Books you stopped reading . . .
YES!! he's totally sober..wow, i say totally alot, huh?
-a beautiful lie
you also say "alot" a lot. please see: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at... for a full explanation.
wow...i'm laughing sooo hard right now, i'm crying...that's the best laugh i've had in a really long time...and now i want to say alot alot more times, cause i like that funny looking creature...that was great...
-a beautiful lie
i'm just wondering if i have posted that here before. actually, i'm wondering if someone posted it here and that's where i found it. i'm sure i found it through an aussie lit mag's blog or something, but maybe not.
either way, yes, it's hilarious and, yes, you should take it seriously. poor grammar, syntax and spelling should always be frowned upon.
i agree...sometimes...i would never "write" like that...i spell check all the time..and i hate looking stoopid...but, that was great for a laugh...i'm actually hurting..and i called my daughter over for her to read it, becuase she will shorten ANYTHUNG, and most of the time, it doesn't even make sense...
-a beautiful lie
so...just now, you were using all those misspellings and bizarre punctuation choices ironically?
i get it. ha ha.
misspellings were because i am too lazy to spell check...lol...and am i sensing sarcasm there???
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My work here is done...
halfway through strangers by dean koontz. tempted to stop reading it. its a bit boring. already delayed it once to read survivor
I am currently reading "The Raw Shark Texts". I actually was ready to put it down around page 50, but then I got to the letters he wrote to himself and was hooked. If I would have gotten to page 230 and still didn't like it, I would have forced myself to finish it since I flipped through the book and noticed that 30+ pages are pictures of the Ludovician swimming. Of course, as I am almost finished with the book, I can agree with some reviews I have read that have said that the last quarter of the book is basically the end of the movie Jaws. Assuming you've seen Jaws, probably not missing out on much.
What bugged me about RST was that it felt like the whole thing was written as a two person play or something. there's only ever two people interacting at a time. Bugged the shit out of me. Plus i despised the whole "You got to buy 30 different hardback and paperback version from all over the globe if you want all of the "story." fuck that gimmick!
I finally started spelling "masterbate" correctly only because Vendetta kept harping about it.
You've come a long way, Karbuncle.
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Penny Dreadful.
Too vague and slow-paced, my two least favorite things in a novel. Made it about 40 pages before deciding to move on to zombies.
Trekkie zombies???
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Chinese zombies.
I may be the only one but I could not get through The Gunslinger. If I can't get through this one, how am i going to get through 6 more?
What a shame.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
Yeah really... Sorry about your luck.
FaulkSNORE
Struggle through the Gunslinger. They get better after that.
Struggle through the Gunslinger. They get better after that.
This is what I was wondering. The premise is appealing to me, and I liked the short story King wrote set in the same milieu, but was wondering if he could sustain it over the series. He does tend to prattle on and on and when I start a series, I have to finish it. Thus my avoidance of Pratchett.
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Struggle through the Gunslinger. They get better after that.
This is what I was wondering. The premise is appealing to me, and I liked the short story King wrote set in the same milieu, but was wondering if he could sustain it over the series. He does tend to prattle on and on and when I start a series, I have to finish it. Thus my avoidance of Pratchett.
There's a quality to this series in that they tend to read at a quicker pace than most King novels, and the usage of a small cast over seven books allows you to connect to Roland and his crew in ways that surpass a casual connection, bordering more along the lines of being ingrained within the reader. There, of course, is going to be some of that traditional King prattle, however, you won't find yourself bothered by it nearly as much as certain other choices he makes (which I won't say as to avoid spoilers...you'll know it when you get to it). It's definitely worth reading and showcases some of the best storytelling I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Be warned, there are certain things that might piss you off, and others that seem flat out pretentious, but in terms of the overall effect, it's merely reduced to great instead of remaining near perfect.
I tend to like King, but when in doubt, he errs on the side of excess.
I'm sure I'll give these a read at some point.
There was an online game based upon the books that I fiddled about with for an hour one day. Was interesting.
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I'd be interested in seeing this.
Gotta link?
Was a lot easier to refind than I thought it would be. It's on King's website.
http://www.stephenking.com/discordia/
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Thank you, sir.
Was this the one about the guy in the hospital where the nurses were witches, or something to that effect? That story was the main reason I decided NOT to read The Gunslinger. It was executed well but I had no desire to continue on with the universe of it.
There is hope, but not for us.
Yeah, that was the one. Don't remember what it was in.
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The most recent one I gave up on was "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." I was really stoked when I first saw it. Thought it was going to be really funny and witty...but it just came off as lame...I did like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
"For most of this century, scientists have worshiped the hardware of the brain and the software of the mind; the messy powers of the heart were left to the poets."
Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever
I put it down at page front cover.
I put it down at page front cover.
One wonders what possessed you to even pick it up in the first place?
His gorgeous hair.
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I put it down at page front cover.
One wonders what possessed you to even pick it up in the first place?
It was laying in front of the magazine I wanted to look at at the grocery store. Bieber had his own endcap, but sometimes a person will pick up the Bieber, look through it covertly in the magazine aisle, and set the Bieber back down in front of Rolling Stone instead of returning it to the endcap with the rest of the Biebers.
The thought of a whole stack of Biebers all looking out from an endcap at the grocery store is making me gag a little.
So yeah, take this and multiply by twelve.
Shudder.
I wonder if the word 'to' is replaced by '2' all the way through the book
I'm tempted to google justin beiber and figure out who he is, but I'm not gonna. He looks like a girly man.
"I'm glad I live in the GPS era. In a different century, I would've set off to visit the other side of the village and wandered off into the mountains and been eaten by a carnivorous plant. Or discovered the Americas."
-LaJessica
Save some mouse-clicks and just ask Levi.
Yeah.
It is my lifelong dream to have my own endcap.
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What to add here? I can't, I just can't. I'm not sure, but i could be--yep, I'm choking on vomit.
I think it's hilarious that he's written an autobiography. He's like 12. And the book has "My Life" in the title. Doesn't anybody else find that wrong?
I'm sure he didn't actually write it. I don't know why anyone would want to read a memoir from someone that is at least over 18. and even then it has to be some very fucked up exceptional reasons.
Chapter One. I was borned. Poopie poopie poopie!
Chapter Two. I went outside an played. Yay, dirt clods!
Chapter Three. Kindergarten. The Dark Times.
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Before him it was the Hanson boys, and there will be someone else after him as well. It's nothing special. Just a super-marketable young boys with girlish good looks and charms oozing form his pours.
Please don't refer to "Hanson" and "oozing" in the same sentence.
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It wasn't the same sentence.
Carry on then.
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Venti chai latte, plz.
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and you said he stopped drinking, yeah?