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What are the books that you could not finish?
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Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 24th, 2013, 3:42 am ]
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The perks of being a wallflower, it's not my type so I could not make it after the first 50 pages.

Author:  Arabella Baggins [ March 24th, 2013, 2:01 pm ]
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Lithôniel wrote:
Game of Thrones. But I'm going to try it again, since they are so popular. Perhaps I'll go to the library and check them out. I bought a sample for my Nook, and the sample has a few chapters but they dont go in order, which I think may have been the main reason why I didn't get into it, I couldn't understand what was going on! :lol: There were books I wish I wouldn't have finished, but had to for school, like "1984", and "Jubilee", and "Watership Down"...and anything Shakespeare.



Muuuuuuuuuuuuum! You don't like Shakespeare? My theatre major heart is crying...

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 24th, 2013, 3:06 pm ]
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Arabella Baggins wrote:
Lithôniel wrote:
Game of Thrones. But I'm going to try it again, since they are so popular. Perhaps I'll go to the library and check them out. I bought a sample for my Nook, and the sample has a few chapters but they dont go in order, which I think may have been the main reason why I didn't get into it, I couldn't understand what was going on! :lol: There were books I wish I wouldn't have finished, but had to for school, like "1984", and "Jubilee", and "Watership Down"...and anything Shakespeare.



Muuuuuuuuuuuuum! You don't like Shakespeare? My theatre major heart is crying...


Not me. OMG! I adore him, my Culture research was about his life. I meant Tolkien.

Author:  Tinker Bell [ March 24th, 2013, 11:59 pm ]
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Arabella Baggins wrote:
Muuuuuuuuuuuuum! You don't like Shakespeare? My theatre major heart is crying...

Well, its not that I dislike his stories, I just never understood them! :lol: So are you saying I should give him a try again, maybe I'll be able to understand the wording better? Because back in high school I was completely lost, the only time my english teacher looked to me and I didn't have an answer for her... :-( And oh! A theater major!....I miss my Drama classes!

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 25th, 2013, 3:00 am ]
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Lithôniel wrote:
Arabella Baggins wrote:
Muuuuuuuuuuuuum! You don't like Shakespeare? My theatre major heart is crying...

Well, its not that I dislike his stories, I just never understood them! :lol: So are you saying I should give him a try again, maybe I'll be able to understand the wording better? Because back in high school I was completely lost, the only time my english teacher looked to me and I didn't have an answer for her... :-( And oh! A theater major!....I miss my Drama classes!


You can understand them but by you hear and the help of This editions (I tried them, they are noted and with translations of what Shakespeare meant :) ...

Author:  Tinker Bell [ March 26th, 2013, 12:20 am ]
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That would be helpful! :)

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 26th, 2013, 6:53 am ]
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It would be, try them and tell me :) .

Author:  Aralas Tulisse [ March 27th, 2013, 10:55 pm ]
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The Hobbit. I read a few pages, but it was late night and somehow I was creeped out because of the Necromancer? But I wasn't able to pick it up since that. I'm thinking of opening it again, but I'm definitely going to dread Fili, Kili and Thorin's death. I don't exactly know how it happens, and don't tell me. I am the worst Tolkien fan that ever existed. :'(
Did you know that Shakespeare said (or wrote in one of his books, plays, whatever) "Kill him dead!" ? Some how I think it's funny :yes: Yup, I'm weird :p

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 28th, 2013, 11:10 am ]
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aralas_29 wrote:
The Hobbit. I read a few pages, but it was late night and somehow I was creeped out because of the Necromancer? But I wasn't able to pick it up since that. I'm thinking of opening it again, but I'm definitely going to dread Fili, Kili and Thorin's death. I don't exactly know how it happens, and don't tell me. I am the worst Tolkien fan that ever existed. :'(
Did you know that Shakespeare said (or wrote in one of his books, plays, whatever) "Kill him dead!" ? Some how I think it's funny :yes: Yup, I'm weird :p


I have read it in 2 days (English is my 2nd language ;) ) .

Shakespeare is amazing, he might meant the living dead ;) .

Author:  Aralas Tulisse [ March 28th, 2013, 1:33 pm ]
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It's the size of an average children's novel, so I think I should be able to finish it in a few hours.

Author:  Lhunardaien [ March 28th, 2013, 2:52 pm ]
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Shadowcat wrote:
3. The Silmarillion - I think I've read all of it at this point, but never cover-to-cover, despite having tried to many times. I just read my favourite parts over and over and skip the ones I don't care about quite so much. It's all about the Noldor, really. Men? What Men?


Ugh, so true. It's just so incredibly hard to read it all chapter after chapter.. Much more fun to pick some part and just start reading!

I've never finished the last book of the Inheritance series. Although I liked the first three parts, the fourth part never caught my full attention so I put it away after a few chapters.

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ March 29th, 2013, 1:33 pm ]
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Lhunardaien wrote:

I've never finished the last book of the Inheritance series. Although I liked the first three parts, the fourth part never caught my full attention so I put it away after a few chapters.


They say it's not as good as the others but I need to know for myself.

Author:  Elysium [ March 29th, 2013, 3:15 pm ]
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Here's some books I couldn't finish:

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
A History of the Black Death in London by Barney Sloane
The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent
Nobody's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
All The King's Women by Derek Wilson
Pride of Kings by Judith Tarr
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex

Author:  Alatáriël Telemnar [ April 6th, 2013, 11:12 am ]
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Elysium wrote:
Here's some books I couldn't finish:

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
A History of the Black Death in London by Barney Sloane
The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent
Nobody's Princess by Esther M. Friesner
All The King's Women by Derek Wilson
Pride of Kings by Judith Tarr
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex


Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is one of the books I could not finish :(

Author:  Bellatrix [ April 6th, 2013, 11:28 pm ]
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Death of a Salesman. Had to read it for my English literature class and ended up just reading the cliffnotes. I'm a good reader, but I just couldn't do that book. At all.

Author:  Shadowcat [ April 7th, 2013, 9:13 pm ]
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Alatáriël Telemnar wrote:
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is one of the books I could not finish :(


Why is there a sad face? :P It's a book no one should even start. :throw:
I haven't read it so I shouldn't judge but I have so much hate for that book and its fans

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