Books to Film and Television Options

[CastleViolets]

Methinks twould be Daniel Craig for me, in his Speedos.

Deb, you make a good argument....
Here is the clip from S & S that sent me a-flutter, however:
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[MourningGlorie]

It seemed as though almost every time I'd lean over a bit, I'd have a tiny dizzy spell. Since my BP tends to be on the low side, I'm assuming that accounted for it--but I still didn't like it, and was getting through my day in somewhat jerky fashion.


Inc.,

Sharon

Sharon, with low BP, rising quickly can cause orthostatic hypotension. Perhaps that's the problem? Also, if you have any inner ear infections, sinus infections or what my ENT dubs Michigan Nose, equilibrium can be affected and thus account for the dizzy spells, and worse if it creates vertigo - a sensation of the room spinning and a very unsettling experience.

My Michigan Nose is particularly sensitive to some substances including solvents, dust and mold. I know can tell when an episode of vertigo is on the horizon and take precautions before it gets worse.

I think today requires a day of rest in which you enjoy a hearty meal fixed by someone else and spend the day resting, feet up, garden catalogues or favorite magazines and books at hand. No tea or alcohol, however. I'm sure Lisa pr LavenderBlue will be glad to compensate for your deprivation of those favorites!

But then, you probably know all this already, right?

[Guest_lavenderblue_*]

I have just spent ages moving books around to accommodate my increasing collection of cd's. I am now sacrificing books for cd's! Help.

btw, the cd's are all classified by type and then arranged alphabetically, of course! Got to know where Abba is from my Zeppelin.



edited to correct a spelling error. I type too fast!

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[awhitecat]

I have just spent ages moving books around to accommodate my increasing collection of cd's. I am now sacrificing books for cd's! Help.

btw, the cd's are all classified by type and then arranged alphabetically, of course! Got to know where Abba is from my Zepplin.

Sounds obsessive to me............. Books for CD's???????????? Put your CD's on the computer!

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Write one hundred (100) times, "I am not obsessive". That shall solve your problem (Also take two (2) Gin & Tonics).

Regards, Michael

[Guest_lavenderblue_*]

Thank you for your suggestion, AWC, but I am not obsessive. I have many cd's covering an eclectic and diverse range and if they become disorganised I will be unable to find what I am looking for. I have too much to do to spend precious time hunting for a missing Manics lost somewhere between Mahler and Midori. My computer is for my photography, I only put my music on it as a temporary measure, either when listening to music while working on line, and while it is en route from a download site to one of my portable devices.

I do not do lines.

It is not summer. I do not drink g&t in the winter.

Today anarchy is my favourite word.

[awhitecat]

Thank you for your suggestion, AWC, but I am not obsessive. I have many cd's covering an eclectic and diverse range and if they become disorganised I will be unable to find what I am looking for. I have too much to do to spend precious time hunting for a missing Manics lost somewhere between Mahler and Midori. My computer is for my photography, I only put my music on it as a temporary measure, either when listening to music while working on line, and while it is en route from a download site to one of my portable devices.

I do not do lines.

It is not summer. I do not drink g&t in the winter.

Today anarchy is my favourite word.

"So There!" and she stamps her tiny foot!

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Regards, Michael.

[bluestocking]

Sharon, with low BP, rising quickly can cause orthostatic hypotension. Perhaps that's the problem? Also, if you have any inner ear infections, sinus infections or what my ENT dubs Michigan Nose, equilibrium can be affected and thus account for the dizzy spells, and worse if it creates vertigo - a sensation of the room spinning and a very unsettling experience.

My Michigan Nose is particularly sensitive to some substances including solvents, dust and mold. I know can tell when an episode of vertigo is on the horizon and take precautions before it gets worse.

I think today requires a day of rest in which you enjoy a hearty meal fixed by someone else and spend the day resting, feet up, garden catalogues or favorite magazines and books at hand. No tea or alcohol, however. I'm sure Lisa pr LavenderBlue will be glad to compensate for your deprivation of those favorites!

But then, you probably know all this already, right?

Whoooooffff! You give me WAY too much credit for medical knowledge, MG! The most I knew was that getting dizzy when changing position is something that happens when BP is low. Or anyway, that's what I THOUGHT I knew. Talking on the phone with a friend with much nursing knowledge a little while ago, I learned that it can also be a sign of a low-grade virus that is trying to take hold, but need not ever actually do so.

In the event--no such symptoms today whatsoever. Back to my normal self, gifted with rude peasant good health and grateful for it.

Day of rest was a really nice idea, though. Sitting by the pool watching the pool boy's muscles, eating bonbons, reading trashy novels, and painting my nails a brilliant fast-woman red--hmmmm....

Inc.,

Sharon

[bluestocking]

Thank you for your suggestion, AWC, but I am not obsessive. I have many cd's covering an eclectic and diverse range and if they become disorganised I will be unable to find what I am looking for. I have too much to do to spend precious time hunting for a missing Manics lost somewhere between Mahler and Midori. My computer is for my photography, I only put my music on it as a temporary measure, either when listening to music while working on line, and while it is en route from a download site to one of my portable devices.

I do not do lines.

It is not summer. I do not drink g&t in the winter.

Today anarchy is my favourite word.

Don't you sometimes, LB, drink G&T in the winter as a statement about what you WISH the weather were like?

Some of the finest people you know have been known to indulge in that sort of magical thinking--or drinking.


Inc.,

Sharon

[Guest_lavenderblue_*]

Don't you sometimes, LB, drink G&T in the winter as a statement about what you WISH the weather were like?

Some of the finest people you know have been known to indulge in that sort of magical thinking--or drinking.


Inc.,

Sharon

The components of tonic water (I think it is quinnine?) have naturally cooling properties, which is why I keep this drink for summer months only. G,T, ice and a slice (of lime) while lounging in a proper deck chair in my garden, just chilling out of a much longed for balmy, summer evening.

Thanks for the suggestion, Sharon, but I'll stick to my single malts for the winter months! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[awhitecat]

Don't you sometimes, LB, drink G&T in the winter as a statement about what you WISH the weather were like?

Some of the finest people you know have been known to indulge in that sort of magical thinking--or drinking.


Inc.,

Sharon

Or having a picnic in the snow hoping for Summer........... (IMG:http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j304/awhitecat/picnicsnow2.jpg)

Regards

[LisaSkinnoble]

Or having a picnic in the snow hoping for Summer........... (IMG:http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j304/awhitecat/picnicsnow2.jpg)

Regards

That's par for the course in Canada, Michael! Here's Jimmy having a beer waiting for summer:

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[awhitecat]

That's par for the course in Canada, Michael! Here's Jimmy having a beer waiting for summer:

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Goodness me! It's not even a Guiness he's holding!

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Regards, Michael

[LisaSkinnoble]

LOL.. I'm the Guinness drinker. Jimmy likes his Belgian beers and French Trappist beers.

It occurred to me, your snow picnic photo looks like Victoria Day in Newfoundland!!

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[Victorian Gal]

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Okay, I know I am going to be shot here, but honestly, Colin Firth is a lovely looking man, but I wouldn't pant for him, or scream in a crowd of hyperventilating women.

If he were the last man on earth, I would likely engage him, but in a room of several choices, my eye may wander elsewhere.

As for books that do or don't translate well (in my own humble opinion) to film, I was a little disappointed in Memoirs of a Geisha. The book was superb. It was well written, and engaged the reader tremendously. I enjoyed the film, but some of the detail was lost, thus forcing the viewer to make up the bits that were missing. They weren't hard to surmise, but still, I would have liked the completeness of the book to have been translated into the film.

Victorian Gal

p.s. Michael (awhitecat), what a pleasure to engage in conversation with a member of the ma le persuasion in such an open and civilized manner.

[Guest_lavenderblue_*]

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Okay, I know I am going to be shot here, but honestly, Colin Firth is a lovely looking man, but I wouldn't pant for him, or scream in a crowd of hyperventilating women.

If he were the last man on earth, I would likely engage him, but in a room of several choices, my eye may wander elsewhere.

Victorian Gal, I think you will find several of us here of the same persuasion. Now if we are not all fighting over Daniel Craig and Bryan Adams, I will be happy.

[awhitecat]

LOL.. I'm the Guinness drinker. Jimmy likes his Belgian beers and French Trappist beers.

It occurred to me, your snow picnic photo looks like Victoria Day in Newfoundland!!

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It may well be. I just pulled it off the Windows Images as an illustration. Though, I did picnic in the snow a couple of days ago - for England we've had a lot of snow - drifts as high as the stone walls here.

Are you a Newfie? I'm just reading THE CAPTAIN AND THE GIRL at the moment (Little book about Wilfred Grenville on the 1890's Labrador).

Regards, Michael.

[Victorian Gal]

It may well be. I just pulled it off the Windows Images as an illustration. Though, I did picnic in the snow a couple of days ago - for England we've had a lot of snow - drifts as high as the stone walls here.

Are you a Newfie? I'm just reading THE CAPTAIN AND THE GIRL at the moment (Little book about Wilfred Grenville on the 1890's Labrador).

Regards, Michael.

Not sure if Lisa is still here, forgot to check who was on and who was not.

I believe her ancestors were from the East Coast of Canada, though Newfoundland, I'm not sure.

She had a true Eastern's heart though, and that is what we love about her.

What other reads do you enjoy? Do you have any tremendous recommendations?

Victorian Gal

[awhitecat]

Not sure if Lisa is still here, forgot to check who was on and who was not.

I believe her ancestors were from the East Coast of Canada, though Newfoundland, I'm not sure.

She had a true Eastern's heart though, and that is what we love about her.

What other reads do you enjoy? Do you have any tremendous recommendations?

Victorian Gal

Victorian Gal, you ask, what other reads do I enjoy? Do I have any tremendous recommendations?

Is the Pope a Catholic???????? How much time do you have??????????

I read too much. I buy too many books. People look at me a little askance these days for this.

Some books I recommend are probably a little out of date for you.........


THE PURSUIT OF LOVE by Nancy Mitford

TO WAR WITH WHITAKER by Lady Ranfurly (It's not about war)

LANDFALL by Nevil Shute

THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY by H.E.Bates

SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh

FLOWERING WILDERNESS by John Galsworthy

A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY by J.L.Carr

THE CITY AND THE STARS by Arthur Clark

THE HOLE IN THE SKY by Robert Heinlein

THE LAST GRAIN RACE by Eric Newby

THE HAPPY RETURN by C.S.Forester

AN ENCHANTED APRIL by Elizabeth Von Arnim

SWORD AT SUNSET by Rosemary Sutcliffe

THE HILLS OF VARNA by Geoffrey Trease

THE TWELTH by J.K.Stanford

SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS by Arthur Ransome

HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby

SERGEANT SHAKESPEARE by Duff Cooper

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT by Norman Maclean

THE NINE TAILORS by Dorothy Sayers

etc etc etc etc etc

What can I say............... Here are my daughter, Elizabeth, and myself, building bookcases

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and some finished results in another room

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Look askance, very askance.........

Regards, Michael

[awhitecat]

I once bought two metric tonnes of COUNTRY LIFE! Is that crazy or not?

Regards, Michael

[Victorian Gal]

I'm jealous of your bookshelves, Michael.

I wish I had the space for such wonderful pieces. Honestly, if I pulled my collection of dance books and other tomes together, I could maybe fill one set of shelves.

I find my reading time is cut very short and I'm worked so hard that my "off" time is often spent doing household chores and other such insundry things.

I LOVE to read when I am on holiday. I take my stack of books to the cottage and relax on the dock. That is my idea of true relaxation.

As for your wonderful list of books, the one titled "A Month in the Country" was made into a ballet, choeographed by Sir Kenneth Macmillan of the Royal Ballet. Our National Ballet of Canada took it into their repertoire some years ago. They haven't performed it in some time, however, it was quite an amazing production, very detailed. It would be very interesting to see if the ballet is true to the story or not.

Victorian Gal