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Laurel wrote: "Kev,My favorite thing to do on the 30th or 31st of every month is to sit in front of my bookshelf and pick out my wishlist for the next month. I often stray, but I still love the exercise.
Do y..."
No, I don't do that because I am always changing what books I am going to read.
At times like this I feel like I am Drizzt against all of Menzoberranzan and the Drow society.
K - now you HAVE to tell me. I'll keep it quiet, I swear!
Wait...wait..
Kev's a witch?
Are... do...do we burn him or dunk him?
Kev's a witch?
Are... do...do we burn him or dunk him?
I just laughed so loudly my boyfriend said it hurt and the cat ran away.Seriously though, we aren't out to get you, Kevin. We are, however, unlikely to a) ignore threads that are jumping and b) take you any more seriously than you take us. You only seem to even remotely listen when it's to complain about how persecuted you are. Grow some balls and stop taking things personally and maybe, just maybe, people will be more willing to let your absurdities slide.
Kevin wrote: "At times like this I feel like I am Drizzt against all of Menzoberranzan and the Drow society."
No..
you didn't just.
man.
man
I applaud your trolling, sir.
No..
you didn't just.
man.
man
I applaud your trolling, sir.
Ala,Make Ronald answer our question. Pretty please?!
Nicki wrote: "Kevin wrote: "My major problem is that all of you find it a few laughs at my expense, meaning that all of you don't even take this seriesly. You all think this all a joke and a party that is all fu..."Wow, you just can't take Mark's words, and think about it, maybe he is right to a degree.
None?!So sorry. Life without books is, well...
But prepare yourself, we grow book addicts around these parts!
*hugs Roland*There there... You'll get through this. We will help. That's what Ka-tet is for. ;)
Nicki wrote: "Kevin wrote: "My major problem is that all of you find it a few laughs at my expense, meaning that all of you don't even take this seriesly. You all think this all a joke and a party that is all fu..."I don't think my opinion is ridiculous, its a free country, apparently not according to you.
Becky wrote: "(This never gets old. LOL)"
Once you've realized the truth of it, it becomes all kinds of entertaining.
Once you've realized the truth of it, it becomes all kinds of entertaining.
Challenging other people to swap reads works sometimes, Ronald. Might give that a shot.
Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Ronald wrote: "Uhh.I've finished exactly...
0 books in 2011.
I started one, got 150 pages into it, and got distracted; never went back to it. If I finish reading A Dance with Dra..."
Kind of like two of my friends with A Game of Thrones, which they both had it since April, and one has not read a page of it, the other has not yet even got half way. They are shooting for April of next year, but I really don't think they are going to make it since it the first book they have both read in a while.
Kevin wrote: "I don't think my opinion is ridiculous, its a free country, apparently not according to you. "The beauty of a free country is you're free to have inane and illogical opinions and everyone else is free to mock you for it.
Craig wrote: The beauty of a free country is you're free to have inane and illogical opinions and everyone else is free to mock you for it. "^This
I pushed A Game of Thrones onto a friend and she's currently about 150 pages in and loving it. I'm so excited... I can't stand it. :D
Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Ronald wrote: "Uhh.I've finished exactly...
0 books in 2011.
I started one, got 150 pages into it, and got distracted; never went back to it. If I finish reading A Dance with Dra..."
ADwD is a tough book to get back in the reading groove for most people. I'd try something less dense.
Nicki wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Kevin wrote: "My major problem is that all of you find it a few laughs at my expense, meaning that all of you don't even take this seriesly. You all think this all a jok..."Forgot that you live in England. So maybe the law is different there.
Well, given that mark's comments were all sarcasm, ad hominem attacks, or falsely seeing several of us here in the thread being a sign of a conspiracy, what is to be taken seriously? What do you want, Kevin?
Ronald wrote: "Becky wrote: "I pushed A Game of Thrones onto a friend and she's currently about 150 pages in and loving it. I'm so excited... I can't stand it. :D"I almost gave up on the series. I picked it up ..."
You really should get the audio version and listen to it on the way to work. That is what one of friend does all the time now because his work is so busy he has no time read anything anymore.
This year I'll have read 203 books by the end of the year, unless my plans change. I'd say that's probably more than in the past 6 years combined. Next year I'm actually planning to rigidly limit myself to no more than 12 a month. Who knows though, my hobbies may shift again. I definitely get the reading less when working from home & distracted thing.
Ronald wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Ronald wrote: "Becky wrote: "I pushed A Game of Thrones onto a friend and she's currently about 150 pages in and loving it. I'm so excited... I can't stand it. :D"I almost gave up o..."
Wow, that throws my advice right out of the window.
Laurel wrote: "Maybe 
?"I really need to pick this up...
Breaking out the sharpie as I type...
Nicki wrote: "I used to read about 250-300 books a year. This year I've only managed 98 so far, I think. I am definitely looking to make the 200 mark, at least, next year. Gotta be more disciplined and not sit o..."Whereas, I plan to spend more time sitting on my ass and gaming next year...
Sorry for getting behind, folks.I was sharpening my pitchfork.
ETA: That sounded dirty. I didn't mean for it to.
I met my boyfriend on WoW xD
Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "I used to read about 250-300 books a year. This year I've only managed 98 so far, I think. I am definitely looking to make the 200 mark, at least, next year. Gotta be more disciplined..."You can do the same with an Elder Scrolls game, especially with the later ones.
Nicki wrote: "Denae wrote: "Whereas, I plan to spend more time sitting on my ass and gaming next year..."LOL. If you see me on Steam, tell me to bugger off and read...
Actually, I'd like to do a little more g..."
Yeah, I need to balance things better next year. We're definitely still reading The Wasp Factory together though!
Kevin wrote: "Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "I used to read about 250-300 books a year. This year I've only managed 98 so far, I think. I am definitely looking to make the 200 mark, at least, next year. Gotta be m..."I want Skyrim. Never played the others, but it looks awesome.
Ronald wrote: "Gosh, did I step into the twilight zone? Where did all these gamer chicks come from? :PI just beat Assassin's Creed: Revelations the other day, and did Vampire: The Masquerade and Deus Ex: Human..."
Nah, it's just the internet, not the twilight zone.
<--- Not an online gamer. Although, I do love video games... like the GTA games and God of War games. So addicting. :D
Denae wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "I used to read about 250-300 books a year. This year I've only managed 98 so far, I think. I am definitely looking to make the 200 mark, at least, next ye..."I really want to get Skyrim but am trying to wait for the game of the year edition. I love that someone took all the books in the game and made an ebook out of it. The Books of Skyrim
Adrienne wrote: "So... that was the most fun lurking I've had in a while. Thanks, everyone."
No need to lurk, y'know.
Joining in is fun too :P
that sounds dirty too. I blame Chris.
No need to lurk, y'know.
Joining in is fun too :P
that sounds dirty too. I blame Chris.
if either of ya'll played Oblivion with mods you may have played one my bf wrote xD
Adrienne wrote: "So... that was the most fun lurking I've had in a while. Thanks, everyone."Always happy to amuse
Nicki wrote: "Ooh, which one, Denae? I don't think I ever got around to modding Oblivion, but I'm tempted to reinstall after this discussion. (And Morrowind too.)"It's in Mark's Monster Mod (he thinks) and is called Bonegrind. I've not played the game, so can't tell you more than that. :)
Holy shit, this thread is moving fast. Thanks guys! Maybe I should just stay here and hit refresh. Except I'm not a gamer, so I'll just wait for the next tangent to come along...
Adrienne wrote: "Riona wrote: "Except I'm not a gamer, so I'll just wait for the next tangent to come along... "If I play a video game it's usually about 5 years too late, but only because they get cheaper. I onl..."
Don't fear bad, I played Half-Life over the summer, which is even later than Portal.
Ronald, you really have found a new home, haven't you.
Ronald wrote: "Nicki wrote: "You'd never ever guess from this topic, of course, but I quite like random. ;)"It keeps things interesting. It's pretty addicting, really.
I'm pretty sure there's just us, Kevin an..."
That maybe one reason it turned into video games.
Ronald wrote: "Oh and one thing I wanted to mention about NeoGAF; there's actually a community (albeit small) of writers on there, as well. A bunch of them did NaNo this year, and some are self-published, while o..."I be sure to tell my friends about NeoGAf, which sound just like their cup of tea. If I remember it later.
So, I'm listening to The Terror while I start over again on my Slytherin scarf... My boyfriend came in for about two minutes, before he hauled ass out of the room saying "Ugh! That's so BORING... All they're talking about is scurvy and frostbite!" I'm like... That's what makes it interesting.
Sometimes, I feel like I wear the pants in this relationship. LOL He doesn't even like football! O_o
A very awkward cashier got very excited when he saw my Portal 2 shirt today. I didn't have the heart to tell him I've yet to finish the first one. I figure that omission is outweighed by the fact that I got it at a gaming con.
You guys have never heard of NeoGAF?
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My favorite thing to do on the 30th or 31st of every month is to sit in front of my bookshelf and pick out my wishlist for the next month. I often stray, but I still love the exercise.
Do you try this?