Welcome, Anthony Rapp! (part two)- Page 188

[opiv]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:20pm

Being a Myspace addict is not fun, I need a life.

And im a total html nerd.

[secondstar05]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:20pm

I added him after he confirmed it. I would have added him before, but I just KNEW it wasn't him, so I didn't see the point. *shrug*

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:21pm

He likes Anna Karenina. :)

That's a good book, but I'm sure the fact that it's 800 pages turns people off to reading it.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:28pm

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my favorite books and I read it for the first time when I was 8. Length doesn't bother me, as long as the text is reasonably sized. Abridged versions piss me off.

[opiv]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:32pm

And he likes Sex and the City, great show!

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:35pm

I prefer longer books, because I always speed through the short ones so fast, it's almost dissapointing. Especially when you anticipate for weeks or months finally getting to read the book, and then finishing it in an hour or two.

I haven't read The Count of Monte Cristo but I'll think about picking that up next time I go to the book store.

I rarely ever outright dislike a book. I can usually find something good in every book that I read. It's also hard for me to have a favorite because I like them all. Some of the few that I disliked were Out of The Dust, and Wind in the Willows. I'm going to reread Wind in the Willows soon. I last read it when I was eight, and I think I got bored with it but didn't want to leave it unfinished.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:45pm

That's why I started reading longer books in the first place. I was 8 and reading an entire Babysitters Club book in one sitting. I sought out the longest books my parents had in the house and started reading them, if only to have something that I could enjoy for longer than an hour or two. Besides, Les Miserables has more of a longer-lasting effect on you than Stacey's Big Mistake or something.

I highly recommend The Count of Monte Cristo. Unlike many other lengthy books, it kept me really interested the entire time. I really should reread it sometime soon, but the only copy I have is back at my parents house. I should really get one of my own.

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:50pm

Yeah I used to read books like the Saddle Club, Baby Sitter's Club, Boxcar Children...etc. But I would finish them in 45 minutes. I read thirteen Saddle Club books in one day.

I've always been a fast reader though. I loved to read more than do other things as a little kid. I remember when I was four I would huddle under the covers when I was supposed to be asleep with this tiny flashlight I won at a carnival or something, reading after I was supposed to asleep. I did that for years.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:52pm

Skittles, I you for remembering a name of one of the BSC books.

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:52pm

Whenever I clean my room, I end up stalling by reading a Babysitter's Club book or some such in like a half-hour. That's how much I procrastinate. And how much I need to have a garage sale.

"Paler Than You." That's adorable. I think I'm going to try and remember my myspace password just to friend him.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:53pm

The Boxcar Children! I read those in second grade when I was in the really advanced reading group- so all they did was send me and 3 other kids to sit in the library all day and read. I read practically book they had there that year.

And I totally did the same thing, but I used my little sister's nightlight

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:54pm

Once again... Anthony has unbelievable music taste. :) I hadn't actually looked at his "favorite artists" section on MySpace before (mainly because I avoid that site like the plague). Actually, I think I can safely extend that to him having great taste in just about everything, judging by the movies and tv shows.

I feel like tackling a long book. I haven't read any of the crazily lengthy books like Les Miserables or Count of Monte Christo or Anna Karenina.

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:55pm

I remember way too much about the Baby Sitter's Club Books. The author was Ann A. Martin, the first book was Kristy's Great Idea, Kristy was a tomboy and had a stepfather named Watson and a blind dog named Louie...etc.

I'm trying to remember good books that I read when I was younger. Has anyone ever read Maniac Magee?

[secondstar05]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:59pm

I used to read Babysitter's Club and Saddle Club, too, but I also used to read Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High and such.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 8:59pm

You remember so much about the Baby Sitter's Club books because at the beginning of every single one, they gave a rundown of the entire series- like who everyone was and their family history and how the BSC got started. Jessie was a ballet dancer and Mallory had 7 younger siblings and Stacey was diabetic and from New York, and Claudia was Japanese and artistic. It's like, don't you think your audience has figured it out by now? These books aren't exactly rocket science.

secondstar, I read the Sweet Valley Twins/High books too. I never watched the show though. Hee. Manely Pope.

I really liked Roald Dahl books when I was little.

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[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:00pm

The Phantom of the Opera book was pretty long. And I love Manic Magee!

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:02pm

I loved Roald Dahl, although I remembered being dissapointed that the books were too short.

Oh, and Skittles, you forgot that Dawn was from California and had a younger brother named Jeff who wasn't happy in Stoneybrook. They lived in a very old farmhouse. Their mother was very absent minded and once put her shoes in the fridge. Claudia had a genius sister, and her parents did not approve of her junk food or Nancy Drew books. Mary Ann's father (Richard) used to be strict and make her wear her hair in braids. Mallory was a dork that had to wear glasses and she hated her hair. Logan Bruno was Mary Anne's boyfriend, and had blonde hair and a Kentucky accent.

Wow, I could go on forever.
Updated On: 2/11/06 at 09:02 PM

[Silence = Death]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:07pm

Dude, boxcar children! I had completely forgotten about that series, but I definitely loved it. But for some reason, in the middle of them, I realized that I was pronouncing the kids names wrong and then I could never read it again because I kept hearing it over and over in my head.

Aww, but Finding Nemo disappoints me. Good tastes in just about everything else. Oooh well.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:09pm

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

[Dramatic_Irony]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:10pm

Shush. Finding Nemo was awesome.

It also made me want to become a vegan, but I'll stick with just not eating meat, thank you.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:11pm

What? You don't like Finding Nemo?!?

Get. Out.






Not really. I just can't imagine how anyone can't like that movie.

Updated On: 2/11/06 at 09:11 PM

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:11pm

Bubbles!! My bubbles.

[Katt]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:12pm

I loved Finding Nemo. And what made it all the more funnier was that a guy in the row ahead of us thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen in his life, and his laugh was just hilarous. So we were laughing at him laugh at the movie.

That paragraph probably doesn't make sense, lol. But the movie was great.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:12pm

I loved it too. Dori was hysterical!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 2/11/06 at 9:13pm

I definitely cried in the first 5 minutes and my 6 year old cousin thought I was completely weird.

I'm getting a friend for Sparky this summer and I'm going to name him Nemo