|
|
|
|
airehead
Oompa Loofah
|
|
|
Joined: 12 Nov 2002
Posts: 18788
Location: Between here and eternity...
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 08/26/03 - 10:46 Post subject:
| coachmarkos wrote: | Although I am sometimes tempted...I will not do this...It's a matter of principal.
Mrs. Coach, however, always does this. In fact she's reading the new Harry Potter, and about 1/3 of the way through, had to read the last two chapters to see how things turned out. |
It's not so much a matter of principal for me. (Now cutting corners on a track--that's a  for me even if it's just a pleasure run)
It is a matter of control for me. I can't control real life, but I can control my books. I can see ahead to the end. I can know in advance what happens. An excellent author will compel me to read his or her work anyway to see how they got to that conclusion. Like Harry Potter. I read the end first. I am still compelled to read all of it when Colin is done.
|
|
|
|
|
brie k
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 5661
Location: where the wild things are
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/26/03 - 10:50 Post subject:
You are a good mom, ang! Libby has to wait until I'm finished with HP before she can start. Luckily, I'm a fast reader. Got #5 done in 3 days. 
|
|
|
|
|
shelee
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 2409
Location: IN
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/26/03 - 10:53 Post subject:
Oh! I want to do that...especially a horror book. I won't though. I kind of like the whole wanting to but won't let myself read the end scenerio. I never have broken down and read the end.
also, if i've read a book and see the movie, chances are the movie really sucks for me. a few have made the transition well to the big screen, but only a few.
!
Shelly
|
|
|
|
|
Sahara
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 17 May 2002
Posts: 3345
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/26/03 - 11:12 Post subject:
I never have. I tend to read because the writing is good, not necessarily the story.
|
|
|
|
|
Pug
The Movie Geek
|
|
|
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 8924
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/26/03 - 11:12 Post subject:
Jupiter Jones!?!?! You've read the Alfred Hitchcock mysteries! I loved those!
And of course i loved the Hardy Boys.
|
|
|
|
|
pokychick
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 5640
Location: City of Dis
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 08/26/03 - 11:23 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | Jupiter Jones!?!?! You've read the Alfred Hitchcock mysteries! I loved those!
|
Their junkyard hangout was so cool.
|
|
|
|
