"Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered." - Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen

When I was young, my mother came home one day from England carrying a book I wasn't really interested in. She had bought the book for my brother who was 10 at the time. I didn't really want to take a look because it looked rather thin (for me) and was a children's book!

In fact when I first deigned to read it, I was rather amused because the story was different from the summary on the back.

Mum had bought it because it was marked down on Christmas and she thought my brother would have liked it. I loved it when I read it and my brother marked it as his own. I'm glad you bought that first book mum...

And then...we waited eagerly for the second book and it came...better than the first making us crave more. By the time the third book was coming, it had developed a strong fan base. I must admit I was resentful because I hated wading through so many people to get to a book I loved. But later, I was just glad they loved it as much as I did.

And now, after all those years, its over. And it went out the way it should...

All I have to say here is, "Thank you mum....for picking up that book so many years ago. We appreciate it alot and we hope you'll read the set too!!" (And love it!!)

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This is the book! At least...it's the one I have...ahakz!






















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I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING THIS MOVIE!!!!!!






















I swear I'm gonna be one of the first to grab movie tix!!

Just a refresher, the His Dark Materials Trilogy is written by Philip Pullman and I really really love it!! Read it long long ago when mum bought it from the UK (hence my first book is titled "Northen Lights" unlike the USA version "The Golden Compass") and fell in love with it. Best thing is, Nicole Kidman is in it! Yeah yeah I'm a Kidman fan!! *grinz*

Just a few stills...ahakz!

Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra Belacqua































Nicole Kidman as the stunningly evil Mrs Coulter




















































Daniel Craig as the ambitious Lord Asriel





























Wish I could find more....sigh...and where are the daemons????
>.<

Check it out at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/

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