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The books many start, but few ever finish: Survey reveals the reads nobody reads (HRC 1.9%)
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Posted on 07/08/2014 6:44:44 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
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To: Borges
“Lolita is difficult but well worth reading. Its pretty fantastic.”
I thought Lolita was difficult to read not because of its style, but because a few of the characters, including the star of the book, were just awful! But yes, it is quite a story.
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posted on
07/08/2014 8:06:49 PM PDT
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Vision Thing
(obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
To: KarlInOhio
I’m struggling through Les Mis right now. The disjointed style in the different parts of the book are a bit of a turnoff, but the parts that I’ve liked so far are just hints of how great a book it is.
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posted on
07/08/2014 8:12:19 PM PDT
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Vision Thing
(obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
To: IronJack
After reading A Moveable Feast, in which Hemingway raved about Fitzgerald, I read Gatsby, and I could see why Hemingway made such a fuss.
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posted on
07/08/2014 8:22:43 PM PDT
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Vision Thing
(obama wants his suicidal worshipers to become suicidal bombers.)
To: latina4dubya
When I was 19 I memorized the first 14 chapters of Romans (NASB version). I would have memorized all of it but my brain ran out of space.
Cordially,
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posted on
07/08/2014 8:33:42 PM PDT
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Diamond
(He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people,)
To: Diamond
I would have memorized all of it but my brain ran out of space. :)
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posted on
07/08/2014 8:37:05 PM PDT
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latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: zeugma
Any list of unreadable books mustinclude Dianetics. Granted, it's not supposed to be considered fiction, but still, it's the worst thing I've ever read that comes to mind. Interesting choice. I've never read it, but at or near the top of awful books I actually finished reading was Battlefield Earth by Hubbard. A (thin) novella's worth of story spread over a forest worth of pages. A master of the English language can say in two or three words what an average writer says in ten. Hubbard took a hundred.
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posted on
07/08/2014 9:24:04 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: Vision Thing
Hemingway and Fitzgerald became good friends, even though the only thing they had in common was their love of distilled beverages. Stylistically and in terms of temperament, they couldn’t have been farther apart.
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posted on
07/09/2014 5:25:30 AM PDT
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IronJack
To: KarlInOhio
Interesting choice. I've never read it, but at or near the top of awful books I actually finished reading was Battlefield Earth by Hubbard. A (thin) novella's worth of story spread over a forest worth of pages. A master of the English language can say in two or three words what an average writer says in ten. Hubbard took a hundred. Funny. I thought Battlefield Earth was the only book of his that was readable.
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07/09/2014 6:54:46 AM PDT
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zeugma
(It is time for us to start playing cowboys and muslims for real now.)
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