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 Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:34 am
I have realized that books are my drug. This is know by the fact I have read the Harry Potter series 7 times over, the Twilight series 3 times over completly, and the Eragon series series about 3 times(my current fix, Brisingr). So what does everyone else in the SG read.
Discuss:
Books
Anti-Drugs
Twitching madly
Drugs
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:41 am
4laugh
I loved the Twilight series, but it got suckish in Breaking Dawn. It was mainly predictability and bland writing, in my opinion.
But as for my drug, other than music, I'm a complete druggie on manga. Whenever I have free time, I LOVE reading it, and I tend to be one of those people who get funny looks for reading them during lunch or whatever. But hey, I've always been weird, so it's nothing new. Most of my favorites include manga like Kingdom Hearts and Bleach, although I'm not really a fan because it's a big fad and whatever; it amuses me and I enjoy it, and that is the only reason why.
Anyways, my favorite non-anime books at the moment would be by Tamora Pierce. I recently finished Trickster's Choice, and now I'm trying to read Trickster's Queen.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:29 am
I'm a complete book addict. I read a lot, actually. Right now I'm reading Kerouac's On the Road which is phenomenal. I'm big on the whole beat poetry thing.
Boooooooooks heart heart
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:36 am
I ******** HATE Twilight.
I reread HP when I feel like it...umm.
I read shittons of chicklit but I'm trying to stray away from that a bit. I read John Green because he's amazing.
I'm trying to read Walt Whitman who is a dead poet but he's actually not very easy to read.
Artemis Fowl is always good..
Currently trying to get my hands on HHGG and Watchmen. And I'm attempting to plow through the classics - Catcher in the Rye, lots of others I can't remember because I can't. All the King's Men, Huck Finn. Avoiding Jane Austin and Shakespeare til I get more obvious ones out of the way. Great Gatsby. And I need to read Book Thief.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:52 am
Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl.
Reading an Artemis Fowl book is like... like... something good?
The Song of Ice and Fire (or Fire and Ice, I always get them mixed up) series by George Martin is a wonderful series. Though God knows he's been delaying the next book. Was supposed to be released on 2005, and it's been constantly pushed back. Current estimated date is April 2009. ******** 4 years later, no?
Still, it's an awesome series. It's not one of those typical good-and-evil stories, and it's in a Point-of-View of so many characters that you can get to know and understand. A character who seems evil from one point of view may be simply misunderstood once you read it form that character's own point of view, and nothing is the way it seems.
My favorite book in the series so far would have to be A Storm of Swords, the third one. Though really, I love them all.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:50 am
I love reading whee
I looooooove HP heart God only knows how many times I've read those book, especially the first 3. I started reading then when I was in 7th or 8th grade which was 10? years ago.
I also love Dean Koontz and Jodi Picoult is like my favorite.
I really, really love memoirs.
Right now I'm reading Colbert's book, I am America (and so can you) Its fun XD
I have never read a manga. I've tried but I just get confused because tehy are all backwards and have all these people and they're always talking and its like wtf are you talking about? talk2hand Even when I get the first one in a series I still get confused. The characters always look the same to me too which makes it even more confusing.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:53 am
Ah, I am America (And So Can You). I read that a while ago.
That Colbert fellow is quite the amusing one.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:19 pm
 The Eye of the World series is my current anti-drug. I'm on book 9 currently after forgetting about it for a few months. I have yet to buy the new eragon book (it was sold out last i looked D: ) I need to make a trip to McNally for Artemis Fowl's newest two books and a new eye of the world fix soon. 3nodding 
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:23 pm
Book nerd. Reading 4 fours books right now. Yes all at one time. xD I just finished my 5th book last night. Made me cry.
Currently Reading:
Eclipse
Son of a Witch
This Present Darkness ^
The Jungle*
Into the Wild*
* = School reading. I just finished Into the Wild last night. It was so sad!!!!!!
^ = My mother LOST that book! I want to finish it so badly! But she lost it!!!! I've been trying to find it for quite sometime!
I love how my genre of books literally can go from one category to the complete opposite. In Genre and Length actually. xD
I want to get some more Christopher Rice books. His newest one looks interesting.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:35 pm
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
I FORGOT ABOUT IT GIRL. Its a spin off of Gossip Girls, where Jenny goes to boarding school.
The next one comes out sometime in November! I cant wait biggrin
I love books about teenage drama, its just oh so scandalous heart
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:11 pm
Forgotten Realms. You name it in that series, I've probably read it. Also The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, The Eye of the World books (Robert Jordan died a while back sadly...), the Disckworld series, I have A Feast For Crows lined up to be read at some point when I focus, and all the manga I can get my hands on that interest me.
The Twilight series angers me, VAMPIRES DON'T WORK THAT WAY! However, it did lead to this gem of a line from my sister while we were arguing, well I was arguing how wrong they were, "FANTASY VAMPIRES DON'T EXIST!"
My other addiction is video games. Hand held games more specifically. I really enjoy games such as TWEWY (90 hours and counting on that one), FFTA2 (around 59 hours logged there) and any Castlevenia game. Those are just a few examples of what I play. RPGs FTW!
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:42 pm
I forgot!
I totally heart trashy vampire novels!
Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series is like my heroin.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:35 pm
Trashy vamp romance, ftw.
Me and my friend Stephanie (works in a different library than I) are on a quest to find and read every vampire book written for teens. She got me to read The House of Night series (I bought the first two and will buy the next this weekend) and it's fantastic.
Neil Gaiman is god. Read his everything, even the blog. His new book just came out today and Imma get it later.
Reading Skinny b***h and was finally convinced to go full-on vegetarian (not vegan yet, though I did give up drinking milk).
Have Zombie Blondes right now and am pleased.
Other drugs: Heroes, Project Runway, pizza, shopping, music and my friends. Aww. heart
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:56 pm
Merriweather Trashy vamp romance, ftw. Me and my friend Stephanie (works in a different library than I) are on a quest to find and read every vampire book written for teens.
Hamilton's books TOTALLY aren't teen books, but I suggest you read them anyway. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:46 pm
I LOVE Tamora Pierce's books! I have the first two of her Alanna series, and "The Will of the Empress" and my school has all sorts of books by her, so I'm going to try to read all the books by her that they have.
Trickster's Queen is REALLY good, and it's kind of funny that you mention it, I just checked out Trickster's Choice from the library yesterday to re-read.
I also love ALL of the Redwall books. And the Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer and any books by Libba Bray.
And of course Harry Potter is a favorite.
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