I'm not going to study for Pynchon's sake. He can go eat a bag of dicks.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
I'm not going to study for Pynchon's sake. He can go eat a bag of dicks.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
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Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)
Different strokes, dude.
That book changed the way I read.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
What a great attitude to have!Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)
Stick to Palahniuk's miserable dreck. No "studying" required.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
Right, because a condescending piece-of-shit attitude is so much better.Quoting Milky Joe (view post)
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What can I say? I have a bad habit of mimesis when dealing with condescending piece-of-shit attitudes.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
I never condescended to anybody for liking Pynchon.Quoting Milky Joe (view post)
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OK, then, here is my revised post, and I stand by it:
Quoting Milky Joe
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
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i can't resist but ask....and you like batman? replace "brother" in this quotation with "parents", and you get my sentiment.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
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I hated that freakin' Curious Dog blah blah blah book. My place of employment picked it for the common freshman reading experience a couple years back. What's worse is that they've decided to go with it again next fall. Seriously, of all the books students could read...
I thought it was okay. I wouldn't put it on a required reading list, by any means.Quoting Hugh_Grant (view post)
...and the milk's in me.
Twice in three years!!! *bangs head on the wall*
I also didn't care for The Lovely Bones or The Kite Runner. Those were some awkward book club meetings.
Quoting lovejuice (view post)
Actually I find Batman's self-pitying "my parents are dead...a thug killed my parents...I miss my parents...did I mention my parents are dead?" stories to be pretty annoying as well.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I agree with this. I'd also like to add that one of the major points of the novel is that despite what he's been through, Holden IS a little shit that needs to grow up. I definitely didn't get the sense that Salinger wasn't being critical of Holden, and I'm constantly surprised by the amount of people that 'admire' him or who are so overtly annoyed with him. Maybe that's what makes him such an enigmatic character, I guess.Quoting Benny Profane (view post)
As for the thread, I don't hate the book but I never found The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy very funny.
Aww, man! This and Breakfast of Champions are the only two books I've read more than once.Quoting Spaceman Spiff (view post)
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I've been pretty lucky these past few years. Can only recall two books I actively disliked:
* The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne
* Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami (sorry, Meg)
Last movies seen
Frank: Good
Mistaken for Strangers: Good
Guardians of the Galaxy: Good
Last TV seasons watched
Treme (S04): Good
The Legend of Korra (S03): Good
Currently reading
This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Breakfast of Champions is a weird choice for the only Vonnegut someone would read twiceQuoting Spun Lepton (view post)
I reread books compulsively.Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)
...and the milk's in me.
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I guess I'm weird then. I really loved that book. I've also loved Slaughterhouse Five and The Sirens of Titan and may re-read those one day. Vonnegut is one of my favorites.Quoting Adam (view post)
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Going to throw The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai out there. Can't believe that won the Booker.
Wishful thinking, perhaps; but that is just another possible definition of the featherless biped.
I just finished reading this one, and I have to admit I was disappointed.Quoting Duncan (view post)