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Spoony · **Joined:** Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:14 am **Posts:** 9325

I really didn't like LOTR. They're important books, especially considering how peculiar they were compared to the other works of the time, but fuck daisies are they ever dry. I mean jesus, would it kill him to get some tone in there.

Snarf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:19 pm

Spoony wrote:

I really didn't like LOTR. They're important books, especially considering how peculiar they were compared to the other works of the time, but fuck daisies are they ever dry. I mean jesus, would it kill him to get some tone in there.

daisies it Spoony I love you. Spoony I agree completely with this. They are interesting books but man oh man do they drag onnnnnnnnnnnnn.

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

Oh good I'm not the only one who thinks that. Tolkien did a lot for fantasy but daisies if it didn't make the ones studying him work for it. Got through Fellowship, Two Towers, and halfway through Return of the King before I just lost all interest.

Then the movies came.

Boredom · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:25 pm

To this day LOTR stands as one of the few books (or series) I could not get through.
Of course, I was in fifth grade when I read them. But even then I hated the writing style and decided screw that.

Exeres · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:59 pm

Oh my god, who feel what I feel! I tried to tell a friend in high school why I couldn't read the LotR books. Basically it boiled down to having paragraphs upon paragraphs of detail and scene-setting with a few sentences of actual necessary plot-relevant things.

Chekt · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:05 pm

Yeah, they were pretty hard to get through, in fact I actually fell asleep while reading them many times. He does ramble on a bit, but I still want to give it another shot.

At the very least I can have to books just to have them.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

Spoony wrote:

I really didn't like LOTR. They're important books, especially considering how peculiar they were compared to the other works of the time, but fuck daisies are they ever dry. I mean jesus, would it kill him to get some tone in there.

I read through them at least 8 items, I don't really remember. I kind of went through a fanboy phase I guess, I can't even remember what I liked so much about the daisies things.

Although I still sometimes get a light urge to go through 'em again, but I doubt that will happen within the next five years.

I prefer The Hobbit over LOTR honestly, I think I read that 10 times or so. Much lighter and pleasant to read.

Sollix · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:15 am

Boredom wrote:

To this day LOTR stands as one of the few books (or series) I could not get through.

My copies of Two Towers and Return of the King have yet to be opened. After five years they still have that "new book" smell.

hotb · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:39 am

So Utopia arrived and I just finished reading all the notes and stuff about the author.

Thomas More was a really cool guy, I might read into him more later.

Trygve · **Joined:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:57 am **Posts:** 14015

Naive.Super by Erlend Loe is a pretty fun read, which I recommend to people. It's about this guy who just doesn't know what to do with his life anymore, drops out of school and such and travels.

Look it up.

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

I have a brand new $25 Barnes and Noble gift card and a distinct lack of books on my wishlist.

I prefer quality YA urban fantasy mostly, that is not vampires. Perusing the store's shelves revealed a dearth of books without the fuckers.

Nachalnik · **Joined:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:23 pm **Posts:** 10836

Started reading Rough Crossings by Simon Schama

It's about slavery or something. Can't get past the 3rd page.

mosiyazhi · **Joined:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:48 pm **Posts:** 152

Mysteries: Knut Hamsun

Lambeth · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:06 am

Madican wrote:

I have a brand new $25 Barnes and Noble gift card and a distinct lack of books on my wishlist.

I prefer quality YA urban fantasy mostly, that is not vampires. Perusing the store's shelves revealed a dearth of books without the fuckers.

The Dresden Files are always good. You don't even have to start at the beginning of series, I started with Proven Guilty.

Trygve · **Joined:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:57 am **Posts:** 14015

Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut is a funny book.

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