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derp posted:not my goodread account just so you know Of course not, he finished it
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someone on the books subreddit posted a thread about lolita and it got locked within a few hours because redditors immediately started arguing about whether it's ok to gently caress a 15 year old
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Aug 27, 2017 01:28
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They didn't really get the book, huh?
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chernobyl kinsman posted:someone on the books subreddit posted a thread about lolita and it got locked within a few hours because redditors immediately started arguing about whether it's ok to gently caress a 15 year old How did you not quote the OP: quote:I liked the word play in the book. I was not surprised with the paedophilia since I am on Reddit for over 4 years
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Aug 27, 2017 10:03
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Just got a free copy of Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist #blessed
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chernobyl kinsman posted:someone on the books subreddit posted a thread about lolita and it got locked within a few hours because redditors immediately started arguing about whether it's ok to gently caress a 15 year old This sounds hilarious, please link
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chernobyl kinsman posted:someone on the books subreddit posted a thread about lolita and it got locked within a few hours because redditors immediately started arguing about whether it's ok to gently caress a 15 year old I am proud, and also disturbed, when I realize this really is one of the best book discussion forums on the internet I'm king of poo poo mountain
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Aug 28, 2017 21:56
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when the forums die in like four weeks we should take this show on the road
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Heath posted:This sounds hilarious, please link mods deleted a lot of the creepier posts but there are still a good bunch left  chernobyl kinsman fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Aug 28, 2017 |
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Aug 28, 2017 23:08
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I always like the ones who try to terminology lawyer it " In my defense your honor, she was pubescent"
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"I would like to invoke the 'grass on the field' rule"
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Any last words? "Its actually called Ephebophilia"
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I am proud, and also disturbed, when I realize this really is one of the best book discussion forums on the internet Congratulations
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I am reading this book called My Year of Meats, by Ruth Ozeki. It is about a Japanese TV show called My American Wife!, which features American Families cooking various forms of meat on TV. It is reminding me a lot of Mark Leyner, actually. I got it alongside The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel at a second hand store for $2 each. Pretty sweet deal!
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thehoodie posted:I am reading this book called My Year of Meats, by Ruth Ozeki. It is about a Japanese TV show called My American Wife!, which features American Families cooking various forms of meat on TV. It is reminding me a lot of Mark Leyner, actually. That is a good deal. I read both the latter books as well as another book by Ozeki last year, and they were all really good.
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Picked up Kafka on the Shore quickly because I needed to read something on the plane and my ereader broke. Murakami isn't my favorite writer but he sure is easy to read, I got to 150 pages in 2 hours or so. My favorite line is when the retarded man asks the cat if sex is about your willy and the cat replies "with a serious face" that "yes, it's all about the willy"
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i finished for whom the bell tolls and it was pretty okay. made me feel things which is a good sign. probably i'll read another of his sometime. started listening to persuasion and its not doing a very good job of persuading me to keep going
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derp posted:made me feel things which is a good sign Glad to see derp and a quadriplegic have the same measurement of value
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derp posted:started listening to persuasion and its not doing a very good job of persuading me to keep going At this point I don't think anything keeps you going. I don't even understand how you continue to post.
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many things keep me going. ive read probably close to 1000 books in my boring life spending many many pages to tell me in so many flowery words ''they broke' is not very engaging, i would rather be shown it by having one of the many characters whos birthdays and spouses i got told, struggling with their finances in an interesting way. it is a very difficult struggle to read my own sentences long enough to press submit tho you are right.
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keep posting never stop also, reading Turgenev's Fathers and Sons now, should be good 200 pages of philosohical discussion with some sexy russian girls sighing thrown in
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i've never read a single book; i get all of my information about literature from oncle picsou comics
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Fiction to inspire you to love and be in nature? Like Thoreau but narrative.
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Aug 29, 2017 20:45
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blue squares posted:Fiction to inspire you to love and be in nature? Like Thoreau but narrative. The Peregrine and Dharma Bums comes to mind.
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i read dharma bums and can't remmeber anything about it other than i thought it was bad
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fridge corn posted:i read dharma bums and can't remmeber anything about it other than i thought it was bad The buddhism sections can be slow for people that don't really care for that stuff, and I can see the parts where everyone gets drunk and has an semi-orgy in front of Alan Watts not being to everyone's tastes, but I liked the sections about hiking and climbing the mountains and going into the woods, which is about half the book. It's a short read too, so it's not like anything has a chance to actually drag. edit: unless you hate Kerouac or the Beats, which is understandable.
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Franchescanado posted:The buddhism sections can be slow for people that don't really care for that stuff, and I can see the parts where everyone gets drunk and has an semi-orgy in front of Alan Watts not being to everyone's tastes, but I liked the sections about hiking and climbing the mountains and going into the woods, which is about half the book. It's a short read too, so it's not like anything has a chance to actually drag. i was really into Buddhism at the time so i was excited to read it but i think it didn't live up to my expectations. also i read it like right after On the Road and wasn't very impressed with that either of course this was way back in high school before i really had a good appreciation for literature so a lot of stuff was probably lost on me
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hey guys i am reading swann's way and i am not seeing a reason to continue like why doesn't he just eat the cookie already
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fridge corn posted:i was really into Buddhism at the time so i was excited to read it but i think it didn't live up to my expectations. also i read it like right after On the Road and wasn't very impressed with that either No, I agree, the Buddhism sections are lacking, especially compared to the great outdoors sections. Mel Mudkiper posted:hey guys i am reading swann's way and i am not seeing a reason to continue like why doesn't he just eat the cookie already Cookies are very bad for swans, like chocolate for dogs.
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Franchescanado posted:At this point I don't think anything keeps you going. I don't even understand how you continue to post. hate. hate keeps him going. hate is why he continues to post.
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Desert Solitaire is a good nature book because Ed Abbey is a total dick. Also anything by John Muir is cool mostly because of his insane religious fervor all over the place.
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Franchescanado posted:The buddhism sections can be slow for people that don't really care for that stuff, and I can see the parts where everyone gets drunk and has an semi-orgy in front of Alan Watts not being to everyone's tastes, but I liked the sections about hiking and climbing the mountains and going into the woods, which is about half the book. It's a short read too, so it's not like anything has a chance to actually drag. I've yet to try anything but Kerouac but long been curious.
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blue squares posted:I've yet to try anything but Kerouac but long been curious. Uh there are at least 7 authors who aren't Kerouac.
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What books should I buy if I want to intimidate people with my literary prowess? They have to be recognizable to the average person yet inspire dread and awe at my erudition. Also gotta have a cliff notes available for free on their website.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:hey guys i am reading swann's way and i am not seeing a reason to continue like why doesn't he just eat the cookie already I enjoyed Swann's Way so much in English that I started learning French just so one day I can read it in its original language. It also is the book that gave me the idea to use notecards as bookmarks and write down passages I like and I pretty easily filled the entire thing so that when I go back and read it again I can see which passages struck me on a first passthrough and now I do that with all of my books
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computer, show me the least enticing article on the internet
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Arglebargle III posted:What books should I buy if I want to intimidate people with my literary prowess? They have to be recognizable to the average person yet inspire dread and awe at my erudition. Also gotta have a cliff notes available for free on their website. Try de Sade.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Try de Sade. On the subject, I'm looking to read as many books as possible in the vein of Lolita, American Psycho, Junkie, The 120 Days of Sodom, et cetera. Stuff about unrepentant transgressors who society allows to practice their poison. Preferably with good language like Nabokov, de Sade, and Burroughs. I'm not that great a fan of the BEE house style. I heard Tampa by Alissa Nutting was supposed to be decent, but I can't confirm. The vice itself doesn't matter so much to me, just that it is severe.
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