck under/in the ice under the South Pole.
The giant squid in the movie was actually a heard of them, that were fairly easily fought off compared to the movie.
They traveled under the Suez area to reach the Mediterranean Sea.
Book List 2012:
1. Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis
2. The Avengers: Too Many Targets by John Peel and Dave Rogers
3. The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III
4. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
5. Eva Braun by Heika B. Gortemaker
6. Bound in Flesh by David Thomas Lord
7. All of Me by Anne Murray and Michael Posner
8. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
9. Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
10. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
11. The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
12. An American Original Walt Disney by Bob Thomas
13. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
14. Audition by Barbara Walters
15. Kingdom Keepers V Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
16. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
17. The Queen Mother by William Shawcross
18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
I was reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
A classic that I would like to say I loved, but I can't.
This is a case where I actually liked the movie, Disney's version from 1954, much better then the book.
The book is very dry, not meant to be funny, in my opinion. Mr. Verne spend paragraph after paragraph describing sea life that was seen on the voyage. Must of the time he would use their, for me, scientific names. Which for me means I have no clue about most of the stuff he was talking about. And for the most part didn't really care. Maybe if you are really into ocean studies it would be different.
The actual adventures, when they had them were good/interesting.
They traveled through all the oceans of the world, but there was just too much desription of aquadic life that bogged it down.
They got stuck under/in the ice under the South Pole.
The giant squid in the movie was actually a heard of them, that were fairly easily fought off compared to the movie.
They traveled under the Suez area to reach the Mediterranean Sea.
Book List 2012:
1. Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis
2. The Avengers: Too Many Targets by John Peel and Dave Rogers
3. The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III
4. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
5. Eva Braun by Heika B. Gortemaker
6. Bound in Flesh by David Thomas Lord
7. All of Me by Anne Murray and Michael Posner
8. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
9. Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton
10. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
11. The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
12. An American Original Walt Disney by Bob Thomas
13. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
14. Audition by Barbara Walters
15. Kingdom Keepers V Shell Game by Ridley Pearson
16. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
17. The Queen Mother by William Shawcross
18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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