Cappy da pimp
Don Juan
what about The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald? 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell are also great.
"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."
Attraction runs on a clock.
She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.
The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."
One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.
Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.
Any readers out there??
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
WhitePimp
Master Don Juan
Hey...what did you think of Traveling Music? I love his books, Ghost Rider was incredibly inspiring to me and Traveling Music was good just to get an insight into his life. Masked Rider is next on my list!Originally posted by earthshyne
Neil Peart: Traveling Music
Bill Bryson: A Complete History of Everything
Marcus Borg: Reading the Bible for the First Time
Paul Theroux: Sunrises and Seamonsters
Yotsuya-san
Senior Don Juan
The Foundation Trilogy by Issac Asimov
As well as any of his Robot Novels starting with I Robot. The movie wasn't bad but it obviously slapped the name and Asimov references on there (Susan Calvin, 3 laws of Robotics) as a commercial move. Other than that, it seemed like the same old robots gone mad story (and it was before they changed the movie's name from Hardwired). Read the original book for Asimov's story.
As well as any of his Robot Novels starting with I Robot. The movie wasn't bad but it obviously slapped the name and Asimov references on there (Susan Calvin, 3 laws of Robotics) as a commercial move. Other than that, it seemed like the same old robots gone mad story (and it was before they changed the movie's name from Hardwired). Read the original book for Asimov's story.
On principle i refuse to read the Da Vinci Code, because in general, real popular books i do not enjoy. If you liked War and Peace read a Day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch and Cancer Ward by alexander solhenzysityan or whatever.
Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls is awesome as well. Crime and Punishment, Les Miserables,
Joe Simpson - touching the void
David Eddings the Magician is like a king of books.
Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls is awesome as well. Crime and Punishment, Les Miserables,
Joe Simpson - touching the void
David Eddings the Magician is like a king of books.
PRMoon
Master Don Juan
I did read haunted competely. Some parts of it are like a car accident... make that TRAIN WRECK, horrible horrible things but at the same time you can't put it down after you start reading. It's a damned good book that portrays some of the more sickening parts of human living.Originally posted by Layla
Fight Club was great, I think I'm going to pick up haunted. Did you read the whole thing?
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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
idiot_boyfriend
Senior Don Juan
"Catch-22" is my favorite. Orr's a freakin' genius.
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I'm not much of a reader, but in school we had to read The Great Gatsby, and I thought that was actually pretty good, though I usually dislike most of the books we have to read. I'm a fairly slow reader (not cause I'm dumb or anything, I just read slow) and I find it difficult to thoroughly understand and enjoy most older novels, which is basically all we read in school.
If I didn't have school I think I would read a lot more. I don't ever really get a chance to read anything for pleasure during the school year because I'm always forced to read whatever book I need to for school, or I have other school work, work, or sports to do. And I'm not the type that would read two books at the same time. So basically, the freetime that I do have I would rather spend doing something else. And during the summer they assign you books to read, so it can occassionaly be difficult to read books on your own then. However, it is easier, and I think I may check out some of the books you guys have mentioned, as they sound quite good.
If I didn't have school I think I would read a lot more. I don't ever really get a chance to read anything for pleasure during the school year because I'm always forced to read whatever book I need to for school, or I have other school work, work, or sports to do. And I'm not the type that would read two books at the same time. So basically, the freetime that I do have I would rather spend doing something else. And during the summer they assign you books to read, so it can occassionaly be difficult to read books on your own then. However, it is easier, and I think I may check out some of the books you guys have mentioned, as they sound quite good.
Dimebag_Darrell
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while I was in jail I read a book called Shadowrun and apparently theres more than one book and the book is really really good! Check it out!