The body hiding isn't as difficult as most people make it out to be. I mean, just head out into the woods and drop them off. Oh, and use gloves.
The other option is what I do. If it's truly awful, and I can't make it all the way through (I made it half way through the second Eragon book) then I just tell the person that I just couldn't get into it, and it wasn't for me. In fact, when you tell them, bring a book along that's actually good, and maybe try the same thing on them. Who knows, maybe they'll suddenly become enlightened just by reading one really GOOD book.
Eragon was....well...If Lord of the rings had sweaty, nasty sex with Star Wars while Anne McCaffrey watched.....there ya go. Not the worst book ever, just so incredibly unoriginal that it was difficult to keep going and I eventually decided to just go watch Star Wars, and read a few key chapters from LOTR and Dragonriders of Pern.
The other option is what I do. If it's truly awful, and I can't make it all the way through (I made it half way through the second Eragon book) then I just tell the person that I just couldn't get into it, and it wasn't for me. In fact, when you tell them, bring a book along that's actually good, and maybe try the same thing on them. Who knows, maybe they'll suddenly become enlightened just by reading one really GOOD book.
Eragon was....well...If Lord of the rings had sweaty, nasty sex with Star Wars while Anne McCaffrey watched.....there ya go. Not the worst book ever, just so incredibly unoriginal that it was difficult to keep going and I eventually decided to just go watch Star Wars, and read a few key chapters from LOTR and Dragonriders of Pern.
What I read of Eragon wasn't complete garbage, but it was completely unoriginal.
Oh, and thanks. I now have a disturbing image of Gollum and an Ewok on the back of a dragon.
*MySmiley*
I'm drinkin' some George Jones,
and a little bit of Coe
Haggard's easin' my misery
and Waylon's keepin' me from home
Hank's givin' me those high times-
Cash is gonna sing it low
I'm here gettin' wasted-
just like my country heroes -Hank III
I'm drinkin' some George Jones,
and a little bit of Coe
Haggard's easin' my misery
and Waylon's keepin' me from home
Hank's givin' me those high times-
Cash is gonna sing it low
I'm here gettin' wasted-
just like my country heroes -Hank III
Ever happen to you? A friend lends you a book...
- 31/08/2009 05:36:00 AM
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I have friends who swear by Goodkind, actually. ~shudder~ *NM*
- 31/08/2009 06:08:05 AM
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Poor misguided souls *NM*
- 31/08/2009 06:46:43 AM
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All the time. And I'm bad with this.
- 31/08/2009 07:55:54 AM
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Re: All the time. And I'm bad with this.
- 31/08/2009 09:30:35 PM
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That was pretty much the discussion in a nutshell
- 01/09/2009 02:23:57 AM
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Wait, how on earth is Harry Potter a better role model than Will Stanton?
- 01/09/2009 03:55:49 AM
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I would tell her that but she's got a black belt in tae kwon do. I like my face where it is. *NM*
- 02/09/2009 12:47:48 AM
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Well, there are a couple of options. First, you could kill the friend.
- 31/08/2009 08:22:10 AM
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You hit the nail on the head.
- 31/08/2009 09:34:54 PM
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Make a trade.
- 31/08/2009 03:28:36 PM
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I did that with my niece.
- 31/08/2009 09:52:49 PM
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Me too...
- 01/09/2009 06:43:31 PM
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Sandman...I think we have that in the garage...Gaiman? *NM*
- 01/09/2009 06:47:42 PM
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I'm not a big fan of graphic novels but The Sandman is exquisite in every way. *NM*
- 01/09/2009 07:00:32 PM
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Always the truth. People aren't that fragile. They would rather know the truth.
- 31/08/2009 09:48:10 PM
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