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    Critics Are Wild About Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Happy Roald Dahl Day!

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More: Bully for You

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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/14/09

    In reply to Critics Are Wild About Fantastic Mr. Fox
    This has been out for a while in the UK. My kids saw it on Halloween, I would have liked to see it too but stayed in for the trick-or-treaters. Their review was that it indeed was "FANTASTIC". I'll look forward to seeing it once it comes out on dvd! #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Critics Are Wild About Fantastic Mr. Fox
    It was the first book I ever read by myself so it'll always have a special place in my heart. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    11/13/09

    @mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: It was mine too! I think I've read it 40 times. I'm very excited to see this. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    11/13/09

    @andyburn: Ohh I so must reread it. I read Matilda and the BFG recently and enjoyed both tremendously. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    11/13/09

    @mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: Those are my other two favorite Roald Dahl books. I was Ms. Trunchbull from Matilda for Halloween when I was 8, so goofy. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    Image of MalinaMango MalinaMango
    11/13/09

    @mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: I just read The BFG for the first time, and the part about having different kinds of dreams for girls and boys pissed me off. Insidious sexism!

    Matilda was my favourite book as a kid. I've been meaning to read it again. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    11/13/09

    @MalinaMango: Oh no, I so missed that. I leave my critical analysis at the door when it comes to Dahl. I've taught Children's lit and ruined my students' beloved childhood tales, so I refuse to do it to myself. #fantasticmrfoxreviews
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    Image of Tee for Ten Tee for Ten
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    This makes me want to re-read James and the Giant Peach again. It was a staple of my childhood, and I haven't read it in years.
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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel were the only Dahl books I'd read for years, until my brother made me pick up Danny the Champion of the World as an adult. It is a work of art. And it still makes me laugh like an idiot at the end, when the great pheasant caper comes unraveled in a particularly spectacular way.
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    Image of LuvEwan LuvEwan
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    Matilda and The Witches made my childhood.
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    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    09/13/09

    @LuvEwan: I spent the better half of fourth grade convinced that I could become telekinetic if I just....tried... a little...harder...
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    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    Favorite Roald Dahl book: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

    THE BEST. THE. BEST.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    I came to Dahl as an adult, so Switch Bitch and My Uncle Oswald are my favorites. Wickedly funny.

    Not a very nice man, by many accounts, but a great writer.
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    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    09/13/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: You should read his collection of short stories, entitled Omnibus. I dislike short stories as a genre, but they are incredible.
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    Image of etcerica etcerica
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    I have a Roald Dahl inspired cookbook...it has recipes for Candy Wallpaper, Mr. Twit's Beard Food, and so on...basically the best thing ever.
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    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    I was about 13 when the big public flare-up over his anti-Semitic views occurred. It killed much of my fondness for his books.
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    09/13/09

    @Isi: I'm even Jewish and I can't even bring myself to care. I read Matilda 61 times before my copy split in half. I was 9 at that time. I'm now 24 and am on my 5th paperback. I can't put him down, to this day.
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    Image of lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    He really did kind of change my life when I was a kid. His work was more respectful of children and their intelligence than anything else I had ever read. He is truly responsible to a large degree for why I became a reader. I'll never forget when the news of his death came out...the school librarian came and took me out of class to break the news.
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    Image of rah29 rah29
    09/13/09

    In reply to Happy Roald Dahl Day!
    Or, set up a business venture seducing and then collecting the sperm of famous/accomplished men, selling it on to ladies for impregnation purposes.

    Roald Dahl's work: not all for the kiddies!
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    Image of hortense hortense
    09/13/09

    @rah29: Or make yourself a leg of lamb!
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    Image of gherkinfiend gherkinfiend
    09/13/09

    @rah29: Or smoke some goat's dropping tobacco. Definitely not for the little 'uns!
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    09/13/09

    @rah29: I won't wager my pinky over that.
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    08/15/09

    In reply to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More: Bully for You
    I feel like I should reread that book, I seem to have missed out on major themes from when I was a child.
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    Image of saintestella saintestella
    08/14/09

    In reply to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More: Bully for You
    this entry made me cry. i love henry sugar that much. to know there was a possibility of escaping the world with a turtle...Roald Dahl was a very large part of my childhood. A few years ago i read the entire book out loud to my best friend, rediscovering the awesomeness for myself as we went along. then i created this cocktail:

    The Henry Sugar:

    2 parts Bombay Sapphire
    1 part lime-flavored authentic wormwood absinthe (to see without your eyes)
    generous portions of club soda and lime grenadine
    serve in a teardrop tumbler with a sugar-lined rim

    PS: I am saving up to buy your book! for the moment i need to eat and re-read Henry Sugar, but soon my hard earned dollars will be flowing your way. i think i'll order it from my local bookstore, and hopefully they'll order more copies!
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    Image of laughingacademy laughingacademy
    08/14/09

    In reply to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More: Bully for You
    I adored "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" when I read it as a 10-year-old. My favorite moment was the morning after he’d broken the bank at his first casino — and realized that having mastered this power to cheat at cards, he no longer had any interest in doing so. So he starts throwing his winnings off his balcony...
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    Image of Hana Maru Hana Maru
    08/14/09

    In reply to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More: Bully for You
    I wish I hadn't read this, or his other adult stories as a child. Things like The Swan, and a story in another book about the guy murdered for his skin, haunt me to this day.

    As an adult I might have more perspective and less sensitivity to that stuff--Oh, who am I kidding. I still don't watch horror movies.
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