Suna’s Comments (group member since Apr 18, 2011)

Suna’s comments from the The Astrid Lindgren Reading Group group.

There are worse literary kinships to claim for certain. ^^

Gosh, I had no idea there were comics either!
I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the information. ^^

By the way, I did just find out it is indeed called NetSpeak! You finger on the pulse you...

I also found these:

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That's cute!

I think this is what's called going off-topic......:P

:)

Someone taught me to do a penguin once, hold on..

<(^^)

Oh, ^^ is about as far as I grasp the lingo - I mostly hate it, too.

But ^^ is sort of a friendly, squeezy eyes face.....! :)

Gundula , Ellie!

Yes, I know how that feels, I'm in major catch-up mode right now...
So once again, no rush. ^^

Hello, Hello,

It's been a while since I done anything in this group, but just so you know I'm not completely procrastinating, I am still awaiting my library copy of the first Pippi Longstocking book, which should have arrived two weeks ago.
Once I've read that, I will review both it and Pippi Goes Aboard and hopefully start a nice chat about them.

However, there's no great rush for anyone to catch up quickly or anything. :P

Hope you're all well and happy reading!

My mother used to date a Swedish journalist so we went to Sweden often.
I adored Astrid Lindgren's Värld, though I must admit I was disturbed by Emil in the shadowy woodshed...!

Ellie, I can really recommend Pippi!
They are dated, but as Pippi's life is also absurd and surreal it stands the test of time better than 'normal' programs from the same time period.

That sounds great, I will definitely look for a copy, thank you.

Gundula wrote: I wish all we had to do was read

If only...^^

Ha! I loved Das doppelte Lottchen!! I know The Parent Trap was based on it but never watched it, I have heard too many complaints similar to yours.
Did you know there's a 1950 German movie of the book, screenplay by Erich Kästner? I've never seen it, but I would like to at some point.

Back to Lindgren, she also wrote the screenplay for the 1984 movie adaptation of Ronja, the Robber's Daughter.
It's excellent, they did a wonderful job with casting Lovis and Mattis, the forest creatures are great.
The only thing that truly jarred for me is that Ronja is supposed to have raven black curls and dark eyes in the book, whereas Birk has 'a copper helmet of hair'.

I guess they had trouble finding kids who looked like that and had sufficient acting skills, because Ronja's hair in the movie resembles nothing so much as a grey twine mop that has been stiffened and put upside down on her head and Birk is sporting red curls.

It's hugely worth watching, though!

Oh, my favourite Astrid Lindgren film is without a shadow of a doubt The Brothers Lionheart!

Directed by Olle Helbom, it captures the atmosphere of the book beautifully and the relationship between the two brothers is very well done.

The movie is VERY dated as it was filmed in 1971 -or '72 and it shows on the effects part of things.
Katla the dragon is quite frightening in close-up head shots, but looks like a swollen maggot with a dragon's head in full body shots!
Apparently the studio couldn't afford a fully movable animatronic dragon, so she is stationary in all of the wide shots....

Having said that, when I saw the movie in the cinema when I was about eight, I was properly terrified.

I think having seen this movie as young as I did does much towards it being my favourite, it made a huge impression on me at the time.
The book was already one of my favourites, too.

Lindgren herself wrote the script so all the dialogue is in her own wonderful style.

You can actually watch the film in installments on YouTube if you're interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocUqBm...

Hello everyone,

I must apologize for not being very active right after having started this group, but life is getting in the way at the moment.

I've been reading an English version of Pippi goes Aboard, but I must admit I wasn't too keen on the style and translation. Review to follow soon...

Gundula, thank you for picking up the slack by starting so many brilliant topics!

Thank you, I'd completely forgotten about ABE books, they are good.
But yes, I'll look around for something closer to home first!

Also, Daß ist ein sehr gutes idee, Gundula.
Entschulding für meine Slechte Grammatik, mein Deutsch ist genau sehr rostig, weil Ich es nicht oft mehr Spreche!

Alright, I've now finished showing off like a sad geek and just want to say this is a great idea.
I'm inspired to go find some German translations.
It would revive my knowledge of the language, it will be iteresting to see the differences between the Dutch and German book, plus it will be fun to be able to read some together!

Hello, Ceridwen, Ellie and Ronyell,

Welcome to the group! As soon as I wade my way through my other reading commitments I'm hoping to start reading some Lindgren and to be able to add some thoughts...:)

Hello Freddy, nice to meet you!

You wrote: I must confess I have my favorites amongst her books and stories and others I hardly care for (probably because I never read them, when I was a child)...


That's part of what I'm hoping will come out of this group: That the lesser known books, or the books we have a lesser connection with, will become part of us, too.

It will be intriguing to see what the impact of the adult reading of more obscure books will have, versus the childhood gems!