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Post by night on Mar 15, 2007 20:31:16 GMT -5
Wow, everyones hating books for not being exciting enough, regardless of how well written and thought provoking they are. John Steinbeck is one of the greatest American authors ever. True. Though I haven't read Of Mice and Men yet, It may be interesting. Thing is, reading things in school make things more boring, because like, you aren't given the choice to read it, you have to. Ooh, another terrible book: Twinkie Squad. I don't remember much of it, but I remember it was a pain to get through.
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Hama
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Post by Hama on Mar 16, 2007 1:21:06 GMT -5
War Of The Worlds. The moive wasn't that good either. Okay...everyone has their own taste I guess...
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Post by Love for Zuzu on Mar 16, 2007 6:53:20 GMT -5
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon -Stephen King
Brave New World -Aldous Huxley
Anne Rice "books" (I hate to call them that, it's basically 10 pages of story and 500 pages of description of clothing)
John Steinbeck - I just can't get into his writing style. I've read several of his books and it's been a chore to get through each one. And they were the short ones.
(this one doesn't really count but....) Everything that has ever been recommended by Oprah - I haven't really read anything on the Oprah book club list, but I work in a book store, and that's enough to hate anything that she tells people to read. I swear, she's like the tickle me elmo of the book world. It's sick! Xo
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Lucy
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Post by Lucy on Mar 17, 2007 12:41:04 GMT -5
The Da Vinci Code, and not for reasons youd think. The concept is good, but Dan Brown puts way too much detail of the surroundings into it; it feels like he's just showing off what he knows. And I'm Catholic, and I take the story as it is: a story. What irritates me though is that other people who've read the book treat it as a text book and think all the information is true. It is supposed to be a work of fiction, people. I agree, that and I come from a family of rabid historians, and I can't read the book/watch the movie without them raving about how terrible the history is.
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Disney
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Post by Disney on Mar 17, 2007 12:50:27 GMT -5
Lord of the Flies.
Great plot... but I think a different author could have done a better job with it. =_=
Y'know, made me not want to kill myself by the second chapter.
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Sasukesgirl93
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Post by Sasukesgirl93 on Mar 18, 2007 12:21:39 GMT -5
i read that book...I almost died too...
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Linguini
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Post by Linguini on Mar 18, 2007 13:29:30 GMT -5
I couldn't get through Tale of Two Cities. That book killed my soul. I don't even know why, but...it did. In a violent and gory way.
The Da Vinci Code. *keels over* That book...it makes me sick. The movie was better in my opinion. I think it was a very original idea and all, but dang. Dan Brown's writing just...stinks to me. My friends and I couldn't get over it. Just about everytime a person said something, they had to lean over to say it. "So and so leaned over and said..." When I watched the movie, I was expecting all of the actors/actresses to lean over everytime they said a line.
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Post by appacatbus on Mar 18, 2007 23:03:48 GMT -5
Lord of the Flies. Great plot... but I think a different author could have done a better job with it. =_= Y'know, made me not want to kill myself by the second chapter. you all have terrible taste
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Disney
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Post by Disney on Mar 21, 2007 18:06:08 GMT -5
Lord of the Flies. Great plot... but I think a different author could have done a better job with it. =_= Y'know, made me not want to kill myself by the second chapter. you all have terrible tastexD Good literature is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.
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Post by appacatbus on Mar 21, 2007 18:23:04 GMT -5
you all have terrible tastexD Good literature is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. Only if the beholder is Kaneda. (I am a being of infinitely good taste)
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Mike
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Post by Mike on Mar 21, 2007 21:14:55 GMT -5
I despised Animal Farm, i like the movie though. It was really funny
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Post by Orangey on Mar 21, 2007 21:22:50 GMT -5
What was so strange about Harry/Ginny? It's a perfectly realistic pairing, they've known each other for a while and have spent several summers living in the same house, it's not like they just randomly met. And once Ginny stopped obsessively crushing on him and got to know him, it's easy to see why they got together.
They're both strong at defensive magic (as Ginny has proven with the Bat Bogey Hex on several occasions). And Ginny (along with Neville and Luna) were the only D.A. members who responded to Hermione's summons in HBP. Also, they both love Quidditch and are brilliant at it (in HBP it states that Ginny outflies all the other chasers).
Ginny is also brave (being in Gryffindor) and understands first hand what dealing with Voldemort is like. In this way, she can relate to Harry, and together (with Ron, Hermione, and other Order members) they are a formidable match against Voldemort.
And the whole monster thing was also realistic, Harry is a teenager, and teenager's emotions are like that. Blame hormones. Also, keep in mind that when Jo was writing HBP, she was pregnant so her hormones were out of wack, too.
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femaleairbender
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Post by femaleairbender on Mar 23, 2007 19:42:17 GMT -5
What was so strange about Harry/Ginny? What was strange about Harry/Ginny was that Harry spent five books thinking Ginny as more or less his little sister figure, then suddenly had NC-17 dreams about her. With Harry/Cho, we had three books of development. Harry/Ginny seemed to come out of the blue to me. And once Ginny stopped obsessively crushing on him and got to know him, it's easy to see why they got together. No, she didn't. Ginny never stopped crushing on Harry. She states at the end of HBP that "she never really gave up on him." Ginny was so keen to get Harry that her behavior in OotP--getting a life and datings other boys on the advice of Hermione--was directed at getting Harry to notice her. She didn't date other guys for themselves (Micheal Corner, Dean Thomas, even Neville Longbottom), she dated them in an attempt to get Harry to notice her. Ginny is someone who is desperate. To me, Harry/Ginny is a rehash of the phrase, "If you pine over a guy long enough, he'll eventually love you," which is a bad example for teen girls, IMO. I don't want to argue with you, and I don't want to turn this into a shipping thread. But if you want to debate, feel free to PM me.
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Post by appacatbus on Mar 23, 2007 20:07:15 GMT -5
Brave New World -Aldous Huxley John Steinbeck - I just can't get into his writing style. I've read several of his books and it's been a chore to get through each one. And they were the short ones. You have no taste.
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Orangey
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Post by Orangey on Mar 23, 2007 20:09:41 GMT -5
I said OBSESSIVELY. She still liked him, and their relationship wasn't out of the blue. At the end of OOTP there was major hinting, you just have to be careful enough to pick it up.
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