Never made it through Dune!!!???!!!Originally Posted by Jean
*has minor stroke*
jst kidding.
never made it all the way through Skinny Dip.
Never made it through Dune!!!???!!!
*has minor stroke*
jst kidding.
never made it all the way through Skinny Dip.
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
I've never made it through The Story of B by Daniel Quinn, despite being a huge fan of his book Ishmael, loving the concept behind The Story of B and being intersted it it. I just get frustrated with having to flip back to the back of the book for B's sermons. I have tried to finish it twice.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Ya I think you and I have had a similiar discussion. I can't find my copy of the Story of B, and I did start it. So there for, I never made it through that either. I don't know what it is, Ishmael was really good, trying to figure out why I lost interest with B.
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
You won't believe this but I was tihnking about the same.. can we hate a book at all?
I don't know. Maybe if we are very very disappointed.
I have just finished a book. When I was reading the last 10 pages (the book itself has 500 pages) I was so deadly disappointed I can't describe. But I wouldn't say I hate that book. I am just angry and disappointed.
Roland would have understood.
if we can love a book, why can't we hate one? If books can be our friends and teachers, why not enemies and corrupters? I am sure there are books both noble and ignoble, inspiring and suicide-inducing, courageous and cowardly, life-givers and killers.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And are there books you hate, Jean?
Roland would have understood.
The Story of O comes to mind very quickly. And there was one (non-fiction) that I can't remember the name of that was about a woman's near death experience which supposedly led her to have all kinds of spiritual powers that made me so mad that I threw the book across the room when I fininshed it and then immediately trashed it.You won't believe this but I was tihnking about the same.. can we hate a book at all?
I don't know. Maybe if we are very very disappointed.
I have just finished a book. When I was reading the last 10 pages (the book itself has 500 pages) I was so deadly disappointed I can't describe. But I wouldn't say I hate that book. I am just angry and disappointed.
People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.
Oh let me know why, please.What was the problem with it?
Roland would have understood.
Thank you Bethany: Nikolett, that was a good beginning to answering your question. The Story of O definitely belongs to the books I hate. (judging by the description, I wouldn't be crazy about the other one Bethany has described, either)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Story of O left me feeling slimy and dirty and violated, especially since it is considered to be one of the defining erotic books. That's just horribly depressing and hopeless if it is. The other book went against all of my spiritual beliefs and angered me.
People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.
I see. Thank you for your answers. You made me interested in that book.But I don't think I will read it.
Roland would have understood.
what I hate most about books is lying - when the author twists the realilty to fit his pet ideas, as then tries to pass it off as the Bitter Ultimate Truth. That's what happened in The Story of O, and, by the way, Lord of the Flies, too.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate that one book...you know...has an old testament and a new testament and talks about god and such. really pisses me off when people think that the events in said book are factual and happened exactly the way it is written. What's the name of that book, oh ya, the bible (catholic or christian).
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it's ok. When people vulgarize the New or Old Testament (thinking it happened exactly the way it is written, as you said) it pisses me off, too, though I am a Roman Catholic. Please friends, let's not start religious dicussion here, though.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm also a roman catholic (not that I still follow it). Anyway, okay sorry I thru the bible out there, as much as I was serious about the comment, it was a half hearted joke to. Someone's gotta be the 'smartass' right?
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it was perfectly ok! I only didn't want other people (such as myself, to name just one...) to understand it the way we're now opening a religious discussion here
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh I gotya. Sometimes I forget that throwing such comments out is like opening a big can of worms.
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Damn good point. And book made me very disappointed and sad because of the same reason you are writing about above.
Roland would have understood.
I always feel obligated to finish a book once I start it. I have no idea why.
I do, however, have only ONE book I could never finish, and it was required reading for a 400 level English class I had. The book is Blood Meridian. I can't even remember the author, it was so bad. I mean, no plot, just a bunch of guys going around killing people. I got about 1/2 way through the book and gave up...and still got an 'A' on the assignment.I guess that means I wasn't the only person who couldn't stand that book. Or, I'm better at BSing my way through a paper.
I am still laughing about this 4 years later. But damn, that book was BAD.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
heh...never actually made it through Midsummer Night's Dream
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Danse Macabre by Stephen King
BORING!
I think towards the middle, I just started skim-reading.
yes... I still haven't finished it... started exactly one year ago.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never made it through:
The Lovely Bones [stopped after 3 chapters]
Lolita [stopped almost 2/3 through]
Finnegans Wake [after 3 tries]
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
Ooh, okay, TWO books I haven't read. I forgot about Danse Macabre.
You're right. It was booooring. Maybe I'll try it again sometime.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
You haven't finished Lolita, Matt? I can understand. I think it happens to many people and I know Jean can't stand what I write but I read it twice but most of the people around me could never finsih it.
Is Danse Macabre so boring? I am sure I would love it.
Roland would have understood.
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