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Muss Koopaling

Posts : 2075 Points : 2089 Join date : 2015-04-03 Location : The 5th Dimension
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Thu 2 Apr 2020 - 14:44 | |
| Whiskey is top tier alcohol so I for one wouldn't mind seeing more about it on the forum |
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Balladeer The Next Aonuma

Posts : 23091 Points : 21935 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 31 Location : Admintown
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Sat 4 Apr 2020 - 14:27 | |
| - @The Cappuccino Kid wrote:
- On topic...all I read is football or whisky books, you'd probably not be interested!
Some of your games tastes suddenly make a lot more sense... |
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Buskalilly Brush God

Posts : 12601 Points : 12749 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 30 Location : Nagano
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Mon 6 Apr 2020 - 11:13 | |
| I just finished the Dark Tower series. Phenomenal stuff, I want to read more Stephen King now.
Currently reading a Harry Potter as a nice light palette cleanser, then it's on to a book about the French Revolution. |
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Balladeer The Next Aonuma

Posts : 23091 Points : 21935 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 31 Location : Admintown
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Mon 17 Aug 2020 - 21:12 | |
| I just purchased an actual Mills & Boon. For all of you lucky enough not to know what those are, they're notoriously terrible and formulaic romances/soft erotica aimed primarily at a female market. They follow a pattern of a domineering bad boy male lead and the innocent (often virginal) female who steals his heart/'tames him'. They're the name in crappy romance and I just bought Jordan St. Claire: Dark and Dangerous because it had the best* name of the ones I saw. People in my book club had already taken The Ruthless Billionaire's Virgin and Untouched Until her Ultra-Rich Husband. If anyone fancies a giggle I'm happy to post some of the best extracts. Otherwise I'll keep this treasure*** all to myself.  |
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masofdas Giygas

Posts : 20761 Points : 21078 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 30 Location : VITA Island
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Mon 17 Aug 2020 - 22:23 | |
| Both my Nan and Aunty read those, always thought of them as something aimed at middle-aged housewives. |
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Rum Disciple of Overton

Posts : 1066 Points : 1077 Join date : 2013-01-20 Age : 29 Location : Scotland
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Mon 17 Aug 2020 - 23:01 | |
| When I was at school I did work experience at the local library, and having learned the Dewey decimal system I got to the 'romance' section and found that none of the books were filed away properly. I asked the manager about it and he scoffed, saying "it's not worth bothering putting them in order".
Coincidentally, my sister had a paid library assistant job at the time and knew the colour coordination of all the different types of M&B books. I remember brown was "blaze" i.e. particularly saucy stories. |
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Balladeer The Next Aonuma

Posts : 23091 Points : 21935 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 31 Location : Admintown
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Tue 18 Aug 2020 - 18:41 | |
| If only I'd known! Could have picked one with some actual excitement in to go with the terrible writing: - Quote :
- Jordan St Claire didn’t know it yet, but the immovable object was about to meet the unstoppable force!
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- It took every ounce of Stephanie’s usual calm collectedness to keep her expression coolly mocking as she found herself looking not at Jordan St Claire but at the world-famous actor Jordan Simpson!
How Not To Write: A Guide - @masofdas wrote:
- Both my Nan and Aunty read those, always thought of them as something aimed at middle-aged housewives.
And people who don't mind writing that makes you want to gouge your eyes out apparently. |
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Balladeer The Next Aonuma

Posts : 23091 Points : 21935 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 31 Location : Admintown
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Fri 20 Nov 2020 - 18:39 | |
| I trust we're all reading the latest viral bestseller?
Once you're all done gouging your eyes out over that, she's actually done another one. |
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Buskalilly Brush God

Posts : 12601 Points : 12749 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 30 Location : Nagano
 | Subject: Re: What are you reading Thread Sat 21 Nov 2020 - 8:23 | |
| These are exactly the kind of shit my ex liked to read. Endless kindle romances about changelings, cyborgs, vampires, aliens and god-knows-what else and the covers always look like that. |
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