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dragonair234 wrote:
akafett wrote:
@ but: Don't spoil the book before she reads it.
Thanks for the heads up! <3 Btw, could you commentate on a chess game with a Tolkien language?!
Random thought is random... <--- Yes, bask in this syntactical accomplishment.
Along with the special effects that accompany the Black Speach which bother those who lend ear. That may not be too pleasent. Now, Tanguar Syndarin is a beautiful language that many love to hear spoken (in Middle Earth at least).
dragonair234 wrote:
I've heard many times that on average Americans read at an 8th grade level. Yikes! Obviously that would geographically depend on where we're talking about. Not at a university, for example. This is usually referenced in the context of reading news online or newspapers, that news needs to be very straightforward for readership to understand it.
But I suppose those same people would have a difficult time picking up a more advanced read for a novel.
When I was in eighth grade, my English teacher said I was at an 18 year-old reading level. FYI, if you look at my profile, you can see that was not too long ago.
JayBo308 wrote:
@dragonair: Did you *hic* find my black *hic* pond yet?
I dropped it in the lake.
@ Camber: I first read Moby Dick (full novel) when I was in the 8th grade followed by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Oct 17, 2014
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JayBo308 wrote:
@dragonair: Did you *hic* find my black *hic* pond yet?
Your black WHAT?! 
heh heh
Oct 17, 2014
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Looking at chess notation: "gxf4... what does the x mean?"
^Heard and saw this today. Not too extraordinary though.
Oct 17, 2014
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camberfoil wrote:
JayBo308 wrote:
@dragonair: Did you *hic* find my black *hic* pond yet?
I dropped it in the lake.
If you dropped your black pond in the lake... you are seriously out of luck... ha
Oct 17, 2014
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camberfoil wrote:
dragonair234 wrote:
I've heard many times that on average Americans read at an 8th grade level. Yikes! Obviously that would geographically depend on where we're talking about. Not at a university, for example. This is usually referenced in the context of reading news online or newspapers, that news needs to be very straightforward for readership to understand it.
But I suppose those same people would have a difficult time picking up a more advanced read for a novel.
When I was in eighth grade, my English teacher said I was at an 18 year-old reading level. FYI, if you look at my profile, you can see that was not too long ago.
I'm happy 
akafett wrote:
@ Camber: I first read Moby Dick (full novel) when I was in the 8th grade followed by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Tough books. I tried reading 20K Leagues as well during the 8th grade. The writing was so old it was very cumbersome to read 
I didn't mind 20K Leagues. It was a good book.
*Says the 10th grader who has read, LOTR, Jane Erye, and pretty much any other book I can get my hands on*
I loved the Screwtape Letters though. That was just so beautiful of a writing. I am also a big fan of most things dragon. (Like: The Oath, Dragons in Our Midst)
I liked reading the Outsiders, and tbh I didn't mind the book, Black Like Me. (I think it's a good book...for whites...but let's not get into that.)
To Kill A Mockingbird...I hate that book so much...so freaking much.
BTW, has anyone here read the Chronicles of Narnia? It's like a good...ocholgy? (8 books or so series).
but wrote:
I didn't mind 20K Leagues. It was a good book.
*Says the 10th grader who has read, LOTR, Jane Erye, and pretty much any other book I can get my hands on*
I loved the Screwtape Letters though. That was just so beautiful of a writing. I am also a big fan of most things dragon. (Like: The Oath, Dragons in Our Midst)
I liked reading the Outsiders, and tbh I didn't mind the book, Black Like Me. (I think it's a good book...for whites...but let's not get into that.)
To Kill A Mockingbird...I hate that book so much...so freaking much.
BTW, has anyone here read the Chronicles of Narnia? It's like a good...ocholgy? (8 books or so series).
I liked The Outsiders and loved To Kill A Mockingbird- why did you hate it? I read the Chronicles of Narnia, but only the first book is really good. Don't even bother reading the last one. It's very bad and makes no sense at the end. I love reading in general, but I am much more interested in nonfiction than fiction. When I do read fiction, it's usually classics.
awesomechess1729 wrote:
but wrote:
I didn't mind 20K Leagues. It was a good book.
*Says the 10th grader who has read, LOTR, Jane Erye, and pretty much any other book I can get my hands on*
I loved the Screwtape Letters though. That was just so beautiful of a writing. I am also a big fan of most things dragon. (Like: The Oath, Dragons in Our Midst)
I liked reading the Outsiders, and tbh I didn't mind the book, Black Like Me. (I think it's a good book...for whites...but let's not get into that.)
To Kill A Mockingbird...I hate that book so much...so freaking much.
BTW, has anyone here read the Chronicles of Narnia? It's like a good...ocholgy? (8 books or so series).
I liked The Outsiders and loved To Kill A Mockingbird- why did you hate it? I read the Chronicles of Narnia, but only the first book is really good. Don't even bother reading the last one. It's very bad and makes no sense at the end. I love reading in general, but I am much more interested in nonfiction than fiction. When I do read fiction, it's usually classics.
I liked the Chronicles. But to each their own.
TKAMB was bad for me cause:
a. The kid had more colorful language than me
b. the plot line was boring me to death. It led to such a climax at the case, but the court case was anti-climatic for me. As a literary read, I could understand why it was good...but it's definatly not on my top 100 or so books to read.
awesomechess1729 wrote:
but wrote:
I didn't mind 20K Leagues. It was a good book.
*Says the 10th grader who has read, LOTR, Jane Erye, and pretty much any other book I can get my hands on*
I loved the Screwtape Letters though. That was just so beautiful of a writing. I am also a big fan of most things dragon. (Like: The Oath, Dragons in Our Midst)
I liked reading the Outsiders, and tbh I didn't mind the book, Black Like Me. (I think it's a good book...for whites...but let's not get into that.)
To Kill A Mockingbird...I hate that book so much...so freaking much.
BTW, has anyone here read the Chronicles of Narnia? It's like a good...ocholgy? (8 books or so series).
I liked The Outsiders and loved To Kill A Mockingbird- why did you hate it? I read the Chronicles of Narnia, but only the first book is really good. Don't even bother reading the last one. It's very bad and makes no sense at the end. I love reading in general, but I am much more interested in nonfiction than fiction. When I do read fiction, it's usually classics.
The kid has more colorful language than me.
And the court case was anti-climatic.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great literary bundle. But when it comes down to it, the plot line barely kept me interested. Not in my top 100 books to read.
Oct 18, 2014
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Hmmm... interesting, interesting... Happy to see a generation that enjoys reading 
dragonair234 wrote:
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Tolkien is a trilogy. I just bought Robert Jordan's "Wheel Of Time" series. What do you call a story that has 15 books??
Good question! Maybe... a pentadecology? LOL IDK
Funny response. Actually, The Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy. It was writen as one novel, but the publishers made Tolkein divide it into three books for cheaper publishing. I have a copy of it as it was initially intended to be read; a copy in which the story alone takes up more than 1,000 pages. Compaired to the ~800 page novel of Moby Dick.
The Outsiders was, without a doubt, S. E. Hinton's magnum opus.
@ but: I have the Narnia series and have read it 3 times.
I have to leave the game am getting bored