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I don't know what's more pathetic... Tom Send a noteboard - 29/11/2009 09:03:14 PM
1. That you wrote a book review like a 10-year-old

2. That you wrote a book review about a book that the overwhelming majority of the people on earth read at age 10 (or saw in one of the MORE THAN TWENTY film adaptations of the same, one of which was made and mass-marketed by Disney)

or

3. That you got upset like a 10-year-old for someone doing what people do all the time around here - make a parody post.

Lighten up.

And a friendly hint for the future: when you're reviewing a book that you think just maybe someone around here has already read (particularly if you've heard the phrase "TIMELESS CLASSIC" used about it), make sure to add some insight of your own to the review. Writing about the plot in a rambling way like a 10-year-old's book report is not going to get people interested. If you can't think of anything to say that sounds profound, try turning your post into a survey and get a discussion going about the book. You just might get a different response than one polite reply from Camilla.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Other Literature: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - 29/11/2009 03:56:07 PM 1154 Views
Er, so did you write this when you were 10? - 29/11/2009 04:38:45 PM 764 Views
I might have borrowed a bit. - 29/11/2009 04:56:37 PM 819 Views
I am the one you call a 10-year old and I don't like it! - 29/11/2009 07:29:59 PM 968 Views
I don't know what's more pathetic... - 29/11/2009 09:03:14 PM 891 Views
You don't have to be so mean about it! - 29/11/2009 09:25:54 PM 870 Views
He really isn't. - 29/11/2009 09:32:27 PM 818 Views
Let's not fight anymore - 29/11/2009 09:38:24 PM 985 Views
Excellent - 30/11/2009 09:56:28 AM 767 Views
Fine, fine, but then I'm done with it! - 30/11/2009 09:37:02 PM 882 Views
Re: Fine, fine, but then I'm done with it! - 30/11/2009 09:49:40 PM 764 Views
Oh, no, I'm not saying you did, at all. - 30/11/2009 01:16:49 AM 897 Views
Then who did? - 30/11/2009 01:53:29 PM 715 Views
Thank you, Fantasy. - 29/11/2009 10:51:09 PM 869 Views
Re: Thank you, Fantasy. - 30/11/2009 09:57:27 AM 718 Views
I'm sure it's not important. *NM* - 30/11/2009 11:59:11 AM 319 Views
of course it is important - 30/11/2009 01:47:38 PM 762 Views
It really isn't. - 30/11/2009 03:15:13 PM 739 Views
Re: It really isn't. - 30/11/2009 03:18:40 PM 723 Views
I did not call the book a "kids book". - 30/11/2009 02:34:53 PM 799 Views
By the way, I liked the subject line better when it was "I am that 10-year-old" *NM* - 29/11/2009 09:04:24 PM 370 Views
You are so nice to people, let's be friends! *NM* - 29/11/2009 09:06:54 PM 462 Views
On a side note - 29/11/2009 04:39:41 PM 792 Views
One short addition - 29/11/2009 05:21:10 PM 807 Views
A minor digression - 29/11/2009 05:25:58 PM 755 Views
Okay - 29/11/2009 05:34:11 PM 814 Views
Ouch. *NM* - 29/11/2009 05:59:43 PM 352 Views
Piffle *NM* - 29/11/2009 09:08:15 PM 355 Views
heh I read this one before the original post - 30/11/2009 01:43:41 PM 718 Views
You should have warned us you were going to include spoilers! *NM* - 30/11/2009 02:01:53 PM 393 Views
Changed my life when I read it at age 8. Seriously. - 03/12/2009 07:54:50 AM 811 Views

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