what books shouldn't anyone read?

[gorski]

the difference is that Jonti doesn't continually ruin threads with his feuding

You should read a bit more of his posts and follow a tad more closely his popping left, right and centre, trying to sneer immaturely at people he allegedly ignores... Yeah, right...

 

[frogwoman]

You're very kind, froggy (and I'm a very naughty boy)I don't really need any tips, but this does sound like a cracking read. Where can I get a copy, please?

I think people should also avoid "A guide to the cosmic energy and spirituality of the world" by you

 

[Jonti]

I don't see why you should say that. It would be a very short work. Hardly anything at all to avoid really!

 

[frogwoman]

 

[frogwoman]

yeah mate it would just be four words wouldn't it? "It's bollocks. The end".

 

[Jonti]

Requiem (written for the funeral of a child's pet gerbil)

Out of the Earth, back to the Earth
Ashes and dust of stars
by sunshine and time made being.

Being of time, by Earth brought forth.
A trick of the light, returning to the dust.​

 

[frogwoman]

nice

 

[maya]

Anything ever written by Ayn Rand. Unreadable rightwing bollocks.

 

[Dillinger4]

The Alchemist

I disagree.

People who read it are fucking cunts, and it helps the rest of us identify and ostracise them.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Alll that mystical Castenada rubbish.
All that Daniken Chariots of the Gods garbage.
And anything at all that comes with a dust cover bearing a recommendation from the Mail and/or Telegraph.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

any Piers Anthony

i have read some of his stuff

mainly in a sort of horrified fascination


he is kinda like what practchett would be like if he was american and crap

 

[Zachor]

The Courage To Heal this one book has probably been responsible for more fake abuse accusations and has been cited in various dodgy 'recovered' ie false memory syndrome cases.

If someone is teetering on the edge of madness Courage to Heal can cause dangerous and damaging fantasies about 'hidden' abuse memories.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Ditto Tom Clancy

clive cussler

it was a choice between him or 10 hours of air flight with nothing new to read



i really should have stopped reading that stuff after the book about the descendants of these nazis who discovered atlantis

i wish i was lying about that

 

[lobster]

religious literature

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

That Jon Gaunt book.

 

[nino_savatte]

peanut butter baby, yeah

Sure, blagsta, sure...

 

[ViolentPanda]

Since Rand has already been cited, can I nominate anything by Paul Coelho? I dragged myself through Veronika deserves to die or whatever its called and my eyes were bleeding by the end. What a loads of old fucksocks that book was.

That's "Paolo Coelho" (just wanted to make sure didn't accidently pick up a book by him, thinking they'd cunningly avoided anything by "Paul Coelho), and I absolutely agree. All criminals should be forced to read "The Alchemist", and then be threatened with being made to read it again if they re-offend!

 

[Blagsta]

Sure, blagsta, sure...

you love it

 

[littlebabyjesus]

As someone who has never read Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher, I feel well placed to recommend that everybody should not read this book.

 

[Orang Utan]

The Da Vinci Code. My IQ went down by two points just by reading the first paragraph.

I think everyone should read that just so they know how bad it is.

 

[Orang Utan]

If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino.

No point. The synopsis reads: You may think you are reading this book. You're not.

Nonsense - absolutely brilliant and funny book - a must for any literature fan and absolutely essential for any student of literary theory

 

[Orang Utan]

Sophie's World

I thought that was great! Ostensibly explaining philosophy to kids, but actually explaining the basics to lazy adults like myself.

 

[jayeola]

I thought that was great! Ostensibly explaining philosophy to kids, but actually explaining the basics to lazy adults like myself.

I also thought that it was a good read. A lay man's guide to Art students.

 

[Dillinger4]

What is sophies world, then?

 

[Orang Utan]

A Norwegian kids' book about a philisopher writing letters (containing philosophy lessons) to a 12 year old girl. Paedo.

 

[frogwoman]

I thought it was really good!

 

[Jonti]

nice

I think you're too, froggie.

If I kissed you in the right place, would you turn into a princess?

 

[frogwoman]

who says i'm not a princess already

 

[Jonti]

You mean ... you're ... you're ... not really a frog?

 

[frogwoman]