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Old 31st March 2009, 06:25 PM
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Thanks for being considerate Robert.They told me it's pretty good,but long.I will go through my books and maybe find something shorter?
Length is not an issue. I saw something about it being about madness and suicide.
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Old 31st March 2009, 06:27 PM
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Length is not an issue. I saw something about it being about madness and suicide.
How about Bartleby?
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Old 31st March 2009, 06:40 PM
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How about Bartleby?
Bartleby the Scrivener by Melville?
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Old 1st April 2009, 03:22 PM
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Bartleby the Scrivener by Melville?

Yes, or read Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour ,I liked it alot.
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Old 1st April 2009, 04:51 PM
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Give me a day or three to finish what I'm reading. I think the book is cursed! Every time I pick it up, something else comes along that demands my time.
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Give me a day or three to finish what I'm reading. I think the book is cursed! Every time I pick it up, something else comes along that demands my time.

No problem.

Yup,I agree,it's all the books fault.
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Old 1st April 2009, 05:26 PM
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No problem.

Yup,I agree,it's all the books fault.
It's true enough. I have had to put aside for months because of this phenomenon.
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Old 1st April 2009, 05:36 PM
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It's true enough. I have had to put aside for months because of this phenomenon.
Try and pick up another book to read,to make sure it's the books fault and not something else.lol
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Try and pick up another book to read,to make sure it's the books fault and not something else.lol
Sorry. No can do. If I do that and I don't finish the book, then I have nobody to blame by myself.
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Old 1st April 2009, 05:47 PM
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How many pages does it have?
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How many pages does it have?
The Natural has only 185 pages. But at the rate I'm going, it'll take 185 days.
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My aim is 4 a month. I miss Seoulman,where is that guy?
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My aim is 4 a month. I miss Seoulman,where is that guy?
4? Books or pages?

Seoulman was last here on March 15th. You might try a pm.
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Old 1st April 2009, 06:37 PM
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4? Books or pages?

Seoulman was last here on March 15th. You might try a pm.
Books ofcourse!

I will pm him.
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Seoulman was last here on March 15th. You might try a pm.
I PM'd him a few months ago when he "disappeared" and he replied last month that he was traveling about on business and didn't have time to read lately. Shocking eh? O_O
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