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2011-12-30 15:21:52

#1251

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5579|London, England

Why is my fiancee suddenly reading The Hunger Games? Did it make Oprah's book club or something?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-30 15:26:15

#1252

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5922|College Park, MD

My sister just finished the series, she said it was good.

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2011-12-30 15:26:52

#1253

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5579|London, England

Is there a movie coming out or something?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2011-12-30 15:54:23

#1254

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6853|949

Jays only ever heard of the 'Hunger Pangs'

amirite?

2011-12-30 15:55:07

#1255

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5579|London, England

urite

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-01-01 21:43:42

#1256

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Jay wrote:
Why is my fiancee suddenly reading The Hunger Games? Did it make Oprah's book club or something?

lol.. I'm on book 2. I'm surprised at how popular it is now. My girl liked it so i picked it up. The other night my sister told me she was reading it. She finished the first book in one day.

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2012-01-01 21:49:11

#1257

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5579|London, England

Kmar wrote:
Jay wrote:
Why is my fiancee suddenly reading The Hunger Games? Did it make Oprah's book club or something?
lol.. I'm on book 2. I'm surprised at how popular it is now. My girl liked it so i picked it up. The other night my sister told me she was reading it. She finished the first book in one day.

Yeah, my girl finished the first book in 24 hours.

There has to be some underground female network telling them what pop fiction to read if they're all picking it up at once Maybe it's like menstrual synching.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-01-01 22:16:30

#1258

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Jay wrote:
Kmar wrote:
Jay wrote:
Why is my fiancee suddenly reading The Hunger Games? Did it make Oprah's book club or something?
lol.. I'm on book 2. I'm surprised at how popular it is now. My girl liked it so i picked it up. The other night my sister told me she was reading it. She finished the first book in one day.
Yeah, my girl finished the first book in 24 hours.

There has to be some underground female network telling them what pop fiction to read if they're all picking it up at once Maybe it's like menstrual synching.

Well, there is an apparent love triangle in there. But I'm more interested in the post-apocalyptic dystopian society that forces it's tributes to kill or be killed in the arena.

I'm reading the pdf on my computer and I can only read a couple hours before my eyes start to burn (Kindle is broke). I may steal the second book from my sis now that she's done with it.

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2012-01-02 23:13:55

#1259

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Kmar wrote:
Jay wrote:
Kmar wrote:
lol.. I'm on book 2. I'm surprised at how popular it is now. My girl liked it so i picked it up. The other night my sister told me she was reading it. She finished the first book in one day.
Yeah, my girl finished the first book in 24 hours.

There has to be some underground female network telling them what pop fiction to read if they're all picking it up at once Maybe it's like menstrual synching.
Well, there is an apparent love triangle in there. But I'm more interested in the post-apocalyptic dystopian society that forces it's tributes to kill or be killed in the arena.

I'm reading the pdf on my computer and I can only read a couple hours before my eyes start to burn (Kindle is broke). I may steal the second book from my sis now that she's done with it.

Sort of a solution, till I can get a copy.. (even though I'll prolly be done before that)
I can dim the background color..

I still like Marketview, but it works better with magazines and other short reads.

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2012-01-02 23:25:46

#1260

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|6996|Moscow, Russia

tried several e-books but none seemed comfortable for some reason . still prefer books made of paper (yes, i'm a old fart). fortunately, paperbacks cost next to nothing.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2012-01-02 23:36:03

#1261

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

I do too.. but I cant wait for a proper copy. Like I said, magazines are fine with Marketview though. I mean.. if you're wanting to acquire them other ways.. ie download.

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2012-01-03 15:12:10

#1262

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,741|6958|Oxferd Ohire

ee?

2012-01-03 15:13:19

#1263

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Nothing slips by you.

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2012-01-03 15:14:50

#1264

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6691

RTHKI wrote:
ee?

it's because i'm limited, and the thought is that no matter how much you try to keep a brother down, some people just need to be told that their taste in literature is fucking horrific.

p.s. that shit ^ is fucking horrific.

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2012-01-03 15:18:44

#1265

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

lol.. maybe that's why I rarely dabble in fiction. I am however hooked in finding what happens next.. What can I say ¯\(°_o)/¯ .

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2012-01-03 15:22:23

#1266

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

there's a movie coming out now too. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/
I can't even watch the trailer until I finish the series. I guess it hit the level of popularity. ie make more money.

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2012-01-03 15:26:55

#1267

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6691

that's what all those ovulating 14 year old goth chicks said every time there was a new twilight book launch...

careful kmar, the path of the intellect is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the senseless and the tyranny of evil mongs.

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2012-01-03 15:33:41

#1268

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6220|Vortex Ring State

Uzique wrote:
that's what all those ovulating 14 year old goth chicks said every time there was a new twilight book launch...

careful kmar, the path of the intellect is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the senseless and the tyranny of evil mongs.

finally someone who shares my opinion of the hunger games.

Over-fucking-rated

2012-01-03 15:37:41

#1269

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6691

before even being academic and snooty about literature that isn't even meant to be literary and accomplished... even the wikipedia criticism is hedged in disclaimers that basically says "this is a hype load of bullshit".

The Hunger Games has been well-received by critics. In Stephen King's review for Entertainment Weekly, he praised how the book is addictive and also compared it to "shoot-it-if-it-moves videogames in the lobby of the local eightplex; you know it's not real, but you keep plugging in quarters anyway." However, he stated that there were "displays of authorial laziness that kids will accept more readily than adults", that the love triangle was standard for the genre, and that the reality TV "badlands" were similar to Battle Royale, The Running Man, and The Long Walk. He gave the book an overall B grade.[1] Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight series) said, "I was so obsessed with this book....The Hunger Games is amazing."[24] Elizabeth Bird of School Library Journal praised the novel, saying it is "exciting, poignant, thoughtful, and breathtaking by turns". The review also called it one of the best books of 2008.[25] Booklist also gave a positive review, praising the character violence and romance involved in the book.[26] In a review for The New York Times, John Green wrote that the novel was "brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced", and that "the considerable strength of the novel comes in Collins's convincingly detailed world-building and her memorably complex and fascinating heroine." However, he also noted that sometimes the book does not realize the allegorical potential that the plot has to offer and that the writing "described the action and little else".

now there's some book-sleeve one-liners! stephanie meyer said it was "amazing"! well that just about settles it.

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2012-01-03 15:39:54

#1270

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,978|6853|949

Kmar wrote:
lol.. maybe that's why I rarely dabble in fiction. I am however hooked in finding what happens next.. What can I say ¯\(°_o)/¯ .

You don't count those fake history novels you read as fiction?

2012-01-03 15:41:08

#1271

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5806

I plan on reading the Hunger games after I finish the girl with the dragon tattoo series.

2012-01-03 22:03:29

#1272

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Kmar wrote:
lol.. maybe that's why I rarely dabble in fiction. I am however hooked in finding what happens next.. What can I say ¯\(°_o)/¯ .
You don't count those fake history novels you read as fiction?

Which ones are you talking about kenny?

Boy this thread is turning into a swamp of douchebaggery.

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2012-01-03 22:09:07

#1273

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5480|foggy bottom

Macbeth wrote:
I plan on reading the Hunger games after I finish the girl with the dragon tattoo series.

i dont plan on reading any of those books

Tu Stultus Es

2012-01-03 22:18:10

#1274

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5806

I don't tread into fiction much myself. I tend to stick to academic history and am very picky when it comes to fiction. I avoid pop fiction and series like the plague. It's sort of a elitist tool thing to do but if there isn't something deeper to the story I won't bother with it. I want to learn something or maybe see the world in a different light. Robert Paterson can't help me with either of those.

2012-01-03 22:19:05

#1275

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6821|132 and Bush

Do you have a goodreads account? I'm updating the op.

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