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I wonder what you did for the extra credit! (wink wink).
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I wonder what you did for the extra credit! (wink wink).
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Originally Posted by johnnyb37
I fixed my signature picture ;)
Lord of the Flies was one of the worst books I read at school. Up there with Goodnight Mister Tom. Then there was all that victorian poetry - urgh.
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But I bet that when you took it away from school and read it on your own time, you realized how awesome it is, huh?
Psh . . . next you're going to say you didn't like Watership Down.
I never read those books, but I had to read all sorts of terrible books while i was in school. the only one i remember the title to is Pocahontas which happened to be very boring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
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Originally Posted by MrMatthews
I already made reference to Watership Down a while ago. (its a favourite of mine*). In your "anyone around here read?" thread. So either you're mocking me - in which case I'm hugely offended - or you just weren't paying attention. In which case... I'm hugely offended.
Perhaps this 1836 will learn ye some memory!
*I have 2 copies, actually. And a 1st edition of the "Tales from Watership Down" sortofsequel. Signed. So, um... yeah. Nyerrr, and such! :p
1837...some stuff happened.
If you wanna talk boring book...read "Frankenstein".
Aside from being painfully overly descriptive, Mary Shelly seems to have a love affair with the words "sublime" and "melancholy".
At least the other two required reading books for that HS class were much much better...."Fahrenheit 451" and "Brave New World".
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The Lord of the Flies, terrible? GRRRRRR ARGHHHHHHHHH, YOU SIR, ARE AN UNCOUTH BEAST WITHOUT ANY GOOD SENSE IN ANY OF YOUR BONES, THE FAT KID WAS CRUSHED AND YOU, YOU DEMON SPAWN, YOU LAUGHED, YOU LAUGHED, AND YOU LAUGHED! WELL SIR, YOU SHALL BURN IN THE DARKEST BOWELS OF HELL! YOUR CRIES OF SUFFERING SHALL BE HEARD FOR EONS!!
Nah, I read the book for a report and I mildly enjoyed it. Now 1984, that book had me drawn for days and that damn ending depressed the shit out of me for a short while.
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Just got back from seeing Saw V at the movies, found that one pretty average.
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Saw movies are comedies... I can't stop laughing when I watch them...
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I don't get why people watch the Saw movies anyways, the plot is laughable and has holes you can drive trucks through, later attempts to fix those made it even worse, and it isn't new or original in any way.
Also, Most horrible book I ever had to read? "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin! 160 dull pages of mind-numbing nothingness! Plot, characters, NOTHING develops!
(Also, to improve the "Jane Eyre" experience I suggest reading "The Eyre Affair" by Jasper Fforde. One of the funniest and wittiest book series I've read in a while.)
Yeah, so many people chimed in about their favorite books that I only remember one person specifically: the idiot who dismissed fiction entirely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smii
My apologies to anyone else I've forgotten :(
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Good Morning all
Friday is here
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Books I completely and utterly hate:
Native Son
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
anything by L. Ron Hubbard...not just because of the scientology nonsense but just because his writing is balls.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein...one of the preachiest most sanctimonious crap ever. I love Heinlein as a real dude, but his writing sucks too.
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I actually read The Invisible Man by choice in high school, but I ended up hating it, too.