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02-10-2009, 05:31 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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Books You're Ignoring
Anything by ANY Russian and/or Polish (that's you, Joseph Conrad) author.
ANY Sci-Fi of ANY stripe. Jane Austen (Emma can really just go ---- herself)
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-10-2009, 05:48 PM
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Oh god.
I am a compulsive book purchaser, and as a result I have somewhere between 50 and 70 books on/near my bedside tables, all of which got there because I was "about to" read them. |
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02-10-2009, 06:46 PM
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I can hear my ears
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02-10-2009, 07:12 PM
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-10-2009, 07:16 PM
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I can hear my ears
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This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan |
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02-10-2009, 08:13 PM
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That book is fantastic. |
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02-10-2009, 07:22 PM
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I highly recommend it. I also found a very short Ender series book and read it last year - it was spectacularly good. Oh - A War Of Gifts. The guy just knows how to write.
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02-10-2009, 08:51 PM
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I can hear my ears
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02-10-2009, 09:09 PM
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Most of Card's other stuff that I've read I considered boring, creepy, or both. What books am I ignoring? I'll have to think about. (For me "ignoring" goes beyond "they're lying around and I'm not reading them." It has to be something I'm willfully not reading that I feel I ought to.) |
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02-10-2009, 11:20 PM
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I can hear my ears
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infidel! cock!
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This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan |
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02-10-2009, 07:14 PM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I've managed to avoid anything to do with little kids running around in otherworlds.
Twilight, or any of its derivatives, ignored. I've been bad about reading lately, though, and have 4 books waiting... This darn internet.
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02-10-2009, 07:20 PM
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still says videotape
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Actually it isn't kids... I'm sure there is something I'm ignoring... must be doing a good job.
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02-10-2009, 07:51 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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I have a Julian May book called "Perseus Spur" that I started back before the baby was born and haven't touched since. At this point, I'm intentionally ignoring it until I forget the last few details I can remember, and then I can just start at the beginning again.
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02-10-2009, 09:32 PM
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Glutton for Gluttony
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I have willfully ignored Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for about the past ten years. Many people have told me that I MUST read the series because I will LOVE the books. The minute someone tells me I MUST read a book, listen to a song, or watch a movie, it's pretty much guaranteed I will have nothing to do with it for at least a year.
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02-10-2009, 09:33 PM
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trying hard to be a better person
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Just be kind to the mice in the mean time.
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