tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510429.post113649334724522158..comments2023-11-05T04:23:59.769-05:00Comments on Discombobulatingrant: Crom, count the dead!Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08040058320473775641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510429.post-1136718996421395112006-01-08T06:16:00.000-05:002006-01-08T06:16:00.000-05:00Reading was neither encouraged nor discouraged in ...Reading was neither encouraged nor discouraged in our house growing up, but I'm the world's worst reader. I like quick things ... newsy articles, blog posts (but of course) and research articles, but when it comes to an actual bound book, I'm such a loser. It takes me forever and I can usually tell inside of the first three pages if I'm ever going to finish it. The single exception to this general rule, for me, has been Stephen King. Back when he was at his writing peak, I could fly through even his biggest books. It wasn't till years after I started reading him that I realized why I liked his style so much. It always felt like he was talking to me - you know - comfy-like. <BR/><BR/>Generally, I don't enjoy reading and I don't think that's such a horrible thing. I'd rather have a keyboard at my disposal any day.Weary Haghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809105824011470783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510429.post-1136559948686349452006-01-06T10:05:00.000-05:002006-01-06T10:05:00.000-05:00I have read some of the Conan books. My brother Ke...I have read some of the Conan books. My brother Ken bought them, and he had quite a few lying around. My family was the opposite of yours in that reading was strongly encouraged, and my mom didn't care what I read (largely). I plowed through a book a night on any evening when there weren't plans to do anything else. I also read some of the Conan comic books too (black and whites AND colors).<BR/><BR/>Then again, you might remember my red sonja chain mail bikini pic I posted months ago on my blog, so perhaps you aren't surprised I have read Conan :)Kirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878069196150532952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510429.post-1136553706465929752006-01-06T08:21:00.000-05:002006-01-06T08:21:00.000-05:00Harlequin books should be banned from every school...Harlequin books should be banned from every school library on earth. I used to read them (before I fell in love with horror and sci-fi) and they tend to fill a young girls head with a bunch of crap about how someday a "Prince Charming" kinda guy will come along and sweep her off her feet and their lives will end up perfect forever. What a pile of shit THAT was....;)<BR/><BR/>My first book purchase (with my very own money) was a book I bought off my brother when my parents were having a "Yard Sale". He had a book for sale about giant tarantula-like spiders taking over the world...I bought it (he charged me a dime, I think) and the book scared the hell out of me but I loved it anyway.Stacy The Peanut Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444045043505984253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510429.post-1136498578632065792006-01-05T17:02:00.000-05:002006-01-05T17:02:00.000-05:00The Great Brain series rocked!The Great Brain series rocked!Gibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11951984627679085526noreply@blogger.com