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Post by Scanjet on Jul 5, 2008 0:18:18 GMT
Never heard of the above books Miss G! Dunno why but I have another one! The Host by Stephanie Meyer! As the back says Sci-Fi for people who don't like Sci-Fi! AMAZING! First love triangle with only two bodies!
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Post by Melissa Kane on Jul 24, 2008 1:20:11 GMT
ooooh and I also forgot to put 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss which is a book all about...punctuation!! lolz! it's absolutely brilliant, bloody hilarious and very, very interesting, Lynne Truss is a really engaging writer! Speaking of funny books actually, I must give an honourable mention to the wonderful Guy Browning. His book, 'Never Push When It Says Pull', is a collection of his side-splittingly funny columns from The Guardian, where he contemplates how to solve complex social issues such as 'How to use a lift' and 'How to argue, persuasively, that George Eliot is in fact a man'! Here is an extract (yaaay!) from 'How to use a lift: ... (text removed by 'Lissa). I just bought Lynne Truss' book and its absolutely brilliant! I now get all warm and fuzzy feelings for the humble "sheepdog" comma, and heck, I just wanna bow down and worship dashes. *lmao* I can't wait to find her other books. I'm definately going to look out for Guy Browning's "Never Push When It Says Pull". That sounds hilarious too! I've still not read the Twilight books, but it sounds like I'm missing something phenomenal, guys. *lol* Hiya Miss Gaines, I've always found Lovecraft, and his stablemate Edgar Allen Poe, pretty hard going, but thats just from a simple use-of-language perspective. I've struggled with, and been defeated by, The Swiss Family Robinson, too, which uses the same kind of language in a gentler but similar vein. Actually, that was to be read for research for one of my sites so I suppose I'd better have another stab at it... lol 'Lissa.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2008 5:27:54 GMT
Twilight is indeed a phenomenon, and that's all I'm saying about it. (Must not give into temptation.)
I nearly didn't get through The Call of Cthulhu myself. I had to start it twice. But once I did, and read his other stories (I'm not much of a Mythos fan, to be honest), I really liked him. Poe's pretty good as well, but he's been done into the ground by schools. I've seen The Swiss Family Robinson movie, but never read the book.
As an aside to both you and madascheese, I also love Eats, Shoots & Leaves . It was recommended to me by one of my English teachers along with some of the texts he used. I haven't read any more of Lynne Truss' books, either, but if they're half as good as Eats, Shoots and Leaves I know I'll have to. Maybe the library has them...
Also, Guy Browning sounds kind of like Lewis Grizzard in that he published books of amusing articles he wrote for magazines. I'll need to locate Browning's book if only for my brother, who loves Grizzard.
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Post by Melissa Kane on Aug 11, 2008 20:25:33 GMT
Twilight is indeed a phenomenon, and that's all I'm saying about it. (Must not give into temptation.) I nearly didn't get through The Call of Cthulhu myself. I had to start it twice. But once I did, and read his other stories (I'm not much of a Mythos fan, to be honest), I really liked him. Poe's pretty good as well, but he's been done into the ground by schools. I've seen The Swiss Family Robinson movie, but never read the book. As an aside to both you and madascheese, I also love Eats, Shoots & Leaves . It was recommended to me by one of my English teachers along with some of the texts he used. I haven't read any more of Lynne Truss' books, either, but if they're half as good as Eats, Shoots and Leaves I know I'll have to. Maybe the library has them... Also, Guy Browning sounds kind of like Lewis Grizzard in that he published books of amusing articles he wrote for magazines. I'll need to locate Browning's book if only for my brother, who loves Grizzard. Hey, Miss Gaines (ya need a cool nickname hunny! ), why not do what I do. *lol* Buy the book for your brother then borrow it. Hehe! I'm a sod (though actually meaning a clump of earth, its also colloquial English for a cheeky or impish person, for those who might at first be offended by the term) for doing that! 'Lissa.
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Post by Melissa Kane on Aug 11, 2008 20:27:47 GMT
Never heard of the above books Miss G! Dunno why but I have another one! The Host by Stephanie Meyer! As the back says Sci-Fi for people who don't like Sci-Fi! AMAZING! First love triangle with only two bodies! Ahh, this is the one we were discussing the other night isn't it? I'm certainly curious about this one now. 'Lissa.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2008 3:49:34 GMT
Heh, I was thinking about finding one I really like, but somehow I think Moon-Unit, Mrs. LHC, or something else just as dorky is kind of a step back. My sister does that as well with the games and books she buys for everyone. I'd probably try to find it at a library since school-books have made me poor, and recommend it to him as the cheap alternative. The library is my answer to everything.
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Post by Melissa Kane on Sept 8, 2008 23:59:59 GMT
Heh, I was thinking about finding one I really like, but somehow I think Moon-Unit, Mrs. LHC, or something else just as dorky is kind of a step back. My sister does that as well with the games and books she buys for everyone. I'd probably try to find it at a library since school-books have made me poor, and recommend it to him as the cheap alternative. The library is my answer to everything. *lol* In response to the latter, the library is fantastic, isn't it?! I'm just scared that, given my terrible memory, I'll lose the book if I borrow it so I just don't take books out until I get desperate. *lol* As to the former... how about the one Scanjet used before - Miss G? And those others aren't dorky nicknames at all.. *lmao* This from a woman who uses, among others, "kinkyclawz"/"KC", "dodochicky"/"dodo" and "endymion". 'Lissa.
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Post by walterwynnchok on Feb 21, 2011 4:05:04 GMT
"Still Life with Woodpecker" by Tom Robbins..........(Everything revolves around a pack of Camels.) ---------- The difference between criminals and outlaws
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