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thelake ([personal profile] thelake) wrote2010-01-14 02:30 pm
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Lovely bones

Okay, bringing Lovely Bones to work was a very bad idea, very very bad idea, because I am about fail miserably at holding back my tears. This book is pretty, so sad, so pure... I seriously love it. If you haven't heard of it before (chances are very slim on that, since it was published in 2002 and there's a movie coming out) or never had a chance to read it, do it asap.
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being brutally raped and murdered, watches from heaven as her family and friends go on with their lives, while she herself comes to terms with her own death.

Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world."

Seriously guys, there are a million more amazing excerpts I can write here and I'm still on page 46! Although I don't know if I can keep reading this here at the office, I want to cry my eyes out most of the time...

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I KNOW THAT BOOK! I AM PERFECT!

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
İ READ AN EXCERPT BUT IT WAS TOO EMOTIONAL FOR MY SAKE AT THAT MOMENT SO I PASSED. THAT THEME KILLS ME.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
IT IS HEARTWRENCHINGLY SAD AND BEAUTIFUL! OH GOD. YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES WE WRITE SOMETHING SO REAL, SO FAMILIAR, SO MOMENTS IN TIME... THIS BOOK IS COMPLETELY MADE OF MOMENTS IN TIME, IT IS CRAZY!

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
oh fuck you. bring it back home, i'll look into it.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I will. I've been writing down my favourite little parts to my notebook because it's a library book, but I'm so buying it anyways! I HAVE TO OWN THIS.

[identity profile] xo-angel-xox.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
YES! That book is brilliant! I just finished reading it a month ago and now I am dying to see the movie.
*hands over a Kleenex*

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*gladly accepts* it's just so amazing... I hope the movie won't disappoint!
I think I will give in and download the screener version of the movie that has been going around for a while.. of course after finishing the book.

[identity profile] mchun.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
oh that book just so amazing I didn't think I would like it because of what happens but oh my I was crying all the time :( I wanna see the film so bad.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm on page 90 and it sucked me in so bad that I have absolutely no idea what's going on around me most of the time! and it's not good since I'm still at work, haha! :D I don't care! it's awesome!

[identity profile] glenien.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I shall never read this dude zaten bunalım level 100

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
sen okuma yes, gereksiz.

[identity profile] elwiens.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Alıntı şahane! Kitabı okumak istiyorum ama Türkiye'de bulmak oldukça zor.
Dün fimini izledim aynı kısım orada da vardı. Babasının repliği olduğu gibi kopyalanmış. Ve bence filmde o kadar duygulu sahne arasında beni en etkileyen yerdi.
Küçük Susie'nin sadece penguen için endişelenmesi...

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
kitap bir bitsin filmi de sırada bekliyor. türkçe'si pandora.com.tr'de Cennetimden Bakarken adıyla yayınlanmış, ben de bugün kontrol ettim..

[identity profile] elwiens.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitabı bulamama düşüncesiyle bekleyemedim daha fazla ve izledim film.

Kitap bazı sitelerde Türkçe olarak var ama çoğunda tükendi görünüyor.
Bir arkadaş kütüphane de bulup okuduğunu ve çok beğenmediğini yani çok ilginç bir hikayesi olmadığını söylemişti.

Sen bitirince yorumunu paylaşırsın artık :))

[identity profile] nowgold.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL its a good book, but i found it overated at the end. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts!!!

[identity profile] chicaintcheap.livejournal.com 2010-01-14 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw the movie, and now I really wanna read the book!

[identity profile] x-immortal.livejournal.com 2010-01-15 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
ilk defa duyuyprum ama çok hoşuma gitti. bulabilirsem türkçe ngilizce fark yapmaz alırım muhakkak. *okunacaklar listesinde en başa yazar*

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2010-01-16 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, isn't the beginning SO SAD??????