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 Oct 26 2004, 08:26 PM
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 F*cking with the best since 1996  Group: Established Members Posts: 2,614 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Wiltshire. UK Member No.: 962 Gender: Female  |
Ohhh - I have the book of bunny suicides!! It's great!!
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Oct 26 2004, 09:35 PM
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 Incapable of normal thought Group: Established Members Posts: 927 Joined: 6-October 04 Member No.: 1,344 Gender: Female |
I wish I had it but I lent my copy to someone at school and never got it back... (they've left the school now- they probably lost my book and were too scared to tell me
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Oct 27 2004, 12:06 PM
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 Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
Anyone interested in any of the Man Booker prize nominees? I've just ordered The Electric Michaelangelo. I liked the sound of it. The others aren't too dull either. I expected Booker Prize stuff to be really heavy but obviously not. Just thought I'd get a bit of "kullcher" like
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Oct 27 2004, 03:24 PM
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 omno-ahhhhhhh! Group: Established Members Posts: 2,124 Joined: 20-June 04 From: London, England. Member No.: 1,174 Gender: Secret |
Pixie Goth,
I've never really gone for adult books that have been nominated for prizes, becuase they always seem to disapoint.  QUOTE Hobbes Posted Yesterday, 07:02 PM Â Like Flanimals, these are not exactly books for reading but I have been flicking through these two books regularly the last few days and someone in the 'Start A Rumour About Mata' thread in 'Daft' reminded me of them. Return of the Bunny Suicides The Book of Bunny Suicides I saw a poster up of 'Return of the Bunny Suicides' in a club I went to last night. I assumed it was a band, but now I know otherwise, I'm curious to know why the poster was up in there?  I'll edit this when I get back home... edit: I finnished High Society by Ben Elton the other day. I really enjoy Ben Elton's books, because I find them funny, topical, and turn pagery (is it even a word?). High Society is about how pretty much everyone in this country either takes drugs, or knows someone who does. I find Elton's books east to suspend my disbelief in, as they are quite close to what I hold to be true, just funnier and a little less likely. Anyone else like Ben Elton? Any particular book?- Oh, he has a new one out, anyone read it? This post has been edited by funked)out_frog: Oct 27 2004, 10:09 PM -------------------- A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour is one of the great solvents of democracy. It permits the ambiguities and contradictions of public life to be articulated in non-violent forms. It promotes diversity. It enables a multitude of discontents to be expressed in a myriad of spontaneous ways. It is an elixir of constitutional health. J. Sachs in Laugh It Off Promotions CC v SAB International (Finance) BV t/a SabMark International (Freedom of Expression Institute as Amicus Curiae) 2006 (1) SA 144 (CC)
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Oct 27 2004, 03:34 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 03:24 PM) I've never really gone for adult books that have been nominated for prizes, becuase they always seem to disapoint.  So have you read every single adult book that's been nominated for a prize then?  Seriously, which ones disappointed you?
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Oct 27 2004, 04:49 PM
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 Has gone untreated for blurriness since 1986 Group: Established Members Posts: 1,921 Joined: 3-August 03 Member No.: 505 Gender: Secret |
Just went out and purloined me a few books at blessed Bluewater (I love that place). I'm therefore reading the following books at the moment:
Going Postal - Pratchett America - Alistair Cooke The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst - It won the Booker Prize last week. The fact that it contains luridly-described gay sex scenes had absolutely no bearing on my decision to purchase it. At all. The Idiot - Dostoyevsky - pretty dull so far. I'm forty pages in and all Dostoyevsky can find to say is how innocent Prince Myshkin is and how hierarchical Russian society is. I wish he'd stop ramming those two messages down my throat. Rubicon - can't remember who wrote it yet, but it's looking pretty good. It's about the last sixty years of the Roman Empire (hurray! Everyone loves looming disaster!) and it got a rave review from my History teacher, so I'm going to try and get it read this holiday. |
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Oct 27 2004, 05:38 PM
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omno-ahhhhhhh! Group: Established Members Posts: 2,124 Joined: 20-June 04 From: London, England. Member No.: 1,174 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE (Pixiegoth @ Oct 27 2004, 03:34 PM) QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 03:24 PM) I've never really gone for adult books that have been nominated for prizes, becuase they always seem to disapoint.  So have you read every single adult book that's been nominated for a prize then? Seriously, which ones disappointed you?More acuratly I mean: I never hunt out nominated, or awarded books. Not everyone, but some of the ones I remember starting are: White Teeth by Zadie Smith Life of Pie by Yann Martel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon There are some other from a few years back, which I don't rember the titles of. Actually, I like to Kill a Mocking bird, which I think won summit.  The Electric Michaelangelo, wassit about? What nominated, and awarded books would you recommend Pixie Goth? Snuggs/ Hobbes, what are the Bunnie Suicide books about? -------------------- A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour is one of the great solvents of democracy. It permits the ambiguities and contradictions of public life to be articulated in non-violent forms. It promotes diversity. It enables a multitude of discontents to be expressed in a myriad of spontaneous ways. It is an elixir of constitutional health. J. Sachs in Laugh It Off Promotions CC v SAB International (Finance) BV t/a SabMark International (Freedom of Expression Institute as Amicus Curiae) 2006 (1) SA 144 (CC)
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Oct 27 2004, 07:57 PM
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 Advice for the young at heart Group: Moderators Posts: 2,705 Joined: 26-February 03 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 33 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 06:38 PM) Not everyone, but some of the ones I remember starting are: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon A superb book! Start it again, and read it all I tells ye. QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 06:38 PM) Snuggs/ Hobbes, what are the Bunnie Suicide books about? They are in the same kind of vein as the '101 Uses of a Dead Cat' books that were around a few years ago. Basically, they are just a collection of pictures featuring bunnies attempting suicide in amusing ways. Some of them are inspired, some of them are expected, all of them are twisted. But very funny. -------------------- |
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Oct 28 2004, 10:25 AM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 05:38 PM) The Electric Michaelangelo, wassit about? What nominated, and awarded books would you recommend Pixie Goth? Can't help you there as (I think) this is the first nominee I've read. I could be wrong but I don't remember seeing any. Like I said I'm broadening my horizons and getting some culture  I might try the other nominees and the winner too The synopsis is as follows (from publishers web site Faber & Faber); "Opening on the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, on the remote north-west coast of England, The Electric Michelangelo is a novel of love, loss and the art of tattooing. In the uniquely sensuous and lyrical prose that has already become her trademark, Sarah Hall's remarkable new novel tells the story of Cy Parks, from his childhood years spent in a seaside guest house for consumptives with his mother, Reeda, to his apprenticeship as a tattoo-artist with Eliot Riley - a scraper with a reputation as a Bolshevik and a drinker to boot. His skills acquired and a thirst for experience burning within him, Cy departs for America and the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as 'The Electric Michelangelo'. In this carnival environment of roller-coasters and freak-shows, while the crest of the Edwardian amusement industry wave is breaking, Cy becomes enamoured with Grace, a mysterious East European immigrant and circus performer who commissions him to cover her body entirely with tattooed eyes. Hugely atmospheric, exotic, and familiar, The Electric Michelangelo is a love story and an exquisitely rendered portrait of seaside resorts on opposite sides of the Atlantic by one of the most uniquely talented novelists of her generation." I'll let you all know what it's like. I bought it to read on the plane to NY
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Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Oct 28 2004, 03:26 PM
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omno-ahhhhhhh! Group: Established Members Posts: 2,124 Joined: 20-June 04 From: London, England. Member No.: 1,174 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE (PixiGoth) Can't help you there as (I think) this is the first nominee I've read. I could be wrong but I don't remember seeing any. Like I said I'm broadening my horizons and getting some culture I might try the other nominees and the winner too... ...I'll let you all know what it's like. I bought it to read on the plane to NY Oh, have fun with the culturalisationing, and New York, and probably both at the same time. But you could choose just the one at a time, as you may be a bit overwhelmed with both, but I guess they go hand in hand,
-------------------- A society that takes itself too seriously risks bottling up its tensions and treating every example of irreverence as a threat to its existence. Humour is one of the great solvents of democracy. It permits the ambiguities and contradictions of public life to be articulated in non-violent forms. It promotes diversity. It enables a multitude of discontents to be expressed in a myriad of spontaneous ways. It is an elixir of constitutional health. J. Sachs in Laugh It Off Promotions CC v SAB International (Finance) BV t/a SabMark International (Freedom of Expression Institute as Amicus Curiae) 2006 (1) SA 144 (CC)
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Oct 29 2004, 12:25 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (funked)out_frog @ Oct 28 2004, 03:26 PM) culturalisationing Is that a real word?? I will. Enjoy both. At the same time. I like both at the same time
-------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Oct 30 2004, 05:35 PM
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F*cking with the best since 1996 Group: Established Members Posts: 2,614 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Wiltshire. UK Member No.: 962 Gender: Female |
I've just picked up Eats, Shites & Leaves - Crap English and how to use it. Should be a giggle.
Also, Return of the Bunny Suicides because I like all my books to be very deep and meaningful. 
-------------------- Art should be an expression of what humanity is capable of imagining - not limited to representing that which surrounds us - Demetrios Vakras
funked)out_frog is my special Harem slave Harem count: Markslut, xkitsurabamix, Black - Wings, Candice, Moop, Daedalus, The Lorax, Franken - Sarah, Artemisia, Cath, Wyvern, Saucy Tara, PsychWardMike, JimiJimi, Fallen Element, Smiler, Korbin Dallas, laenan kite, Valerie, Faerieryn, trunk_girl26, Sir Psycho Sexy, Steam Roxxor, pgrmdave, monkey_called_narth |
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Oct 30 2004, 08:23 PM
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Advice for the young at heart Group: Moderators Posts: 2,705 Joined: 26-February 03 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 33 Gender: Male |
I'm reading The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton.
Right... first things first:
I don't know. I've actually read it a few times and, despite it being clearly not aimed at me as a reader, it is probably the only Enid Blyton book that I actually like. I hated The Famous Five, and that enchanted tree thing, and wasn't there one with a magical chair? The only time I liked The Famous Five was in adventure books based on the series, or the old Commodore 64 adventure game. Aside from that, Enid Blyton is probably one of my least favourite children's authors (which seems to go against popular opinion). But, for some odd reason, I have liked this book since I first picked it up when I was little. The book has no cover left, and is now in three bits as it is fairly old, which just goes to show how much it has been read. So... for one reason or another... I enjoy this book, and I can read it usually in one sitting on a boring day. So there! Ha! And... umm... I'm also reading a book with guns and sex and women in it. Yeah. *macho growl* -------------------- |
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Nov 5 2004, 01:53 PM
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Flaps and spins on the spot Group: Established Members Posts: 2,651 Joined: 17-June 03 From: At the end of the road to nowhere.....literally! Member No.: 390 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Snugglebum the Destroyer @ Oct 30 2004, 05:35 PM) I've just picked up Eats, Shites & Leaves - Crap English and how to use it. Shouldn't that be "Eats Shoots and Leaves"? -------------------- Hope confidentally, do valiantly, wait patiently!
Rather light a candle than complain about the dark! Enjoy what you have and hope for what you lack Thoughts become things, choose the good ones[/center] [center]Carpe diem |
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Nov 5 2004, 02:37 PM
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F*cking with the best since 1996 Group: Established Members Posts: 2,614 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Wiltshire. UK Member No.: 962 Gender: Female |
QUOTE Shouldn't that be "Eats Shoots and Leaves"? Nope. -------------------- Art should be an expression of what humanity is capable of imagining - not limited to representing that which surrounds us - Demetrios Vakras
funked)out_frog is my special Harem slave Harem count: Markslut, xkitsurabamix, Black - Wings, Candice, Moop, Daedalus, The Lorax, Franken - Sarah, Artemisia, Cath, Wyvern, Saucy Tara, PsychWardMike, JimiJimi, Fallen Element, Smiler, Korbin Dallas, laenan kite, Valerie, Faerieryn, trunk_girl26, Sir Psycho Sexy, Steam Roxxor, pgrmdave, monkey_called_narth |
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Nov 5 2004, 04:32 PM
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 Don't you just love hot water bottles? Group: New Members Posts: 2,606 Joined: 21-March 03 From: York University Member No.: 160 Gender: Female |
Brick Lane, by Monica...something. But it's very good.
Oh, and more Tom Holt. Seriously, go pick some up. Brilliant if you like Discworld at all. -------------------- It's not so bad being trendy, everyone who looks like me is my friend...
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Nov 5 2004, 06:44 PM
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Has gone untreated for blurriness since 1986 Group: Established Members Posts: 1,921 Joined: 3-August 03 Member No.: 505 Gender: Secret |
Didn't Brick Lane come really close to winning the Booker Prize last year? I've also heard lots of good things about it. And I think it's Monica Ali.
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Nov 5 2004, 09:11 PM
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 sesquipedalian Group: Established Members Posts: 717 Joined: 3-February 04 From: der Mond Member No.: 915 Gender: Secret |
QUOTE QUOTE(funked)out_frog @ Oct 27 2004, 06:38 PM) Not everyone, but some of the ones I remember starting are: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon A superb book! Start it again, and read it all I tells ye. Much agreed. I found that book to be interesting and unique, and very good all around. I've been trying to muddle my way through The Tale of Genji. For those of you who gripe about Tolkien, Genji is over a thousand pages and translated from Japanese. It's the first novel ever written. Actually, despite the searing dedication to masochism it takes to read, the cultural aspects are extremely interesting. It's a shame we're all so euro- and ameri- centric that excerpts aren't taught in schools. -------------------- -Grammar Nazi-quotes of the yesterday
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Nov 11 2004, 02:56 PM
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Don't you just love hot water bottles? Group: New Members Posts: 2,606 Joined: 21-March 03 From: York University Member No.: 160 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Polocrunch @ Nov 5 2004, 06:44 PM) Didn't Brick Lane come really close to winning the Booker Prize last year? I've also heard lots of good things about it. And I think it's Monica Ali. Yep, it is Monica Ali, and yes, it did, it's all on the cover and reviews etc. Brilliant perspective on the life of young brides moved to England. I'm actually thinking of finding this Tale of Genji now...and reading it...must...wait till after...exams...revision first...*finding it hard not to spend time reading* -------------------- It's not so bad being trendy, everyone who looks like me is my friend...
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Nov 14 2004, 04:55 PM
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That's 'Sir Guppy' to you Group: New Members Posts: 8 Joined: 14-November 04 From: too dark to tell Member No.: 1,471 |
At the moment, im reading the "Ana Frank's diary", and really enjoying it. Ive just finish Oscar Wilde's "Portrait of Dorian Grey".... really like it, love Oscar Wilde...
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Nov 15 2004, 06:25 PM
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 "in revolution one wins or dies" Group: New Members Posts: 296 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Midlands Member No.: 523 |
Ive just finished the Erotic poems by ovid, I really enjoyed reading it.
But at the moment im reading Ovid`s Metamorphoses and i`d recommend it to anyone who loves satire. -------------------- Remember, only left-handed people are in their right minds! haha! not funny
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Dec 6 2004, 01:06 PM
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 Our UAV is online Group: Established Members Posts: 1,374 Joined: 22-September 04 From: Shropshire Member No.: 1,304 Gender: Male |
Has anyone read the romance of the 3 kingdoms?
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Dec 7 2004, 01:52 AM
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 I'm attracted by the potential for reckless abuse of power. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,683 Joined: 7-May 04 From: Viewtiful World Member No.: 1,105 Gender: Male |
Just recently, I picked up "The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul" and "Jurassic Park." I'm currently reading the former. Yay!
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Dec 7 2004, 03:28 AM
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 Savior on the Blood Church St. Petersburg, Russia Group: Established Members Posts: 343 Joined: 1-March 04 From: Elizabethtown/Bowling Green, Ky Member No.: 978 Gender: Male |
I was able to finish my second book this semester: The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche.
I am now reading a book about Norse Mythology, a book called The Muslim Discovery of Europe, and Osiris and the Egyptian Ressurection. -------------------- |
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Dec 7 2004, 11:07 AM
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Obsessive Group: Established Members Posts: 239 Joined: 2-December 04 From: West of England Member No.: 1,525 Gender: Male |
Rereading:-
The Promise of Sleep By William C Dement and Christopher Vaughan ISBN 0 333 77621 6 I was driving a lot. This book made me realise that the slow blink is not the first sign of tiredness. It is the last warning you get before tiredness kills you, or kills some other poor sod who is in your way. Misty Rain. |
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