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Title: Fave Book??
Post by: OscarWilde on August 04, 2011, 08:32:54 AM: Fave book: The Picture of Dorian Grey.

Recently read: The Stand.

Reading: The 9th Fortress.
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Post by: Demosthenes on August 04, 2011, 10:06:56 AM: Welcome to The Geekery, OscarWilde. Why don't you head over to the Newbie Forums and post an intro thread so we can give you a proper welcome?
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Post by: Min on August 04, 2011, 10:25:24 AM: Eh, I don't welcome people there anyway. This is just as good for me. Welcome, I hope you stick around. :)

Fave book: Jurassic Park

Recently read: Hunger Games

Reading: Inkspell and also The Valley of Fear
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Post by: joshdurham on September 23, 2011, 04:53:00 PM: Favourite Book: Boy by Roald Dahl

Last Read: War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephanie Meyers

Reading: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyers

I'm loving the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky saga at the moment!
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Post by: ivan on September 23, 2011, 05:56:07 PM: For someone who likes to read, you weren't very good about reading this site's TOS, like the part where it says you should introduce yourself by starting a thread in the New Kids section.
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Post by: Demosthenes on September 23, 2011, 06:30:19 PM: Quote from: joshdurham on September 23, 2011, 04:53:00 PM
Favourite Book: Boy by Roald Dahl

Last Read: War and Peace by Dostoyevsky by Stephanie Meyers

Reading: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyers

I'm loving the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky saga at the moment!

(http://www.guildhaven.org/images/facepalm.jpeg)
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Post by: joshdurham on September 23, 2011, 07:02:17 PM: Quote from: ivan on September 23, 2011, 05:56:07 PM
For someone who likes to read, you weren't very good about reading this site's TOS, like the part where it says you should introduce yourself by starting a thread in the New Kids section.

No one reads them anyway *facepalm*
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Post by: ivan on September 23, 2011, 07:16:50 PM: Quote from: joshdurham on September 23, 2011, 07:02:17 PM
No one reads them anyway *facepalm*

You will have another chance to read it, when you register under your new name.

IF you register under a new name.
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Post by: Wunderkind on September 23, 2011, 11:29:12 PM: Quote from: joshdurham on September 23, 2011, 04:53:00 PM

I'm loving the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky saga at the moment!
No. You are not welcome here.
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Post by: Skananabittles on September 24, 2011, 01:49:23 PM: Don't be too harsh on him, whenever I see people reading terrible books I'm glad that at least they're reading something... Although most of them are borderline illiterate.
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Post by: Min on September 24, 2011, 04:13:20 PM: I loved the War and Peace by Dostoyevsky books. I'm such a chick.
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Post by: Wunderkind on September 24, 2011, 10:30:07 PM: Alright, I give.

I do not see what you see in this story.

It disturbs me. It makes my skin crawl. I found nothing romantic or sexy about it. I found things that made me feel sick beyond just the abused commas and semi-colons and the occasional inconsistency in the canon. Edward is a creep. Jacob is a moron. Bella Isabitch. I don't get it.

I'm sorry.

Can we toss it up to personal preference and agree to disagree?
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Post by: ivan on September 25, 2011, 03:47:15 AM: Quote from: Wunderkind on September 24, 2011, 10:30:07 PM
Alright, I give.

I do not see what you see in this story.

It disturbs me. It makes my skin crawl. I found nothing romantic or sexy about it. I found things that made me feel sick beyond just the abused commas and semi-colons and the occasional inconsistency in the canon. Edward is a creep. Jacob is a moron. Bella Isabitch. I don't get it.

I'm sorry.

Can we toss it up to personal preference and agree to disagree?

Correct me if I'm wrong but, it sort of; kind, of; sounds, like, you read. It.
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Post by: Wunderkind on September 25, 2011, 08:52:17 AM: I did. I don't like saying I hate something I've never actually played/watched/read/ate/drank/tried. So I read it. And I did, indeed, hate it.

EDIT: I see what you did there.
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Post by: ivan on September 25, 2011, 11:18:48 AM: I am an expert comma abuser.
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Post by: Banshee on September 26, 2011, 09:13:27 AM: Quote from: OscarWilde on August 04, 2011, 08:32:54 AM
Fave book: The Picture of Dorian Grey.

Recently read: The Stand.

Reading: The 9th Fortress.

A Modest Proposal.
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Post by: Stitch on September 26, 2011, 09:32:00 AM: Fave Book: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Recently Read: See Above

Currently Reading: Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card

I love the Ender Saga, ever since I was in 8th grade. The core four were great, but the Ender's Shadow series was kind of dull.
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Post by: Mizel on September 26, 2011, 11:12:00 AM: This is challening! There are so many books and authors that I adore.... If I had to pick off of the very top of my list I'd have to say:

*The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A. N. Roquelaure (a.k.a. Anne Rice)

*Just about any book by Stephen King

*Philosphy in the Bedroom by the Marquis de Sade

This thread has made me realize how much less I read now, compared to how much I used to read before I was.... well, a 'real' adult. :[
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Post by: pbsaurus on September 26, 2011, 06:05:52 PM: I don't think I could pick a favourite book. Probably not even a favourite author.
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Post by: Skananabittles on September 26, 2011, 06:26:37 PM: ^
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Post by: Stitch on October 07, 2011, 08:38:02 AM: Quote from: Mizel on September 26, 2011, 11:12:00 AM
*The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A. N. Roquelaure (a.k.a. Anne Rice)
I read those when I was 17. It was literary porn to me.
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Post by: Mizel on October 07, 2011, 08:55:58 AM: Yea, same here. Still are hah :P But that aspect aside, they are great books.
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Post by: Seregil on October 08, 2011, 10:44:48 AM: Quote from: OscarWilde on August 04, 2011, 08:32:54 AM
Fave book: The Picture of Dorian Grey.
That's one of my favourite books too.
Last read: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Reading: Ulysses by James Joyce
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Post by: Vespertine on December 13, 2011, 03:54:51 PM: Quote from: Stitch on October 07, 2011, 08:38:02 AM
I read those when I was 17. It was literary porn to me.
HUGE THREAD BUMP!!! Sorry for that...I missed this thread originally.

Uh, they are literary porn. I own the trilogy and have reread them enough that the spines are broken and they're pretty beat up. Good stories, but make no mistake...it's pretty hardcore porn.
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Post by: damoose on December 17, 2011, 07:35:37 AM: I'm not sure I would be able to chose a favourite either. I have read a lot of Stephen King, but I am currently hooked on the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Also a fan of Ender's Game. The series kind of lost me after the second book though.