Test drive #3 Wikis

I am trying to keep to my theme on Books and Movies. I have chosen a more recent series of book that has become a bit of a phenomenon similar to the Harry Potter series. Twilight while orginally seen as a teenage readers book, has become widely read by all age groups. The book is based around a young teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire. Is this love doomed? You need to read the series to find that out!

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

For information on the books try

Twilight (series)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and for something more fan based

Twilight Saga Wiki

Twilight the movie

Test drive #2 Photo sharing

Vivien Leigh & Thomas Mitchell in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Originally uploaded by cinema_lasuperlativ2

GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
Synopsis: Published in 1936, GONE WITH THE WIND sold 50,000 copies on its first day, and two million after a year. GONE WITH THE WIND is a sweeping account of how the Civil War tore apart an entire way of life, and Scarlett O'Hara is one of the most enduring characters in American fiction.

See the Story behind "Gone with the wind"

I personally love this movie, and still cry everytime I watch it, which isn't often due to its long length. The costumes are amazing.


Searching for photos on Flickr can lead you on different avenues. I searched orginally for Gone with the wind and found some amazing photos which have nothing to do with the movie. Some of the images available for viewing and sharing on Flickr are incredible.

April 2009 Test drive #1 Blogs

It has been a while since I logged on and did anything to this blog.



Work and family keeps me fairly busy but i thought I would try and incorporate a bit of my original blog I wanted to setup and this one.



I love reading and going to the movies, so naturally this brings me to movies based on books. How do they rate??

One of the best portrayals I have seen is "The Kite Runner" Khaled Hosseini.


"In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right."

This is an amazing story and a very good adaption to the big screen (2007).