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Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:57:10 2020 No.16956450 [Reply] [Original]

>friend gives you book
>says you'll love it
>10 pages in and it sucks
>don't want to read it
>don't want to give up and disappoint your fren
I hate when this happens

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:58:26 2020 No.16956454 File: 106 KB, 859x1024, DE5F752C-B0C3-4DC8-BAB9-8EE489F7CEBD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956450 >don't want to give up and disappoint your fren Read a few summaries and look for a few quotes, then discuss it with your fren

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:58:56 2020 No.16956459 >"I haven’t got around to reading it yet, I’m in the middle of _____, do you want it back?” Stupid frogposter

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 22:59:06 2020 No.16956461 >>16956454 I wouldn't lie to a friend though

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:00:43 2020 No.16956472 >>16956450 >fren tells me to read Dune >actually want to before movie comes out >be slightly pissed that Amazonjews broke up the book into several parts instead of one book to grift I distinctly remember it bring just one book

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:01:43 2020 No.16956480 >>16956472 Go to a used bookstore and find a copy

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:02:15 2020 No.16956481 File: 106 KB, 950x631, 54D4C41B-45EC-4350-89A4-6D0C99C6BC75.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956461 Then read the book and post frogs

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:02:57 2020 No.16956491 File: 129 KB, 1312x1312, 1606692653940.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Reading shit that sucks is a good way to condition your focus and patience

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:03:50 2020 No.16956496 >>16956450 >fren pepe.jpg His name is apu apustaja you fucking newfag

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:07:45 2020 No.16956516 Had a friend once who had really good taste, but he also for some reason liked any pulp fantasy garbage as well, so this happened to me a lot

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:08:47 2020 No.16956520 Happened to me with a Jim Butcher novel, forget what it was called, ended up not reading it

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:22:34 2020 No.16956588 >>16956450 >having friends that was your mistake right there OP

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:24:07 2020 No.16956592 >>16956496 no need to be so rude, fren

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:27:17 2020 No.16956608 Is it too long? I'd suggest finishing it, don't give up on it too soon anon

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:29:57 2020 No.16956629 >>16956450 >friend gives you book wew that sounds nice

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:38:09 2020 No.16956686 >>16956450 10 pages is way too early to judge a book.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE Sat Dec 5 23:38:15 2020 No.16956688 File: 123 KB, 319x310, CDCDD70E-8321-48F9-8DF7-8E139481E91D.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956450 Ten pages? Apu, you have to read at least five chapters. What’s the name of the book?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:40:10 2020 No.16956697 >>16956688 Butters, shouldn't you be calling him a wretched frogposter?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:42:00 2020 No.16956706 >>16956686 >>16956688 One page is sufficient to identify a shitty book

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:43:18 2020 No.16956714 >>16956481 How did you change your shirt and get a teddy bear so quickly

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:44:16 2020 No.16956720 >>16956686 10 pages into Interview With The Vampire and I new it was going to be shitty. I read until page 70 and regret every minute.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj Sat Dec 5 23:45:19 2020 No.16956725 File: 467 KB, 1668x1494, F536D75E-8D4A-417C-8497-3F59518D6523.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956706 Title. >>16956697 Apu is nice enough. Is no one going to check my double dubs?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:47:39 2020 No.16956745 File: 336 KB, 1334x2048, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sighs >>16956688 Checked. Impressive. Very nice.

« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj Sat Dec 5 23:48:59 2020 No.16956756

>>16956720
I read a Poppy Z Brite book (Dead Souls, was it?) that a friend recommended to me. Could only get two or three chapters in. Just wasn’t my scene. The movie of Interview with the Vampire was pretty good

>>16956745
Nice Donna. She really should try more short fiction

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:50:45 2020 No.16956766 >>16956756 Have you read any Zadie Smith?

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj Sat Dec 5 23:51:04 2020 No.16956768 >>16956766 Naw

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:51:28 2020 No.16956775 File: 7 KB, 240x170, ewwww.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956756 you

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:57:03 2020 No.16956812 >>16956725 you dont deserve to be checked

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 5 23:59:35 2020 No.16956828 >>16956520 But... Jim Butcher is comfy, anon. :(

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!oI3er5KKetj Sun Dec 6 00:02:10 2020 No.16956854 File: 263 KB, 800x800, EDC21965-F247-4923-9CB9-33391726F279.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956812 Rude

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 00:05:00 2020 No.16956875 File: 6 KB, 259x195, fatguy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16956854

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 6 00:44:14 2020 No.16957191 >>16956686 Some books you can just tell suck right away, Neil Gaiman is a prime example of this

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