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Post by Predator-Fan on Mar 23, 2009 11:32:03 GMT -5
Whoa......it depends on obsessive in the way that you are using. I enjoy it because I can make fun of how obsessive Bella is over the whole idea of being in love with the undead and how this relationship is going to be screwed over at some point in time. The plot and everything is all good but Bella is always at the pont of death before her twisted "Prince Charming" comes to rescue her and she is always at the point hwere she is endagered herself OR she is endangering others.....namely her future "family-in-law" because she is living and still has blood running thorugh her veins while her lover would be able to kill her within a moments notice or break her like a toothpick. So I read to just laugh. Damn......we should but this on the rant site *just an idea*
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Post by piñata on Mar 23, 2009 11:47:51 GMT -5
Love is obsessive, especially among teens. It doesn't necessarily make Bella a good role model, but at least it's an accurate portrayal.
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Post by Ape on Mar 23, 2009 19:04:08 GMT -5
But if the discussions are accurate, then this Bella girl does everything her 'hero' tells her to do, and is willing to completely abandon her friends and family on a whim to wait on this guy hand and foot. Is that something teenage girls, who are very succeptible to being influenced by such things, should be reading?
I'm all for freedom of speech, more so than a lot of people, but with all the bad attention this gets from people my age, and from people who share my tastes in books, I just don't want to waste my time on it.
The last time I was in my local library, I saw a book called Twilight by a different author. I almost checked it out, just so I could tell my friends I was reading Twilight and that it was really good and they should go check it out, but I decided against it. =P
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Post by piñata on Mar 24, 2009 8:45:48 GMT -5
The last time I was in my local library, I saw a book called Twilight by a different author. I almost checked it out, just so I could tell my friends I was reading Twilight and that it was really good and they should go check it out, but I decided against it. =P Man, you should've gone for it. That would've been hilarious. |
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Post by Predator-Fan on Mar 25, 2009 11:52:11 GMT -5
But if the discussions are accurate, then this Bella girl does everything her 'hero' tells her to do, and is willing to completely abandon her friends and family on a whim to wait on this guy hand and foot. Is that something teenage girls, who are very succeptible to being influenced by such things, should be reading? Well, Bella at some point after her first accident, she tells Edward that she is willing to give up everything, BUT Edward tries to mek her see that it might not be possibl and that he desn't want her to give up everything, life, family, friends.........seems like a waste of breath because Bella keeps her mind on the fact that she wants to be with him forever. The last time I was in my local library, I saw a book called Twilight by a different author. I almost checked it out, just so I could tell my friends I was reading Twilight and that it was really good and they should go check it out, but I decided against it. =P Now that is sacraligeous! But then again....its so evil that it is BRILLIANT!!!!! I am normally against doing such things *snorts, yeah right* I would go for that little aspect dude....watch the look on their faces.......enjoy it and then laugh at them ;D |
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Post by sean2k on Mar 26, 2009 20:27:45 GMT -5
Satan Burger by Carlton Mellick III
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Post by Predator-Fan on Apr 3, 2009 11:52:35 GMT -5
What the F- is that?
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Post by Ape on Apr 3, 2009 19:54:03 GMT -5
His books must be forking crazy if the titles and book covers are any indication. I was actually browsing his stuff just recently, after the title "Electric Jesus Corpse" caught my eye and I just had to look into it. I actually want to read The Menstruating Mall, despite it's strange title and book art. The description sounds interesting. Anyways, since my last post I... finished The Terror. Full review here under the user name Ape. (My name is at the bottom of the review, mine is the massive one that's right above my name) Read Stewards of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl. I won it on librarything from the author, who signed it before sending it. It was much better than I expected, and again I posted a full review on librarything, which can be viewed hereThen I finished up the rest of the Lorwyn trilogy. Morningtide was good, and Eventide was pretty cool, mostly because Shadowmoor is such an awesome M:tG plane. Ashling, the Destroyer is crazy.  Right now I'm reading (and mostly through with) Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. I can't quit raving about how amazing this author is. Love it. |
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Post by sean2k on Apr 3, 2009 20:44:10 GMT -5
His books must be forking crazy if the titles and book covers are any indication. I was actually browsing his stuff just recently, after the title "Electric Jesus Corpse" caught my eye and I just had to look into it. I actually want to read The Menstruating Mall, despite it's strange title and book art. The description sounds interesting. Yeah, it's a new genre of literature called "Bizarro". |
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Post by Predator-Fan on Apr 30, 2009 12:09:29 GMT -5
hmmmm....never actually heard of any of those books
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Post by piñata on May 4, 2009 11:05:31 GMT -5
Me either. Of course, if it's not sci-fi, fantasy or horror it's very rare that I've heard of it.
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Post by Ape on May 5, 2009 9:52:06 GMT -5
Of course, if it's not sci-fi, fantasy or horror it's very rare that I've heard of it. I was the same way for awhile. I started branching out though and found some really cool stuff. Like historical fiction. I always liked movies like Gladiator/Troy/Braveheart so I also really liked books with similar topics. A lot of times historical fiction can be very similar to fantasy, except instead of barbarians slaughtering goblins its Spartans slaughtering Persians.  Oh, and alternate history is really cool too. When they take a popular event and consider what would have happened if things went differently (such as Hitler living longer and winning the war or something.) I read a novel once where Stalin had a son in hiding and there was an elaborate plan for him to emerge and take the reigns over Russia. That kind of stuff is pretty cool too. I haven't posted here in awhile (again) so here's everything I've read since my last post: I finished Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith. It was amazing, like all of his novels. Then I read Saturn Rukh by Robert L. Forward. It was a "hard" science fiction novel with a very heavy emphasis on the science. A little bland for the first half of the book but it became very interesting once the plot began to develop. Then I read Grendel by John Gardner. It's the tale of Beowulf told from Grendel's point of view. It was pretty interesting, I just wish it would have been a little longer and more fleshed out (was only 175 pages I think  ) Then I read The Coma by Alex Garland, the guy who wrote the screenplay for one of my favorite movies, 20 Days Later. The whole story involved a man who was stuck in a coma, and was fighting to wake up. It was interesting, but just like Grendel, was a little short and should have been a little lengthier. After that I read Comes the Dark by Michael Prescott. It was a thriller where the murderer was half crazy/half genius who's obsessed with ancient literature/mythology and killed his victim(s) by sacrificing them in ancient rituals. 0.0 Then I read The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum. It's a young-adult historical fiction that takes place during the Crusades. A boy who is the squire to a coin-maker becomes a knight in Richard the Lionhearted's army. It wasn't that good. Then I read The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks. The third book in the Genisis of Shannarah series, it was pretty good. After that I read Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. A historical fiction set in 400 BC, during the Battle of Thermopylae. It was AMAZING. One of the best historical fictions I've ever read. The Spartans are fucking amazing. Then I read The Muse Asylum by Davic Czuchlewski. I loved it. Right now I'm reading Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills. It's about a group of environmentalist/terrorists who infect Ghawar/Alaska's oil fields with a bacteria that contaminates the oil and makes it useless, thus sending the world in a panic of sorts. I wonder if it'll turn into an "end of the world" scenario with no power and whatnot considering the title... |
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Post by Predator-Fan on May 6, 2009 11:44:00 GMT -5
Wow....looks like someone has been a busy beaver reading as of late....don't you have finals to study for or a j-o-b?
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Post by Ape on May 6, 2009 15:47:06 GMT -5
I'm not reading too much faster than I normally do. Last year I kept a book log, and at the end of the year I totalled up all the books/pages I read. I read 40 books (14,000+ pages) last year, which on average is a book every 8-9 days or so. Over the past couple months I've been finishing books every 4-5 days. A little faster, but not too unreasonable. But to answer your question, no, I don't have either. My car broke down in the winter (as it does every winter...) so I've been unable to work for a few months. I'm hoping to get it fixed soon, but we'll see how that goes.  In the meantime, I'll enjoy the extra time I have to read. *shrug* |
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Post by piñata on May 8, 2009 17:56:29 GMT -5
Still reading a lot faster than me, Ape. Though admittedly I read a lot more books at one time than you do.
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