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Seven of the top ten books of all time are by Ayn Rand or L. Ron Hubbard... who knew?
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I read them all for the first time ever just a couple of summers ago and loved them.
She was crazy in bed, but she was a total butterface
if they don't blow my mind I'm going to sic the violent bear on you bunch of smartypantses
Which translation of Karamazov? It can pretty heavily impact how accessible/palatable it is.
god why do Russians have the best last names
I tried it again like 8 years later and read the whole thing in like 2 days. Then had to check to make sure my copy didn't have the ending torn out or something.
Love that book.
Everyone needs to read more Vonnegut. It is known.
I didn't know what to say, so I tried to be noncommittal
"Yeah, he's not for everyone I guess!"
But inside I was like, "dumb dumb DUUUUUMB"
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how did voldemort know harry would get to the goblet first
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because it's a harry potter book
wizard did it
Or not, it's all good
I understand it can be frustrating when you're like "I don't enjoy this author" and people are like "but no you just need to read THIS book, oh you didn't like that one, well how about THIS one?!" ad nauseum
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that's not a plot hole? like, that's fully explained in the book
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At some point, I'll give him another shot.
GOOD
Yes indeed, how did Voldemort know that Harry would be the first to pass the obstacle course designed, administered, and controlled primarily by his top lackey (who everyone else happened to trust implicitly). And how could he have know that Harry would have passed the previous challenges, all of which he was assisted with by said lackey. Like, seriously, Rowling pretty much spells this out when...
Eagles did it.
It is about modern art and relationships and war and stuff
My favorite is probably Cat's Cradle
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Also the movie.
it was literally the only thing i could possibly think of that osmeone might bitch about
please do not take it as me calling it out as these knot that, when picked at, unravels the entire plot
DISLIKE
You must overcome this petty obstacle
(If you want)
(You totally should though)
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Give Breakfast of Champions or Player Piano a shot. Slaughterhouse Five is great, but it's pretty much a sci-fi-magical-realist, autobiography of Vonnegut's WWII experience, quite different from his other novels.
Edit: On second thought, links to full text that is (maybe?) still not public domain while I'm jailed are probably not the best idea.
I like it but I can see your average person not being too into it
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do not read siren's of titan first
it is a very good book, and maybe one of his best, but oh man the ending will fucking crush you
also breakfast of champions is my favorite, but it is not so much that it's a very good book(it's mediocre), it's that it is deeply personal when he talks about his depression and his life and it really hit home
Oh, I know. That was, like, seven years ago or something? I can probably safely enjoy The Albatross and Oingo Boingo as well.
I guess I should probably read The Sirens of Titan sometime.
Also, is that what people complain about with Goblet of Fire? I thought it was that the whole Triwizard tournament was really unnecessary and Moody could've just gone "hey Harry, could you fetch me that book?" Bam, done.
Man, Goblet of Fire was the shit. I loved Harry Potter when I was a kid, but then Order of Phoenix came out when I was 13 and I hated it. Hated hated hated it. I still picked up the sixth book, but somehow I'd lost all interest in Harry Potter by then. I haven't even read the last one.
The eagles didn't deliver the ring because the entire point of the journey is the beauty and strength of simplicity.
Everybody fails.
See me after class.
the Good News is that The Raw Shark Texts is a book that you can go and buy and read right away
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da very bes
some real nice contemporary lit-style shorts with fantastic conceits