tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post4524161365901827454..comments2023-11-05T22:09:32.884+11:00Comments on nailpolishblues: I'm just not that kind of girl.Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-3435212217631139902008-09-18T23:58:00.000+10:002008-09-18T23:58:00.000+10:00I bought a used book from the library about space ...I bought a used book from the library about space pirates recently. I don't intend on reading it however. I plan to tear the pages out and use them for artwork. A better use for it in my opinion.colonel eggrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918269735941050594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-89709947390792200272008-09-06T18:01:00.000+10:002008-09-06T18:01:00.000+10:00I can handle things that make use of the same worl...I can handle things that make use of the same world or characters or whatever but a book that is basically just cut into bits, yes, drives me mad. Mind you, these are not books that I would choose to buy or even given a second look at in a shop. I really am only reading because they were lent to me [I got through an entire series, it was crap but I finished it, yay me]. I now have to spend the rest of my life avoiding my cousin lest he wants to discuss them. <BR/><BR/>Tolkien's friends were clearly quite sensible. I kind of think the hippies had it right with LoTR - best taken with hallucinogenics.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13587220.post-51777227522172884942008-09-06T17:13:00.000+10:002008-09-06T17:13:00.000+10:00Oh God, I HATE sagas. Books that have one, two, th...Oh God, I HATE sagas. Books that have one, two, three, four books coming after them. WASTE OF TIME. Why, why, why should I devote my time to beginning a book that doesn't have a proper conclusion? Half the time you can't even find the whole series in bookshops anyway - they're either out of print, or the middle book has had a smaller print run... <BR/><BR/>Apparently Tokien's friends used to try to get him to cut all the tedious bits out of LOTR, but he was bloody stubborn, and besides, if you cut out all the tedious bits out of LOTR, it wouldn't even be a proper book, much less a trilogy.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com