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Jul 31, 01
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temporary reading addiction...
i bought myself a new book the other day, and cracked it open yesterday... it's 400 pages long, and... i'm already halfway thru... i was kinda hoping this book would last me a couple weeks... but by the looks of it, i'm gonna be finished it in a couple days........ with most books, i usually only read about 20 - 30 pages a day, cuz i don't really have much time to read anymore, or i just don't feel like reading... maybe it's just this book... it's a really smooth, clean read for me cuz it's almost the same style i write in... odd enough as it is...
i'm guessing once i finish this book, i'll be off to the store to grab another book... which i really shouldn't be doing, cuz i'm running low on $$$... but ... I HAVE TO READ! and don't tell me to go to the library, cuz they never have what i'm looking for... not the libraries in surrey at least... i guess i could hit up the one at metrotown or downtown....... meh... i'd still rather OWN the book... and keep it on my shelf after i finish it, to remind myself that i actually did something productive for once in my life... hehe... whenever i finish a book, it gives me a sense of completion... something i've been lacking in my life for the past few years... always leaving things incomplete... i was so proud of myself when i finished reading my first book since high school... actually i never finished reading any books in high school... so... elementary school... FIRST BOOK I FINISHED IN LIKE 8 YEARS! i forget what book it was... but i've been reading for about a year straight now, and i'm feelin' damn good about it... 
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Jul 31, 01
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i sorta like reading...just waiting for the new series of my fav. author to come out..but in the meantime..i have 5 novels and a textbook of poems to read for summer reading..damn english class..now thats boring stuff..reminds me..i gotta get started on them..lalala...reading is a great way to put u to sleep if u can't sleep..yes..lie in bed and read!..other then that..its time consuming and relaxing ish..unless its a scary book that lets ur imagination run wild..thats always fun too..~..
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Jul 31, 01
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you dont read you geek.
bob. i thought you couldnt read mr.i-think-i'll-order-a-organic- salad-close-my-eyes-and-pick.... and to think all those times i read you bed time stories of JTHM or squee and you could read all along....
i havent read a book in a long time.. im more so into comics cuz i have a short attention span and i like pretty visuals of ppl getting their intestines ripped out and ppl ranting. :Stab:
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Aug 06, 01
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really? hmm... i guess i'll head down to the store and grab it then... although, i get kinda nervous grabbing that magazine, cuz i'm white, and last time i bought a copy, the sales clerk was giving me a weird look... almost a rude smirk... like i'm trying to be asian but i'll never be as good as the real thing... i kinda wanted to punch the guy actually, i was buying the magazine cuz it had a few good articles in it that i wanted to read, and there's a lot of cool pictures in it...
oh who cares... thanks for lettin' me know there's an article in there werdyboy... i'll pick it up tomorrow
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Aug 07, 01
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just finished the book... think i'm gonna head down to chapters tomorrow and see if they've got any of his other books handy... if not, i'll just order it off their website...
damn that was a good book... ended exactly how i wanted it to from the start... but the book wasn't predictable. i was...
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Aug 07, 01
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i just started reading taming of the shrewd..well..still on first page..and today i went to chapters and bought vc andrews new book.."cinnamon"..new series..yeah!..:384:
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Sep 05, 01
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i haven't read anything in over a week... i'm starting to go mental... now i know how smokers feel, hehe...
i don't wanna go out and buy another book cuz i really can't afford it, my visa is gonna be off the charts when i get the bill sometime this month... i just paid off $500 on it yesterday, so i think i should be a little closer to being financially secure for a little while... but considering i'm not working at the moment, i'm screwed... it's kinda retarded spending $20 on a book, reading it in a couple of days, and having nothing to do until another $20 appears in my pocket... i usually just buy books so i have something to do when i can't find anything else to do, but lately i haven't had anything to do other than read... i'm such a loner...
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Sep 08, 01
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my friend is such a prick!
he knows i've totally spent over my budget this month, so what does he do? we're walking around downtown, and we approach chapters... "dude, there's chapters... wanna go in?" ... "FUCK YOU MY VISA BILL IS ALMOST AT $800 FOR THIS MONTH" i say... "SO?" he says... "IT'S THE 8th TODAY!!!" i scream... so he gets all motivated, and sets a goal to get my visa up to $800... WTF!?! go for the gold or something? anyways... we go in to chapters, and i look around and grab a book... yes, another Murakami book... this one is a collection of short stories by him... i haven't cracked it open yet, i'll probably finish it tonite if i do...
HOPEFULLY i can make this book last me til the end of the month... hmmm... well now i'm working for a company that sells used vintage books online... maybe i can just grab a book there, and read it on my lunch breaks and stuff... hehe...
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Sep 09, 01
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good luck on making ur new book last cuz we all know how hard it is to drop a book after totally getting absorbed into...its damn hard!!..i just bought another book..i finished it already..but i've decided no more buying books..i have enuf stupid eng class books to read..i still haven't done my summer reading yet..time to start~:384:
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Sep 27, 01
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same here:
I started reading The Two Towers this Friday night, and by Sunday afternoon I was half way finished. Which is totally opposit of the Fellowship of the Rings, which took me all summer to read. It was just so boring, my reading habits dropped, and I had "more important stuff to do". Anyway. Cheers to our readings. I'll be finished this book by Tuesday. And then start reading the 3rd book of the trilogy.
~vesperstina
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Oct 11, 01
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i think my addiction is cooling down... i've been reading the same book for the past 3 weeks... and it's only 300 pages long... i just passed the 1/2 way point...
then again, i haven't really had much time to read lately... and even if i have had time, i was too tired to read... also, this book isn't as great as others i've been reading by this author... well, it's still very well written, it's just not as upbeat. it's more of a love story... oh jeez... this book is full of SMUT! the only time i read it is when i'm on the bus, and i get turned on by the description the author uses... i usually just end up laughing out loud and making an ass outta myself, but i get the occasional stiffy every page or 2... hehehe... *boioioioioioioioioioing*
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Oct 30, 01
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is the book any good yo!?!
i just finished a book i was readin', and i'm debating whether to read kerouac's "on the road" or something by dostoyevsky... i figure i mite as well try to make myself look a little sophisticated on the bus :) ...instead of reading japanese smut fiction all the time, and bursting out laughing all the time... hehe... i need to expand my intellectual horizons *baah*
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Oct 30, 01
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That's what I thought...
I bought 2 John Grisham books for my trip to England, hoping that they would last me the 2-3 weeks I was there.
I had never read any of his books but they looked good, they were about cases, and they are Long. AS SOON as I got into them I COULD NOT put them down. I ended up finishing both in Less than a week. I guess it was awesome that I had found two great books, but they didn't last!! You should try reading some of his books, they are good :Kimmie: Reading Rulez :)
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Oct 30, 01
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i opened up 1 of grisham's novels about a year ago... forget what it was called, i was just reading it at chapters to pass some time... it was about a homeless guy who went into a law firm with a bomb strapped to himself, and bitched them out about not giving to the poor...it was interesting, but i can't get into those kinda books...
as bob dylan once said, "reading books by authors u've never heard of"... something like that... i stay away from grisham, follet, king, etc.... i'm too "hardcore" for the masses, ahahaha... nah, i just like to read modern easy reading kinda stuff, risque pop culture smut with a spunk... but i do have a taste for classics too... Last edited by bob; Oct 30, 01 at 03:06 PM.
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Oct 30, 01
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oi.
gollum was just attacked by sam gamgee! and now he's their "pet". stina
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Oct 31, 01
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"on the road" is so good...but it made me so sad in parts. actually the whole book made me sad...but in a good way. that's one of my favourite books actually. i highly recommend it.
oh, and anyone with a temporary reading addiction should definitely read "the sirens of titan" by kurt vonnegut jr...followed by "slaughterhouse 5" "player piano" "god bless you mr. rosewater" "welcome to the monkey house" "galopagos"... basically any vonnegut book EXCEPT "breakfast of champions"...definitely not his best work. good luck to you! -lauren
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Nov 02, 01
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on the road
AHAHAHAhAHA THIS BOOK IS GOLD!
chapter 11 is too damn funny... the banana king !!!!!!!!!!!!! taking a gun to a bar and swearing off queers... "eh? eh? what's that you say?" ahhhhhhhahahahahahaha... why didn't i read this book sooner......... i'm just sittin' at work reading now, fuck working... ahahaha... shit i work in a book store... fuck... technically i AM working... "uhhhh just checking the product boss!" hmm... where the hell is my boss?
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