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The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - read last year, been meaning to read the sequels since then
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
speaking of pan
... Pausacker (1991 The Women's Press)
Feasting the Wolf - Susan Price (2007 Usborne Pub)
Northen Lights aka The Golden Compass -Phillip Pullman (1995 Scholastic)
Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (1994 Harvest)
The Messenger aka I am the Messenger - Marcus Zusak AUS ...
... title falls to the most common title, but one wants to still acknowledge the other title. Most recently, this was noted on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. http://www.librarything.com/work/3261
... I've read The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Ash: A Secret History, The Many-Coloured Land, Soldier of the mist, The Golden Compass , Lord Valentine's Castle Lord Fouls' Bane and The Summer Tree, so they're out. I have the Morgaine omnibus on the bookshelves, but I suspect that' ...
... are so inclined, I’d suggest reading some of her more recent works.
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass ) is outstanding YA – gripping and engaging, but somewhat marred by a third book that didn’t live up to it’s potential.
Robin Hobb’s Farseer ...
Somewhere in Lapland in The Golden Compass audiobook
Lost but enjoying the scenery in The City and the City by China Mieville
I just looked at the Golden Compass and it looks like I've single-handedly been changing the Canonical Title to "Golden Compass." And everyone else changes it to "Northern Lights."
Three-reverts and I'm outta this topic. Anyone want to defend me, before it gets changed back? I feel like, ...
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Touchstone not working.
Science-fiction and fantasy
1- The island of Dr. Moreau - started Oct 21 2009 via DailyLit
2- The golden compass
3- The time traveller's wife
4- The silmarillon - started Oct 8 2009 - finished Oct 18 2009
5- Cryptonomicon
Edited to fix touchstones
Am still emptying a few shelves, and I ship worldwide without problem.:
* Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass and the Subtle Knife . Two paperbacks in relatively good condition. A tiny tear on the front cover of the Golden compass.
* C. J. Sansom: 2 Tudor ...
... story in the other thread.
Other books I won't read:
Anymore books by Philip Pullman- Sorry, I just didn't enjoy The Golden Compass .
Anymore books by Angie Sage-Okay, maybe I'll read another book by her, but nothing from the Septimus Heap series. I loved the 1st book (Magyk ...
19. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
20. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
And having worked so hard to make up some ground, I see myself slipping back. I've got four months to go, and need to read 30 books, in that time; in other words, two books a week, more or less. Might prove ...
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've only read I Capture the Castle, Northern Lights (for the third time) and half of The Body-Snatcher and Other Stories this year. I have read quite a lot of non-FS books though. I tried keeping track of all the books I read in 2007; by the time I got ...
I compared our libraries and from the books we share I wept buckets at the end of The Amber Spyglass. I love bittersweet endings where not quite everything is tied up.
A happy ending for the reader means to me the kind of book you want to read again the moment you've finished it.
The Golden Compass
I watched Family Guy: Blue Harvest (their Star Wars parody) last night and tonight I'm going to watch The Golden Compass .
... i was in France cos i came back with 5 more books than i left with.
Bought Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Eragon
In the Hands of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
and Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz.
They're all in french and I do ...
... post 146. Won't be bothering with a review since there are ~150 listed.
I actually did enjoy this one more than the The Golden Compass because it had far more action and less blah-blah-blah (my code for "setting up the mythology you probably don't really need this much detail on, but as ...
I don't know anyone who hasn't read Romeo and Juliet but I have read The Golden Compass
28. The Golden Compass 08-10-2009
well that wraps me up for the year! unless of course I finnish one by the 26th!!! :( I was really praying for 50 because I think that would have been awesome. I did get stuck on a few books that took me the entire month to finish. I guess I will start a new ...
28. The Golden Compass 08-10-2009
well that wraps me up for the year! unless of course I finnish one by the 26th!!! :( I was really praying for 50 because I think that would have been awesome. I did get stuck on a few books that took me the entire month to finish. I guess I will start a new ...
... it soon. This could make or break me, as I have a cluster of things due at the library towards 24th...I'll admit that The Golden Compass wasn't nearly as fast a read as I would have hoped, so I'm going to hope that The Subtle Knife is an easier read than GC was...and that it makes me ...
I'm never good at picking only one of anything, but I think The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is definitely my favorite. But The Golden Compass (followed by the rest of the His Dark Materials trilogy) would be a close second.
I' m continuning my reread of His Dark Materials : The Golden Compass . I hope to finish all 3 books, as well as a reread of Breaking Dawn (it's been 1 year since we last heard the adventures of Edward and Bella) before I go back to school. If not, they might go back to school ...
... by Jeff kinney
Eggs and Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The My side of the Mountain trilogy
Northern Lights/ The Golden Compass
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
Where The Red Fern Grows
The Bridge to Terabithia
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - I read it earlier this year but haven't read the 2 others yet!
... joined Library Thing today, so I've posted no reviews. This could suck me in and keep me going for hours...
January
1.The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2.Skeletons At the Feast - Chris Bohjalian
3.Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
4.Desert Queen - Janet Walach
5.Run ...
... it has made me move away from that genre.
An example of this type of character (in my opinion of course) is Lyra from The Golden Compass I just wanted to throttle her through all three of the books.
This hate is only temporary though say, for the duration of a book. You develop a ...
I highly recommend Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, consisting of The Golden Compass (also published as Northern Lights ), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The protagonist is a girl about your sister's age.
I second unlucky's recommendation of To Kill a Moc ...
... Padfoot, and Prongs. I just love this part for being so funny and scenes with Snape are usually interesting to me.
5. The Golden Compass - the scenes in Bolvangar leading up to "The Silver Guillotine" I just think these are the most heart-stopping moments of the book. Mrs. Coulter saving Ly ...
... Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning 432 pgs
44. The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning 384 pgs
45. The Dark One by Ronda Thompson 352 pgs
46. The Untamed One by Ronda Thompson 320 pgs
47. The Cursed One by Ronda Thompson 336 pgs
48. The Devil's Teeth ...
26. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
My first reread of the year, though of course every edition I read before was called The Golden Compass. And I loved it as much as ever; but really, I'm trying to focus on reading the masses of books on my shelves that I've never read (and the new ones I ...
Yes, I've read Pullman's Northern Lights trilogy. Currently I'm reading Eva Ibbotson's YA novels which have interesting settings. I'm listening to Ingo:The Deep as it's on my iPod.
... of A Dream in Polar Fog, which I've just started reading. For a left-field choice, how about Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass /Northern Lights, with major sections set on Svalbard?
... of society, I just couldn't get over the horrible parenting! I remember thinking the same thing while reading The Golden Compass . Where do these authors come up with these parents?!
I have Get Shorty, Be Cool, and Up In Honey's Room all in my TBR pile. Maybe I should ...
... Pullman's Northern Lights/Amber Spyglass/Subtle Knife trilogy. (I understand Northern Lights goes under the name of The Golden Compass in its American incarnation.)
I just started The Golden Compass . Wanted to see what the fuss was about.
What about Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy -- The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass? The heroine, Lyra, is definitely quirky and strong, there's some romance and LOTS of thought provoking issues as well as adventure and a coming of age story. If your area is ...
... a book to a specific audience as much as it reflects the lexile level of a book. So, if Philip Pullman loses his fight and Northern Lights gets an age band appended by his publisher, does that go in this field too? And does that mean if you are fortunate enough to own a pre-age-banded copy, is ...
1. Big fish by Daniel Wallace
2. The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
3. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
4. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
5. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
6. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
7. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfe ...
... accept that my BS detector triggered wrongly on this occasion. I should trade it in for an alethiometer :) (Pullman, Northern Lights )
Shannon's measure of information is closely analogous to the thermodynamic measure of entropy, so there is some excuse for the terminology, but as
... up better than many of his 'adult' works.)
I'd also like to fourth or fifth A Wrinkle in Time.
No one has suggested His Dark Materials . Maybe too fantasy?
Arthur C. Clarke is one of my favorites, but I don't think Childhood's End is a YA book. I tend to agree that that YA is ...
... sai
The Ninety Days of Genevieve by Lucinda Carrington
The Curse* by John Tigges
The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
> 58 I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same way about The Golden Compass but really nothing else.
... Warriors Saga, Twilight, and Harry Potter.
You could also try Eragon, Wicked Lovely, The Prydain Chronicles or The Golden Compass
... by Stephenie Meyer from Young Adult
5. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee from Booker Prize Winners
6. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman from Made into a Movie
Oh - and those Bonus Tracks...erm, just a few:
1. Beowulf by Gareth Hinds
2. American Ru ...
I've finished The Golden Compass and I won't be adding a formal review to the 295 that are already on the site. This definitely added a ton to the movie - and while I get the freakout that would have ensued at the updated Adam & Eve with their daemons story (not that it was all that big of a ...
I enjoyed that one (TWD), DK.
Have you read The Golden Compass yet? The Subtle Knife is the second book in the series, it will make a lot more sense if you read Compass first.
I'm in Chicago with Augie March, Bolvangar with Lyta in The Golden Compass , Virginia with His Excellency, George Washington and in Hell with Dante and Vergil in the Divine Comedy.
... respectively, of course, and have reread them both several times. I just finished all three in His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) and loved them. About one-third through Cryptonomicon and loving those cyphers.
... llins)
ENIAC by Scott McCarthy – 999
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors – 999
Fifteen Animals! by Sandra Boynton
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - 999
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman - 999
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman – 999
Black Betty was a more ...
>81, stephmo, I hope you like Golden Compass . There's a lot that was left out of the movie. They just couldn't capture the emotion or feel of it on film.
I'm currently reading Hunted which is not on my 999 list. I have 3 more books from the library that are on my list: One for the Money ...
After reading two books not in the challenge, I'm picking up The Golden Compass . Now to see what all wasn't in the movie!
... books (and finding that my Bonus Tracks non-category has 9 books read - hah!), I'm back on the 999 bandwagon. I'm starting The Golden Compass today. Looking forward to having all the holes from the movie filled in since most of the film, while lovely looking, left me wondering what the heck ...
I personally liked The Amber Spyglass the most, but I agree with all of you. The ending was completely unrelated to The Golden Compass and as foggi said, as the books went on, the plot grew kinda unimportant, and we could sense more what Pullman really wanted to show when he was writing his ...
I know I've said this before, but I had a hard time getting through The Golden Compass because it didn't seem to gell together for me. I didn't pick up the 2nd book for that reason.
I felt the Golden Compass was the best of the series and I quite enjoyed it. I thought the end sucked and didn't fit with the rest of the series, more like Pullman had this end he wanted and finally just said "OK enough I'll just MAKE this happen".
ETA :
readafew is a troglodyte that lurks ...
I personally didn't like the movie of The Golden Compass but I loved the books. They're one of my fave series, other than HP. I think you should try to finish The Subtle Knife dix, it was confusing, but I just really loved how Pullman pulled it all together at the end.
JP is right i am NOT a huge fan of the first 2 HP books but i stuck with it and i love the rest i havn't seen the Golden Compass but i love the book though the subtle knife confused me a lil well ALOT i never finished it.... should I?
... Tzar.
I'm also very fond of Phillip Pulman's His Dark Materials trilogy - the first book was the basis for the movie The Golden Compass . It's odd that the the three books and spinoff aren't on that Wikipedia page.
... better than the book?
Aquamarine
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
The Golden Compass and others
19. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
People from HE!
#22 I find it funny that you put The Golden Compass ...
... than the book?
Can't remember one..
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
Hmmmm, The Golden Compass.
19. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
My friend Simone's!
... on finishing all those other book before I pick up another new one.
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Golden Compass It started off good for me, but then just got weird. For some reason I just had a hard time getting through it. I wouldn't say that I hated it ...
... liked better than the book?
Forrest Gump
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
The Golden Compass
19. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
For children’s books, my aunt Marian, a children’s librarian for 20+ years; for myself, ...
15. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass follows 11-year-old protagonist Lyra Belacqua, accompanied by her daemon, from her home at Oxford University to the frozen wastes of the North, on a quest to save kidnapped children from the evil 'Gobblers,' who are using them as ...
... this country and while I'm obviously not the target audience, I found it horribly patronising and silly. And yet I thought The Golden Compass was excellent.
I don't think I'm particularly unusual in thinking all this, although I may be in being so vocal about it.
Title: The Golden Compass
Author: Phillip Pullman
Category: Fantasy
Total Books: 15/81
The Golden Compass follows 11-year-old protagonist Lyra Belacqua, accompanied by her daemon, from her home at Oxford University to the frozen wastes of the North, on a quest to save kidnapped children ...
Also, this one is on the list drnuetron mentioned, but I would highly recommened His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. Again, you kind of have to ignore the movie (which wasn't as bad as League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but still not up to par), but this is one of the best young adult series I'v ...
... theories.
I also rationalize reading trash by calling them "palate cleansers." After reading Beckett's "Trilogy," Golden Compass was a nice change of pace. His Dark Materials is not trash, but I definitely do not read YA books ... or put them on the same level as Great Literature. I ...
I read it a long time ago. I enjoyed reading it again and it was just as good.
Ditto for The Golden Compass . In fact,several of the books I have in my to read pile are rereads-Don't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight and Slaughterhouse Five are also on that pile, as well as the entire Tales Of T ...
... E.L. Konigsburg
Escape-Carolyn Jessop
(and this afternoon I started-only read a few pages so far-of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.)
I have not read The Golden Compass ,
But I have read The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
I haven't read A Flaw in the Blood but I have read The Golden Compass
... like to see the final two books in His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass made into video games; The Golden Compass was released as a video game in Dec. 07 as a movie tie-in. I would also like to see some of Michael Crichton's works become video games. Obviously, I ...
aww I was going to say Lord Asriel from The golden compass !!
The golden compass by Philips Pullman and the next two books.
... I just haven't been able to find the next one, and I forgot about it when I went to the library last Friday. 8)
15) The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (re-read)- As the first time I read it, I loved it. The suspense was always there, but this sadly made me realize how much they screwed ...
... book is surprisingly slow in comparison to the movies as I remember. You might try His Dark Materials, which starts with the Golden Compass . The main character is a girl, but she's very much a tomboy.
Mrs Coulter in The Golden Compass ?
... Kathrin Passig - Dinge geregelt kriegen (ohne einen Funken Selbstdisziplin)★★★
Philip Pullman - Der Goldene Kompass ★★★
Philip Pullman - Das magische Messer★★★
Philip Pullman - Das Bernstein-Teleskop★★★
February ...
... some of the gummi worms too*
So this is what it feels to halt a game...interesting...I don't like it so I'm changing The Golden Compass to I have read Eva Luna
ETA: Oh good carry on with polly's and forget mine
Still sitting on the couch - but now waiting for someone who hasn't read The Golden Compass . *starts looking around for gummi bears*
I can't seem to be able to sleep so I might as well post one...
I have never read A wizard of Earthsea But I have read The Golden Compass
9 The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
Sequel to the Golden Compass I like the books, but the style puts me off a bit. I'll wait to make up my mind when I finish the third.
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Seriously, you got to voice your opinion about what to read? No Way!
I liked the Golden Compass . It's definitely got some life lessons in it. There are two other books but I haven't gotten to them yet.
... Knife ended up on the Page 14 of my Catalog list, so it was doubled-up on the two lists.
I actually need to read the Golden Compass first, though. In my mind, these are going to be later-in-the year books. I wasn't planning on skipping from Golden Compass to Amber Spyglass. I think ...
... who believes Katrina is God's punishment for homosexuality, does anyone believe that Pullman may have got it right in The Golden Compass
... do really love that book!
I think I've read The Eyre Affair five times. That, books 1-5 in the Harry Potter series, The Golden Compass , and Pride and Prejudice are the books I've read the most. And of course there's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. ;)
... invested in reading the book. Consequently, it helps me judge how reliable their opinion is.
I just finished reading The Golden Compass . I'll use that as an example. (Stop reading if you're worried about spoilers.)
It's not a difficult book by any stretch of the imagination, ...
don't remember seeing Pride and Prejudice
I believe it has several editions..
and also..Christmas Carol
Blindness
Golden Compass
Don Quixote - remember seeing this in my spanish class..(don't worry..film that we saw was in English...)
Romeo and Juliet
...
there might be ...
... we did Romeo and Juliet, The Odessy, The Illiad, and a smattering of contemporary lit including the manatory summer read The Golden Compass
Sophomore year focused on American Literature we read
To Kill a Mocking Bird
A Raisin in the Sun
A Catcher in the Rye
The Adventures of Huckleberry ...
Daniel Craig is also good in his non-Bond films like The Golden Compass and "Munich." Still actiony, but very versatile.
... of the best YA books I read last year was The Warrior Heir. I'm also a fan of Fly By Night, which makes me think of The Golden Compass not because of the story but something having to do with each book's main character. The Lightening Thief seems to be a favorite in the HE group.
...
From crazy4reading's library I choose The Golden Compass because of the religious controversy.
... Marquez
Best Historical: Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Best Childrens: (tie) The Giver by Lois Lowry & The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Debut: Q & A (now published as Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup
Best Poetry: The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe
Be ...
...
Zodiac
Ordinary People
The Outsiders
The Mist
A Wrinkle in Time
Ella Enchanted
Many of the Narnia books
The Golden Compass
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Harry Potter books
Holes
The Lovely Bones
Cirque du Freak
The first three books by Lemony Snicket
A Walk to ...
Just finished The Subtle Knife. I'm too sleepy to write a full review now, but I will say that I enjoyed it more than The Golden Compass . It moved much faster for me.
I received The Tales of Beedle the Bard in the mail today, so that will probably be my next read, in addition to listening ...
Finished The Golden Compass and onto The Subtle Knife. Pullman continues to impress and not to condescend. Plus his kid characters swear, fight, and lie. Good stuff.
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The book I listened to was The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. The autor was the narrator of the book on the CDs and the characters were all "acted"/read out by stage actors. It was very ...
I think I'm going to return to the His Dark Materials trilogy. I read The Golden Compass around this time last year. On to the next one!
... Sweden, only to settle in a land just as cold and frigid? The mind boggles.
I do like the numerous Norway references in Golden Compass Panserbjorne means "armored bear" in Norwegian and there are people called Skraelings (the Viking name for Native Americans). Neat stuff. Pullman is a ...
... not adding to the eleventy bajillion reviews. Library will have book back on time.
- Doing a round-about swap. Moving The Golden Compass to my Made into a Movie category where I'm going to drop an overlapping Anonymous Rex which is also on my TBR too long list. I'm going to end up ...
... 2/20
6. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides finished 8/2/2009
7. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullmanfinished 4/30
8. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay finished 5/25
9. D ...
... for castrating your IRA in the name of St. Deregulation.
Finished The Unnamable this morning. Just started The Golden Compass by Pullman It's cool, since it isn't the usual family-friendly condescending shite. Reminds me a lot of Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam, since both ...
... laws of lovedone
the slippery slopedone
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YOUNG ADULT
The Golden Compass done
The Amber Spyglassdone
The Subtle Knife
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
The Giver
Gathering Blue
Messenger
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... in Endgame and Play -- now that's a creative title ;) ) About 70 pages left.
Then it's on to Philip Pullman and The Golden Compass . Talking armored polar bears, witches, daemons, and evil organized religion!
#24: I thought the first volume of "His Dark Materials", The Golden Compass / Northern Lights, was very good. The second and third books were less good, as the author's agenda started to overwhelm the narrative. (This isn't a comment on the agenda, only on its effect on the fiction.)
... done with Beckett's Trilogy -- go, fighting Molloys! -- I'll need something light and frothy. His Dark Materials, aka the Golden Compass , by Pullman sound fun and exciting. Any book marketed to children that starts off with Milton's description of Satan from Paradise Lost can't be ...
... but by its appeal to the teenager or near-teenager by way of characters or problems of interest to this age group.
Golden Compass ? Probably YA.
Little House in the Big Woods? Chapter book. Reading level is much lower than for subsequent books in this series.
... books within children's literature?
I am thinking of picture book, reader, chapterbook...what else?
where would the Golden Compass fit in?
How about Little house in the Big Woods?
when does young adult start?
I just want to tag our own library, but it is probably nice to ...
... Hautman
-The Memorist by M.J. Rose
-Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice Probably my favorite out of this list!
-The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman I ADORE this series!
-The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
-The Vatican's Mistress the True story of Olimpia Maidalchini: ...
... X Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
#56 X Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
#57 X The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
#58 X The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
#59 X The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
#60 X Once Upon a Time in the No ...
List 8: Young Adult/Children's
--The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (4/2009)
--Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors (4/2009)
--Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman (1/2009)
--What I Sa ...
... read them all through again. I LOVED them. Not sure why I waited so long to read them. Other YA on the horizon? I just got The Golden Compass and one of the Artemis Fowl books on CD from the library. We are driving from Arkansas to Georgia next week and I figured it was a good time to catch ...
... read them all through again. I LOVED them. Not sure why I waited so long to read them. Other YA on the horizon? I just got The Golden Compass and one of the Artemis Fowl books on CD from the library. We are driving from Arkansas to Georgia next week and I figured it was a good time to catch ...
... read them all through again. I LOVED them. Not sure why I waited so long to read them. Other YA on the horizon? I just got The Golden Compass and one of the Artemis Fowl books on CD from the library. We are driving from Arkansas to Georgia next week and I figured it was a good time to catch ...
... female leads are incredibly strong. For equally richly imagined worlds that dive right into story, I'd also recommend the Golden Compass books if your kids aren't tainted yet by the movie, and the Imagicators books, which have equally strong and engaging protagonists in a very clever, ...
Has your brother read the Philip Pullman Dark Materials cycle yet? I'm guessing he may have, since The Golden Compass was movie-fied recently. But if not, it's a good choice.
... by Sophie Kinsella (finished 7/17/09)
Franny And Zooey by J.D. Salinger (finished 10/6/09)
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Light In The Forest by Conrad Richter (finished 8/28/09)
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
My Antonia ...
... the Rings
2. The Two Towers
3. Return of the King
4. My Side of the Mountain
5. The Mysterous Island
6. The Golden Compass
7. The Subtle Knife
8. The Amber Spyglass
9. The Count of Monte Cristo
... the Ring
2. The Two Towers
3. Return of the King
4. My Side of the Mountain
5. The Mysterous Island
6. The Golden Compass √
7. The Subtle Knife √
8. The Amber Spyglass √
9. The Count of Monte Cristo
... by Josephine Tey
* Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
* The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman
* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
* V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
* The Subtle Knife (His Dark Mat ...
... at http://homepages.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~rarnold/bookgroup.html):
Middlemarch
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass
2) My own choice:
Slipstream (OK, that's an autobiography) and the four-volume Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard ...
... a tough one. I really love His Dark Materials and is probably the first fantasy I ever read several years ago when the Golden Compass first came out. After that I got into Terry Goodkind and The Sword of Truth Series. I seen someone had the Abhorsen Trilogy and I really liked that ...
... worry over the pages getting ruined while in my purse. I'm very protective over bookcovers.
I'm using a bookmark to The Golden Compass right now. It's the one with Lyra on it. I got it for my birthday last year with Lyra's Oxford.
This thread is reminding me that I made several ...
I finished The Golden Compass last night and now I'm continuing on with A Pirate of Exquisite Mind.
... to Larry - Janet Tashjian (227)
149. Born Standing Up - Steve Martin (209)
150. Slam - Nick Hornby (309)
151. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman (399)
152. Twinkie, Deconstructed - Steve Ettlinger (282)
153. All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Sh ...
Fantasy
1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
3. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
4. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pulman
5. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
7. The Mag ...
I'm still reading A Pirate of Exquisite Mind and now I've started The Golden Compass . Both are for book groups.
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*********Young Adult/Children's Fiction:
--The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
--The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
--The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
--Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors
--Antsy Does T ...
... by H G Wells
My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (not implying in any way that Gerald Durrell is mad . . .)
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I got my book club's next pick, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I also noticed 2 Isaac Asimov books on the 1001 Books You Should Read Before you die list, so I picked up Foundation and I, Robot. I haven't read Isaac Asimov since high school and thought that's been too long.
I got ...
61.) The Golden Compass , Philip Pullman ****
I'd tried to read this two or three times before now and never got through it. This time I'm reading it with my students, so I sort of had to. Pullman's take on sin, evil, and innocence and experience draws me in, but I see now why I've had ...
... continue from there:
1. Lord of the Rings 1,2 & 3
4. Twilight
5. Eclipse
6. New Moon
7. Breaking Dawn
8. The Golden Compass
9. The Subtle Knife
10. The Amber Spyglass
That is all for now. I had to update because I forgot I had read the Lord of the Ring books...
If you liked the Twilight series, you might want to try The Host. I can recommend The Golden Compass , and Ender's Game.
Up Periscope by Robb White
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
A Recipe for Bees by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
The Golden Compass series is notoriously atheistic, whether or not it is in practice. (Having read the first in the series, I found it to be mainly anti-Catholic, and no more so than in many Protestant works. The later two books are on my list to read, but the first didn't inspire me to do so.)
... reading. Otherwise, I'd go for sentimental books: Children's edition of Philospher's Stone (some LTers wrote in it :), The Golden Compass , a Twilight series book, The Onion Girl or Widdershins, a Thursday Next book...
If I could change one thing about my life it would be ...
Some ...
... Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging in the car and I am almost done and then hope to start listening to Mister Monday or The Golden Compass . And I want to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but I have not been able to get a hold of it yet.
... Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Favorite Movie (so far): Same as above, it changes a lot, but right now it's definitely The Golden Compass
Favorite TV shows: The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Mythbusters, and others...
Hobbies: reading (my mom gets angry because she thinks I read too ...
... :)
I'm getting a little irritated for reading my book so slowly. I just lent my Golden Compass dvd to a friend at work who's wanted to see it but never had. Today I discovered she's never seen Eragon, either, so I want to loan it but I also really ...
Ik vond de verfilming van the golden compass eigenlijk erg goed, tot de laatste minuten. Hoe halen ze het in hun hoofd om het eind van het boek weg te laten!
Ik heb in juni de eerste 100 (of zo) bladzijden van Tintenherz gelezen bij iemand thuis, daarna heb ik het gekocht voor de verjaardag ...
... - alternate history with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League ...
... - alternate history with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League ...
... - alternate history with zepellins and large mechanical devices, heavy in Victorian England settings. I also think the Golden Compass AKA His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman series can qualify (but it does tend towards the metaphysical - still well written).
For comics I think League ...
... I'm really looking forward to meeting those of you who can come in chat tomorrow night. :)
The next person has read The Golden Compass .
#99: speedemon86- I haven't read much fantasy, Lord of the Rings & Golden Compass books is the majority of it but I was totally immersed in A Game of Thrones. I think it's realism is what draws me in. Incredible drama! I've read the 1st 3 books and love them all. As a matter of fact, I need ...
I've been missing them, too. They have me working every Saturday. Maybe you can watch next weekend. It will be The Golden Compass , I think. Somewhere around here is a thread for word of the week.
... is a sin to write this.
( ) The Name of the Rose
( ) Anthem
( ) Star Trek 8
( ) Captain's Courageous
( ) The Golden Compass
And then got points for getting it right - and said points continued to add up -and there were high scores for the week in various categories culled ...
... can appreciate the books and movies on their own, but that could just be because the adaptations were so good. Had I seen The Golden Compass , I NEVER would have read it.
There are some books I love so much, the movie adaptations almost offend me-like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Oth ...
I've just started The Golden Compass (yeah, I missed the group read of this one here on LT). :/
I didn't realize until I picked it up that TGC is part I of a trilogy - so I'm now prepared to read them all, since I'm enjoying TGC so much.
... of a fantastic series. Its less than 2 hours and $6.50 that I will never get back.
On the other hand, I really liked The Golden Compass movie. The book was better, but the movie was fairly true to the book, and they did a good job of it. Loved Sam Elliott.
Agreed, The Last of the Moh ...
... Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle
Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Madeline Wickham
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
... Series
The Lord of the Rings series
The Thursday Next series
The Charlie Bone series
The Little Prince
The His Dark Materials series
The Princess Bride
The Inkworld series
The Bartimaeus Trilogy
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Pride and Prejudice
The S ...
... a YA novel as the Next Best Thing, I might give it a go, however. It was word of mouth that led to me reading Pullman's Northern Lights , and I'm glad I did read it.
Oh, and there are several sections of the book shop I'll happily dismiss. Celebrity or sports personality biographies, for ...
... and Documents
8 Math/Science
Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle
8 Children's/YA Fantasy
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Thief
In the Coils of the Snake
Valiant
Wicked Lovely
The Lightning Thief
Graceling
8 Historical Fiction
23. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman (Finished 8/17/08) - Rating: 9/10
A trilogy that I particularly enjoyed recently is theHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, which includes The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass.
And can we mention Harry Potter... here?
... reading Bridget Jones's Diary, began rereading Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason, but gave up, now I'm rereading Northern Lights .
I'd love to be in Philip Pullman's world. The Golden Compass is the first in the trilogy if you're not familiar with it.
It's not so much the WORLD so to speak that I'm interested in, but the dæmons. In Pullman's world, each person's soul takes on the form of an animal (which can change ...
... a dearth of good sci-fi lately. But fantasy is flourishing. Granted, it's mostly kids fantasy, but The Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass , Stardust, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Water Horse, the Harry Potter movies, the first Pirates of the Carribean and even Era ...
You all are giving me a push to finish Pullman's trilogy. I read The Golden Compass a couple years ago, and my reaction was "Why didn't I know about these books before???" I bought the other two immediately, but haven't got around to reading them yet. Up the pile they go.
... des Dieux, Tome 3 : Le mystère des Dieux par Bernard Werber
L'été masqué par Madeleine Chapsal
A la croisée des mondes, Tome 1 : Les Royaumes du Nord par Philip Pullman
A la croisée des mondes, Tome 2 : La Tour des Anges par Philip Pullman
A la ...
... content.
I work in a bookstore and have encountered several customers who are all up in arms about Harry Potter or The Golden Compass or Twilight or The Da Vinci Code, and I've always wanted to ask them why, if their beliefs are strong and they've raised their children in those ...
I'm with you: The Golden Compass was my favorite of the series as well. I really had to make myself finish Spyglass - of course, I did want to know the outcome, it was just hard for me to stay really involved as the novels went on... if that makes any sense at all.
good luck with your move! I ...
... what they do--and if it makes the movie too bland.
48. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
I have to say that The Golden Compass remains my favorite of this series, but I liked reading through until the end. I liked the ending, although it seemed a bit anti-climactic in some ways. ...
... ben ik ook bezig in de "His dark materials"-trilogie van Philip Pullman (in het Engels). Het eerste deel daarvan, "The golden compass " heb ik ooit eens gekocht in Nederlandse vertaling zonder te weten dat er twee op volgden (dat stond nergens aangegeven op het omslag), en ik heb nooit ...
46. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
When I picked this up at the beginning of the year and just couldn't get inot it, it was definitely because I was feeling slumpish, I know now. This was so suspenseful, I had to force myself to slow down and read it all toward the end, and this ...
interesting, I didn't love The Golden Compass and never bothered with the sequels, I might give it a try.
I definitely think The Amber Spyglass is worth the read. However, people seem to either love The Golden Compass and not much care for it's sequels, or feel rather indifferent towards The Golden Compass and end up loving The Amber Spyglass. I fall firmly in later category.
... of Chaos by John C. Wright
14. Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard
15. Titans of Chaos by John C. Wright
16. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
17. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
18. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
19. Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
20. The ...
... for similar reasons to sonshi , but after so many poor recent book-to-film translations (hello Eragon, The Golden Compass and Romulus, My Father to name but three) I'm concerned that seeing the movie first might put me off a potentially enjoyable book.
so now I always ...
I have to say Phillip Pullman fits this category for me. I thought that The Golden Compass was awesome but that the series went downhill from there (at least in my opinion, it has nothing to do with the theology stuff, I just kinda felt like the series lost luster with each successive book).
... the book via your catalog. This cuts down on the "drive-by." Drive-by reviews are found all over Amazon - check out the The Golden Compass for fine examples like this one:
The author of this book has made himself quite clear, he wrote these books to teach Children to hate God. Please ...
just a guess, I know it's wrong...
The Golden Compass ?
... by Shan Sa – 312 pgs.
Druids by Morgan Llywelyn – 404 pgs.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman – 592 pgs.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – 351 pgs.
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield – 165 pgs.
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy – 440 pgs.
He’s J ...
... Room with a View, The Two Towers
37.5% / 3 votes :
Galaxy Quest , Little Women
25% / 2 votes :
Eragon, The Golden Compass , Pride and Prejudice (Knightley version)
1 vote :
Pirates of the Caribbean , Twilight
Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
Silver Fox by Marlene Fanta Shyer
#12 I didn't like Inkheart, either. Nor The Golden Compass , etc.
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- The flight of Coltaine's birds. Awesome.
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
- The Red Wedding. Shocking.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The very first chapter (The Decanter of Tokay). Pulled me headlong into this strange yet familiar world.
The Prisoner of Azkaban ...
#19 The Golden Compass --I am not a huge fantasy fan, but I wanted to read this before watching the DVD. It was so-so. This book truly has two of the worst parents I think I have ever read in a book! Usually at least one of the parents is nice, loving, etc. Not here. In that respect it was ...
... than the "statistical islands". For my library, I'm thinking things like The Fountainhead,
Lord of the Flies, and The Golden Compass . (Really good would be to suggest The Horse and His Boy and unsuggest The Last Battle). It would be cool if the member unsuggestions turn out to be ...
The Golden Compass ! I want a daemon!!! ;)
The last one was getting long and taking a while to load, so I thought I'd start a new one. Yesterday I finished The Golden Compass and started on The Subtle Knife. I anticipate finishing that today and at least getting a good chunk of The Amber Spyglass read.
... Materials by Philip Pullman would be considered alternate history - more alternate universes, but the original world of The Golden Compass is one that is oddly familiar while very different from our own.
11. Sense and Sensibility (ebook)
12. The Golden Compass
13. The Subtle Knife
14. The Amber Spyglass
15. Dracula (ebook)
... no other interests.
>45, great story! I'm always torn when people interrupt me while I'm reading. When I was reading The Golden Compass on the subway a few months ago, a woman began a long conversation with me about how great the book was, and how her children or grandchildren liked it, ...
... my friends' wishes before giving their children certain books. I didn't give my very Christian friends' 10 year old The Golden Compass , for instance. Because of this, I am always asked to give books for Christmas. And I'm the one who gets to pick out the perfect anatomy books for the ...
... votes)
Aladdin tied with Sense and Sensibility (7 votes)
Others tied (6 votes) : Becoming Jane , Galaxy Quest, The Golden Compass , and Little Women.
Edward Scissorhands (5 votes)
Pride and Prejudice (Knightley version, 4 votes)
Eragon (3 votes)
I have a couple of ...
I bought The Golden Compass today and am going to watch it tonight. I enjoyed it so much at the theatre and saw it on sale at the store so treated myself.
I liked The Pursuit Of Happyness too, an amazing story. Will Smith has developed into such a talented actor. I can't wait to see his new ...
... ..
I think I'm going to finish The Constant Princess tonight, I have about 100 pages left. I read the first chapter of The Golden Compass yesterday and enjoyed it, so I'm looking forward to really diving into that book. The beauty of fantasy books is reading all the made up words and ...
... Potter and the Deathly Hallows
12 - Harry Potter and the Prince of Azkaban
10 - Jane Eyre
10 - Little Women
10 - The Golden Compass
10 - American Gods
10 - Catch-22
10 - The Kite Runner
... For instance last year the most challenged book was " And Tango Makes Three" a children's book about penguins. Also the ''Golden Compass ''.
... read a lot of fantasy. What I do read is the mainstream popular books The Lord of the Rings, a few Discworld books, His Golden Materials and Harry Potter. Also, back around middle school I read quite a few books in the Everworld series by K.A. Applegate. (I think she's more well-k ...
I located at least one inaccuracy -- the article refers to The Golden Compass as "Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass," an anti-religious work in which a former nun says: "The Christian religion is a very powerful and convincing mistake." -- That statement is made in a later book in the ...
... there. I have to use a different phone than what I use now because it's not of much use there.
El is right. The dvd is The Golden Compass . :)
#352 el:
Yes! That'll be so funny to talk about the book on that thread being the one who has the copy now. I should send it off to another LTer ...
... didn't have a book with them to read. The first time I forgot to bring a book, I rushed to those books and the cover to The Golden Compass drew my interest so that I picked it up to read. For the rest of the week, I showed up to class early so I could grab it before anyone else. By Friday, ...
... and having been out shopping with my mom and kid sister, I felt very young as I asked my mom if she would please buy The Golden Compass dvd as I emphasized how very much I loved the book, and mentioning also how we had both wanted to see it and never got to.
I know not all of you ...
Good suggestion, MrA! There's a thread on The Golden Compass here:
http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=25533
You can continue the discussion there, if you'd like, and then the rest of us can chime in.
It may already have been said,
but The Golden Compass is really good too, a little offensive, but HP can considered offensive to some people too.
... .
If you haven't read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series (which includes The Golden Compass , which was made into a movie), then I would recommend it, too. It's a three-book series, supposedly Young Adult, but wow - great.
Both these ...
... of the worst SF ever written. So that might define some of my tastes. The Uplift Series is good space opera. I liked The Golden Compass (my husband hated it), but thought the series became too didactic. The last book is fairly unreadable. Singularity Sky is fast paced and inventive. T ...
Golden compass by Pullman
The Prydain chronicles by Lloyd alexander
Weirdstone Alex Garner
Wee free men, hat full of sky and Wintersmith plus Maurice and his amazing rodents and all of PTerry's bromiliads series
A few highlights anyway.
I much preferred Northern Lights / The Golden Compass to the other books in the trilogy.
It's worth noting that both Northern Lights and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand are the first parts of a trilogy (which deteriorates significantly as it continues), and Stars was supposed to be followed by a sequel that never appeared.
In general I agree with Ian except I consider Lit ...
I found Little, Big a real slog.
Golden Compass is a quick decent read.
... n:
Singularity Sky by Charlie Stross
Startide Rising by David Brin
The Iron Dragons Daughter by Michael Swanwick
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel Delany
Light by M. John Harrison
Little Big by John Crowley
Any ...
... a reread book towards your challenge? Second, what constitutes a reread? I listened to an unabridged audio version of The Golden Compass several years ago (which was really fantastic by the way - it was like auditory theater). So, I was thinking I'd like to actually read the novel. Does ...
12. Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
My review
... Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
This is the second follow-up novella to the His Dark Materials series (The Golden Compass & sequels), after Lyra's Oxford. One of my favorite things about the series is that the world is so well thought-out, and the way in which it's like an ...
Wow! All those highly-touted books as busts!
I just bought The Golden Compass , now I'm afraid to read it.
I like both Tamora Pierce, who I started reading because of recommendations on LT, and Melanie Ann Pierce (SP?) who I got because I didn't look at anything but the Pierce part when I ...
... school Librarian) had her Spring Scholastic Book Fair last week. In the fall, there was a large controversy over The Golden Compass , as the movie had just been released, and it was reported that part of the plot of the book was to kill God. I haven't read the book, or seen the movie, ...
21. The Golden Compass (re-read)
22. The Subtle Knife (re-read)
23. The Man Born to be King
I will comment breifly on the other two when I finish the third in the trilogy (which will not be a re-read)
Although Dorothy Sayer's cycle of radio plays on the life of Christ would be ...
... New Moon in special edition, and Eclipse in hardcover
* Inkheart in hardcover, and Inkspell in paperback
* Golden Compass in paperback, Subtle Knife in hardcover, and Amber Spyglass in mass market paperback (eww!)
... banned books bookmarks. Ever since then, I've looked at the list as kind of a "To Be Read" list. The only reason I read The Golden Compass was because people kept sending me emails to boycott the movie!
... them with kid friendly covers (I'm especially thinking of the cherub like kid riding a polar bear for the kids version of The Golden Compass here) and then a more 'mature' looking cover for adults that don't want to carry around a book with a cuddly polar bear on the cover. In the UK I know ...
I haven't read any 5-star books this quarter, but overall I've been reading some good books. In the order I read them:
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Black Ships by Jo Graham
My Life in France by Julia Child
The Club Dumas by Arturo ...
3. Emma
4. The God of Small Things
5. The Golden Compass
6. the subtle knife
7. the amber spyglass
antimuzak, i'm currently reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman you were talking about! i didn't realize it was the book you had recommended until i came back to read this thread/conversation! THANKS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, it's a really well written and enjoyable book!
antimuzak, i'm currently reading The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman you were talking about! i didn't realize it was the book you had recommended until i came back to read this thread/conversation! THANKS FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, it's a really well written and enjoyable book!
14. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
It struck me as I was reading it that The Golden Compass used great vocabulary-too bad the other 2 didn't as much.
Citizens: A chronicle of the French Revolution-the vocab in that book is SO specific-the right words is always used, never the almost right word-I actually had to look a few of ...
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
6. Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) (Északi fény) by Philip Pullman in Hungarian
... level do.
Would you go into a Christain Book store and poor paint all over their Bibles because you can't buy copies of The Golden Compass there? I doubt it - especially since it's vandalism and requires showing your face.
This is the problem with the internet - we behave in ways that we' ...
I finished another book on Thursday (3/13). It was one of a series, The Golden Compass . I saw the movie but found some parts difficult to understand. That is so often true when they try to cram too much into a normal length movie. I have already started the second book in the series. I ordered ...
... sense I think of placing words in poems in a similar way to the symbols on Lyra's aleithiometer in Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass if you're in America) by Philip Pullman (a writer greatly influenced by poets including Blake and Milton). Pullman describes Lyra as focussing on ...
... at the moment, so am reading some random stuff, starting with Philip Pullman's Northern Lights (released in the US as The Golden Compass ).
I'm in Oxford in a parallel universe, and actually quite enjoying myslef.
Well guess I'll start with what I've read this year:
1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
4. Between Darkness and Light by Lisanne Norman
5. Acorna's Triumph by Anne McCaffrey and ...
... slowing down this year! I finished The Subtle Knife by Pullman and LOVED it. In fact, I think it is even better than The Golden Compass . I am working on The Amber Spyglass so I can finish off the trilogy, although now I see that there is another book, Lyra's Oxford which also ...
I think Inkheart, The Golden Compass , and A Series of Unfortunate Events were all good.
D. Books Received From Others
Loaners, gifts, and books from fellow BookCrossers
1. Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass
2. Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Teheran
3. Carolly Erickson, Bonnie Prince Charlie
4. Eric Flint, The Philosophical Strangler
5. L. A. Meyer, Bloody Jack ...
...
Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens (19th Century)
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Swindon, 20th Century)
The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (Oxford, 19th Century)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling (20th Century)
Jane Eyre by Chalotte Bronte ...
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
... both The Shadow Year and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and would definitely place them far above The Golden Compass . Isn't it great that there are enough differing opinions to make the world interesting and give all these writers readers?
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#27 Chelsea:
The Golden Compass is simply amazing. It's one of my favorites. Have you seen the movie yet?
I read books 1-6 of A Series of unfortunate Events . They were okay.
#30 compski:
I got Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quiditch Through the Ages a few ...
... dea.
I'll rank the 2008 books as I read them:
Ada
Olive Kitteridge: A life in stories
The Secret Life of Bees
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him
The Shadow Year
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
27 Chelsea
Golden Compass is kind of an alternative, parrallel universe where everyone has daemons that stay with them. I liked this far better than the rest of the series.
Bad Beginning read it, liked it, but never was inspired enough to read any more in the series. Bad things happen to ...
These are books I own but haven't read, even though I really want to.
21. The Golden Compass
23. The Bad Beginning (I started to read it with my aunt a few years ago but didn't finish)
24. Twilight
34. The Reptile Room (also, the rest of the series)
52. Animal Farm
... Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
His Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Service Included by Phoebe Damrosch
American Gods ...
... that count toward my 75 total? I am just wondering as I tend to reread certain books every year.
Anyway here goes:
1. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. ...
We chose two books for March - The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman and Between, Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson. Feel to read either book or both!
For April, we will be reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
... picked one up, but with her persuasion I finally did and I really enjoyed my time at Hogwarts. That probably led me to the Golden Compass and that series and now I'm open to more fantasy which I really hadn't considered before. So, yeah, enthusiasm is catching!
... Garden
Treasure Island
Pet Cemetary
The Girl Who loved Tom Gordon
The Princess Bride
Jitterbug Perfume
The Golden Compass and The Amber Spyglass from His Dark Materials
So many books have stuck with me long after I have read them!
Even for sixth grade, I don't know. That's how old I was when I first read The Golden Compass , and I found it pretty confusing and wasn't inspired to read The Subtle Knife when it came out. But I like to think I was mature....
On the bright side, I think this means that The Subtle Knife ...
7. The Subtle Knife. Like The Golden Compass , I felt like I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have, and I'm not sure why.
... knowing full well this gave me license to buy anything. ;)
I came out with A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Golden Compass , the latter inspired by the group read here that I missed. :/
The "TBR" list that I deny having just got a little longer. :)
rdurick-Golden Compass alone isn't a parallel to Paradise Lost, the the entire Dark Materials' trilogy is. It also borrows heavily from William Blake. Most of the parallel action happens in Amber Spyglass.
I finished The Golden Compass -- pretty good, but not epic; it's no Lord of the Rings. And I did think Pullman had much to say about the compatability of religion and science -- I didn't find it offensive, nor think it advocated "killing God" -- but I can see why it ruffled feathers; just as The ...
I just read The Golden Compass and now I want my own daemon. Where can I get one?
I finished Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov several days ago. Magnificent and astounding.
Today, The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - terrific escapism. I'm moving directly to the next in the trilogy.
I saw him in Three Kings, which was playing on my tv.
TPBM has read The Golden Compass .
>9 Sometimes they're in more than one section at once! When I bought The Golden Compass just before Christmas, I noticed that the other two books in the trilogy were also available in the same "style" (size, graphics, etc.) as the first book I bought. When I went back to Borders after Christmas ...
... equal to 1/32 of a pound.
Mine's a Lincolnshire family name and the name of minor characters in Hereward the Wake and Northern Lights , although none of those is necessarily the reason I picked it...
I loved a book called the golden compass it was a really good book but the ending was weak.
Well I am finally just going ahead and reading The Golden Compass like everyone else. Funny, I wasn't going to read these untill all the brouhaha about the religious right wanting to warn people away from them. Reverse psychology at work!
The Golden Compass and The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford, an early review book. I'm still waiting to get sucked into The Shadow Year. I've put She by H. Rider Haggard on hiatus for now. The other books are just too seductive.
... mystery/thriller that had interesting twists!!! Now on to The Subtle Knife book 2 of the Dark Material series...Loved the Golden Compass so shall be interesting to read!
Just finished The Subtle Knife, and loved it as much as The Golden Compass . I'm on my way right now into the other room to start The Amber Spyglass. Definitely didn't go wrong with this series :)
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3. Books that I would have liked when I was fifteen
a. Postsingular by Rucker
b. Northern Lights by PullmanThe Subtle Knife by Pullman
d. The Amber Spyglass by Pullman
e. True Names... and other dangers by Vinge
f. Rainb ...
I returned from a meeting to find a box on my desk. In the box was:
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh
Anonymous Lawyer - Jeremy Blachman
So, of course, I just want to go home now. May ...
... to put into practice.
The problem is that there is no standard title for a book. Using an example of a book we share, The Golden Compass , your copy is entered as "The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)" while mine is called "Northern Lights". Others have called it "His Dark Materi ...
Just finished The Golden Compass , and already eagerly starting The Subtle Knife. These books were exactly what I was in the mood for, so I guess I picked well from my massive TBR pile :)
eleithiometer, is that how ya spell it, from Northern lights
The Golden Compass . A-duh.
The book your church doesn't want you to read, as its historical background on Christianity (i.e. the lack of uniqueness in the Christian savior myth) is amazing.
Elmer Gantry is a remarkably contemporary-feeling look at evangelical America.
Ishmael, for ...
... finally finished Ada, and am about to spend my evening delving into the world of Philip Pullman for the first time in The Golden Compass . After a month of Nabokov, I'm definitely in need of some easy, indulgent reading, and I'm hoping the His Dark Materials trilogy will fit that ...
3. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
4. I am Legend by Richard Matheson
5. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I was very bad yesterday. I ordered:
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Anonymous Lawyer - Jeremy Blachman
An American Childhood - Annie Dillard
A Man Lay Dead - Ngaio Marsh*
The Echo - Minette Walters
No Other Tribute (it's research for my writing ;-)
...
... Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The Golden Compass , The Amber Spyglass, and The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Interesting that all the book touchstones are working, but none of the authors...
...
18. Golden Compass by Philip Pullman = 351 pages. I wanted to read this over Christmas got never got the chance to.
Finished 02/29/08
i'd like to put more dust on some books, like Northern Lights . Seems appropriate really.
>#1 K: what! Like a tumble dryer? Isn't that noisy and damaging?
>#2 comp: after you wipe them on the (unvacuumed) carpet, do they have less dust, or more? Have you noticed any residual... ...
... point.
Anyway...
I read all three of he books several years ago (I'm 30 now) and enjoyed them quite a bit. I re-read Golden Compass recently as a refresher.
My opinion (and this is just my opinion!): I was raised Catholic and consider myself a Christian. I am solid enough in my faith ...
6. The Golden Compass . I read this when it first came out in paperback, and didn't like it that much at the time, so I never actually read next ones, despite always intending to. I eventually realized that I'd have to reread the first one before reading the others, but it was only all the ...
32. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
Finished This Book Will Save Your Life, which wasn't on my list but I will include here now and The Golden Compass last week. The last is a wonderful fantasy novel, intelligent and well-written, with lots of moral quandaries. It left me wanting more! I am currently working on Plum Wine for ...
... hallows by J.K. Rowling
10. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
11. Lord John and the Hand of Devils
12. The Golden Compass
13. The Subtle Knife
14. The Amber Spyglass
15. Straight Man
16. Empire Falls
17. Bridge of Sighs
18. Fleshmarket Alley
19. Crime Scho ...
This week I have bought Atonement, The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife and The Alchemyst.
Atonement was a nice read, and the first chapter of the Golden Compass was good! No comments on the other two books yet.
I thought I would never become a lover of the fantasy genre, but it seems ...
Finished The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Lyra was a strong character, who wasn't afraid to say what she wanted! Being thrown from place to place most of the book, I think she was just trying to find where she fit in. The book was full of ...
2. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. Lyra was a strong character, who wasn't afraid to say what she wanted! Being thrown from place to place most of the book, I think she was just trying to find where she fit in. The book was full of different ...
Just finished The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing the movie now..and then read the 2nd book soon!! Now on to my ER book, Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah. So far,it seems, a lot of people haven't liked it, but I shall soon find out ...
Hi, good luck on your 100 book challenge. I'm only going for 50 because I'm just too busy. I loved The Golden Compass and the 2 books that followed. I like the fact that they are for both YA and adults. I did get through them quickly, but that was in December so they don't count! Well, I'm off to ...
... I'll certainly save the titles for future reference), but I don't yet know which two. Not Alice, not Tigana, and not The Golden Compass , anyway. My brother wants me to put I, Robot on there, and I would like to read Asimov, but isn't that more SF than fantasy???
I just finished The Golden Compass . I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was much better than I thought it would be. I think I bought it just to find out what all the hype was about, but I found I could barely put it down.
4. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman: Review .
I really enjoyed this and will probably read the next two in the series immediately.
... ht).
Bright Lights, Big City was well done as well.
The more I think about it, the more films I come up with...
About the Golden Compass - the film did a lot of things very well that I was afraid of they were going to mess up, particularly the treatment of nonhuman characters.
But I was ...
... Barnes and Noble. It was a really good historical, mystery, and romance all rolled up in one! Almost half way done with The Golden Compass which I am really enjoying (would love to see the film after I do!) Then, I will have to decide what my next book to read (I only had a hundred or so to ...
Last night I started and got half-way through The Golden Compass , which I'm enjoying quite a bit.
Arrived today from Chapters online:
The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse.
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens.
5 Minute Face by Carmindy.
... liked it more than I did, so if you're planning to read it, don't be discouraged by my opinion.
Next up - either The Golden Compass or The World Without Us. We'll see what I'm in the mood for tonight after dinner.
I loved The Golden Compass . If you enjoy audio books, there is a particularly good version of the entire series that came out a few years ago.
... is unsuccessful, therefore no WW2) has survived. Lots of twists and turns, nothing is as it seems. Well worth it.
2. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
This has been on the TBR list for some time and now that the movie is here thought that I needed to read it first. I enjoyed it. A ...
... you have on your list that I have either read or that I have on my TBR list. I enjoy fantasy,also,and have just finished The Golden Compass The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass I didn't want them to end. I love the fact that both young adults and adults can enjoy them. Looking at your ...
... yet - my personal favorite is Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy, starting with The Golden Compass
And some grown-up books:
- Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon
- Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
- Lois McMaster Bujold ...
... nicket
Creating A Low Allergen Garden by Lucy Huntington
Weather Tracker by Leslie Horvitz
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Series
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Greenwitch by Sus ...
... tomorrow--he's in town taking his family to Disneyland. I haven't seen him in years.
I didn't recognize Oxford much in The Golden Compass , but then, you must know from this introduction that my experience was quite odd!
One of the books that brought me to Oxford was Dorothy L. Sayers ...
... the complete annotated version before!)
2. Tigana (recent, but so highly recommended that it's going on here)
3. The Golden Compass
4. Earthsea books, one or more (list will expand accordingly)
5. The Mabinogion Tetralogy, one or more (list will expand accordingly)
6. The Wo ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was true to the book. I recently saw The Golden Compass and thought it was accurate, but it's been a while since I read the book, so I'm not sure. (Hopefully rdurick can tell us!) The Last Unicorn was the best book-movie I've ever seen, possibly because ...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was true to the book. I recently saw The Golden Compass and thought it was accurate, but it's been a while since I read the book, so I'm not sure. (Hopefully rdurick can tell us!) The Last Unicorn was the best book-movie I've ever seen, possibly because ...
In a Series
1. One for the Money – Janet Evanovich
2. The Golden Compass –Phillip Pullman
3. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade- Diana Gabaldon
4. The Proud Villeins – Valerie Anand
5. Tatiana and Alexander – Paullina Simons
6. Gildenford – ...
... - Carla Kelly - Recommended by Sarah Johnson , NoveList - Finished Jan 13
8. TBD
Award Winning Books
1.The Golden Compass – Carnegie Medal
2. Suite Francaise – 2004 Prix Renandot
3. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Hugo and World Fantasy Award
4. The Book Thief ...
Ok, I know you guys are reading SOMETHING!! Come on..tell us what!!!
I am on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and The House at Riverton:A Novel by Kate Morton (which is my Advance Reading copy from Barnes and Noble). I am enjoying both very much!
Just started The Golden compass last night and will continue with the rest of series
... in Time
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (etc.)
Neil Gaiman
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass
George MacDonald
Michael Moorcock
Tim Powers
... for common alternates in the language for the branch of LT.
Alternate-Title Example:
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass Northern Lights . We could put the former in the "Common alternate title(s)" field and the latter in ...
... are:
1. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam (3)
2. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (1)
3. The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife (still haven't finished Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman (3)
4. World War Z by Max Brooks (4)
5. Sold by Patricia McCormick
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... every word)
77. The Trial, by Kafka
78. Orphan Jack, by Sarah Ellis
79. The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford
80. The Golden Compass , by Philip Pullman
81. The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
82. Overexposed: a Granville Island Mystery, by Michael Blair
83. The Thirteen Clocks, by ...
... Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
The Saddlebag
Fingersmith
8 LT Group Reads
Elantris (The Green Dragon)
The Golden Compass reread (Read YA Lit and The Green Dragon)
Life as We Knew It (Read YA Lit)
Wicked Lovely (Read YA Lit)
An Abundance of Katherines (Read YA Lit)
...
... and something cents giftcard) buy chocolate. Later, I went to Barnes & Noble and bought Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Golden Compass Deluxe 10th-Anniversary Edition . I had two giftcards for B&N, a $15 and a $25. Now my giftcards are gone. :(
... audiobook) on the way into work this morning. I'll start The Lady and the Unicorn on the way home and I'm also reading The Golden Compass .
... 9
10. The Appeal by John Grisham - mar 21
11. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - mar 24
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12. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - apr 7
... 007
37. The Huge Book of Hell by Matt Groening, Dec 12, 2007
38. Ilse Witch by Terry Brooks, Dec 15, 2007
39. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, Dec 20, 2007
40. Space-time and Beyond: Toward an Explanation of the Unexplainable by Bob Toben, Dec 29, 2007
Total: 40 ...
... one more day until the New Year, but I do not plan to get much done tomorrow. So I'll start just a few hours early.
1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 296 pages ****
I read this book after seeing the movie, and I think that the movie actually enhanced my reading (which is ...
I'm in, I'm always looking for a new reading challenge, and this will help me knock off some books on my TBR Pile.
Here's the topics/books I've come up with so far...
1001 Books to Read Before I Die:
1. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
2. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
3. Alias Grace by Ma ...
66. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
67. The Power of Art by Simon Schama
68. the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
69. Lucifer: Children and Monsters by Mike Carey
OK so obviously I didn't reach my goal. But I since I did read a few ridiculous long and ...
... Family Skeletons last night and really liked it..only 9 more to go in the series!! hahaha.... First, I think I will read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Unfortunately, the movie already left here, but is in Springfield if I want to see it!
... Ehle
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
My goal for 2008 is to read at least 40 books. In 2006 I read 28, and this year ...
... (Grrl) Lost
Newford: Promises to Keep
Holly Black: *
Tithe
Valiant
Philip Pullman: *
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Fiction:
Elizabeth Flock: Me and Emma
Jasper Fforde: Thursday Next in First Among Sequels
J ...
... Tale by Diane Setterfield (3)
Honorable mentions:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (3)
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (4)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
My reading really fell off once the holidays hit, so I only had four good ones this quarter.
I'm listening to His Dark Materials series again. Since seeing The Golden Compass I want to refresh my memory about everything they left out of the movie! - a LOT!! The versions I'm listening to are unabridged, but sort of dramatised as there are different voices for each character, not a bad ...
... King (The Hobbit is quite a nice little introductory story to the trilogy as well.) and
Pullman's His Dark Materials - The Golden Compass (The Northern Lights, original title,), The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass
O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh is a cute little read ...
... way through Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn and trying to decide what's next on my list...Might go with The Golden Compass or The Book Theif or something completely different...
... Ultra-Metabolism by Mark Hyman (ok, so I'm getting one of my new years resolutions going!). I am going to start on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman after I get done with the mystery too.
... Ultra-Metabolism by Mark Hyman (ok, so I'm getting one of my new years resolutions going!). I am going to start on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman after I get done with the mystery too.
... e
Greek Science After Aristotle
8 Children's/YA Fiction
The Book Thief
The Looking Glass Wars
The Golden Compass Turnabout
In the Coils of the Snake
8 Historical Fic ...
53. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
No review. Will say, however, that this series was a lot of fun, a great romping read and very thought provoking. If this is considered YA lit., then bring it on!
... Aristotle
Greek Science After Aristotle
8 Children's/YA Fiction
The Book Thief
The Looking Glass Wars
The Golden Compass
The Grand Tour
Castle in the Air
Terrier
The Sweet Far Thing
In the Coils of the Snake
8 Historical Fiction
The Grand Tour (cr ...
... Woman, by John Fowles (only half way through, actually, but so far it's great).
Mosquito, by Roma Tearne
The Golden Compass , by Philip Pullman
The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford
The Golden Compass -- What did you think of the book vs. the Movie? If you like it, which did you like better and why?
165. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
... by Lian Hearn
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
A War of Gifts: An Ender Story by Orson Scott Card
The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (boxset)
Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate by Keith Jones
...
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
... playwright. One of his plays is called Grinder's Stand which is about the death of Lewis.
#145: I have not read The Golden Compass but I think one of my sons did. One of my students at the university said they messed up the ending in the movie version.
... dead.
Re-reading His Dark Materials (or, rather, reading The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass after re-reading The Golden Compass because although I knew my three sons loved those books, I recently learned they consider them "life changing." (They are 20, 17, and 13 -- and the life ...
48. A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture by Sarah B. Pomeroy
49. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
... know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone for this one)
Sold by Patricia McCormick
>2: Where the red fern grows ...
... know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (no touchstone for this one)
Sold by Patricia McCormick
>2: Where the red fern grows ...
I've been following the Golden Compass controversy and what I've kind of come to decide is ... if your faith is so easily shaken by reading a fictional book then you have bigger problems than choosing reading material.
Please, please, please don't think I'm talking about you Jessa0711, I think ...
We read The Golden Compass in my IRL book club a couple of months ago. The series isn't so much against God as it seems to be against organized religion as a whole. No blatent statements (at least in the first book), just a fairly dark undercurrent.
Hope this helps
Berta
With The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, I think of the association of the Church of England with authoritarianism, not the Roman Catholic Church. Fustiness and rigidity in Oxford doesn't seem to me to be particularly Catholic in style. In the catholic church the dictates of the ...
... - Ann Patchett (2001)
2. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder (1994)
3. To Ride Hell's Chasm - Janny Wurts (2002)
4. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman (1995)
5. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston (1937)
Non-Fiction
1. The Looming Tower: : Al-Qaeda and the Ro ...
1. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder (1994) - I took notes :)
2. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995) - because it was fun
3. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis (1927) - which has me wondering about Huckabee
4. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khal ...
... Potter books, but couldn't get into what I'm enjoying at the moment (the book of the film, sort of) - "Northern Lights" (The Golden Compass to you, or most of you.) A good feisty young heroine, a role model for anybody, surely?
... Glasses
Made to Stick
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Fiction:
Golden Compass
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
The Fourth Bear
Torture the Artist
Is Harry Potter too much of an obvious choice?
I'd recommend The Golden Compass and the other His Dark Materials books, and I think Uglies and the other books in that series (Pretties, Specials, and Extras) are really good both from a teacher's/librarian's point of view and from a ...
Oh yes, I've forgotten to comment on The Golden Compass . I saw it today and was somewhat disappointed, even though I went in wanting to like it. It seemed poorly put-together and rushed, as if it were produced with a checklist of plot points in hand. Every event moving the plot forward came ...
I'm not sure where I am, but I believe it's going to turn out to be an alternate universe. I'm at page 19 of The Golden Compass . I want to take my daughter to the movie, and want to read the book first. It's been on my to-read list for at least four years.
I first read The Golden Compass in 2002, about two months before I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the first time.* I continued with the series, and have since reread The Golden Compass perhaps five times, and the complete series three times.
I haven't seen the movie yet. ...
Thanks, foggi! :)
I didn't get to see The Golden Compass yet. I have to wait till after Christmas. :(
I just saw the trailer when I went to see The Golden Compass . According to IMDB , it comes out on March 19, 2008.
I've finished Behind the Scenes at the Museum! So good -- can't decide what to start next though. Either The Golden Compass or a non-fiction book. Hmm...
... based on the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan (2007DEC07)
Chris Weitz's "The Golden Compass" based on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (2007DEC07)
Francis Lawrence's "I Am Legend" based on the story/novella I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (2007D ...
... book 3 chapters to interest me. This has allowed me to continue on with many books I would have otherwise abandoned, like The Golden Compass and The Hobbit-in fact, it's because of The Hobbit that I made this rule. Nonfiction gets the introduction and first chapter to prove itself. I am ...
Finished The Golden Compass last week and am just beginning Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa. I'll also be reading Truman Capote's holiday short stories, including my favorite A Christmas Memory, for book club this week.
... the super obvious here, but Harry Potter works for almost everybody.
I think Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass , etc.) and Scott Westerfield's Uglies are great series for the older set. They both feature girl protagonists, but they're tomboyish, adventurous girls, ...
We just left the theater after seeing The Golden Compass , and all the way home we were discussing what type of animal our individual dæmons might be. My daughter thinks her brother's would be a penguin. :o) They both think mine would be a feline of some type. My daughter isn't sure what hers ...
... as an Early Reviewer. I'm also reading The Wilde Century: Effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the Queer Moment. I'm rereading The Golden Compass in advance of seeing the movie. Finally, I'm reading Staging Gay Lives: An Anthology of Contemporary Gay Theater.
... Glad to hear you're getting them Narnia instead of The Golden Compass !!!--see warning movie review on AlMohler'sBlog .
(I will probably actually see the movie ...
... Caspian. Yes! Narnia, the series that Pullman has been most vitriolic about, is advertised in the previews before The Golden Compass . I laughed and laughed.
I did think that the visual effects were well done. The Alethiometer looked almost exactly like I had pictured it, though I ...
... to be fairly important for him.
From interviews with him that I have read in the past, he's fine with the way The Golden Compass was filmed.
... Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
14)Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fireby JK Rowling
15)The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
16)Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
17)Smart Women Finish Rich by David Bach
18)Writer's Book of Days by Judy Re ...
This is my weekend to catch up on movies I've been wanting to watch -- The Golden Compass with friends tonight, Enchanted with my brother and his wife tomorrow. In the meantime, I need to be working on making Christmas presents (I'm woefully behind) and study for finals.
... were all the anti-Harry Potter books.
There were all the anti-Da Vinci Code books.
Next there will be all the anti-Golden Compass books
Why not anti-Richard Dawkins God Delusion books
Should be for some "fun" reading.
I'm hoping to start off with a viewing on The Golden Compass with my kids this afternoon. Then, the rest of the weekend will be full of frantic attempts to get some holiday decorations up, inside and out... including the tree.
What about the rest of you?
... grader and I just read, and really enjoyed, Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick and he's getting into the Golden Compass series too
... Prayer For Owen Meany, I enjoyed all of them. I love John Irving, his characters are all so quirky. I really enjoyed The Golden Compass I found it to be light reading, but a real page-turner, and can't wait to read the two books that follow, they are waiting on my shelf. Shipping News ...
The only thing I can say for sure after reading this thread is that I am definately going out to buy The Golden Compass books -- and I wasn't planning on it before!
... an origin for some trait. This inability to test the theory through predictions makes ID not science.
Admittedly the Golden compass isn't science either, but then it doesn't claim to be.
... Playboy Mansion by Jennifer Saginor
What might have been humorous, pathetic or scandalous is just badly written.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Another one I thought I'd love and didn't. Lyra was totally unsympathetic in my opinion. I love the idea of the daemons but ...
I'm cranky because I started reading Northern Lights last night and then when I got up this morning and looked at the paper, there was an article about how evil it is, and they PUT IN SPOILERS! Grrr. I don't care if it's evil, just don't tell me important plot points while you're griping about it.
... by a fabulous children's bookstore and did some Christmas shopping:
- two sets of the His Dark Materials trilogy The Golden Compass , the Amber Spyglass and the Subtle Knife. One set is for my daughter, and one for my niece.
- The White Giraffe, by Lauren St John
- The ...
#20: I didn't consider the "killing god" piece to be a spoiler since one, it is not in The Golden Compass and two, it is a quote from the author, according to his critics from the conservative Christians.
I just finished reading Golden Compass for the first time and I really enjoyed it (I am in the "over 50" age group. I enjoyed it for the adventure mostly and for the fantasy of it. I had problems getting into it at first because I couldn't understand a lot of it...I felt like I needed a ...
Just finished The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and Tangled Up in You by Rachel Gibson. I plan to read more by Gibson. I really liked this book. Also, just finished listening to The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry - very similar to The DaVinci Code. It was really good.
This ...
I was not planning to see The Golden Compass until I read cleolinda 's review of it. I generally trust her opinions on things, and if she liked it, maybe it won't be as awful as I was afraid it would be.
I'm not interested in Sweeny Todd, but I don't ...
The Golden Compass and Sweeney Todd for me, though I'm not sure who I'll be seeing the second one with. I'm so excited about that one too. Hm.
Which ones are you planning to see?
The Golden Compass
Atonement
The Kite Runner *
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
*Touchstone added manually.
Since October, the best I've read have been:
Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women
The Golden Compass (Yup, had to read it because of the movie-actually, I've had it on my bookshelf for 10 years. I only read it because someone told me I should boycott it)
A History of the World ...
Finished The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman this morning (aka Northern Lights) - I thought it was excellent. The next two in the series will have to wait a bit because I received my early reviewer book and a couple library books that I want to read first.
Next up is Tokyo Year Zero by ...
... I did think the story was fun, but Paolini could have used an editor with some more backbone to tighten things up a bit.
The Golden Compass -- I don't normally read young adult or fantasy, and maybe I should keep it that way. The characterization in this just wasn't up to snuff.
T ...
... school this past week. I helped her out on Thursday, when the BF ran until 6:30. There were 2 different printings of The Golden Compass there -- both were using stills from the movie, and were less than 40 pages -- very watered-down versions of the original book. I was able to read both ...
... school at the same time.
I am sick of movies coming out based on books I haven't read (except HP), so I am going to start The Golden Compass .
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49. Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey ***1/2
50. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman *****
51. Sunshine by Robin McKinley ****
Graphic Novels:
Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham ***1/2
Ultimate X-men: Return to Weapon X by Mark Millar ...
... immediately to mind) who are doing really excellent versions of children's books as movies (Narnia, Bridge to Terebithia, The Golden Compass -- at least, not having seen the latter, we can hope it's good . . .) -- maybe it's a combination of factors.
... funny, but disappointing...guess it'll be girls night out for that one.
Also this month, I'm going to make my way throughThe Golden Compass , so I can see that movie too.
I almost always read the book first, and if it ends up meaning a lot to me, I won't see the movie. I'd like to see The Golden Compass , since the book didn't mean anything to me, but I'll never see Memoirs of a Geisha. I really regret seeing several others, like The Black Cauldron and the BBC ...
The Golden Compass is read and reviewed.
OK readingfox, I couldn't pass up this title. I'd like to read your review of How To Fossilize Your Hamster
When chosing for me, please pick from my 'upnext' tag.
70. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman (this is a re-read; and touchstones aren't working properly right now)
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I noticed on the LibraryThing blog (http://www.librarything.com/blog/2007/11/golden-compass.php), Tim recommends reading The Golden Compass first before seeing the movie.
Personally I prefer to see the movie first. The experience of reading a book is rarely (for me) ruined by seeing the ...
... on paper since I didn't have a computer handy, but was just too upset about the news of people protesting the film of The Golden Compass and keeping kids from seeing and reading it that I couldn't much focus. Check my blog if you want to see what it is that I wrote.
I've just started ...
... of my favorite thread progressions have involved... egregious departures from the original purpose. ;) From boycotting The Golden Compass to the literacy of Jesus may keep within tagging distance of one - very large - thematic unifier, but it's pretty nice.
... journey. And books where ordinary people go about their ordinary lives are sometimes gripping and are called novels.
Of The Golden Compass I still say, meh.
But bring on the next book! I'm happy to participate, and I enjoy these discussions!
One parent at a state-funded Catholic school, complains about The Golden Compass --presumably on the grounds that it is anti-Catholic (which it obviously is). The school board then begins a review procedure, since it is bound by it’s own rules to look into any complaint . But a ...
I haven't read a single new book since Oct. 22. *sigh* I did reread Sorcery and Cecelia and the Golden Compass , but of which are great favorites of mine.
Just 3 days of exams next week, and then I'm free, free, free, to read as much as I want for 6 weeks!
I'm looking forward to the movie of The Golden Compass . I read the book quite some time ago, so have requested it on Bookmooch. I hope it arrives in time for me to have a rapid re-read :)
... better than (in fact, to me, it is somewhat worse than) orthodox Christians telling their members not to watch the film of The Golden Compass . At least the orthodox Christians aren’t telling anyone else (outside of their membership) what to read or see.
I am foursquare against ...
I read the Golden Compass shortly after it came out and read the whole series just a few years ago. It's gripping and amazingly well-written. It's pretty much a YA adventure story, the anti-religious undertones were written in a way that I didn't catch them the first time through (I was about 12 ...
We are doing a group read of The Golden Compass over in the Green Dragon group, and there has also been lots of talk of it, and the proposed Christian boycott, over on the Happy Heathens group as well. 'Cmon over and join in!
I'm reading it precisely so I can know what the hoopla is about, ...
Haven't read The Golden Compass , and wasn't on my radar until I heard about the movie.
I'm guessing that the purported "kill God" message is going to result in challenges aplenty.
Anybody read the book? Anybody got a bead on challenges? There are Christian groups organized to push boycotts ...
... a very "sporty" person & maybe even take a little more interest in the Olympics next year :)
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I've Mooched The Golden Compass - I wanna re-read it as the film is coming out soon. The polar bears make me feel all wintery/ Christmassy.
... Lisa Kleypas this afternoon and my Rogues books have *still* not arrived from bookmooch, so I'm reading a bit more of The Golden Compass while I wait.
Finished Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis (three weeks later). Next should be The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman for a Green Dragon group read.
... I got to The Last Battle and then I finally clued into the Christian tie-ins (I told you I was/am dense). When I read The Golden Compass I was equally clueless to the religious tie-ins. I read it superficially I guess. I saw the daemons as external souls too PossMan, and loved that idea, ...
... them when I was a child or teen, but they don't hold up for adult reading, such as the Nancy Drew books. In the case of The Golden Compass and the two books following, though, I'm so glad I read them as an adult first. As a teen, I would have missed a lot of important stuff (which ...
... up off the floor from where I have disintegrated into a giant quivering puddle of tears, I'll be starting a re-read of The Golden Compass while I wait for my next Go Review That Book! assignment.
... by Holly Black
123. The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters
124. Nine Days a Queen by Ann Rinaldi
125. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I have just completed Billie's Kiss by Elizabeth Knox and the review will be up tomorrow.
ElizaJane I choose The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman for you in preparation for the movie release!
When choosing for me please choose from the TBR tag and please don't choose 1001 nights. ...
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I would recommend:
1)The Golden Compass
2)The Sea of Monsters
3)Gordon Corman's books, any of them (sp?)
4)The Transal Saga(I don't think I spelled it right) by Gary Paulsen
5)Peter and the Star Catchers
There are more, I just can't think of many off the top ...
... about it. The 115 pages I read were propelled entirely by one plot point after another. One of the great things about The Golden Compass series is that the characters are so rich and familiar--there is love and compassion and yearning--those are what drives the narrative.
b) Sadly, I ...
... was absolutely phenomenal, by the way, highly recommended) and in front of it, they have a seven minute extended preview of The Golden Compass . I think you can just watch that and be done, lol. I'm about halfway through, and they covered every significant scene in that preview. Sometimes, too ...
I finished The Golden Compass yesterday (first read) and have started The Subtle Knife. I'm also reading Unruly Americans and the Making of the Constitution by Woody Holton, and The Music of the Spheres by Elizabeth Redfern.
After finishing The Golden Compass on Wednesday, I am now almost done with The Subtle Knife and have The Amber Spyglass ready and waiting...
I am very much enjoying Philip Pullman as you can see.
... really liked, although as a whole it's not blowing me away.
Next up for the rest of the holiday weekend are a re-read of The Golden Compass and, if I get to it, starting My Sister's Keeper for the Go Review That Book! group.
So what happened with the group read? I'm not going to organize it since I wasn't impressed with The Golden Compass and don't want to read it again; however, I am interested in the discussion.
... by Anne Michaels.
Wow. Brought me to tears several times. I need to let it percolate for awhile...
Before that was The Golden Compass for the second time.
I am trying to get into Little Stalker by Jennifer Belle, but it is not grabbing me.
My local secondhand bookstore ...
I finished The Golden Compass and am now going to move on to The Subtle Knife.
CR - Golden Compass - just started today
JF - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. It was hard to get into, but I couldn't put it down! It's extremely convoluted, but worth every minute.
JF2 - The Rest of her Life by Laura Moriarty. This is really an adult book, although the ...
I am juggling a bunch of things right now and need a deadline for The Golden Compass . When are we going to start discussions? Did anyone say? Was it the week after Thanksgiving?
I've read all three and The Golden Compass was my favorite because of Lyra. I have to admit The Amber Spyglass just put me off. It just seemed too didactic and bent on getting an agenda across rather than tell the story.
Should finish Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love early this week, then it's onto The Golden Compass in advance for the movie release in December.
OK I finished When the Emperor Was Divine which was quite beautiful. I pulled The Golden Compass off my son's bookshelf as I'm interested to see what all the hype's about.
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katybear,
i'm going to read The Golden Compass also. then i'm going to go check out the movie. Daniel Craig ... yuummm ...
... "big-box" bookstore for some reason, so I'll have to wait a bit for the next one.
In the meantime, I'll probably start The Golden Compass . I haven't read any fantasy in a looong time, so it should be refreshing.
... picked up Animal Farm -- dodn't realize it was YA Lit, but it's got a big sticker that says it is...
never finished Golden Compass , left it at my son's orthodontist with 3 or 4 chapters to go! Oh noooooooo....
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Hey, is anyone thinking of this thread as they read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy? (Book One: The Golden Compass .) I sure have been!
Rooftops of Italy, in honor of Lyra in Oxford.
I enjoyed The Golden Compass more than I expected.
*** spoilers ***
Finding out who Lyra's parents were was a big surprise for me. I would not have thought that Mrs. Coulter and Lord Asriel were her parents - they were such self centered people searching for power....but then again, that ...
So far I've read The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Waterless Sea, The Tenth Power, and The Golden Compass . Now I'm trying to get through The Crow before it's due at the library.
I've been a slow reader lately. I'm still reading The Golden Compass , and as impossible as it seems, must make myself finish it today.
I bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 and The Golden Compass . I am excited to play with my photos! Also, I am going to Jury Duty today so maybe I'll finish reading The Golden Compass as well as finish Elantris. One can only hope.
... LadyN. I've actually read the books twice and still the third one failed the standards set by the first two, especially The Golden Compass . This means I don't have to read it again while still contributing to the discussion.
I really enjoyed The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife. By the end of The Amber Spyglass I was over it.
I'll be interested to read what you all think. I'm sure there will be some very interesting discussion.
... So good.
I still love The Phantom Tollbooth, but a lot of my friends hate it. Stupid people.
I also really liked The Golden Compass , but it never really affected me the way a truly great book does. I found it interesting, but I didn't care about the characters. All this drama is from ...
Well I've already read The Golden Compass & am reviewing it now. I am reading Dealing With Dragons which I'm finding to be a charming read w/ a wonderfully spunky heroine. The merchandising of The Golden Compass is already in full swing in the local stores anyway! Hope the movie does ...
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I'm glad it's The Golden Compass because I have it in the mail from Amazon!, I wanted to read it before seeing the movie coming out.
...
Oops, not that one either.
Drum roll, please!
The Phantom Tollbooth!
ARGGGGH!
The actual winner is....
The Golden Compass
Booo! Hisss!
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1984 by George Orwell (15,120 copies)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (7,548 copies)
The golden compass by Philip Pullman (6,948 copies)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (6,628 copies)
High fidelity by Nick Hornby (4,682 copies)
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I'm rereading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, something I've been meaning to do for a while but since the movie is coming out next month I'm actually getting to it. I'm one of those that love both the Harry Potter and His Dark Materials series.
Given the number of emails I've been getting about it, I'd suggest The Golden Compass -plus, it's about to be released as a movie.
Jennifer Government is a good one to examine the effects of a free market-it's a good dystopia tale. And I haven't read it yet, but everything I've read about The ...
Rereading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I'd been meaning to for a while now but the movie coming out next month has given me the kick in the butt I obviously needed to finally get to it. Don't know why I put it off for so long (although mount TBR might have something to do with it), ...
... just finished rereading Dark Lord of Derkholm (which I love) for the teen discussion group I help lead, and am rereading The Golden Compass (which I am less than crazy about) for the middle-school discussion group I help lead (and because everybody else in the world is reading it. I'm ...
... was waiting for someone else to say first.
I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (on chapter two), and The Golden Compass .
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... did go, and said it was just as bad as I'd thought it would be. What a shame - with Harry Potter doing so well and the Golden Compass about to come out the timing would have been perfect for a GOOD adaptation.
Just couldn't get into Golden Compass Will try again later. I also finished Uglies, Pretties, and Specials.
Am now on A Game of Thrones.
... the way, ellevee, can never decide if Goblet of Fire or Order of the Phoenix is my favorite. Also, I am no big fan of The Golden Compass series--in fact, didn't finish reading the 2nd book because I found it fairly boring. I liked some of the concepts, particularly the compass itself, but ...
Suge! Good to see you around.
I'm also reading The Golden Compass because the RL teen book club that I help lead is reading it this month. So are the folks on the Green Dragon, and it's also this month's pick for the Read YA Lit group here on LT. So I really don't think we need a ...
#243 littlegeek:
*guilty*
I really, really want to be rereading the series. Tell you what. Tomorrow The Golden Compass stays home and I'm taking PoA with me when I leave the house. I should be able to get in enough reading time to join the current discussion by the end of the day.
EKKK ...
Finished The Golden Compass last Sunday, now I'm about half way through A Separate Peace by John Knowles (can't get my author touchstones to work for some reason). I hope to finish that this afternoon. After that comes Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates, then the rest of His Dark Materials ...
I've loved these books for years. I re-read The Golden Compass for this discussion, but had read it twice previously (once when I was about 12, once when I was 18). The trilogy's easily some of my favorite books. I love reading books at different times in my life, I always perceive them a little ...
i just finished up skylight confessions by Alice Hoffman and have started The Golden Compass .
I've been meaning to read Northern Lights for a while so I'm keen. And British ;-)
Finally started The Golden Compass but I am having some difficulty really getting into it. I’m about a 3rd of the way through but it looks like it’s about to pick up.
I adore The Golden Compass . I think I've read it three times or so; not sure if I'll manage it again for this discussion (but I remember it well anyway) or before the movie. I can't wait for the movie, and I think Nicole Kidman is perfectly cast. So glad they got an unknown for Lyra.
Now to ...
I prefer Northern Lights as well, even though I'm in the US so it's marketed as The Golden Compass .
I'm planning to re-read the whole series over Thanksgiving break in a few weeks, so they'll be fresh in my mind so I can see just how much the movie gets wrong. :)
I am smack in the middle of ...
#9 -- just picked up Golden Compass today, figger better have it read before seeing the movie...
I thought Edward Tulane was cool, a bit weird, but absolutely worthwhile...
... adaptation I hear, although not a movie. That should have been interesting since I really liked those books more than The Golden Compass .
I read The Golden Compass when I was younger, and eventually will reread it for this discussion. But since I don't have it my possession right now ...
... in the second The Subtle Knife and third The Amber Spyglass volumes, but I don't remember thinking that in the first The Golden Compass .
... get into but I'm glad I stuck with it, although it took almost 2 weeks! Gahh!
Now reading Fables: Legends in Exile, The Golden Compass and In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson (off and on, it's been several weeks since it was last 'on'). Also listening to Jane Eyre.
... not quite love story...
(I wonder how they're going to film this. They'll probably make Florentino more likeable.)
4. The Golden Compass
5. The Subtle Knife
6. The Amber Spyglass
all by Philip Pullman
I have read reviews where readers liked the series less as it progressed. W ...
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PQ The Count of Monte Cristo
PR The Museum at Purgatory
PS The Red Tent
PT The Metamorphosis
PZ The Golden Compass
Q A Short History of Nearly Everything
QD Napoleon's Buttons
QH Get a Grip on Genetics
QK Introduction to Plant Biology
QL Beachcomber's Gui ...
I finished The Golden Compass yesterday and started A Separate Peace by John Knowles. It's funny, I had heard a lot about this book and saw it at the library the other day. Once I started looking at it, I realized I had already read it in high school. I checked it out anyway, since I barely ...
I'm trying to finish The Golden Compass but this weekend I got sucked into re-reading Prizoner of Azkaban.
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... as being governed by specific rules and involves forces that have both limits as well as capabilities if handled properly. Philip Pullman 's Amber series came specifically to mind, but it occurs to me that the Harry Potter books do the same thing because of the school setting requires that the ...
Let's start our new discussion of The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman...
... nasty, and some of the men weren't exactly paragons of virtue. I'm now somewhere in "Scandinavia" in "Northern Lights" or Golden Compass with a young girl and an armoured bear. Have read so much criticism of Pullman's anti-religion views that I decided to read the book even though it's not ...
... nasty, and some of the men weren't exactly paragons of virtue. I'm now somewhere in "Scandinavia" in "Northern Lights" or Golden Compass with a young girl and an armoured bear. Have read so much criticism of Pullman's anti-religion views that I decided to read the book even though it's not ...
I'll be a contrarian this time. I just finished The Golden Compass and wasn't all that impressed either. I vote for The City of Dreaming Books (the touchstone is showing the German version, I read the English translation that's just out).
The Little Prince. I wasn't impressed with The Golden Compass ; I probably wouldn't reread it.
Actually, in the USA, the series is called His Dark Materials. The first book is The Golden Compass .
Golden Compass for me
I love all of them but I was planning on re-reading The Golden Compass before the movie came out anyways, so I'll vote for that.
12: Agreed. I've read only the first book of the trilogy so far (that is, The Golden Compass itself), and I was pretty disappointed. The protagonist felt emotionally wrong -- nothing she was feeling seemed natural to me -- the pacing seemed off, I don't know. The alternate universe was great, ...
I heard that The Golden Compass wasn't the controversial one, it was the sequels. I haven't read the first because my daughter read it and didn't like it. She thought it seemed like a knock off of too many other "children save the day" books.
I think boycotting and banning books is a great way ...
... November 8th.
Choices:
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Thanks!
I read The Golden Compass too recently to want to read it again. I prefer The Little Prince or The Phantom Tollbooth.
I actually just picked up The Golden Compass this morning for a reread. So I'm all set if we choose this one :o)
The Golden Compass - for the upcoming movie and (mostly) because of the controversy.
Since the movie is coming out, The Golden Compass may be a good read.
... or The Little Prince. Umberto Eco is too dense for me.
I have stumbled across a big controversy regarding The Golden Compass . I think some members of the fundamentalist Christian churches in the USA are circulating a "boycott it" message, claiming Pullman is all about ...
Just finished reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. About to start re-reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I'm sure I'll re-read the rest of the trilogy after that. :)
15. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
This one was a reread, which I rarely do. But it's such a good book, and I read it so long ago, that I really enjoyed reading it again.
Finished The Golden Compass last night. Can't resist rereading the rest of the series with it, so on to The Subtle Knife tonight!
Message 9:
I just finished The Golden Compass and was very disappointed in it -it NEVER takes me a week to read 350 pages :) : have continued with The Subtle Knife which is much better (started yesterday and am nearly halfway through...) so i will finish the trilogy then move on to Middlese ...
55 yareader2: I did! I really liked it. Makes me want to look into other Kate DiCamillo books.
Currently rereading The Golden Compass !
Rereading The Golden Compass this week. Also working on The Foundation Trilogy. Nothing for school...papers to write instead!
JF: Uglies
CR: Pretties
LF2: Golden Compass
L2 (Listening To): Deception Point -- not YA! I just listened to a disturbing murder scene; it made me queasy and it had nothing to do with car sickness.
... The Virgin Blue (though I'll probably change this to one I liked better once I've been more thourough)
PT
PZ The Golden Compass
... time to kill downtown before my girls night out and of course I spent it in the bookstore. I got a new reading light and The Golden Compass . I want to read it before the movie comes out. Found a pocket edition, too!
The Golden Compass
... for me in french and seemed to make more sense...
For what it's worth, i'm on my 77th book this year - just started The Golden Compass today and am enjoying it so far...
... thought she wanted "Pole Star" or maybe "Northern Star" as a present for her father. Did she mean "Northern Lights" (aka The Golden Compass ? She thought so. I described the setting. No, no, she wanted a book about a ship.
Fortunately I could work that one out: Star of the Sea. (Though I ...
... from Borders and not yet read: Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Playing for Pizza: a novel by John Grisham and Northern Lights by Philip Pullman.
I have books that people have lent to me and I need to read to give them back: A Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly, The ...
... feature our Oxford I feel it is a distinction that ought to be made. Also would that be Svalbard (Imaginary place) for The Northern Lights ? It seems to have completely different geography to our Svalbard.
I see that the current CK for The Northern Lights has "Oxford, England, UK" which ...
I just finished the golden compass and the subtle knife and am looking forward to picking up the amber spyglass very, very soon as well as Eclipse and Love, Stargirl . Until then I am reading Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest.
... quartet by Tamora Pierce yesterday. I'm debating now if I want to start the next set or take a break. I am going to start the golden compass though.
November Discussion: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Discussion will begin on November 1, 2007
The results are in--as expected (at least as I expected), The Golden Compass won!
Tied for second is My Sister's Keeper and The Book Thief which will be two of the choices for next month.
The results are in--as expected (at least as I expected), The Golden Compass won!
Tied for second is My Sister's Keeper and The Book Thief which will be two of the choices for next month.
... Midnight Alley by Rachel Caine. I'm not sure what I'll read next my tbr pile is scary... maybe the book thief or the Golden Compass mmm choices.... choices....
... Hobbit and then The Lord of the Rings - The Chronicles of Narnia just didn't have the same power or depth for me. Phillip Pullman 's The Golden Compass series I found to be very appealing and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming films. Orson Scott Card's Ender series struck ...
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Do you really mean to use the word 'obtuse' to describe The Golden Compass ? Intellectually dull, dim-witted, thick? Fair enough if you don't like it, I just think there are certainly plenty of complex ideas in it.
#42 - I've practiced my German with the first Harry Potter book and The Golden Compass on audio CD, that I had sent over to the U.S. from Amazon Germany. I'd love to get more, but it's just too expensive with shipping and the exchange rate. So, the next time I go to Germany (no idea when that ...
I read The Golden Compass when I was about 11, and didn't fully understand it, but I thought it was because I was too young (even though I didn't have that problem with anything else). I loved other books by Philip Pullman that I read. So I'm going to try The Golden Compass again and see what I ...
I also didn't care for The Golden Compass . I just didn't like Lyra and found it, as Xaverie said so well "obtuse"
... boleyn girl movie turns out after reading it. Today I'm going to start Alanna : The first adventure. Also I want to start The golden compass so I can get that read before the movie comes out.
... it. I love Jodi Picoult's books because they're always full of moral dilemmas. I don't know if this one will win over The Golden Compass this time, though!
I'm about halfway through The Golden Compass to get ready for this winter's movie. The wife's interested too, which is unusual for her. She's not usually a fantasy fan.
Ok, i have voted for The book Thief, The golden compass and the looking glass wars because these are all books i still want to read.
on juvenile/ya topic i would say that i usually define YA as books for 14-18 years old. Although i think that we should focus on this age range, i do not mind ...
October
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman:
50. The Golden Compass
51. The Subtle Knife
I'm about halfway through The Golden Compass to get ready for the movie this winter. It's a pretty good read, but not so much high fantasy with elves and dwarves and such as LoTR or The Wheel of Time.
... better for Time Stops for No Mouse that it wasn't on the list this time. I don't think it would have won out over The Golden Compass anyway, and this way there's been a lot more discussion of it before next month's vote. It seems like the more familiar a book is, the more likely it is ...
... ttp://www.vizu.com/vot/Entertainment/Books+%2F+Literature/books/book+discussion/poll-vote.html?n=52260
Your choices are:
The Golden Compass
My Sister's Keeper
Spindle's End
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Winter Prince
Vegan, Virgin Valentine
A Northern Light
The Looking Glass War ...
62. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - An enjoyable fantasy story. Some aspects felt very typical of a fantasy book, while others were new and refreshing. The religious subtext was intriguing, but not something I usually seek out. This seemed like a very adult book, considering it's a kid's ...
I voted for The Golden Compass . :)
I voted for The Book Thief, The Golden Compass , and My Sister's Keeper.
I just voted for The Golden Compass , 13 Little Blue Envelopes and The Looking Glass Wars.
Were Time Stops for No Mouse and Kabul Beauty School left out for a reason?
I voted for The Golden Compass and My Sister's Keeper, but I haven't made up my mind about a third one yet.
... (no author touchstone again)
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (once again, no author touchstone)
The Golden Compass The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the ...
A combination of a hard week at work and vouchers led me to get:
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman which I have chosen to fill the void Harry Potter has left.
The Gathering by Anne Enright which has been shortlisted for the Booker award. I took it to the cafe to have a look at it ...
I'm really nervous about The Golden Compass . I've always loved the trilogy, so I'm really not so sure about the movie. I'm debating if I should even see it. Plus, I don't know if they'd be able to make the other two books into movies....the attacks on religion seem like it wouldn't translate well ...
... I read Twilight, then New Moon. I finished it today.
I have now moved on to what I originally had planned which was Golden Compass .
My top five July-September:
1. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
2. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
3. Hero by Perry Moore
4. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
5. Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
I didn't do as much reading over the summer as I had hoped, but ...
... do) it can be deeply offensive to have someone say how much they hated one of your beloved books.
Anyway, I really hope The Golden Compass wins for the Novemeber book in this group. I think the discussion will be fantastic.
And I can't think of any YA books I hate, but I didn't really ...
I vote for The Golden Compass . His Dark Materials trilogy is one of my favorites, and I've been meaning to re-read it (though I'm nervous about whether or not the movies will do the books any kind of justice). Plus, I first read The Golden Compass when I was still considered a YA. :)
I hope you enjoy the discussions so much that you keep posting, Kerian! I definitely agree about it being a good month for The Golden Compass .
Once we have ten suggestions SheReads usually sets up a poll on an external site to save time on counting, so make sure you check back for the link to ...
... in this group, but am a member and am planning on participating in October's book group. :)
I would like to vote for The Golden Compass for November. It's a perfect month to read it since the movie will be in theaters shortly after. (December 7th where I am.)
... want to read and discuss in November?
Coming forward from last month's vote are the two runner-ups (they tied for 2nd): The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. So, I need eight more suggestions...
Just a reminder we are reading Twilight by ...
Going back to the '80s, I remember the film of The Neverending Story, a book I loved, being appalling bad.
The Golden Compass is coming out this winter, isn't it? I can't remember what the promos said. I struggled through it and the next in the series (can't remember the name) before I ...
the golden compass
... through the Sahara with the Desert Divers of Sven Lindqvest. In the evenings, I accompany Lyra on her trip to the Northern Lights .
Child of the River by Paul J. McAuley is probably the only steampunk work I've read so far.
The previews for The Golden Compass certainly give the impression that the book contains some steampunk-y things, but that could just be the set designer.
Hmmm ... would the Myst books, count, ...
... the most difficult question ever.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Jane Eyre are probs my two favorite books of all time. The Golden Compass is also pretty amazing.
... or fifteen minutes to ascertain its location.
The second scenario is what happened today when I tried to find my copy of The Golden Compass so I can reread it before the movie comes out.
#38
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
My husband bought His Dark Materials for me to read... I just finished the first book, and am a little sad by Lyra's last actions. I don't want to give away the ending, but I expected her to be a little more loyal to her friend. I am interested to ...
... (and not so great ones) this fall. Maybe it's just me but it seems like there are even more than normal.
Atonement, The Golden Compass , The Jane Austen Book Club, Evening, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Nanny Diaries, Beowulf, Stardust, The Hottest State, Th ...
I finished Speaker for the Dead last week.
I was going to move on to Golden Compass and listened to about an hour of that, and then thought maybe I should have stuck with the Ender Saga so I was going to listen to Xenocide.
But then ended up listening to Twilight by Stephanie Meyer ...
Whatever the reason, this is one of the few cases where I like the American title better. In my opinion, The Golden Compass fits with the style of the other two titles, flows with them better, and (in reference to the alethiometer) simply makes more sense.
Hmm, I read The Golden Compass a while ago, and I never knew it was called Northern Lights in the UK. I wonder if anyone knows, is there any textual difference between the two? (I hope not!)
Northern Lights and The Golden Compass are the same book. The former is the original British title. For some unfathomable reason, the publisher changed the title for the U.S. edition.
Different titles between the US and the UK. The first book is called Northern Lights in the UK. For some reason the US publisher didn't like that title and it was renamed The Golden Compass there.
... of going back to it but I got confused reading reviews on it. Most places list The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass and The Golden Compass as the trilogy. What about Northern Lights? I originally throught that was the first one. Is it really a quartet? Or is Northern Lights unrelated? I'm ...
... on a daughter:
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Homer's Daughter by Robert Graves
... to replace Harry (sob), learned about this writer on the boards here, picked it up and just really enjoyed it.
4. Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Wanted to love this book. I read a review where the guy named his daughter Lyra after the main character which is a pretty big tribute ...
... young adult, fantasy ).
Some personal favorites are Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy (starting with The Golden Compass ), Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles (starting with Dealing with Dragons), Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy (starting with The ...
#156 - The Golden Compass !!
I like the gold picture....it's so shiny!!!
Oh Darn !! I missed The God of Small Things and The Mists of Avalon
Also missed The Education of Little Tree and The Golden Compass
How can one possibly narrow the list down to ten ?
Yay! I finally got The Golden Compass , but gack! now that I'm a grad student I have NO time to read it!
#91 - I read A People's History for an English class in college - a really good history and a good resource, but boy does it disillusion you about America (if you aren't already).
...
19. 5/10/2007 O'Brien, Tim July, July
20. 5/27/2007 McCarry, Charles The Miernik Dossier
21. 5/31/2007 O'Brien, Tim Northern Lights
22. 6/2/2007 Caputo, Philip Acts of Faith
23. 6/9/2007 Caputo, Philip Horn of Africa
24. 6/16/2007 O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciato
25. 6/21/2007 ...
...
19. 5/10/2007 O'Brien, Tim July, July
20. 5/27/2007 McCarry, Charles The Miernik Dossier
21. 5/31/2007 O'Brien, Tim Northern Lights
22. 6/2/2007 Caputo, Philip Acts of Faith
23. 6/9/2007 Caputo, Philip Horn of Africa
24. 6/16/2007 O'Brien, Tim Going After Cacciato
25. 6/21/2007 ...
... by Jeffrey Eugenides
15. Marley and Me by John Grogan
16. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
17. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
18. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
19. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
20. Stranger Things Happen by ...
... I actually have any doubles, but I know there are several books called "Northern Lights" (which is why Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass was retitled in the U.S.), and I've had The Bright Phoenix by Harold Mead bring up the wrong touchstone.
And the winner is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
There was a tie for 2nd between The Golden Compass and My Sister's Keeper. These 2 will be included in next month's poll. Happy reading!
... Rising Sequence (unfortunately it looks like the first movie will be bust). I also got The Warrior Heir which I loved, The Golden Compass , Genesis of Shannara and my super special 1st editions of The Sword of Shannara and Harry potter and the chamber of secrets came in todays mail :)
... even mildly enjoyed the entire Freedom series!
My noes:
Anything by Philip Pullman - I read all of...I _think_ it was Golden Compass , not sure. That series, anyway. Reading along, didn't think it was wonderful but lots of interesting concepts...and then at the end he killed off one of the ...
Just finished The Golden Compass over the weekend.
Still dying for someone to pop in here and write, "Just picked up a new book called (title omitted, because it would be shameless self-promotion). Can't wait for the November/December issue of ForeWord to come out, however, because my book is ...
... enjoyed both books! Thanks for the heads up, I had no idea they were to be made into movies! I would also like to see The Golden Compass , but I hope to read the books first.
Philip Pullman's hugely popular trilogy:
The golden compass 6024 copies, 103 reviews
The subtle knife 4739 copies, 51 reviews
The amber spyglass 4498 copies, 60 reviews
is laid in an alternate Oxford.
I voted for My Sister's Keeper, The Golden Compass , and Alanna:. Twilight was close to getting a vote from me but I feel there are already discussions of it going on and there were lots of good books to vote for this month!
Also, I was wondering, even though it obviously doesn't matter to ...
I voted for the two I own: The Golden Compass and Alanna: the First Adventure.
... Keeper because I own it and have been meaning to read it for a while, and I think it will make for a good discussion
The Golden Compass because it's such an important work and I haven't read the whole trilogy yet, and I might want to see the movie that's coming out soon
Twilight ...
... big round things by Carolyn Mackler
Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I want to see I am Legend but I'll have to read the book first. Also very much looking forward to The Golden Compass .
Oh, and The Golden Compass is fantasy too, so scratch that (or at least, postpone until next month).
... they do get are the really popular ones with long waiting lists.
Hmm, I haven't actually suggested any books... maybe The Golden Compass ? The movie's coming out soon so I think it's time for a re-read, and it's an important book anyway.
... titles among the list.
P.S. I Love You - Starring Hillary Swank, WTH?
Kite Runner
The Jane Austen Book Club
Golden Compass
Into the Wild
No Country For Old Men
Atonement
Love in the Time of Cholera
I am excited for Into the Wild. I had no clue about Jane Aus ...
...
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
Ruby Electric by Theresa Nelson
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Scarlett by Alexandria Ripley
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis R ...
Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series reminds me a bit of Harry Potter. The first book is called The Golden Compass , and you might recognize it as a book being made into a movie, due in theathers this December. (A great reason to read it! :) The main character, Lyra Belacour is ...
24. Songs of Bilitis--Pierre Louys
Some of these are exceptionally pretty.
25. The Golden Compass --Philip Pullman-
In my opinion, a much more sweeping tale than Harry Potter. A little more involved, and definitely worth at least one read. I grudgingly developed a great ...
... Philip Pullman's series, His Dark Materials for some time now (I collect children's books) and so I went home with
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
#30 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In Short: A good start to a series and I look forward to what happens next.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
For my full review:
http://tickettoanywhere.blogspot.com/2007/08/introduction-of-lyra-belaqua-review-of.html
... Dunnett
Trojan Gold by Elizabeth Peters
Goldeneye by John Gardner
The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass kept the attention of 6 boys (aged 11-13) with emotional disorders for about an hour at a time when I was working in residential treatment... we didn't read any other books in the series, so I can't say anything about them, but they found that one ...
I just received The Guardians by Ana Castillo. Its an ARC so I plan on setting aside The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman until I finish it.
Everyone has been telling me recently I ought to read The Golden Compass , but I haven't had the time to go out and find it yet.
My recent find isn't a new book, but it's an amusing story. I think my mother found this book years ago out of a box someone was getting rid of and it "sounded like ...
(3) Golden Compass is done.
Adding Under the Glacier by Laxness, as well as The Guardians; I should be finishing up a bunch of stuff this week, several books are almost done.
... another clue before you reveal all, thorold? Here's another poem to be going on with, quickly gettable I predict:
Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
A Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Wiliams
Out of the Fiery Furnace: The impact of metals on the history ...
... haven't already gotten them that is.) After all, reading is an excellent way to pass the time. =)
I'm currently reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Its been recommended to me for years by friends and I've only just now gotten around to giving it a shot. I'm about half way ...
... poetry book, great both for the poetry included and the slice of Russian history represented.
Added to the pile:
Golden Compass - we're pausing Das Niebelungenlied, and reading this to our daughter
The Tale of Genji - the Tyler translation - not sure this will be one read through ...
Chuck Klosterman IV
Year of Magical Thinking
Last Novel
The Golden Compass
Yiddish Policeman's Union
The Golden Compass (A reread)
Chuck Klosterman IV
The Year Of Magical Thinking
The Last Novel
(Oh, touchstones, WHY must you be so very wonky?!)
The Year Of Magical Thinking
Chuck Klosterman IV
The Last Novel
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass
The Last Novel
Chuck Klosterman IV
The Year of Magical Thinking
... reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials which starts with Northern Lights or as it was released in America The Golden Compass
... ines
The Whispering Years by Bob Harris
The Story of San Michele by Axel Munthe
Make a Great Wedding Speech by Philip Calvert
... I tried to finish Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland but couldn't make it past page 50. I then picked up The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and am enjoying it emmensly
Every time someone mentions The Golden Compass film, I feel a rush of fear.
For some reason I felt personally offended by the Nancy Drew movie, and I have no idea why, considering I was never that attached to the books.
All the movies that have enraged me are adult (like 'Constantine.')
The Golden Compass and everything else by Phillip Pullman I would recommend, especially since I hear there is a movie of The Golden Compass coming out soon, which makes now a good time to read it :)
Finished The Golden Compass this morning and was disappointed. I do plan on reading Potter but I think I will stay off young adult fantasy for a couple days after that. Started Giraffe by J. M. Ledgard and while I don't really know where it's going yet, it's intriguing so far.
8. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
I don't know, I wasn't as impressed with this as I'd hoped to be. I'm going to read the next one at least, and probably the third, but I was a bit disappointed.
... one who hates the Disney-fication of Winnie the Pooh in all its incarnation.
I am worried about what they will do to The Golden Compass , but would be happy to be proven wrong.
... You got to see previews for it?? Maybe I can find them online... And which trailer made you shudder? I'm looking forward to the Golden Compass , though I saw a trailer for Stardust, a book I've never read but the movie looks a little iffy to me.
I am starting this thread because of the future release of The Golden Compass which I think will translate to the screen very well.
Which book or series do you think has been best translated into a movie?
Mid Continent PL has a list here: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/
It is ...
6. Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
I was supposed to start The Golden Compass in the airport last Thursday, but strolled into the airport bookstore (I am clearly insane - as if I needed another book) and picked this up instead. I pretty much tore through the first half that afternoon ...
... read
0/25 - tbr
2/15 - nonfiction
Currently reading: The West and the Rest, among others. Thinking of starting The Golden Compass or The Left Hand of Darkness.
Have you read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy? The first is the Golden Compass , and the movie for it will be released Dec. 7 of this year.
... The Lovely Bones (and I shudder to think of the self-indulgent movie Peter Jackson will make out of THAT), and The Golden Compass .
For all the Pullman fans, it was a matter not so much of disliking the story as absolutely HATING Lyra for being so completely self-absorbed and ...
I just finished The Golden Compass and Hank Zipzer. Now I am about to start reading Twilight. Other books on my TBR list include The Lightning Thief, Stravaganza, and Magyk
The Golden Compass is also coming out and it is a fantastic series.
The original title of The Golden Compass is Northern Lights (His Dark Materials).
"The superficial resemblance of protagonist Lyra Belacqua's alethiometer to a large compass caused the North American publishers of Northern Lights to retitle the book The Golden Compass. In fact, The Golden Comp ...
... Twin clairovoyants.
Sybel - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip; very cool sorceress.
Serafina- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, if Lyra dosen't work... how about the witch who helps her?
Thayet - Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce; Beautiful refugee princess ...
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Golden Compass
Blade Runner
The Subtle knife
The Amber Spyglass
And just for kicks...
Do-It-Yourself Magic
It has to be Northern lights by Philip Pullman
and the tiger in the well.
... the Underground Railroad by Katherine Ayres
West to a Land of Plenty by Jim Murphy
East by Edith Pattou
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (The compass is a navigational tool)
... Rainbow and Other Stories
Redwall
The Blue Sword
Rose daughter
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Amber Spyglass
The Golden Compass
Silver Wire Jewelry
One of the books I recommend most is The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. I'm obsessed with it and love the whole His Dark Materials series.
-Angela D.
Moby Dick: couldn't get through it at all. I'm willing to live with the lack of having read it.
Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife: just didn't "do" it for me. I liked his writing, but couldn't get into the plot.
Anything by Robert Jordan: once I'd read ...
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Sam Elliott is going to be in the new movie The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. He's playing the Texan balloonist - and really, who else could?
I'm going to see that movie for him alone!
Oh, is this also related to King's The Dark Towel series?
;o)
... be edited! But the person who made that mistake never even realized it, methinks. ;o)
*laughs hysterically at The Dark Towel series*
#48 - Hey, what's wrong with Stephan King?
I'm a big fan of his books, especially Slalom's Lot, Carry, The Dark Towel series (especially The Gumslinger) and The Stained.
Heee heeeee, sorry to tease, I've made my share of typos and mispellings, too!
... can't agree on girls names. I like Phedre from Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Dart and Lyra from Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass . My husband doesn't care for either. Being a book lover I would like to give a potential daughter the name of a strong female character. Suggestions?
Personally, I couldn't stand The Golden Compass . I slogged my way through it because someone asked me to, but I detest Lyra.
I read The Subtle Knife next, and actually found myself enjoying that one about halfway through - you know, once Lyra stops being completely self-involved and obnoxious. ...
... much shorter, but how about Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine trilogy? Griffin and Sabine, Sabine's Notebook, and The Golden Compass . (There are more books in the series, but the initial trilogy is the best.) Another good book by Bantock is The Venetian's Wife.
Why trilogies?
Anyway, I'd recommend Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass (also published as Northern Lights ), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.
My roommate and I read while we blowdry our hair. She got me started on that. I just bring in whatever I'm reading (The Golden Compass , currently), flip my head upside down and go to. Ten or fifteen minutes later, I've got straight, dry hair, and a few more pages read.
... as some details on the next book in the series.
Also, while tooling around on the Internet I checked out the webpage for The Golden Compass movie which has an application that shows your deamon. Mine was an ocelot named Ariel.
... being turned into a movie. Some recent ones I have heard about include:
-The Time Traveller's Wife
-Stardust
-The Golden Compass
-Atlas Shrugged
-The Amulet of Samarkand
-The Watchmen
-His Majesty's Dragon
While Hollywood can often take a good book and turn it into a ...
be_safe:
At your age, I think Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass might be a good one. Adults read it, too. At the same time, I see you have some classics cataloged, and would maybe like some of the humor in Jasper Fforde's books. If you read his Thursday Next series, begin with The E ...
... Barker
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
So many good ones already mentioned and so many more than can be list here. I have found many great books just by browsing in book ...
Just started Pullman's The Subtle Knife and I'm finding it really REALLY slow going. I didn't really like The Golden Compass much, but a friend of mine insisted I NEED to read this series. I'm slogging through it, but I just find Lyra one of the most obnoxious characters I've ever encountered... ...
... movies in the near future. Including Samarkand which is coming out in 09, some other YA books coming out as movies are His Dark Material , Harry Potter, Narnia, Stardust and The Hobbit to name a few.
... for Funke's The Thief Lord and would also highly recommend Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy beginning with the Golden Compass . It's extremely well done.
... excuse to buy some more books, I can take it off on my taxes anyway - excuses excuses, excuses!)
I haven't tried Golden Compass or that series yet. We are having a half-price book fair in a few weeks at school - maybe I can find them there. I usually end up buying stacks of books. It ...
"Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen."
The Golden Compass , Philip Pullman
"They set a slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair."
Count Zero, Willi ...
Sorry, I meant to say His Dark Materials, which is the name of the trilogy, that includes The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. In these books, the religious motivation is basically negative, but the story is well told.
Everyone here knows Pullman's The Golden Compass is being made into a movie, right? In the US, it hits theaters this December.
... Station I was in the mood for some YA fiction so I picked up The Amulet of Samarkand, So You Want To Be A Wizard and The Golden Compass . I finished the first two (and really enjoyed Samarkand) but have yet to read the Golden Compass (which everyone seems to rave about). The only other ...
I didn't think The Golden Compass trilogy is at all YA - it's too dark and violent - whereas The Dark is Rising is definitely YA.
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I consider The Dark is Rising to be far more YA than The Golden Compass . The tone is quite dark compared to Susan Cooper's series.
It didn't feel YA to me at all. It's just the outward trappings - young protagonists, talking animals, etc.
The Golden Compass (well, the whole trilogy, really) is an excellent story and has complex plot, characters, world, etc. I don't consider it YA, personally. There isn't sex, and there are talking animals, so maybe that's why it's there.
Well, I'm not the best judge. One of my favorite books ...
... YA is just absence of sex /but a good story/ and sometimes it is overly simplified plot and characters. Where does The golden compass fit on that scale?
#47 I'm pretty sure I've seen plenty of discussion on LT about Pullman but, maybe not in Green Dragon, The golden Compass has 23 other conversations about it.
Philip Pullman has his critics but I certainly enjoyed the trilogy. It was a big hit maybe 2 yrs ago - sort of while you are ...
... today, guess who came away with the most books?
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Mt. Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley, one of the guest authors, hopefully he will ...
... today, guess who came away with the most books?
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Mt. Olympus Basketball by Kevin O'Malley, one of the guest authors, hopefully he will ...
1. Galactic Pot Healer by Philip K. Dick
2. Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut
3. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
5. Impro by Keith Johnstone
6. The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
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... above except Tigana which I own but have not yet read.
I would put them in this order (excluding Tigana):
-The Golden Compass
-Stardust
-The Amulet of Samarkand
-The assassin's apprentice
I personally really liked the Golden Compass. Stardust is a fun read and quite ...
... try that one out as well. Also, my co-worker highly (frequently and repeatedly LOL) recommends the Artemis Fowl and the Golden Compass books as well.
I just started The Golden Compass . I'd picked up one of this trilogy (I think the second one) at the library several years ago. But it was the only one the library had, and I couldn't really get into it.
It's been recommended so highly that I'm trying it again, from the beginning this time.
...
Finished The Prestige by Christopher Priest recently and now reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. I really enjoyed The Prestige and I'm thoroughly enjoying The Golden Compass as well. I intend to continue with the other two books in Pullman's His Dark Materials series ...
... but compared to non-fiction or classical literature, its not a hard read, since its fantasy. On the other hand, I read The Golden Compass a few years ago, and while it was good enough to make me keep reading the trilogy, I couldn't manage to finish off the last one in the trilogy, it just ...
I wouldn't recommend The Golden Compass as "light," personally. It, or at least the trilogy as a whole, has some pretty grim moments. The Assassin's Apprentice in general is quite dark, too. Stardust, though, would be an excellent choice. ^^
Tigana, The Assassin's Apprentice, and The Golden Compass are all wonderful reads. I especially have been a fan of Robin Hobb lately, so I recommend getting into that - she writes well and she plots well and with that trilogy and her other two there's no going wrong. I haven't read the ...
... books I am thinking of starting. Does anyone have an opinion? The books are as follows:
-The Amulet of Samarkand
-The Golden Compass
-Stardust
-Tigana
-The assassin's apprentice
Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Golden Compass , which is the first book in the trilogy His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman, and it is quite good. Think of it as the atheist version of the Chronicles of Narnia. I haven't read any of the others, but have heard good things about the Amulet of Samarkand, and actually just ...
I haven't read all of them, but here're my comments on those I've worked my way through:
The Golden Compass - it wasn't a bad book, but I was expecting a lot more after all the hype. Lyra didn't really work for me, either; she felt almost like a parody of a child.
Stardust - quite ...
... books I am thinking of starting. Does anyone have an opinion? The books are as follows:
-The Amulet of Samarkand
-The Golden Compass
-Stardust
-Tigana
-The assassin's apprentice
Let me know what you think. Thanks.
Today the amber spyglass by Philip Pullman
None of these seem to address the topic: what we _must_ not read. Books that put souls in peril are fairly rare. I think Philip Pullman 's "His Dark Materials" books may fall into that category. I don't put any of Richard Dawkins books in that category since Dawkins' continuing Profession of No F ...
RED: The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
ORANGE: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
YELLOW: The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
GREEN: Anne of Green Gables: Three Volumes in One (L.M. Montgomery)
BLUE: Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
VIOLET: Violet Eyes (Nicole ...
... the darkings from Tamora Pierce's Immortals and Trickster series.
I like the daemons from Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
I think unicorns became too cliched. If you want to see unicorns, look in the kids' books - at least, half the books I had as a kid had ...
3. Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman (aka The Golden Compass
This book was great. The main character is a girl name Lyra Belacqua. Daughter of 2 very nasty scientists/scholars, she spends most of this novel trying to save her playmate who has been kidnapped by "Gobblers". Shes a kid, and a ...
GOLD:
The Golden Compass
BLACK:
Black like me
BLUE:
Black and Blue
CLEAR:
The Glass Castle
AMBER:
The Amber Spyglass
... to get the second book Dune Messiah immediately, so picked up Phillip Pullman's Northern Light which is called also The Golden Compass . Thats what Im reading right now.
Im thinking of finishing up TGH which I started to reread a while ago, but got distracted from.
What I got next ...
... End, specifically, which are more difficult and more adult than most of her other books. The same goes for Pullman's His Dark Materials , which many adults, even fantasy readers, will swear up and down are YA books, not Adult books.
I was no slouch of a reader when I was in my early ...
... tar
Green: Accommodating Brocolli in the Cemetary
Blue: The Blue Sword, Many Waters
Violet: Plum Lovin'
Gold: The Golden Compass , Professional Goldsmithing
Clear: Crystal Line
Rainbow: The Last Slice of Rainbow
Black: A Night in the Lonesome October, Left Hand of Darkn ...
...
GREEN: The Green Hills of Earth
BLUE: Atom Bomb Blues
VIOLET: Through Violet Eyes
SILVER: The Silver Kiss
GOLD: The Golden Compass
PURPLE: The Color Purple
GRAY: Hulk: Gray
WHITE: The White Mountains
BLACK: Black Powder War
SCARLET: The Scarlet Empress
RAINBOW: The Ra ...
... ibrary?
RED
Wielding a Red Sword by Piers Anthony
ORANGE
To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert Heinlein
YELLOW
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
GREEN
The Green Mile by Stephen King
BLUE
Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
INDIGO
The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
VIO ...
... lists of fantasy go, i think we've got quite the range here. the only book i could think of that was lacking was the dark materials trilogy by philip pullman. that's a pretty fundamental work of fantasy.
and it does all come down to taste as far as what fantasy you like. i ...
I'm sorry to say that I've dropped The Golden Compass . I just couldn't get into it, maybe because I'm not a huge YA books reader.
There are too many books, and not enough time, for me to plod through a book just to say I've finished it.
I added a few books to my library.
#1: The Golden Compass (3138)
#100: The Grammar of Ornament (65)
10%: A Little Princess (1080)
50%: Alexandria : In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Unfolds (166)
90%: 500 Bracelets (3)
Same 4 "singlets" as before, ...
... it does not seem to be in circulation at the library. (A good excuse to get out to the second hand bookstores.)
I loved The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, but hadn't heard of the Sally Lockhart books. I'll have to look into those...
I read The Golden Compass when it first came out and thought that it was okay, but not so great that I rushed out to buy the rest of them when they came out (it was also just as I was outgrowing YA - I'm now returning to everything I skipped in those years). So I still haven't finished the ...
mdbenoit, I had no problems getting into The Golden Compass , and I loved the whole trilogy. Hope you end up enjoying it. But if not, oh well.
tripleblessings and pesserj, Please let us know what you think of Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (I didn't know that one was from a Canadian). I ...
I'm halfway through American Gods by Neil Gaiman and am trying to get into The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and so far find it a total yawn.
I have another couple Lois Lowry on the backburner and Holly Phillips's The Burning Girl.
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... it out. I also like the Harry Potter books read by Jim Dale. One really big miss that I'm sorry I even listened to was The Golden Compass . It was the abridged version and I probably should have known better than to try it. It totally ruined ever reading those books for me.
... on my list of books of parallel worlds. The title of the three books may differ depending on where you are. The 3 books are The Golden Compass (or Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
And since we're on Children's titles (although His Dark Materials may not qualify ...
After the Harry Potter audio books which I used to listen to all the time I tried a couple others. I tried The Golden Compass book on tape and didn't really enjoy it. I also tried Silver on the Tree which I had loved in school as an audio book and didn't like that one at all.
After that I ...
... out 30-45 minutes on an elliptical with an audiobook, no problem.
Well, one problem. If the audiobook is suspenseful (Golden Compass by Philip Pullman was the worst), I'll actually hold my breath without noticing... not so good when you're trying to run!
... out on the 13th, but I don't know (my bf and I read them to each other, so making time can be a bit tricky).
Next is The Golden Compass , which I'm quite excited about!
I just took a long road trip and listened to The Golden Compass (the first in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy) -- the audio version is narrated by Pullman and a full cast of actors, and I got immensely more out of the listening than I did when I read it. If anyone out there is ...
... The Chocolate War, Native Son.
And two fantasy/SF books I could do without: Eragon (just couldn't get into it) and The Golden Compass .
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Patricia C. Wrede - The Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
Garth Nix - Sabriel and subsequent novels.
Philip Pullman - The Golden Compass . This one my father read to me when I was that age, but I knew friends my age who were reading it at the same time, so I don't think it should be too ...
