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cori wrote:I finished Deathly Hallows last night. The book did not disappoint, but I wasn't too crazy about the epilogue. It only focused only on a certain group of people, but I wanted to find out what happened to the rest.

please no spoilers.. thank you.. :mrgreen: :victory:

damn you guys are fast in having your own copies... i want mine badly!! :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

slashersam016 wrote:

please no spoilers.. thank you.. :mrgreen: :victory:

damn you guys are fast in having your own copies... i want mine badly!! :puppydog: :shamefulcry:

I've had mine for a few days now but it's just sitting there while I re-read the others. I'm now on Order of the Pheonix.

I got this book from an ebayer today -

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The Dorama Encyclopedia -
http://www.muramasaindustries.com/fact/doramaencyclopedia/doramaencyclopedia.html

It seems pretty good for reference. And, it mentions Jdorama, too!!!
(It gets listed under English-speaking website resources). :dancing:

Keps wrote:I got this book from an ebayer today -

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The Dorama Encyclopedia -
http://www.muramasaindustries.com/fact/doramaencyclopedia/doramaencyclopedia.html

It seems pretty good for reference. And, it mentions Jdorama, too!!!
(It gets listed under English-speaking website resources). :dancing:

We're in a book?! Sugoi ne... :shocked:

Keps wrote:I got this book from an ebayer today -

[image]

The Dorama Encyclopedia -
http://www.muramasaindustries.com/fact/doramaencyclopedia/doramaencyclopedia.html

It seems pretty good for reference. And, it mentions Jdorama, too!!!
(It gets listed under English-speaking website resources). :dancing:

proof that you can find anything on ebay. :applaud:

Keps wrote:I got this book from an ebayer today -

[image]

The Dorama Encyclopedia -
http://www.muramasaindustries.com/fact/doramaencyclopedia/doramaencyclopedia.html

It seems pretty good for reference. And, it mentions Jdorama, too!!!
(It gets listed under English-speaking website resources). :dancing:

Yup.

I bought that book a couple of years back... Nice reference, but with so many dramas coming out each year, it gets dated pretty fast. :sweat:

kenjilina wrote:

proof that you can find anything on ebay. :applaud:

Indeed. :)

bmwracer wrote:

I bought that book a couple of years back... Nice reference, but with so many dramas coming out each year, it gets dated pretty fast. :sweat:

Yeah, I think the book stops at 2003 (or thereabouts). But for someone like me, who doesn't know a lot about Japanese dramas, it fills in a lot of gaps.

Keps wrote:

Yeah, I think the book stops at 2003 (or thereabouts). But for someone like me, who doesn't know a lot about Japanese dramas, it fills in a lot of gaps.

What kinda stuff does it cover?

Wynter wrote:What kinda stuff does it cover?

It's like a single edition of an encyclopedia of Doramas from A to Z (titles are in Romaji, obviously)...

cori wrote:I finished Deathly Hallows last night. The book did not disappoint, but I wasn't too crazy about the epilogue. It only focused only on a certain group of people, but I wanted to find out what happened to the rest.

I know what you mean!!

Spoiler — click to reveal

I really wanted to know what happened to the wizard world in general after everything ended. The epilogue itself was really cheesy. And who in their right mind would name their kid Albus Severus?!?

bmwracer wrote:
It's like a single edition of an encyclopedia of Doramas from A to Z (titles are in Romaji, obviously)...

Sounds like it would be a good read, but was it worth the purchase?

MissMonika wrote:

I know what you mean!!

Spoiler — click to reveal

I really wanted to know what happened to the wizard world in general after everything ended. The epilogue itself was really cheesy. And who in their right mind would name their kid Albus Severus?!?

I just found this article which kind of talks about what happens to some of the other characters and more in detail about other things. Spoilers, of course!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959323/

cori wrote:Sounds like it would be a good read, but was it worth the purchase?

It's a good historical reference if you're curious, but if you don't have any of the dramas from that period (and they're near-impossible to find), it might be a waste...

bmwracer wrote:
It's a good historical reference if you're curious, but if you don't have any of the dramas from that period (and they're near-impossible to find), it might be a waste...

It's a great reference, but woefully out of date...the cover picture is terrific, but an odd choice for such a book, taken from what's easily one of the strangest doramas of all time, Kanno Miho's Iguana no Musume...

bmwracer wrote:
It's a good historical reference if you're curious, but if you don't have any of the dramas from that period (and they're near-impossible to find), it might be a waste...

So more it's more like an indepth look at each drama (or the most popular) during certain years?

bmwracer wrote:
It's like a single edition of an encyclopedia of Doramas from A to Z (titles are in Romaji, obviously)...

Yeah, good description.

@ Wynter - I think it's meant to cover all dramas from 1953 up to about 2003. There's not much in the way of critique of the dramas, but there's nice description for each drama.
I would think most dorama fans would find it a fairly interesting read.

@ runpup - I'd been wondering what drama the cover picture was from. It looks deeply freaky. I'm gonna be reading the description for that drama later.

From everyone's description, I think I'll get this book on my next Amazon order. I think it'll be good to read when I have downtime at work. :)

if Rowling's gonna make another book on the full epilogue i'm so buying it. it's gonna be more interesting.

the last book was so predictable.

but the movie, for the 7th book, will sound daymn good. can't wait...

Spoiler — click to reveal

Mrs.Weasley and Bellatrix's duel

:hehe:

cori wrote:I finished Deathly Hallows last night. The book did not disappoint, but I wasn't too crazy about the epilogue. It only focused only on a certain group of people, but I wanted to find out what happened to the rest.

We bought it last week, but my son is reading it ATM. I'm next!

Anime Dad wrote:

We bought it last week, but my son is reading it ATM. I'm next!

I'm aching! I wish I could read book 5 and 6 faster! :grumble:

Anime Dad wrote:

We bought it last week, but my son is reading it ATM. I'm next!

Tell him to hurry up!! Or invest in a speed reading course. :beaten:

Wynter wrote:

I'm aching! I wish I could read book 5 and 6 faster! :grumble:

I'm starting on book 1 again because I want to see if I can find clues and such. Or maybe because I don't want the HP universe to end just yet. :sweat: