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thedailyfootnote replied to your post: dustandroses replied to your post:I just recently… Seconding/thirding (?) The Princess Bride. It’s SO FUNNY. I saw the movie long before I heard of book, but the book just adds to how awesome the movie is. XD They really stayed true to it, unsurprising since the author penned the screenplay. XD However many it is, you’ve all made me want to...

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basiliskvenom-deactivated201110 asked: Darling dear, don't ever diss yourself for being a slow reader. Slow readers are the best kind of readers. It's like eating a wonderful meal; you can't rush through it all, you won't be able to taste anything. You've got to savour every second of it all, appreciate the words that the characters speak, the way that the author makes you feel as you dive into his world. I...

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dustandroses replied to your post:I just recently finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time … No, I completely agree about The Princess Bride even though I grew up loving the film. Most of the people I’ve talked to didn’t even KNOW there was a book at all. So sad. Aaaand I’ll try again. Have you heard of The Devil in the White City? yeah, yes, which probably makes it seem...

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eleanormal asked: Your blog is so lovely right now. I'm stealing all your book recommendations (mwahaha)

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apowerfulbeat asked: I second The Princess Bride.

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eversoplucky asked: I just recently finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (yay for ridiculously long titles) and would definitely recommend it. Have you read The Princess Bride? It's kind of similar to Howl's Moving Castle in terms of its mixture of fantasy and dry humor.

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movementandlocation asked: I started replying to your book recommendation request but then I ran out of characters because I don't know how to be succinct.
Anyway I'm halfway through Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range series and it is basically my new Favorite Thing Ever so I'm shoving it in everyone's faces at any given opportunity. I almost didn't give it a chance due to the...

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zatapathique asked: Have you read Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut? I read that recently and it's really very good, and it's not very long so it doesn't drag on at all.

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zatapathique replied to your post:WAIT WAIT OKAY READ “GOOD OMENS” GAIMAN AND PRATCHETT WROTE IT TOGETHER AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT’S THE BOOK I HAD GAIMAN SIGN LAST SEMESTER. ooh yes you should read that, it’s great. I find it’s always good to not let books get overhyped for you though or else you’ll be like “THIS WILL BE AMAZING” and then you feel like it’s not that amazing? even if it’s a good...

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unsungtale asked: Oh man completely seconding the Book Thief recommendation there. That was amazing.

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unsungtale asked: THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK EVER SERIOUSLY.

AND OH MY GOD MEETING GAIMAN WAS ALSO KINDA BEAUTIFUL. AND IT WAS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME CORRECTLY WITHOUT EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN COLLEGE AND JUST.

IT WAS A MAGICAL MOMENT EVEN THOUGH I ONLY SQUEAKED OUT A "HI".

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apowerfulbeat asked: I'm currently reading "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, and it is just great. I think it might be a young adult novel but it's really well-written and creative.

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unsungtale asked: WAIT WAIT OKAY READ "GOOD OMENS" GAIMAN AND PRATCHETT WROTE IT TOGETHER AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S THE BOOK I HAD GAIMAN SIGN LAST SEMESTER.

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fisticuff answered your question: hey, recommend me a book I just started following you so I don’t know what you’re interested in, but I enjoyed Child 44, A Clockwork Orange, and anything by HG Wells. good books are good books, if I don’t like them I’m dumb. Although to be honest I did try to read A Clockwork Orange and didn’t get very far because of the invented...

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unsungtale asked: Okay here is the hyper obsessive reader recommending ALL OF THE BOOKS that I like. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM IN THE REPLY BOX, OKAY.

So knowing I don't know a ton about your book preferences or what you've read already, I'm just going to cover all of my bases, ANYTHING AT ALL BY TERRY PRATCHETT, but Soul Music, Going Postal, and Thud! are my favorites - Jingo is...

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douglas-funnie asked: Well, you haven't really made this easy have you. Anyway, I’ll try and help. I just recently finished A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro, which I think from what you said might suit you. He is pretty simplistic, but I was never bored. And it lends itself to reading slowly. I genuinely enjoyed it, but don’t expect some sort of “every-question-answered the world is...

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS YOU DUDES ARE AWESOME. eleanorlavish said: *ehem*, excuse me. What I meant to say was Howl’s Moving Castle. I have read this book a ridiculous number of times. This is still an excellent suggestion. soundfillinghall said: I’m finishing up The Pillars of the Earth now. Have you read that one yet? Insanely epic, tragic and beautiful and an AMAZING...

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hey, recommend me a book

so I’m at that moment—that awkward moment, as my dash keeps informing me—where I have finished a book and have no purpose in life until I find something new to read. Problem is, I am super picky about books, way more picky than I am about music or movies or tv or people to find attractive or anything else in my life—although not because I have a love of Fine...

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dear mass effect fandom:

hey, guys, look, mass effect is super cool, i just could you please could you maybe just tone it down a little i just don’t want to see aliens bangin’ every time i go through my tracked tags, okay

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lafayettecore asked: I don't actually need a tumblr, because I find that you post everything I've been secretly thinking of for days.

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spent all day reading a book that kind of sucked.

Actually, a book that I had previously stopped reading because it kind of sucked, a book that I will not mention by name because it kind of sucked, but it was written in a prim, formal kinda style and I’ve seen enough Colin Firth movies in the past few days that I automatically started reading it in his voice and suddenly the book was awesome. Great job with that whole havin’ standards...

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