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 Feb 24 2008, 01:57 PM
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 <3  Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880  |
anyone else read him? i have only read running with scissors, dry, and possible side effects, but i absolutely love him.
discuss! :) |
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Feb 24 2008, 02:20 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
I read Running With Scissors.Such a good book.
I plan on reading dry but my friend can't remember to let me borrow it. I'll just have to buy it. How was it? |
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Feb 24 2008, 03:36 PM
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<3 Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880 |
i thought it was a really good book. typical of what you expect from him. it's amazing how he manages to make being a complete lush sound fabulous. the whole book is really good though.
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Mar 10 2008, 01:50 AM
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Never heard of him until now.
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Mar 10 2008, 01:59 AM
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 ^_^ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,141 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,466 |
Running With Scissors is a good book. Burroughs isn't a superb writer in the sense of an impressive vocabulary and witty word play, not by a long shot, but he can annotate his experiences and what he sees in his mind in a realistic, and understable, form of writing. It's very "in your face," which has its ups and downs. Overall, his books are decent. I like him better as a writer for DETAILS, though.
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Mar 11 2008, 10:47 PM
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 Ms. Granger Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 735 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 165,238 |
I've wanted to read him a whole lot. Maybe someone will suggest him for the CB Book Club and force me to...:D
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Apr 13 2008, 06:46 PM
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<3 Group: Member Posts: 183 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 390,880 |
why can't you just read it because you want to?
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Apr 13 2008, 10:46 PM
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Ms. Granger Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 735 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 165,238 |
Because I have other books that I've already bought that I need to read.
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Apr 15 2008, 10:05 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
I've read Running With Scissors, and I loved it! The movie really did not do it justice.
It totally freaked me out with all the graphic details of him having sex, though. I was reading it during English class and I kinda shrieked. xD (I'm kind of a prude. Why am I on cB again?) |
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Apr 15 2008, 10:26 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
I read Running With Scissors, it was okay, but it didn't stand out for me as much as it did for other people. I started to watch the movie, but it was so dry that I didn't even finish it.
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