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Nickelback. I don't want to talk about it. Dave Eddings The Belgariad and the Mallorean - despite realising 2 books in that the characterization boiled down to racist? stereotypes, the female characters all sucked and Kheldar/Silk was obnoxious as gently caress and needed to go away and take drat near everyone else except for Beldin, the Twins and Relg. Also, Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley High/Twins, Joanna Campbell's Thoroughbred Series.
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Nutsngum posted:God damned yes. I dont think theres any overt racism as I tried to work out who was who the last time I read the books and the most I could pull was that the Murgos might be asian looking but then the rest of the other bad "Races" seemed to be just like everyone else. So basically a planet of white people I think. As I recall - every nationality had a stereotype - the Arends were hot-headed; some other nation was populated by Ren-faire rejects. I found Silk incredibly obnoxious - especially since I was supposed to identify with Polgara and Ce'nedra. How come the boys get this cool badass whatever dude and I get the most useless immortal witch ever.
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Marathanes posted:
I loves Mercedes Lackey, still do to an extent - barring the Winds Trilogy. gently caress Elspeth and gently caress the Talydras fetishization. The Shin'a-in are cooler anyway  One of these days I'll get around to re-reading Ann McCaffery - see if the books are as good as they were when I was 10. I suspect that the Animorphs didn't age well and the TV show was really crappy and I don't remember why I liked the theme song so much.
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kannonfodder posted:Speaking of terrible books, I used to absolutely love the Sword of Truth series. I read the first few a half dozen times over, but once I hit the point in the series where the author writes a 600 page rant about how COMMUNISM IS BAD! I stopped reading them. Then years later, I started to re-read the first, and it was just unbearable. I have no idea why I liked them so much. Most I recall is Goodkind's thing for female domination. You had the pain stick ladies; nuns with electroshock colors and a lady who could touch a man and turn him into a drooling Renfield sort. I gave up once I noticed that the series ran like a crappy cop show - bad guy does bad/creepy thing using gimmick power. Richard is immune; naturally - because he's a Rahl. Zed wanders in and out like a store-brand Gandalf. Richard kills bad guy/other people. Wizards First Rule - Wear red to hide the blood stains. The Runelords series. Good premise - steal other people's attributes; become a demi-god. Cross-species attribute robbing has interesting side-effects and is frowned upon. If your donors die; you're SOL. No idea what the plot was; lost interest. The Ill-Made Mute. The author kept misplacing the plot in the scenery. A Pied-Piper was involved. And horses with anti-gravity shoes. Anything, essentially by that dynamic duo of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Nora Roberts... half/all of the appeal was the (mediocre) sex. But I was 11. AcetylCoA! has a new favorite as of 23:04 on Feb 4, 2014 |
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whatshesaid posted:Oh and of course I wanted to babysit when I was 12. I never got a job though. I've never liked kids, not even when I was one. Never understood them, what they're all about, and I never will. I just wanted to be a "normal" little girl who loves dolls and babies, even though deep down I didn't. Glad I grew out of that and became the rear end in a top hat I am today! Oh good, I'm not the only one. "Why aren't I 'normal' like the BCC? When will I become like the BCC?" Right up there with the Thoroughbred series - where every girl becomes a champion jockey and where every horse ridden by them is the next Secretariat/Zenyatta/Frankel and yet is somehow always the underdog.
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Aphra Bane posted:Two that immediately come to mind are: Ahaha. Beanie Babies. I remember people camping outside of the AC Moore to get the newest release and paying 10 bucks. Can now get at the grocery store for 5. This song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahcSFleKm8
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