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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:53 am
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:28 pm
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Priestess of Neptune Crew
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:52 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:49 pm
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I liked Eragon, but I never bothered reading any of the sequels to it. It was good, but not that good. I also loved Cell by Stephen King, as well as The Giver.
I don't like Romeo and Juliet all that much either. I think it's the Shakespeare play I liked the least. But a couple books I hated were Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, and Twilight. Angela's Ashes was a much better movie than book. The book dragged out at parts and was pretty whiny. I never finished it for that reason.
And Twilight. I actually planned on reading it, borrowed the first one from a friend, and got ten pages into it before I just couldn't go on. Then, a couple months later, it became the newest fad, and I hated it. It's not just because it's popular, it's because it's bad writing. It's terrible. She literally has four word sentences all over the place. It's just not very engaging at all. What it is, is a romance novel geared directly towards hopelessly romantic teenage girls. And at that, it succeeds flawlessly.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:55 pm
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Priestess of Neptune Your opinion is your own - stating that, for instance, you despise Shakespeare will not draw ire, nor will emphasizing your distaste of all things J.K. Rowling. I agree with you on the subject of romance - I refuse to pay waste valuable coin for any romance or mystery novel, or anything that states "New York Times Bestseller" at the top.
Well, I don't like insulting people, but I don't like most books nowadays, I think Harry Potter is actually well thought out and rounded, if having a few gaps here and there. Most everything else is a carbon copy of books you all are too young to have read.
To me, most of these books people claim to love are sub-par to what beauteous stories I grew up with. It's like comparing Shakespeare to the classics of Rome, they're in a whole different realm you know? (Some of these well know classics some of you all detest are rather droll.)
Mostly I agree with the twilight haters, I wanted so hard to get to love that book. My friends begged me to read all four books.
I had to ask so many questions, I was alarmed by the fact that once Bella knew that Edward had been stalking her for months on end; watching her as she dressed, staying in her room, she acted as if there was nothing wrong with it. Why then, if everything was poison to her could she kiss him with out her being killed?
It was like reading a bad fanfiction, everything she said in the beginning contradicted itself in the end.
Best quote ever:
Me: twilight isn't a book. My friend: What? Yes it is. Me: No, no it isn't, book titles are capitalized. The title isn't capitalized, therefore; twilight is not a book.
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:33 pm
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Priestess of Neptune Crew
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:56 pm
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:51 pm
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Personally, I hate any books that aren't either funny, don't have a bit of teenage stuff (even though I am 10, I like teen stuff, because I'm used to reading curses and cursing alot xD), don't have at least implied romance, are too kiddie for me, or it's just plain frickin long. I will seriously die if that book is too boring.
Although the only book that was frickin' long I liked was 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' it had implead romance with Jean and Dill and that it was kinda funny. Also, I liked 'The Messenger' (I forgot who the author was) but never finished it because... well, I dunno why, but still.
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Priestess of Neptune Crew
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:03 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:12 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:23 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:23 pm
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:27 pm
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