gepno2
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Post by gepno2 on Mar 25, 2008 23:07:01 GMT -5
Hi there. *brings out-of-date lamp and sets it in the corner* Everyone can do with a lamp. *sets tacky lamp-shade on fire* oops. It's supposed to do that.
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Post by alatar on Apr 23, 2008 8:58:08 GMT -5
hey, im a newbie awesome site for Chris loving! Does anyone ever come on here anymore? aL X
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Post by Maliris on Apr 23, 2008 12:41:51 GMT -5
Heya there!! I am happy-happy you joined the forum! There are times when it´s busy but there are also times when it´s kinda sleepy and not very active. That said, how about a cup of cyber-tea? Or coffee?
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Post by kaiku on Apr 23, 2008 14:32:38 GMT -5
There are times when it´s busy but there are also times when it´s kinda sleepy and not very active. Hehe, that sounds a lot like me too. ;D Welcome, alatar! *offers a plate of cookies and a hug*
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Post by zemira on Apr 24, 2008 12:18:20 GMT -5
Yep, we tend to ebb and flow. ^_^ But I still remember to check at LEAST once a week. ^_^
Welcome, welcome~! *offers croissants* Mmmmmm...
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Post by kaiku on Apr 24, 2008 14:04:05 GMT -5
Croissants are heavenly.
Fact.
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Post by alatar on Apr 29, 2008 2:36:28 GMT -5
Oh a cuppa would be great thanks! fanks very 'uch *trys not to talk with mouthful of delicious cookies and croissants! Mmmm! Yum yum everyones so nice, here...erm, i have some... strawberries if anyone wants? Thanks for being so welcoming, Mailiris, Becca and Zemira. I've really taken to this forum, its really nice to find other Wooding fans. Ive been trying for ages to find some other fans, even tried to get my friends to read TBP, but everyone seems too darn busy! Cant understand y, Chris is awesome fawesome Al x
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Post by kaiku on Apr 29, 2008 10:01:13 GMT -5
Ooh, thanks for the strawberries! *eats a handful*
I've tried getting my friends into Chris's books too, but so far it hasn't worked. One friend had The Braided Path for six months and only read the first chapter, so I had to get it back off him before I went crazy. ;D
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Post by zemira on Apr 29, 2008 10:37:12 GMT -5
Yeah, it's hard to get people to read the books. Don't know why. My fiancee tried for about a year to get me to read Haunting of Alaizabel Cray (first book that I read by him), and thankfully she did. The first reading though, didn't really impact me much. It wasn't until another 2 years later that she forced me to read Poison, and then I was hooked. ^_^ Of course, now, I'm on my 4th reading of Haunting.
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gepno2
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Post by gepno2 on Apr 29, 2008 23:07:29 GMT -5
I know how you feel. I tried to get one of my friends to read the Bsky series and he never got past the first chapter, although that may be because he has such prejudice against anime. (or manga. Whatever Steve Kyte drew on the covers ) While we were discussing the originality of it, he turned the tables and told me how great Eragon was (going along with the "first books are bad books" theory). ....I responded by pointing out some of the similarities between Tolkien and his first book. My friend then put forward the (see annoying cloaked things after the egg that start with an "r") as evidence of its astounding originality and I claimed, "What, the Nazgul things?" The conversation ground to a halt. Clearly I had said something wrong. With my friends, it seems the less original (and to some extent, hyped-up mainstream) the book was, the more they seem to enjoy them. When something original comes along, *Cough* Chris wooding *Cough* they pay no attention to it.
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Post by lisajane on Apr 30, 2008 3:33:45 GMT -5
With my friends, it seems the less original (and to some extent, hyped-up mainstream) the book was, the more they seem to enjoy them. When something original comes along, *Cough* Chris wooding *Cough* they pay no attention to it. That's why so much crap gets onto the best seller list. Most readers just want to read what's on the list, no matter how bad the book actually is... The Da Vinci code and Matthew Reilly (the arrogant, conceited man that he is) spring to mind.
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Post by kaiku on Apr 30, 2008 14:32:40 GMT -5
With my friends, it seems the less original (and to some extent, hyped-up mainstream) the book was, the more they seem to enjoy them. When something original comes along, *Cough* Chris wooding *Cough* they pay no attention to it. At least your friends read. I mean, I love all my friends to pieces, but more than half of them have nothing under favourite books on their myspace profiles, or have even written "I don't read". Every time I see that, I die a little inside...
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Post by lisajane on Apr 30, 2008 17:09:53 GMT -5
None of my friends read, so I just share my other hobbies with them instead.
Though my best friend has promised she'll read my novel when I eventually finish it, though she said it may take awhile...
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gepno2
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Post by gepno2 on Apr 30, 2008 17:36:20 GMT -5
Whoop! Did I imply that my friends read? Silly self.... Most of the time it's also books that are easy and short enough to read to meet our school's minimum reading requirements. That also could color the way you look at a book....
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Post by shyviolet on May 2, 2008 12:36:33 GMT -5
Wow, I feel lucky; my friends read loads! One of them is doing a BA at Oxford so she only really reads things on her school reading list at the moment, bu when she has time she reads other things. One of them reads much deeper things than I do, she told me she likes 'books thet make me think', and the others all read lots of fiction like me.
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