Cappy da pimp
Don Juan
what about The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald? 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell are also great.
"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"
She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.
You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.
She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.
The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.
Any readers out there??
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"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
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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"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
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!