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 Willow VampireDon't worry, I bite
Legendary Seeker    since: Apr 2004 |
 Mar 02, 09 at 10:28am |
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I liked North and South
 . That might be because I watched the series first though which was on a few years ago, then I read the book straight afterwards.Any way, I found Pride and Prejudice really hard work to read. What with all the ballroom dances, people falling off horses, more dances, snobbery, people walking around in posh dresses, and more dances. I finished the book any way just so I could say that I read it. Might as well achieve something for going through all that boredom eh? don't give up! xD -------------------  | |
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Corruption Still the Goddamn Cookie God
Seeketh Maximus    total posts: 5514 since: Jul 2004 |
Mar 02, 09 at 11:10am |
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. I am struggling to decide whether I hated reading it or Thoreau's Walden more. It wasn't even the fact that it was for school since it was an independent reading assignment until a test at the end; the story itself bored me to near death.
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Scott Cee Infinity in my pocket
Seeketh Maximus  since: Sep 2001 |
Mar 02, 09 at 1:24pm |
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Lord of the Rings.
I struggled through The Fellowship and about half of The Two Towers before giving up in fear of my creaking brain. I found it very dry, pages and pages of nothing but description was hard going for me. The movies were good though.  Arguably adaption distillation and, even more better, no Tom Bombadil!  -------------------  | |
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Curt Connors
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 Mar 02, 09 at 1:45pm |
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Scott, you heathen
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Hoa Dao + :: Link x Zelda :: +
ultra seeker    since: May 2006 |
 Mar 02, 09 at 5:07pm |
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Well, I've fallen asleep reading the Silmarillion. ^^;
Anyway, most boring I've ever read? *thinks* I can't think of any at the moment, actually. >o>;; It doesn't help that I haven't been reading much other than school textbooks (oh physiology ;-; ...) ------------------- | |
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Krazyboys The thrill is Gone, gone away for good
N'Somniac  total posts: 4797 since: Jun 2003 |
Mar 02, 09 at 5:16pm |
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Pride and Prejudice, man I hate Jane Austen so much. I also found They're Eyes Were Watching God and a River Runs Through it to be boring.
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Redalert501 Celebrating 3 years of Neoseeker
Resident Neo    total posts: 2995 neopoints: 329 since: Feb 2006 |
Mar 02, 09 at 6:07pm |
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I typically just don't read books that don't interest me, and I haven't gotten to the point in school where they make you read dull old classics, so that's good. My dad made me read Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, and I probably got halfway through before giving up. Too many classics are dull.
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 LokiMaster Debater
Still Seekin'  total posts: 3298 since: Nov 2008 |
Mar 02, 09 at 6:13pm |
quote Scott CeeThis is one of your odd jokes, right? Please? Moby Dick made me cry inside, I had no interest whatsoever for it. ------------------- SQUEAK
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Curt Connors
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Mar 02, 09 at 7:09pm |
quote KrazyboysTheir Eyes Were Watching God sounds too preachy to want to open, and I've never even heard of it. quote Hoa DaoSilmarillion is more or less a text book, so you may live after the revolution.  ------------------- | |
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Willow Vampire Don't worry, I bite
Legendary Seeker since: Apr 2004 |
Mar 02, 09 at 10:04pm |
quote IshilarThat is one of my favourite books! You guys have shite tastes. I might as well read every book mentioned in this thread now since I will probably end up liking them .------------------- | |
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Hoa Dao + :: Link x Zelda :: +
ultra seeker since: May 2006 |
Mar 03, 09 at 3:28pm |
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Haha, I love Jane Austen, actually. I have read that Charlotte Bronte doesn't like Austen, though it may have to do with the social class issue (Austen was higher class than the Brontes). I may have to look into the books by the Brontes ... :] I dabble into classics every now and then, though I haven't read many .... I still need to read four other books by Austen (I've only read P&P and Emma XD)
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Nyff Against All Odds
Neo: Essential  since: Nov 2004 |
Mar 03, 09 at 4:29pm |
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Irish Gamer Odi et amo
Permanently Plugged In  total posts: 13136 since: Feb 2003 |
Mar 03, 09 at 4:55pm |
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Jane Eyre and Pride & Prejudice. Not because they were bad or shit books, but because of the way we were studying them was insanely boring. WOMEN WOMEN WOMEN RIGHTS WOMEN RIGHTS WOOHOO! The course was called "Literature and Gender" and when someone asked the lecturer if we'd be studying any MALE writers for the GENDER course she laughed and said "No way".
As a result I was instantly prejudiced (lolirony) against everything we did in that course. I tried reading Jane Eyre and Pride & Prejudice but hated them, got summaries instead. Which is like... blasphemy for an English student. Or something. ------------------- Ron says: I just drink to a point where everything makes me laugh Ron says: once something stops being funny, I drink more | |
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Existence A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys.
Neo or Bust   total posts: 7131 neopoints: 138 GameGrep pts: 2888 since: May 2005 |
 Mar 03, 09 at 5:58pm |
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Basically, any Jane Austen. Sure, I've found a couple of them a bit interesting, but I'm afraid ball rooms and snobby girls choosing suitors just isn't for me.
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Jonesoda Simply Orange
true seeker (2K Remix)   total posts: 2143 since: Aug 2008 |
 Mar 03, 09 at 8:19pm |
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I have to read athabasca after like the 200 page it starts getting ok.
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