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ladykatherine
10-19-2008, 09:58 PM
Well, Twilight is aimed at teens so if you're older than 16 and not a girl, you shouldn't even have chosen to read it in the first place. You're the one to blame for having read it when there are so many other books you could have chosen.
Hehehe. I really liked the Twilight books...until the end (it was pretty stupid). I know it was basically a shallow read, but everyone has one of those right? And if not, what planet are you from? :wtf: hehehe. And I am definitely not sixteen...but I see your point!
By far the worst book I've ever read was Slaughterhouse-Five and Animal Farm. I hate over-the-top obvious imagery and random drawings of boobs...yeah...I didn't get the artistic meaning either.
:cowboy:ladyk
John_and_Yoko
10-19-2008, 10:17 PM
I didn't actually read this, but the excerpt on amazon.com was enough that I don't want to.
The Graduate.
Great film, sophomoric book.
stone, rose, unfound door
10-22-2008, 05:31 AM
Well, Twilight is aimed at teens so if you're older than 16 and not a girl, you shouldn't even have chosen to read it in the first place. You're the one to blame for having read it when there are so many other books you could have chosen.
Hehehe. I really liked the Twilight books...until the end (it was pretty stupid). I know it was basically a shallow read, but everyone has one of those right? And if not, what planet are you from? :wtf: hehehe. And I am definitely not sixteen...but I see your point!
By far the worst book I've ever read was Slaughterhouse-Five and Animal Farm. I hate over-the-top obvious imagery and random drawings of boobs...yeah...I didn't get the artistic meaning either.
:cowboy:ladyk
Of course we all need shallow reads from time to time to appreciate the value of great books (I'm not talking about mony here!) but that one was pretty obviously aimed at teens and I can tell you, I used to seel it mostly to girls around 16. I'd rather have a children's story than a teen one, to tell you the truth :)
ladykatherine
10-22-2008, 09:54 AM
Well, Twilight is aimed at teens so if you're older than 16 and not a girl, you shouldn't even have chosen to read it in the first place. You're the one to blame for having read it when there are so many other books you could have chosen.
Hehehe. I really liked the Twilight books...until the end (it was pretty stupid). I know it was basically a shallow read, but everyone has one of those right? And if not, what planet are you from? :wtf: hehehe. And I am definitely not sixteen...but I see your point!
By far the worst book I've ever read was Slaughterhouse-Five and Animal Farm. I hate over-the-top obvious imagery and random drawings of boobs...yeah...I didn't get the artistic meaning either.
:cowboy:ladyk
Of course we all need shallow reads from time to time to appreciate the value of great books (I'm not talking about mony here!) but that one was pretty obviously aimed at teens and I can tell you, I used to seel it mostly to girls around 16. I'd rather have a children's story than a teen one, to tell you the truth :)
Really? Fascinating. I love children's stories too but I'm not gonna lie-I would pretty much read anything. There's just something about the angst of crazy teenagers that gets me hooked. Maybe I'm trying to hold onto my teen years in vain (4 months and i'm out! :scared:) hehehe.
flaggwalkstheline
10-29-2008, 06:28 AM
I cant stand anything by Piers Anthony the writer responsible for Xanth, he CANT write, the 2 books i read from him make me wanna pull out all my hair and set my face on fire
Lady_Macbeth
11-13-2008, 11:15 PM
If you're looking for some real failure pick up a copy of Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop. It's a heartwarming tale about Satan adopting a little girl, and all the wacky adventures they share.
I don't know what's worse, that Barnes and Noble actually had this godawful crap sitting on their shelf, or that it had two sequels. O_O
mystima
11-13-2008, 11:55 PM
the one book i found to be quite boring and was also a required reading in high school for me was animal farm...was the stupidest book i ever read....the animals just kept at trying not to be like us humans and wound up doing just that....was very disapointed with it...or teacher went as far as to have the class break into groups and write a sequel to the book...it was so boring that our group decided to write a comedy making fun of the book instead of a serious story...
mystima
11-14-2008, 12:05 AM
i read a couple of books when i was younger....the one that stands out is i know what you did last summer...book was ok....the writer was duncan or something like that...that was a good one but had another that was atrosious (sp):pullhair:
the one book i found to be quite boring and was also a required reading in high school for me was animal farm...was the stupidest book i ever read....the animals just kept at trying not to be like us humans and wound up doing just that....was very disapointed with it...or teacher went as far as to have the class break into groups and write a sequel to the book...it was so boring that our group decided to write a comedy making fun of the book instead of a serious story...
it would have been more interesting if you had been introduced to some history before; the analogies he uses are none too subtle, but when you know what are the historical personae and events behind the described events and characters, it does possess at least some marginal interest.
stone, rose, unfound door
11-14-2008, 02:29 AM
the one book i found to be quite boring and was also a required reading in high school for me was animal farm...was the stupidest book i ever read....the animals just kept at trying not to be like us humans and wound up doing just that....was very disapointed with it...or teacher went as far as to have the class break into groups and write a sequel to the book...it was so boring that our group decided to write a comedy making fun of the book instead of a serious story...
it would have been more interesting if you had been introduced to some history before; the analogies he uses are none too subtle, but when you know what are the historical personae and events behind the described events and characters, it does possess at least some marginal interest.
Still, it is a boring book. I also had to read it for school and thought it was totally silly because I thought everyone knew what was going to happen from the beginning. It must be a good story for children, but that's it.
It is not only boring - it is so predictable and one-dimensional it made my teeth ache. By the way, to my mind 1984 is only marginally better...
stone, rose, unfound door
11-14-2008, 03:05 AM
It is not only boring - it is so predictable and one-dimensional it made my teeth ache. By the way, to my mind 1984 is only marginally better...
I had a hard time starting 1984, but after chapter 8 (I think), I thought it changed completely and became a very interesting book, especially with the current situation in French politics...
Hannah
11-19-2008, 10:22 AM
I think all the eighth grade boys didn't mind reading 1984 because then they got to see the naked hooker in the movie. :lol:
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
Pride and Prejudice
anything by James Fenimore Cooper
Ernest Hemingway's work too.
For those who found 1984 not that great (I am among you, scifi lover that I am), you should read Fahrenheit 451.
IWasSentWest
11-19-2008, 05:49 PM
hemingway?! wow
Ves'Ka Gan
11-19-2008, 05:54 PM
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
Pride and Prejudice
anything by James Fenimore Cooper
Ernest Hemingway's work too.
OMG. NO. NO SAM! JUST...NO.
Just when we were beginning to think you had some redeeming qualties! :P
I'm sorry, I just find Hemingway's work to be utterly simple and utterly beautiful, and I have a hard time believing anyone who is well read would bash him. But to each their own, I suppose.
The Lady of Shadows
11-19-2008, 06:02 PM
sam. sam, sam, sam, sam.
what can i say?
:panic:
are you on drugs man? did you get hit on the head too many times in the godsforsaken prison in which you worked? :panic:
i have several words for you: The Garden of Eden
go. find it. read it. report back to us. :P
:lol:
Ves'Ka Gan
11-19-2008, 06:03 PM
The Sun Also Rises???
C'mon! Sam!!:cry:
Honestly, I found Hemingway to be pretentious and preachy.
I don't read ONLY for my enjoyment, but when I read fiction, I don't want someone beating me over the head with their symbolism. Robert Heinlein is one of my favorite writers, but even he got preachy. I loved Starship Troopers, but I have not read any fiction story that tried SOOO hard to say that socialism was the best system of goverment. Stranger in a Strange Land made me look at people differently than I once did, but it was extremely preachy. What those books had over Hemingway was substance. It may just be my gravitating toward science fiction (though I don't love all scifi), but I just found Hemingway's works to be flat and his characterization hollow.
Another book for the HOLY CRAP list:
William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
Daghain
11-19-2008, 07:50 PM
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
I haven't read this book, but your description made me :rofl:
Horrid books:
Pride and Prejudice
This made me :cry: I love Jane Austen.
Ves'Ka Gan
11-19-2008, 07:57 PM
Hm. Well. Like I said--to each their own!
BTW--I feel the need to clarify something I said earlier--I wasn't trying to say I *didn't* think you were well read, but that I thought you were and that was why I was surprised.
The Lady of Shadows
11-19-2008, 08:07 PM
sam. sam, sam, sam. i think perhaps you are still star struck and you're incapable of reading anything right now other than sai king's work. :lol:
why don't you stop this voracious reading and just focus on him for awhile. then come back to the other books when you're not so, ummmm, drunk. :P
oh but i do agree with pride and prejudice. and jane austen sucks huge . . . well, i'm too much of a lady to say!
:D
Daghain
11-19-2008, 08:27 PM
oh but i do agree with pride and prejudice. and jane austen sucks huge . . . well, i'm too much of a lady to say!
:D
Et tu, turtlesong? :nope:
The Lady of Shadows
11-19-2008, 08:47 PM
oh but i do agree with pride and prejudice. and jane austen sucks huge . . . well, i'm too much of a lady to say!
:D
Et tu, turtlesong? :nope:
sorry daggers, you know how much i care about you but i've really got to go with sam on this. . . .
and i'm pretty sure that makes me insane. or at least semi-psychotic. :unsure:
I think my feeling should be hurt here...:angry::cry:
:P
sam. sam, sam, sam. i think perhaps you are still star struck and you're incapable of reading anything right now other than sai king's work. :lol:
why don't you stop this voracious reading and just focus on him for awhile. then come back to the other books when you're not so, ummmm, drunk. :P
:D
You know, my mother used to tell me that years ago when I was a teen. That's when I started reading science fiction works. Check out Connie Willis some time if you've never sampled her work. Some of her works are better than Sai King's.
Daghain
11-19-2008, 09:03 PM
Look, I'm 42, and if MY mother knew half the stuff I read, she'd have me committed. :lol:
I KNOW half the stuff you've read and I want to have you commited dear. And I barely know you.
But I still love you.:huglove:
The Lady of Shadows
11-19-2008, 09:21 PM
I think my feeling should be hurt here...:angry::cry:
:P
believe me dearest, you'll KNOW when it's time for your feeling to be hurt. like say, when i come filch that signed JAS. that would be a good time. . . . :evil:
sam. sam, sam, sam. i think perhaps you are still star struck and you're incapable of reading anything right now other than sai king's work. :lol:
why don't you stop this voracious reading and just focus on him for awhile. then come back to the other books when you're not so, ummmm, drunk. :P
:D
You know, my mother used to tell me that years ago when I was a teen. That's when I started reading science fiction works. Check out Connie Willis some time if you've never sampled her work. Some of her works are better than Sai King's.
:o
blasphemer! infidel! now you must pay penance. let's see. what's a good penance for this? i know. your signed JAS. just mail it right off to me sam, and all will be forgiven. :D
Daghain
11-19-2008, 09:33 PM
Sam: :lol: :wub:
It is true. Connie Willis is one of the strongest writers of this day when she puts her mind to it. When was the last time you read a book that dragged you into it and forced you to read through it even though you KNEW you didn't want to see what was happening. You couldn't leave because your life was intertwined with the characters before you. You couldn't leave because you were STUCK there with them in a horrible situation. I know King has created masterpieces, but Willis does the same with even more power. I have cried while I read a Stephen King story on more than one occassion. Connie Willis has had me crying days after I finished a story. My wife experienced the same thing, and she is an ENGLISH major. She has a Master's in English. She loves Jane Austin, has enjoyed Hemingway, and LOVED A Member of the Wedding and still she was held under Mrs. Willis' spell. Read Doomsday Book. I can't guarantee you will love it, no one can. I would bet my right hand on it though.
Daghain
11-19-2008, 10:00 PM
Well, as a fellow English major, I will have to put her on my list. :)
The worst book I've read is something called "Oxford English Dictionary".
That was hard man (that's what she said).
:cyclops:
Daghain
11-19-2008, 11:15 PM
:lol:
You DO know the OED is the English major's gospel, do you not?
If it's not in the OED, it doesn't exist! :panic:
Which means that EVOO is an actual WORD.
Noooooooooooooo!!!! :doh:
Daghain
11-20-2008, 08:08 AM
Okay, now I'm going to have to go check mine and see if that's in there. :lol:
My OED is about 4-5 years old though, so I'm guessing not.
It was just added in like the last three years, actually the last two I think.
Daghain
11-20-2008, 02:32 PM
Well, there you go. And yeah, I hate EVOO too. :)
Ves'Ka Gan
11-20-2008, 03:09 PM
I hate that acronym more than anything. Except Rachel Ray. Who apparently thinks it is the coolest thing to say ever. ever. ever. Grrrrrrrrr.
Daghain
11-20-2008, 06:25 PM
Right along with "delish". :rolleyes:
Someone needs to smack her with a bottle of EVOO. :lol:
I need to retract my statement I posted near the beginning of the thread. I have reread To Kill a Mockingbird for the bookclub, and while it still isn't a favorite, it's actually pretty good. I enjoyed it this time, thus i blame my dislike for it on the schools and their teaching/reading methods.
Ves'Ka Gan
11-20-2008, 09:42 PM
I need to retract my statement I posted near the beginning of the thread. I have reread To Kill a Mockingbird for the bookclub, and while it still isn't a favorite, it's actually pretty good. I enjoyed it this time, thus i blame my dislike for it on the schools and their teaching/reading methods.
I've already told you this, but I'll tell everyone else--I think the way books are read/discussed & taught in the school systems leads to a lot of students disliking a lot of books that they would have really enjoyed in other situations.
I myself am a huge Hemingway fan (did anbody guess? :P) but when we read Old Man & The Sea and dissected it chapter by chapter & line by line I effing HATED that book. After reading other Hemingway, I went back & found I really liked the book. Go figure.
I think the schools are sometimes to intent on teaching (read: ramming into the students' skulls) than they are intent on appreciating and allowing the students to use their imaginations & critical thinking skills. (in literature).
You should have been there for my 9th grade english class' dissection of Animal Farm. The teacher tried to convince me that the climax of the story comes at the very end of it. BULLSHIT!!
I actually enjoyed the story though.
Ves'Ka Gan
11-21-2008, 02:51 PM
Maybe she just had a thing for pigs in suits...?:orely:
Bluenose
11-21-2008, 02:59 PM
"If you're looking for some real failure pick up a copy of Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop. It's a heartwarming tale about Satan adopting a little girl, and all the wacky adventures they share.
I don't know what's worse, that Barnes and Noble actually had this godawful crap sitting on their shelf, or that it had two sequels. O_O" (lady McB)
Oh dear God, I actually forgot about this! I bought that trilogy the first time I was in New York, and I know I've read it (plus a short story that I believe was in legends II) and I dont think I can remember a goddamned thing about either of them!!!
Oh wait I can - lets not forget the slight miss-spellings - Saetan, Daemon, and I forget how she spelt the other one (add that to the list!)
Truley a series not worth the paper its printed on. I read it on the flight home from NY, stuffed it on the bookcase and forgot about it. Horrible, horrible stuff. Good call
Brice
11-21-2008, 05:11 PM
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
Pride and Prejudice
anything by James Fenimore Cooper
Ernest Hemingway's work too.
Rather than expound any further on my thoughts on Austen I'll only refer you to my prior posts regarding this "author" and her "writings". :)
Heather19
11-21-2008, 05:52 PM
Don't worry Brice we won't ever forget how much you love Jane Austen. ;)
Sam have you read any of her other works. While I did enjoy Pride and Prejudice, it's probably my least favorites out of the ones I've read.
I have tried one other but I don't remember the title. It didn't stay with me. Neither did the story. The only impression I was left with was that Emily Bronte was a much better writer. Austen just reminded me of a harlequin romance novel without the soft core nonsex scenes. No substance. I thought the same thing when I watched the movies Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
Pride and Prejudice
anything by James Fenimore Cooper
Ernest Hemingway's work too.
Rather than expound any further on my thoughts on Austen I'll only refer you to my prior posts regarding this "author" and her "writings". :)
Also, it is highly recommended that you not miss the replies made to those pathetic invectives by such big Austen fans as Daghain and self.
Brice
11-22-2008, 04:17 AM
Horrid books:
A Member of the Wedding (sucked more ass than a $2 ho at 3am)
Pride and Prejudice
anything by James Fenimore Cooper
Ernest Hemingway's work too.
Rather than expound any further on my thoughts on Austen I'll only refer you to my prior posts regarding this "author" and her "writings". :)
Also, it is highly recommended that you not miss the replies made to those pathetic invectives by such big Austen fans as Daghain and self.
Quite understandable. Everyone has their own tastes in literature. Personally I found her writing so horrible that the only thing keeping me from suicide was the slim probability of an afterlife and the possibility she might be wherever I go. :lol:
Daghain
11-22-2008, 04:32 PM
I don't think you can really appreciate Jane Austen unless you understand how sarcastic she could be. I had a whole semester on Jane Austen in college, and being able to dissect what she's really saying and her basic commentary on life in her era makes you appreciate her that much more.
She had a wit like a fine-edged sword, that woman. :lol:
Jean: I highly recommend you read Jane Austen's Letters. You would probably love it. :)
Dags, I had no idea just how lucky we are to have you. I am so glad to hear you made it through an entire semester of a class on Jane Austen without commiting suicide by paper cuts or something else less painful that that class. You know like pounding yourself in the head with a crab mallet until you achieve a fatal skull fracture.
The Lady of Shadows
11-22-2008, 05:59 PM
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I don't think you can really appreciate Jane Austen unless you understand how sarcastic she could be. I had a whole semester on Jane Austen in college, and being able to dissect what she's really saying and her basic commentary on life in her era makes you appreciate her that much more.
She had a wit like a fine-edged sword, that woman. :lol:
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Jean: I highly recommend you read Jane Austen's Letters. You would probably love it. :)
I am sure I will. The only problem is getting them (they are available in Russian, of course - anything is - but I want the original).
LadyHitchhiker
11-23-2008, 06:17 AM
Outlaw School by Rebecca Dae. It was like "Go ask alice" but not as graphic sex and in the future.. Ugggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh......
Brice
11-23-2008, 06:26 AM
Dags, I had no idea just how lucky we are to have you. I am so glad to hear you made it through an entire semester of a class on Jane Austen without commiting suicide by paper cuts or something else less painful that that class. You know like pounding yourself in the head with a crab mallet until you achieve a fatal skull fracture.
:lol:
I'll be good and won't list the things I'd prefer over THAT class. I could devote a whole thread to Jane Austen. :innocent:
Daghain
11-23-2008, 11:53 AM
Sam: :rofl:
And Jean, yes, you definitely need to read them in English. :)
Ya liked that didja?:evil:
Daghain
11-23-2008, 10:29 PM
I did. :lol:
Empath of the White
11-24-2008, 07:52 AM
Scourge, a magic book by J. Robert King. All I have to say is this: A massive human-minotaur-goblin-elf-centaur-everyotherfantasycritterunderthesun orgy in a field of chocolate pudding. What. The. Fuck.
Brice
11-24-2008, 07:54 AM
So...you're saying it's good? :unsure:
:P
Empath of the White
11-24-2008, 08:18 AM
Hey man, whatever floats your boat...or frees you from your deep sea imprisonment:lol:
Brice
11-24-2008, 08:28 AM
:lol:
Ka-tet
12-03-2008, 04:43 AM
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Okay.....off i go then.....
Brice
12-03-2008, 04:49 AM
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Okay.....off i go then.....
Hi Scout! :cyclops:
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Anyone who would (I know, for example, that Steve is of very low opinion about that book) is very welcome to expand on it in our Book Club.
Ka-tet
12-03-2008, 05:05 AM
Actually i have another book i feel should be mentioned in this thread.
They call it.....World War Z....oh god i hate that book.
*prepairs for enormous ammounts ammounts of flame*
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Anyone who would (I know, for example, that Steve is of very low opinion about that book) is very welcome to expand on it in our Book Club.
i originally didn't liek it. I still don't lve it, but it was enjoyable.
Ka-tet
12-03-2008, 06:43 AM
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Anyone who would (I know, for example, that Steve is of very low opinion about that book) is very welcome to expand on it in our Book Club.
i originally didn't liek it. I still don't lve it, but it was enjoyable.
Enjoyable in a way that makes you....WANT TO DIE?!
flaggwalkstheline
12-03-2008, 07:55 AM
Actually i have another book i feel should be mentioned in this thread.
They call it.....World War Z....oh god i hate that book.
*prepairs for enormous ammounts ammounts of flame*
:onfire::onfire::onfire::onfire::onfire::onfire::o nfire::onfire::onfire:
thats all the flame a nonbeliever like u deserves
Kidding, although one could form an organized religion out of teh collected works of max brooks lol
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Anyone who would (I know, for example, that Steve is of very low opinion about that book) is very welcome to expand on it in our Book Club.
i originally didn't liek it. I still don't lve it, but it was enjoyable.
Enjoyable in a way that makes you....WANT TO DIE?!
nope, in a way that makes me consider reading it again in a few years. can't believe i just said that. :scared:
Ka-tet
12-04-2008, 12:29 PM
Did somone mention To Kill A Mockingbird? No?
Anyone who would (I know, for example, that Steve is of very low opinion about that book) is very welcome to expand on it in our Book Club.
i originally didn't liek it. I still don't lve it, but it was enjoyable.
Enjoyable in a way that makes you....WANT TO DIE?!
nope, in a way that makes me consider reading it again in a few years. can't believe i just said that. :scared:
o.O nor can i.....that book just makes me want to....:pullhair:
Dune is a monumental book in both width and scope. It deals with some HUGE ideas and can be a bit of a chore to get through at first. I found it to be one of the best tales I have ever read. Forget the movie made in the 80's. The book and the movie have only passing similarites. The general plot is the same in that it takes place on the same planet, has the same main characters, and most of the same supporting characters.
LotR wasn't too bad either. Seriously, as much fun as the films were, the story was even better.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
12-14-2008, 07:53 PM
Lot of Hate on this thread.
Liked alot of these books.
I don't think of this as a hate thread. I think of it as an "I humbly suggest that you do not read this book, for if you do, you will lose a significant number of IQ points" thread.
Seymour_Glass
12-20-2008, 07:24 AM
Thanks for clarifying, razzman.
bluelph24
12-21-2008, 10:54 AM
I'm impressed with some of you guys. When I can't get into a book, I generally stop reading it, then block it out of my memory. It's a struggle for me to read more than a chapter or two of a book I don't like.
There are a few exceptions though. The Great Gatsby, for one. I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone defending this. (Did I miss it?) Someone, somewhere has to like it, or else it wouldn't be required reading in school... right?
There was an autobiography I had to read for a class once that was supposed to be about this woman's struggle to become a firefighter. Half the book was devoted to showing how rich she was and how much leisure time she had. It made it look like she was only pursuing the firefighter job as a sort of dare. The fact that she only stayed with the job for a number of months reinforced that. The whole thing really irritated me. I never understood what we were supposed to get out of reading it.
I have struggled to read The Lord of the Rings and Dune several times, but never managed to get more than a few pages in. I did like The Hobbit and I liked the movies of LotR and Dune, so I'm not sure I can call them entirely bad. They just bore me half to death.
I've never read any Jane Austen books, nor To Kill a Mockingbird, so I can't comment on those.
Also, I really hated Cujo.
i enjoyed gatsby for the tragedy that was jay gatsby and the very poetic prose of fitzgerald. LOTR i had trouble with the first time, even taking a year off from it, but i recently reread it and enjoyed it a lot. i geuss i just needed a few more years under my belt to appreciate that book. as far as mokingbird goes, easily one of the top ten novels of all time, imho.
Letti
01-14-2009, 12:10 PM
I
am
a
hero.
I have finished the Lord of the Flies.
And who died first? My first favourite character. And who died next? My second favourite! And after? Of course noone else.
Bears are very glad to see this title in this thread. Bears hate this book.
Letti
01-14-2009, 12:17 PM
It wasn't that bad... moreover. I might give it a try later. There are lots of valuable things in it and I got to love the characters. But I don't think it will become one of my favourites ever.
Hannah
01-14-2009, 01:05 PM
I was depressed by it. And the movie. Of course, I read it in middle school so the effect it had on me then may not be the same if I read it now.
Daghain
01-14-2009, 01:13 PM
I really like that book. :lol:
The Cosmic Geek
01-14-2009, 06:21 PM
Vampire$. This was the book that the movie John Carpener made was based off of. Book had typos in it and lead to this massive final battle that was so anti-climatic I thought I didn't even read it.
But, I love vampires, so I read it anyway.
necromanticize
02-03-2009, 10:58 PM
Most of the books mentioned here that I was required to read for school (such as TKaM, Great Gatsby...) were books that I did not enjoy while reading them but appreciated having read them afterward. That includes Huck Finn as well as a few others. Speaking of school reads though... I LOVED Wuthering Heights...
The one thing I could not stomach though was Grapes of Wrath. That book couldn't hold my attention for more than a paragraph.
soylentjillian
03-31-2009, 12:59 PM
If everything Jane Austin wrote were erased from this planet I wouldn't be upset at all. Quite possibly the most boring writer to EVER have lived.
I agree, which is why you'll like this:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/
IWasSentWest
03-31-2009, 05:52 PM
soylent?! holy shit i havent seen u since the old tdt.net days
If everything Jane Austin wrote were erased from this planet I wouldn't be upset at all. Quite possibly the most boring writer to EVER have lived.
I agree, which is why you'll like this:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/
that is so going on my reading list.
Munchausen
04-03-2009, 08:04 AM
I have a big problem with anything that calls itself "romance" and has absolutely no Romans in it.
Any series based on an old book RPG makes me hurl.
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