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by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:13 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Krysondra - The Official Meet and Greet
Replies: 4
Views: 936

Hey Krysondra.

How do you feel about the Wheels of Time series being continued by another writer?


So do you write dialogue/stories for RPGs or play them?
by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Fellow Book Worm
Replies: 3
Views: 840

Hi James.

What sort of books do you read?

Also, your imaged isn't linked to your blog.
by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hello, I'm Mary!
Replies: 2
Views: 723

Hi Mary.

What sort of fantasy do you like?

I've read Gene Wolfe, E. Fiest and Eddings.
by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:56 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Greetings From Florida
Replies: 5
Views: 1191

Hey Darcia.

Just read the excerpt of No Justice, I like the casual conversational style.

What authors have influenced your writing?
by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:39 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Hello
Replies: 9
Views: 2452

Hello TyinLA, I'm new here as well. My girlfriend just finished Breaking Dawn. I think it took her all of a week to read the whole series. There must be something special about those books, because she is overseas at the moment and has seen people reading them everywhere. Haven't read them myself, t...
by Aussie_Lifter
Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Aussie_Lifter says Hey!
Replies: 3
Views: 727

Yeah, it's basically exercise physiology, sport psychology and history.

My username probably doesn't suit a book discussion site, but I like just having one online identity.
My name's Josh, so you can use that.
by Aussie_Lifter
Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:43 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now?
Replies: 410
Views: 106060

I'm sporadically reading a few inspirational books: Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle Surprisingly, they are all quite similar. I've just started: Life: A User's Manual - Georges Perec After posting in another ...
by Aussie_Lifter
Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:24 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Favorite/Influential books you read as a teen
Replies: 17
Views: 3710

On the road by Jack Kerouac showed me a different world of literature. After that I read his letters, which basically shaped my book choices for the next year or so: Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevski Eugine Onegin - Pushkin My...
by Aussie_Lifter
Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:03 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Please help me find the right book
Replies: 9
Views: 2765

Honestly, if you give a self-help type of book she'll see straight through it. Get your bf to think of something they used to do or talk about alot together, this will make her remember how she was when she was younger. Your goal shouldn't be to change her, but to remind her of the support and commo...
by Aussie_Lifter
Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:45 pm
Forum: Authors: Tell us about your NON-FICTION book!
Topic: "Life of Pi" or "Self" by Yann Martel
Replies: 8
Views: 2774

In an interview, Martel says that the island was designed to test the readers' belief in the story.

To show how much we are prepared to believe if we need/want to.

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