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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/26/2005 : 08:33:22
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shall we say may 14th to give time for those who have to wait for it to arrive? chances are we'll all finish before that even with delivery times but best to over-estimate I think
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2005 : 08:45:14
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14th is fine for me. My copy should be here any day now.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2005 : 09:08:16
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good good! I will hopefully be picking up my copy tomorrow!
tragically excited about this book business
when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/27/2005 : 10:27:12
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I got it yesterday and I'm half way done it's so good!
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 17:12:00
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I found it!
Slight water damage, but its found.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 22:57:11
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i got it yesterday - about to start it...
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 00:46:25
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I ordered mine from a bookshop run by a Canadian guy who insisted on telling me the entire plot of Tom Sharpe´s Wilt while waiting for the request to process. It´ll be here in a week. I told my friend who´s a performer on the Ramblas about it thinking he´d be pleased and he just said Fuck, as he´s writing one about human statues too.
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 02:12:40
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2005 : 06:00:18
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Just finished it this morning. One of the best books
I've ever read. Not to build it up or anything.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 01:31:13
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just getting this back on the first page, can't wait now kathryn.
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 09:03:17
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Just finished it this morning. One of the best books
I've ever read. Not to build it up or anything.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics
I found this guy at the local bookstore who has incredible taste in books. Everything he's referred to me has been fantastic. Its cool because I don't have to read through alot of crap to get to a good book. He referred this one, I'll ask him for other titles and let ya know.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 09:50:03
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about 35 pages in...so far so good...i need to make some time this week to read, i've been so lazy with it lately
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 10:58:52
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Brian, pull one all-nighter, like I did, and you'll be done.
Carolyn, I'd appreciate that. Thanks.
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2005 : 12:18:31
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I got mine yesterday, right now about fifty pages in. I don't want to rush it, mostly because its been awhile since I've read something I've loved, and want this to last.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 02:26:36
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i'm about a hundred pages in, i think it was plum in the observatory with the rope!
seriously, i've dog-eared a couple pages so far so i can quote them later, very grandiloquent, reminds me of james crumley in the way i want to remember phrases so i can say them at parties and sound smart. ;) |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 06:34:35
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I do that lots shiney. Yellow highlighter on quotes I want to remember.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 08:09:08
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i'm really digging it - and friday and saturday are officially "brian needs to relax or his brain will explode" days, so i'll get a lot of reading (hopefully all of the book) done this weekend
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 14:46:29
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Because the words Brian and Brain look so similar, I had tor ead that sentence in quotations about three times to get it's jist.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 15:18:05
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i think i've told this story before, but in 6th grade i know who my "secret admirer" was b/c she spelled my name brain - so clearly it was the dyslexic girl. and it was
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 17:29:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I do that lots shiney. Yellow highlighter on quotes I want to remember.
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This is the war and not the warning.
i'm guilty of high-lighting totally redundant stuff in library books so the next borrower will wonder what the hell the signifigance of it is.....or, if it turns out the ending sucks and i can give it away early i'll go highlight some serious foreshadowing etc. just to be an asshole. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2005 : 18:22:01
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Shiney, but in order to do that, you have to go back afterwards, once you've finished, and pick out where the foreshadowing was. You take a whole lot of effort to be mean.
And I'm impressed. Teach me?
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 00:53:32
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| i'm not mean very often, but shitty endings piss me off, i would rather have a slow, plodding book that i have to restart a couple times and have a redeeming ending than have a great paced book like "tell no one" by harlan coben and then they end it by giving the kid back and sharing custody!!! unfortunately in that one i didn't see it coming so i wrote in pencil at about 30 pages or so "the ending to this book sucks!" in the margin and then again at 60 pages, and then at 90 i wrote "why are you still reading this book?" and then at the end i wrote "see?" |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 09:18:01
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haha I think I just got me a new hobby!
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 09:31:44
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It's the name of his Sled. There, I just saved you two boring boobless hours.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/05/2005 : 10:31:34
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thats 'sled' - not 'sledge' - sorry tre
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2005 : 01:22:41
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2005 : 01:28:24
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Damn it, I bought all my books for the trip without looking at this thread. Including my first ever audio book. Next time...
"Joined the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2005 : 08:10:02
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my insomnia led me to read a good 40 pages at 3am last night. about half way through - hopefully i can bash more of it out today and tomorrow
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 05/07/2005 : 10:07:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Damn it, I bought all my books for the trip without looking at this thread. Including my first ever audio book. Next time...
"Joined the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened"
you bought this too?
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2005 : 13:19:40
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I've got the book now, will start reading tonight
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2005 : 14:45:37
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| rescued from page 3, i will make the deadline assuming i don't get too drunk tonight and have to stay in bed and not open my eyes tomorrow. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2005 : 14:50:25
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I've got about 40 pages left. Speaking of which, I'm about to go sit down and finish it. Should be done in less than an hour.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2005 : 15:32:55
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Just finished it.
Some brains just work that way, that's what chemicals can do. |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2005 : 16:34:42
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| a minute a page, that's pretty good! i usually read about 3 pages every 4 minutes. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2005 : 16:36:37
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Oh jesus, how male is that -- timing yourselves?
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forum book club #2
