running with scissors |
 Nov 3 2006, 11:05 PM
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 <3  Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880  |
have any of you read it? i usually don't read out of my young-adult-sarah-dessen type stuff, but my friend recommended that i read it. i just finished the chapter about his brother, and to be honest, i am sort of scared to read the next chapter, titled "the joys of sex" because i glanced at it and oh well, it is sort of graphic. i don't have a problem with it but me mum is quite overprotective. lol
 but so far it is very interesting i really like it. |
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| *Azarel* |
Nov 5 2006, 01:14 PM
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Augusten Burroughs is an absolutely delightful writer. I personally don't think Running with Scissors is his best, and much preferred both Dry and Magical Thinking. I have yet to read his Possible Side Effects. In any case, I digress. The anecdotes presented in Running With Scissors were pretty bizzarre to fathom. It was his first collection of memoirs that I read, and in retrospect, it was a pretty good one to start off with (considering it was the first that he'd written).
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Nov 6 2006, 08:06 PM
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<3 Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880 |
finished it! i really liked it.
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Nov 26 2006, 01:42 PM
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 i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
I just finished it today and loved it. I read it in 3 days, haha. I like his writing style/humor.
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Dec 1 2006, 05:07 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 844 Joined: Jan 2006 Member No: 362,677 |
i purchased the book over the summer.. never got around to it yet..
heard they're making a movie? |
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Dec 2 2006, 11:47 AM
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 Let us Dance Group: Member Posts: 34 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 476,884 |
hmm for thanksgiving i visited my grandma and she kept saying how she say Running With Scissors the play with a friend how she she hated it.
But its a book?? i think i might read it. Who know if i'll like it our not |
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| *WHIMSICAL 0NE* |
Dec 3 2006, 12:34 AM
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I read this book. It was quite interesting the way he writes about his past. There's slight humor in it, but not in the amusing way. I thought this book was strange, but good.
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Dec 5 2006, 11:06 PM
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 Is it summer yet? Group: Member Posts: 817 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 477,032 |
I got my copy in the mail yesterday from BookMooch. Yay. I just started reading it earlier today.
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Dec 6 2006, 08:47 PM
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<3 Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880 |
i am starting Dry tomorrow! :)
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Dec 11 2006, 07:35 PM
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POWAPOSTA Group: Member Posts: 3,169 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,725 |
i remember stealing it from my sister in third grade, i got to the first sex part w/ neil, "large black triangle of hair" was in my thoughts for days. i recently reread it and i liked it a lot.
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Mar 7 2007, 03:59 PM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
Just fnished reading this. . .
a crazy memoir, really funny and bizzare, and kinda sad when you realize that this actually happened to him. And yeah, there are some parts of the book that are pretty graphic, so I wouldn't recommend too many younger kids reading it. But his style is great, his sense of humor is glorious. If i have a chance, will def read his other books. |
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Mar 9 2007, 10:12 PM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
hmm..i'll consider putting this book in my "To-Read" list
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| *mishyerr* |
Apr 5 2007, 11:03 PM
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I thought this book was hilarious, and I loved it. I want to read more of his memoirs soon.
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