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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simian Pretentious tosh. There's absolutely nothing wrong with either set of books if all you're after is a brain-off read. And there's nothing wrong with wanting a brain-off read.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simian Oddly, I did read what you wrote. You characterised anyone over twelve / sixteen who reads HP or DW as being "stupid", "a bit dim", or "lazy". I don't regard myself as dim, stupid, or lazy. I do like a nice light read from time to time and I'm perfectly happy to read either of the two series. I didn't see that response. Need any help with that? Oh do **** off, there's a good chap.
Reading TP/HP certainly requires next to no effort, and given that one dictionary definition of "lazy" is "Disinclined to action or exertion" [1], fwiw, I've read all of the Potter books so far, and every TP book up as far as, oh, I dunno, whatever his team of monkeys typed out in 1998 or so. I also like "grown up" books - you know, the kind of shite darsy recommends. [1] Source: Webster's Revised Unabidged Dictionary, 1998.
Then I feel you missed the point, those stories are simply designed to entertain. Out of interest, do you only watch documentaries on your television?
My taste in writers is certainly not in question.. IRTA braiding. Yes. All of it. Though I still need to get new copies of Mr Punch and Harlequin Valentine as ex got those when we split but he lets me borrow them bless him. I even have some of the Lady Justice stuff.
The message <> I dunno, we seem to be playing nicely ATM. The bulk of my non-fiction books are either about fungi, old or vintage guns, countryside and gamekeeping. The ukrm seems to be a pretty broad church when it comes to fiction. Recently, I've read a book of short stories, a couple of Don Camillo books, some Tom Sharpe, I'm just about to start reading (again) the HHGTTG books and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. My nephew gave me the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, which is fun to dip into from time to time. (Last year he gave me The Little Book of Naughty Limericks, but I didn't learn many new ones....)
The message <> Mapp and Lucia! Now there's a couple I haven't met for years. Marvellous descriptive work.
The message <> Both those you've mentioned are well worth reading. (IMO) After the lot I've got lined up, I have House of Cards and To Play the King waiting. Got to build some more bookshelves! I've got boxes of books in store.
The message <> I think I do. I found Dr. John Ramsbottom's 'Mushrooms and Toadstools' in the New Naturalist series in the public library around 1954. I knew that puffballs were edible, but this book opened up delicious new vistas of overflowing frying-pans, and I took it out and renewed it and renewed it and renewed it. When, by dint of some stroke of enormous and unearned luck I won my year prize for GCEs, I chose the book. The original used to go hiking and camping with me, and later, touring on the Matchless, and finally fell apart sometime in the 'seventies, but I have since obtained another copy. I think I could safely say that it is my favourite book.
Oi! I represent that remark! Except that I've got an old Bee-eMM. If it's all the same to you, if there isn't a book I want to read, I'd rather be doing the Private Eye crossword.
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simian <Considers carefully thought out, finely reasoned reply> <Sticks thumbs in ears, waggles fingers and sticks tongue out> I'm still faster than you.
Simian wrote My first experience of any adult reading a Harry Potter book was the security guard where I worked. He was just pleased that he could find a book that was both easy to read and entertaining for an adult with reading skills as bad as his. He went on to read more so well done that Harry Potter says I, it got someone reading regular who otherwise might not. At this point I would go on to call you a pretentious **** but I notice the term pretentious has been used elsewhere.
Simian says... ^^^^^^^^ From http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/definate.html " Any vowel in an unstressed position can sometimes have the sound linguists call a "schwa:" "uh." The result is that many people tend to guess when they hear this sound, but "definite" is definitely the right spelling. Also common are various misspellings of "definitely," including the bizarre "defiantly." " dictionary.com has no listing for definate. I don't think reading Harry Potter did me much harm, but all that reading 'good' books didn't do someone's literacy much good.
