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12 Mar 2011, 10:23 am

Moog wrote:

I'm being inspired by other people's posts (my own memory, as usual, needing keys I don't posses to access it)

Dostoevsky... yes, I can't make it through his books. I do love his ideas in condensed form though.

Orwell... a bit of a bore sometimes, could have used a bit more judicious editing. 1984 blew my mind as a child though, despite being a bit overlong.

Tolkein... oh my golly gosh, yes. I forced myself to read all of the LOTR trilogy (having previously quite enjoyed The Hobbit and I wish I hadn't.

You have just angered 90% of the WP forum :p

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12 Mar 2011, 11:04 am

All these people complaining about Pride and Prejudice, wait until you read Mansfield Park. Pride and Prejudice is awesome in comparison and I don't even like Pride and Prejudice.

I'm going with Catcher in the Rye, though it's thankfully short. Possibly Faerie Queen, or worse, Piers Plowman, which isn't short.

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12 Mar 2011, 5:22 pm

Orcist wrote:

Great Expectations-Charles Dickens

It's a great thick book in which nothing happens.
It is good for putting people to sleep though ^^

Most boring book ever.

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12 Mar 2011, 5:27 pm

Descartes wrote:

When I was in the ninth grade, I had to read a book called Life Of Pi. I couldn't make it past the first few pages of it because I found it to be monotonous and dull.

That one was actually pretty good, but I've found that you either can't stop turning the pages, or you can't stop the urge to rip the pages.

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12 Mar 2011, 5:29 pm

Moog wrote:

I... just... can't...

Moog!

How could you!?

All of those authors are awesome. :lol:

It's fine, though, we all have different tastes.

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12 Mar 2011, 5:40 pm

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Pride and Prejudice

Anything Jane Austin did is about as irritating to read as an infestation of hyperactive public lice in the crotch.

A few additions to add

Catch 22

Kafka on the Shore, If you can picture me with a great big WTF above my head as I read this that would probably explain the facial expression i pulled reading this glorified snuff porn.

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12 Mar 2011, 6:07 pm

Mein Kampf.

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13 Mar 2011, 4:15 am

Tequila wrote:

Mein Kampf.

which volume?

see, i would have said "Death of a salesman", having been forced to read it and "critically analyze" it (read: remember what the teacher says to you umpteen times and write that in the exam). however, watching the movie make me like it again.

reading the phone book was more interesting than (altho basically the same structure as) the bible.

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13 Mar 2011, 5:42 am

happymusic wrote:

Descartes - Life of Pi has a great twist. I listened to it on audio, it was really good.

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Descartes wrote:
When I was in the ninth grade, I had to read a book called Life Of Pi. I couldn't make it past the first few pages of it because I found it to be monotonous and dull.

That one was actually pretty good, but I've found that you either can't stop turning the pages, or you can't stop the urge to rip the pages.

Okay, I guess I'll take both your words for it and try to reread the book. It's just that I felt the narrator kept going on and on about stuff I didn't care about, such as three-toed sloths.

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Possibly Faerie Queen, or worse, Piers Plowman, which isn't short.

I had to read a portion of The Faerie Queen for my British Lit class. I had no idea what the hell was going on, and when I read the summary on Sparknotes, I was like "Is that what I just read?" :roll:

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13 Mar 2011, 6:01 am

jmnixon95 wrote:

Moog wrote:

I... just... can't...

Moog!

How could you!?

All of those authors are awesome. :lol:

It's fine, though, we all have different tastes.

I did like 1984 and The Hobbit. Notes from Underground was okay, I only read the first half though, don't feel compelled to finish it. Tried Crime and Punishment, ugh. I'm not completely writing any of these writers off.

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13 Mar 2011, 6:04 am

Laz wrote:

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Pride and Prejudice

Anything Jane Austin did is about as irritating to read as an infestation of hyperactive public lice in the crotch.

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Catch 22

I think that's a great book, but probably about twice as long as it really ought to be.

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Kafka on the Shore, If you can picture me with a great big WTF above my head as I read this that would probably explain the facial expression i pulled reading this glorified snuff porn.

People keep telling me how great that is. I've a charity shop copy I've not started. I found Wind Up Bird Chronicle a bit pointless. You're not helping, Laz!

Talking of Kafka though, how about The Trial? Another supposed great that I've only managed to read half of.

I bet all the lit snobs round here think I'm a barbarian. :lol:

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13 Mar 2011, 6:07 am

Ulysses or Finnegans Wake by James Joyce? I prefer my books to be in an actual language.

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13 Mar 2011, 9:25 am

2 pages in, and nobody has yet mentioned

Les Miserables

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Could it be that I just missed the fascination inherent in a detailed history of the Parisian sewer system? The musical is awesome, but the source text...never was there a wiser choice to abridge.

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Good call on Robert Jordan - first few books were good; fourth was the best, but after that...will Perrin rescue Faile/Mat marry the Daughter of the Nine Moons/Rand choose one or all of his trio already...

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Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Occasionally inspired; always rambling; chockful of dead-ends and dei ex machinae; a worthy inspiration to Lost; Blaine the Mono stands as its signal character.

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13 Mar 2011, 9:38 am

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Les Miserables

Could it be that I just missed the fascination inherent in a detailed history of the Parisian sewer system? The musical is awesome, but the source text...never was there a wiser choice to abridge

It is a massive undertaking if you read it in its entirety.

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I think that's a great book, but probably about twice as long as it really ought to be.

It was an incredible chore to finish it which overshadowed the positives in my mind.

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People keep telling me how great that is. I've a charity shop copy I've not started. I found Wind Up Bird Chronicle a bit pointless. You're not helping, Laz!

Talking of Kafka though, how about The Trial? Another supposed great that I've only managed to read half of.

I was told how great it was as well so me and my ex both had a go at reading it and we were both baffled as to WTF the point was in it. I'm sure if your japanese its great, i'm not japanese his dreams about his mother sounded like the script from some hentai film.

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I bet all the lit snobs round here think I'm a barbarian

I'm probably not far behind in some respects...

infact what I used to do was give something I didn't want to read to my ex who then read it for me and gave me an overview of what it was about. Saved me a lot of time and effort though she cottoned onto my game after not too long. Why read something yourself when someone else can read it for you and give you the general jist of what it's about :mrgreen:

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13 Mar 2011, 10:33 am

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Catch 22

Kafka on the Shore, If you can picture me with a great big WTF above my head as I read this that would probably explain the facial expression i pulled reading this glorified snuff porn.

Catch-22 was pretty sweet IMO, the ending was fantastic.

Kafka is hard to stomach, although Metamorphosis is good.

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