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06-23-2009, 09:12 AM
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Socialisto
Join Date: Jun 2004
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The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
note: Free-Market Anarchism lulz
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06-23-2009, 06:16 PM
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Kaylee's Daddy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Beverly Hills Adjacent
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Originally Posted by AriDisaster
Thats a pretty bad sterotype... I'm 18 and I love reading. The first time I read Brave New World was when I was in fourth grade. I've read it about 6 times since then, because I know that a persons understanding of a book changes.
(PS: You really shouldn't assume that every teenager loaths reading, and adores texting. I hate texting...its so impersonal. Plus, I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone sterotyped your daughter into a group)
(PSS: she is really cute=] she reminds me of when my lil sister was cute and nice)
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I LOVE 1984!!! I've read it a few times, but I feel like I haven't fully understood it yet... maybe in a year or two... A few good reads are The Scarlett Letter, Lolita, Devil In The White City, Enders Game, Shades Children, Sabriel(I love Garth Nix), Twilight series, Harry potter series, Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, just to name a few.
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OK, did you bother to read any of the follow up comments that I made where I not only respond to your so-brilliant and sage assessment (TWO YEARS ago, before you even brought it up), but also I BACKED UP MY POINT with research and links?
Or did you just quote me to add to the general troll level of the thread?
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06-24-2009, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Originally Posted by AriDisaster
Thats a pretty bad sterotype... I'm 18 and I love reading. The first time I read Brave New World was when I was in fourth grade. I've read it about 6 times since then, because I know that a persons understanding of a book changes.
(PS: You really shouldn't assume that every teenager loaths reading, and adores texting. I hate texting...its so impersonal. Plus, I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone sterotyped your daughter into a group)
(PSS: she is really cute=] she reminds me of when my lil sister was cute and nice)
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You need to not wet your pants about this type of thing. It's a stereotype, and you need to understand what that is, and what it means before you claim that people are wrong.
Stereotypes are not universally true (and that in and of itself is a stereotype.. how much degree of truth does that have?). You, one individual (plus maybe 15 others in this thread), saying that you don't fit this stereotype does not invalidate it. Also, stereotypes stick around because there is reason for them to be around, and generally that because there is some truth to them. He's not saying that YOU do not like to read, etc etc, he's saying that MANY do not like to read. And given that the people who form these arguments probably have data on the order of hundreds of thousands of people, I would say they're pretty qualified to come to such a conclusion.
And obviously, many people will disagree with this, given that we're in a THREAD ABOUT BOOKWORMS. Go around to just about any other thread on this board.. they type like they're on a cell phone, and many can't handle non-bite sized chunks of information (I mean, no one reads our rules.. go figure). |
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07-06-2009, 02:08 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ireland
Age: 27
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Picked up 3 books recently. Skulduggery Pleasant: The Facelees Ones, Neverwhere and Inkdeath. I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies along with Neverwhere.
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07-06-2009, 08:11 AM
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Resistance is Futile
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Age: 18
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Just Finished: Alistair McLean - Bear Island
Currently Reading: John Harvey - Cutting Edge + John Harvey Cold In Hand
Plan to Read: Jack Higgins - To Catch A King + Solo
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07-07-2009, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Read GEEK LOVE not too long ago its was good also reading WE by Yevgeny Zamyatin its great right after that imma go back and re-read 1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 1941
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07-07-2009, 08:48 PM
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Voluntaryist
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I love those last three books, great reads. 
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08-05-2009, 08:57 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ireland
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I've now started reading Dracula. It's been so long since I've read it, I remember more from the movie than the book.
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08-06-2009, 07:46 AM
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Pojo Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dead_Pool
I've now started reading Dracula. It's beenso long since I've read it, I remember more from the movie than the book.
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The only Dracula movie I've seen is Love at First Bite. I remember the book more than that movie. The title is the most memorable thing of the film.
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10-30-2009, 07:02 PM
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Kaylee's Daddy
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Location: Beverly Hills Adjacent
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Re-reading Kerouac's "On the Road" just because.
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10-30-2009, 07:23 PM
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The Hippie Vet
Join Date: May 2007
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"The cruelest thing you can do to Kerouac is reread him at thirty-eight."
- The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
Seriously word for word. More than applicable in this case.
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10-30-2009, 07:26 PM
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Hopeless Vet
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I just finished reading World War Z, it was amazing.
Now I'm reading Patient Zero, which is also good.
Woot zombies!
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10-30-2009, 11:05 PM
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Kaylee's Daddy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheParanoidAndroid
"The cruelest thing you can do to Kerouac is reread him at thirty-eight."
- The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
Seriously word for word. More than applicable in this case.
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Wow...and true as well.
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10-30-2009, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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I just finished reading Dr. Faustus and Twelfth Night. Go English 231!!
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11-02-2009, 04:43 AM
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Resistance is Futile
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Age: 18
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just finished reeading East of Desolation by Jack Higgins and now plan on reading A Darker Place (by same author)
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11-02-2009, 09:12 AM
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Chaos Writer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: America or somewhere
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I'm reading the very famous but biased Red Star Over China by Edgar Snow. I'm planning to read World War Z next.
Btw, does anyone else love Roald Dahl?
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11-02-2009, 02:48 PM
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Voluntaryist
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Woburn,Mass
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I'm reading Oedipus the King in English and reading Being Logical, A Guide to Good Thinking by D. Q. McInerny for fun.
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11-03-2009, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Peterborough, Ontario
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I've been reading anne rice novels for over a year now, and I'm on my 2nd last piece written by her. servant of the bones is my fav, and I would suggest it to anyone who reads a lot. something you should know though is that usually her books start off slow, but after the 1st little bit you can't put it down!
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11-04-2009, 06:11 PM
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Kaylee's Daddy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaos Swordsman
Btw, does anyone else love Roald Dahl?
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Absolutely, the man was a great writer with a tremendous imagination. His adult stories are even more perverse than his kid-lit.
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Originally Posted by itgfreak
I've been reading anne rice novels for over a year now, and I'm on my 2nd last piece written by her. servant of the bones is my fav, and I would suggest it to anyone who reads a lot. something you should know though is that usually her books start off slow, but after the 1st little bit you can't put it down!
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You do know that old Annie has become a born-again Christian and will no longer write those evil occult novels...right?
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11-04-2009, 06:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: North Nottinghamshire, UK
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I recently got a copy of The Fantastic Mr. Fox free in a box of cereal. God, I'd forgotten just how much I used to love that book.
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11-05-2009, 12:34 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Peterborough, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildWill
You do know that old Annie has become a born-again Christian and will no longer write those evil occult novels...right?
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yeah I know........ I try not to think about it
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11-05-2009, 01:36 PM
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Pojo Sucks
Join Date: Sep 2006
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How's Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude?
I got it quite a while ago, but never got to read it.
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11-05-2009, 04:32 PM
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Kaylee's Daddy
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It's brilliant.
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11-05-2009, 06:09 PM
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Resistance is Futile
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Age: 18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Watto
I recently got a copy of The Fantastic Mr. Fox free in a box of cereal. God, I'd forgotten just how much I used to love that book.
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same here - my sis wanted me to buy her one at her school book fair for Ł5 and i say hang on i think i might have one at home - off i go rummaging in the attic and find my old copy of it... and have since re-read it 4 times already and yeah just a brilliant book... dislike the new film though -
anyway plan on reading the following within a week
Alex Cross's Trial - James Patterson
Solo - Jack Higgins
Coding of a Concrete Animal - The Billy Michaels Story - Paul Knight
Knife Edge - Paul Adam
Glasgow Kiss - Alex Gray
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11-06-2009, 01:04 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Peterborough, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dimension567slayer
anyway plan on reading the following within a week
Glasgow Kiss - Alex Gray
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is this the artist or another alex gray?
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