If you feel like you are a plot junkie in need of help, I'm sure no one is turning you away from this thread! Welcome aboard.
Then again, if Harry Potter is enough to make you a plot junkie, I'm...
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If you feel like you are a plot junkie in need of help, I'm sure no one is turning you away from this thread! Welcome aboard.
Then again, if Harry Potter is enough to make you a plot junkie, I'm...
When I go to library, I try to balance things out by borrowing more serious books in addition to the silly ones. For each one that I'm truly ashamed of I try to read one that people might actually...
Hypnos and Thanatos
(Thank God I'm somewhat familiar with Greek mythology! :D)
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New anagram: Girl defends gay horror
Hint: Businessman, also known from TV
Two hints: It is in Africa, on the coast.
My languages would be:
Finnish (native)
English (excellent)
Swedish (fluent)
Russian (I studied 50 credits worth of it in the university, so I know the basics, but I'm nowhere near fluent)
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After the last time I reported here, I went to the library and borrowed a novel by Nabokov. I also got the next part of that awful series, though... Do they cancel out each other? I did finish the...
My two favourites have not been mentioned yet.
First, short stories by Roald Dahl (especially Kiss, Kiss and Someone Like You).
I'm also very fond of L. M. Montgomery's short stories,...
Hydrogen peroxide
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New anagram: O, tired voice
Hint: A country
I blame the public libraries! I would never stoop so low as to buy those books myself, but when I can get them for free from the library, it's only too easy to pick them up... And my neighbours don't...
Electric guitar
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Hoard chirps
Hint: Another musical instrument
Nikola Tesla
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New anagram: Jane Hobbs hits Canaan
Hint: Classical composer
Help me! I must confess I fell off the wagon :( I just read two more books of a really badly written young adult series (I mean the language and the style is so bad and annoying it makes me cringe),...
Torchwood
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New anagram: Crap land juice
Hint: Fictional space captain
Mad World by Gary Jules
Oh, I have the perfect song and lyrics to introduce here! It's Lilja's Lament by a Finnish band called Indica. It tells about the dangers of reading and what can happen if you're addicted to reading...
Marie Antoinette
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New anagram: X-men dread LA, USA
Hint: French writer
Material Girl by Madonna
Oh no. Does this mean I should start reading poetry? Wouldn't it be enough if I just appreciated beautiful song lyrics?
Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos
Robert E. Howard
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New anagram: Balls me series
Hint: Novel and musical
I am Spartacus!
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Anagram:I-a-cat pain cream
Hint: A Marvel superhero
Thank you! What should I do now? I'm not even sure if I really want to be cured. Does that mean I'm in denial and my problem is even bigger than I thought?
I remember once reading (most of) a paper stating that Jane Eyre must be autistic :D
edit: found it, if anyone's interested.
http://ncgsjournal.com/issue42/rodas.htm
I have to confess, too, I'm totally a plot-junkie! A bad writer can ruin even a great plot, but a good plot makes many otherwise mediocre books well worth reading. I find many highly-praised books...
I started reading novels in English when I was 12 years old (my first language is Finnish, and I've learned English at school), and it had a huge impact on my grammar and vocabulary. I think reading...