PrincessPeach1989
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Dracula
What was the last book you read?
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Dracula
Iggy Koopa Jr
scrambled eggs
Read Zola's L'Assommoir
well, easy to read, quite funny occasionally, but very dark
well, easy to read, quite funny occasionally, but very dark
DragonFreak
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly!
InterestingMuffet said:
The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes. A very interesting book written about a very interesting person
Lorenz Hellman Gloucester
absolutely the best boy dont even try to debate it
Finnegan's wake
I have to say, the word choices the writer has chosen to use are simply beautiful.
This book is amazing to be honest.
I have to say, the word choices the writer has chosen to use are simply beautiful.
This book is amazing to be honest.
Iggy Koopa Jr
scrambled eggs
Got some weird japanese book from my grandmother for christmas, I'm reading that.
Icemario
Star Spirit
Pride and Prejudice
Surprisingly I quite enjoyed this, it was very coherent and easy to follow, as well as engaging. One of my new favourite books, potentially my favourite classic.
The Stolen White Elephant (and other stories)
There was much banter, a good quick read.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
I thought I was getting a comedy but it was more of a depressing history lesson with golden bits of comedy sprinkled in, the balance was impressively effective and I loved it as a whole. Another new favourite, for sure.
A Tale of Two Cities
I finally got back to reading this after a few months of hiatus and once I got into the third part, my interest peaked and I tore through to the ending in a matter of hours. It was a bit dry up until that point and sometimes couldn't enjoy the writing style, but I loved everything about the third part and that made up for everything and more, definitely the strongest part in the book. Especially the ending, that really stuck on me. Certainly another favourite of mine.
Surprisingly I quite enjoyed this, it was very coherent and easy to follow, as well as engaging. One of my new favourite books, potentially my favourite classic.
The Stolen White Elephant (and other stories)
There was much banter, a good quick read.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
I thought I was getting a comedy but it was more of a depressing history lesson with golden bits of comedy sprinkled in, the balance was impressively effective and I loved it as a whole. Another new favourite, for sure.
A Tale of Two Cities
I finally got back to reading this after a few months of hiatus and once I got into the third part, my interest peaked and I tore through to the ending in a matter of hours. It was a bit dry up until that point and sometimes couldn't enjoy the writing style, but I loved everything about the third part and that made up for everything and more, definitely the strongest part in the book. Especially the ending, that really stuck on me. Certainly another favourite of mine.
The xkcd/What If? book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If%3F:_Serious_Scientific_Answers_to_Absurd_Hypothetical_Questions (this one)
it's basically a best of from his answers + some new ones (also fully translated on german, which is cool) + the worst questions he got which he didnt answer (or rather, couldnt because they were so dumb/questionable)
if you like xkcd, this is probably really cool. I like xkcd and my dad had this book without me even knowing it lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If%3F:_Serious_Scientific_Answers_to_Absurd_Hypothetical_Questions (this one)
it's basically a best of from his answers + some new ones (also fully translated on german, which is cool) + the worst questions he got which he didnt answer (or rather, couldnt because they were so dumb/questionable)
if you like xkcd, this is probably really cool. I like xkcd and my dad had this book without me even knowing it lol
NathanBros
Luigi Time!!!
Disney 70's comics count? Love them...
- MarioWiki
- Henry Tucayo Clay
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Might review it for The 'Shroom if I get time.
GalacticPetey
Donkey Kong
Moby-Dick
Princess Céline
It's teatime!
My collection of "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" books. For those unfamiliar with them, its basically a GWR book filled with crazy, but true stories. I'll give one of my favorite examples from each book I have, which currently are 5, and I ordered 2 more last Monday:
From "Eye-Popping Oddities":
A man from Russia faked his own death so he could propose to his girlfriend. He hired a movie director, stuntmen, make-up artists and even a scriptwriter to stage a bogus car crash, which was so convincing that when she arrived to the scene and was told he was dead, she broke down in tears. Convinced that she really loved him, the man jumped up on his legs and proposed, still covered in fake blood. She said yes!
From "Dare to Look":
The hottest rain ever recorded had a temperature of 114.8 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). It fell over Needles, California August 13, 2012 in conjunction with a storm, but because of the heat and the dry air, most of the rain evaporated before hitting the ground.
From "Reality Shock":
An Englishman changed his name to "Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand", as he thought his original name, Richard Smith, was too boring.
From "Download the Weird":
I'll include two stories here, as I felt both were good.
A busdriver lost his job after his bosses saw a Youtube video of how he ran over a snowman someone had built on the road in Urbana, USA.
A college student in Northampton, England, was so bored during a class in civics that when she yawned, her jaw became dislocated for 4 hours.
Finally, "Strikingly True": The language Rotokas, only spoken on the island Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, has only 12 letters in its alphabet: A, E, G, I, K, O, P, R, S, T, U and V.
From "Eye-Popping Oddities":
A man from Russia faked his own death so he could propose to his girlfriend. He hired a movie director, stuntmen, make-up artists and even a scriptwriter to stage a bogus car crash, which was so convincing that when she arrived to the scene and was told he was dead, she broke down in tears. Convinced that she really loved him, the man jumped up on his legs and proposed, still covered in fake blood. She said yes!
From "Dare to Look":
The hottest rain ever recorded had a temperature of 114.8 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). It fell over Needles, California August 13, 2012 in conjunction with a storm, but because of the heat and the dry air, most of the rain evaporated before hitting the ground.
From "Reality Shock":
An Englishman changed his name to "Stormhammer Deathclaw Firebrand", as he thought his original name, Richard Smith, was too boring.
From "Download the Weird":
I'll include two stories here, as I felt both were good.
A busdriver lost his job after his bosses saw a Youtube video of how he ran over a snowman someone had built on the road in Urbana, USA.
A college student in Northampton, England, was so bored during a class in civics that when she yawned, her jaw became dislocated for 4 hours.
Finally, "Strikingly True": The language Rotokas, only spoken on the island Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, has only 12 letters in its alphabet: A, E, G, I, K, O, P, R, S, T, U and V.
LN1
L - N - 1
Warten auf Weihnachten (Waiting for Christmas)
"What the hell LN1, it's September? Why read Christmas stories?"
Anyway, a nearly 40-year old book ("©Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 1978[...]Printed in Germany 1978") which is a collection of a variety of I presume fairly old Christmas related tales. Der Bär und der Vogel(The bear and the bird) had a pretty sad ending. Its messed up. Felix holt Senf (Felix fetches mustard) Wtf. I think I simply don't get the ending at all. Der Christbaum meiner Mutter (The Christmas tree of my mother)...poor mother. There's 16 stories total and the rest were either funny or sweet imo. Well, Pelle zieht aus (Pelle moves out) wasn't much to me and Der Baum (The tree) was kind of eh too.
Disclaimer: I used LEO, PONS, and dict.cc quite a lot while reading.
"What the hell LN1, it's September? Why read Christmas stories?"
Anyway, a nearly 40-year old book ("©Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 1978[...]Printed in Germany 1978") which is a collection of a variety of I presume fairly old Christmas related tales. Der Bär und der Vogel(The bear and the bird) had a pretty sad ending. Its messed up. Felix holt Senf (Felix fetches mustard) Wtf. I think I simply don't get the ending at all. Der Christbaum meiner Mutter (The Christmas tree of my mother)...poor mother. There's 16 stories total and the rest were either funny or sweet imo. Well, Pelle zieht aus (Pelle moves out) wasn't much to me and Der Baum (The tree) was kind of eh too.
Disclaimer: I used LEO, PONS, and dict.cc quite a lot while reading.
Currently reading Harry Potter and the cursed child
i rate scorpio 10/10
idk what albus' problem is but scorpio is just like "uhm okay hes my friend so i guess yolo"
idk what albus' problem is but scorpio is just like "uhm okay hes my friend so i guess yolo"
freakworld said:
finished that now
i genuinely liked it
just uh
how exactly do i have to picture the fact that voldemort and bellatrix lestrange uh
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how exactly do i have to picture the fact that voldemort and bellatrix lestrange uh
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DragonFreak
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly!
I still refuse to acknowledge that there's an 8th HP book cause I'm a PURIST
Princess Céline
It's teatime!
GWR 2017
