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I was having the same difficulty. I sought outside advice that helped me... Brian Send a noteboard - 02/09/2009 07:22:43 AM
Ah, the never-ending dilemma. Should I watch it first? Or read it first? I really want to read the novel, but I am worried that will make me hate a movie I really want to love (the trailer has made me cry three times already). Conversely, I'm afraid that if I watch the movie first, I will ruin something of the novel's magic.

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I think this is sound advice.
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Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. *NM* - 02/09/2009 07:30:04 PM 150 Views
Exactly *NM* - 02/09/2009 11:42:42 PM 153 Views
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novel? - 02/09/2009 05:42:07 AM 428 Views
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I was having the same difficulty. I sought outside advice that helped me... - 02/09/2009 07:22:43 AM 529 Views
Apparently I am the opposite of a white person. *NM* - 02/09/2009 07:31:36 PM 180 Views
Well according to that site.... - 03/09/2009 12:44:45 AM 402 Views
I get that a lot. *NM* - 03/09/2009 02:20:14 AM 160 Views
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I used to read it to minander. - 02/09/2009 09:28:18 AM 417 Views
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Re: /literature. Where the Wild Things Are - 02/09/2009 12:15:15 PM 359 Views
I will tell you after Chirstmas - 02/09/2009 02:28:20 PM 378 Views
as someone else said, it's based on a common child's book - 02/09/2009 05:58:16 PM 408 Views
Find a small child in need of a bedtime story, - 03/09/2009 02:25:29 AM 441 Views

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