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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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 Posted - 07/08/2005 : 07:27:49
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i'm having a hard time getting into the book b/c of the nature of its writing style - i feel like i'm back in college reading journal articles. but its starting to hook me in a little.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 07/08/2005 : 07:36:40
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Yet to arrive! How many pages is it again, like, 400?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2005 : 14:57:06
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more like 600
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2005 : 12:12:57
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You lie like a rug!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2005 : 05:58:30
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why is that?
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2005 : 05:59:18
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Because there's no way I agreed to read a 600-page book that I have yet to get my hands on. That man is a liar!
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2005 : 06:21:15
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My library is shipping mine in from somewhere or other, woah this is a slow one
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 10:11:24
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I picked it up from the library an hour ago and devoured the first 30 pages. It's the kind of book that either grabs you or it doesn't.
Oh and it's 700 pages, not 600.
Can someone please remind me who chose it and when the deadline is?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 10:13:04
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shiney chose it (i think) but i don't know when the deadline is.
so far, it hasn't grabbed me
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 10:14:12
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Shiner sounds about right, Brian.
How far into it are you? It grabbed me on the second page with the tattoed stripper named Thumper. I was in after that.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 10:21:00
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I think this deadline appears to be as and when most of us have read it, I know zub has, who's still going with this one? we'll set a date and then move onto the next
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 11:27:02
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i'm 3 chapters in - i like the actual text stuff, but i really dislike the narration by the 'author' - i find it tedious and hard to get through
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 11:30:03
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There's a double narrative? this could be a problem, I hate that.
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 12:13:23
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It works Ok, though, I think.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/12/2005 : 13:29:47
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 13:56:41
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don't tell me one is in italics, I will absolutely ignore any italicised type!
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 15:21:36
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Not much itals, as far as I can tell, don't fret. I think you'll dig this book, kittie.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2005 : 07:43:03
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This book is officially freaking me the fuck out. Am considering not reading any more it's so creepy.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2005 : 07:48:17
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i still havenīt got it, itīs just new in Engerland and even rarer here.
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Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to corner the fish market and marvel at the small acts of philanthropy he commits while depriving most of the world of fish. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2005 : 10:05:17
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Originally posted by kathryn
This book is officially freaking me the fuck out. Am considering not reading any more it's so creepy.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
I'm not technically in the book club (I didn't join up because I read it last year), but it freaked me out too, it seems to have that effect on a lot of people.
I'm curious exactly how it's creeped you out, kathryn. I had some very bizarre experiences, but I don't want to go into detail until everyone's read it. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2005 : 10:19:10
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Apl, without divulging too much to the others, I'll simply say that the house is freaking me out -- the sprouted rooms. Also, I sense something sinister looming about the children, which wigs me out.
Does that makes sense to you?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2005 : 12:34:33
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 07/15/2005 : 13:18:01
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duck bumps?
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2005 : 06:50:37
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so i've been informed via email from a bunch of members of the book club that this book has been now made into a 'long term assignment' because of the difficulty in some people obtaining it/reading it, and i have been assigned the task of picking a month-long or so assignment for the book club. i'll be compiling my top 3 choices, and i'll make sure they're quasi-easily obtainable.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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book club - House of Leaves
