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Post by copyKatt on Nov 23, 2003 19:15:33 GMT -5
i dunno, really. i just didnt like it. i heard the same thing from alot of people. a large majority of our class read that book becuase it was the shortest. i ended up reading to see what was so bad about it (yeah, so what, i enjoy reading). i read left for dead and april morning. werent bad i guess.
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Post by Cobra5 on Nov 23, 2003 20:34:54 GMT -5
I don't like most of the books (Actualy, there were only one or two books I ever saw on the list that ever even sparked my interest), in fact I particularly hate most of them.
Then again, they don't put much Sci-fi in there. Dune was on there once, though, that was cool.
Right now, I'm absorbed in the battletech/mechwarrior series of books. Unlike most other books, that have four or five books in the series, this has like, twenty or more, by many diferent authors.
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Post by palla on Nov 25, 2003 10:18:57 GMT -5
I have not read either one of those. What didn't you like about kiddnapped prince? I thought it was a very difficult book to get through. Truthfully, I didn't even finish it.  I don't remember much of it, but the way the author wrote the story...it just did not hold my attention for very long.  |
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Post by Cobra5 on Nov 25, 2003 21:10:05 GMT -5
It was like that for me with Lord of the Rings. Theres a diference between "Thurough" and "Too mcuh information".
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Post by palla on Nov 26, 2003 9:53:35 GMT -5
I didn't like LotR either. I was lucky to even start The Hobbit, which was almost as bad. |
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Post by copyKatt on Nov 26, 2003 15:56:24 GMT -5
hey now, dont be dissing JRR Tolkein. i liked the hobbit. and the next three books too. alot of people say that its too much info, but ididnt think so. i liked his wroting style.
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Post by hyper4pyropixie on Nov 26, 2003 16:16:43 GMT -5
I enjoy the LoTR books as well, but it is your opinion.
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Post by Cobra5 on Nov 26, 2003 19:53:20 GMT -5
There was stuff there we didn't need to know.
I mean, I make WAYYYYY more information then need be for my universes. Soul Saber for example. But I don't go in depth about it. Sometimes I make references to information not explained, but I don't explain it unless its directly relevent.
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Post by Tassatul on Nov 27, 2003 11:57:08 GMT -5
Then again, they don't put much Sci-fi in there. Dune was on there once, though, that was cool. w00t ;D We dont get summer reading lists, but we never read anything good. Only, "the great world literature" which mostly consists of shakespeare, steinbeck, and greek guys. Ugh. The only thing that gets close to good is the Ray Bradbury stuff, like Fahrenheit 451. |
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Post by palla on Nov 27, 2003 21:53:04 GMT -5
There are, in my opinion, almost never any good books on the reading list. I think at one point there might have been "The Mists of Avalon" which, although long, was really good. The only book I can honestly say that I've read from the summer list is "Speak".
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Post by copyKatt on Nov 27, 2003 22:00:36 GMT -5
i dispise steinbeck. all except 'of mice and men' that one was decent. but the rest... blek...
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Post by palla on Nov 27, 2003 22:07:53 GMT -5
I don't think I ever really paid attention to the book, but the movie wasn't half bad.
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Post by copyKatt on Nov 27, 2003 22:09:25 GMT -5
books better IMO. pretty short too. i read real slow and i finished it in a couple days. the movie leaves stuff out, as per usual
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Post by palla on Nov 27, 2003 22:16:47 GMT -5
Couple of days?  Ah, okay. But, if you'd really been interested, how long do you think it would've taken? |
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Post by copyKatt on Nov 27, 2003 22:19:21 GMT -5
i was really intrested, it still took me a couple days. like i said, i read slow.
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I don't remember much of it, but the way the author wrote the story...it just did not hold my attention for very long. 
Ah, okay. But, if you'd really been interested, how long do you think it would've taken?