Must Reads - Literature Suggestions

Started by Kaura117, July 01, 2008, 11:26:20 AM

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Kazuko

Quote from: Jun-Watarase on July 29, 2008, 12:11:14 AM
Quote from: PyronIkari on July 29, 2008, 12:09:07 AM
Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower- R.L. Stein

Pffffffffffff HELLZ YEAH. o/

I remember in elementary school, where there'd be groups that'd read different series whenever we made a trip to the library. All the girls (and one really metrosexual little boy) would read The Babysitters' Club. Some would follow Goosebumps, while others would read stuff like Judy Blume/Nancy Drew, and the rest wouldn't read at all.
OH HELL YEAH
I read the hell out of goosebumps and babysitters club :U my favorites in the goosebumps were the night of the living dummy series and the haunted mask. I didnt really like the pick your own ending or whatever it was, it made me mad D:<

Jun-Watarase

Quote from: Kazuko on July 30, 2008, 07:58:01 PM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on July 29, 2008, 12:11:14 AM
Quote from: PyronIkari on July 29, 2008, 12:09:07 AM
Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower- R.L. Stein

Pffffffffffff HELLZ YEAH. o/

I remember in elementary school, where there'd be groups that'd read different series whenever we made a trip to the library. All the girls (and one really metrosexual little boy) would read The Babysitters' Club. Some would follow Goosebumps, while others would read stuff like Judy Blume/Nancy Drew, and the rest wouldn't read at all.
OH HELL YEAH
I read the hell out of goosebumps and babysitters club :U my favorites in the goosebumps were the night of the living dummy series and the haunted mask. I didnt really like the pick your own ending or whatever it was, it made me mad D:<

F*ck Slappy. He scared the shit out of me.

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Kazuko

Quote from: Jun-Watarase on July 30, 2008, 09:21:36 PM
Quote from: Kazuko on July 30, 2008, 07:58:01 PM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on July 29, 2008, 12:11:14 AM
Quote from: PyronIkari on July 29, 2008, 12:09:07 AM
Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower- R.L. Stein

Pffffffffffff HELLZ YEAH. o/

I remember in elementary school, where there'd be groups that'd read different series whenever we made a trip to the library. All the girls (and one really metrosexual little boy) would read The Babysitters' Club. Some would follow Goosebumps, while others would read stuff like Judy Blume/Nancy Drew, and the rest wouldn't read at all.
OH HELL YEAH
I read the hell out of goosebumps and babysitters club :U my favorites in the goosebumps were the night of the living dummy series and the haunted mask. I didnt really like the pick your own ending or whatever it was, it made me mad D:<

F*ck Slappy. He scared the shit out of me.
LOL I was more scared of his look alike in Dead Silence

Chun

Psh, you guys and your Babysitters and Goosebumps...

Choose Your Own Adventure was where it was at!

~Chun

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Sunara Ishi

Quote from: Kazuko on July 30, 2008, 07:58:01 PM
Quote from: Jun-Watarase on July 29, 2008, 12:11:14 AM
Quote from: PyronIkari on July 29, 2008, 12:09:07 AM
Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower- R.L. Stein

Pffffffffffff HELLZ YEAH. o/

I remember in elementary school, where there'd be groups that'd read different series whenever we made a trip to the library. All the girls (and one really metrosexual little boy) would read The Babysitters' Club. Some would follow Goosebumps, while others would read stuff like Judy Blume/Nancy Drew, and the rest wouldn't read at all.
OH HELL YEAH
I read the hell out of goosebumps and babysitters club :U my favorites in the goosebumps were the night of the living dummy series and the haunted mask. I didnt really like the pick your own ending or whatever it was, it made me mad D:<
Choose your own ending. I think that was it. They had various different themes.
I liked them. Mainly from the fact I thought it was a cool concept; a book that can has multiple endings based on what the viewer picked. I was so bored that I re-read those to get the other endings.
Quote from: Chun on July 30, 2008, 10:27:40 PM
Psh, you guys and your Babysitters and Goosebumps...

Choose Your Own Adventure was where it was at!

~Chun
hmm... I wonder if there's a trend of those liking choose your own adventure to those liking dating sims. XD; It has a similar base concept.
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mDuo13

I always thought "Choose your own adventure" books were dumb. The writing was poor, and there was no consistent reasoning to which choices led you to good endings or bad ones, nor was there any greater overall insight to be gained from reading all the possible endings.

Glitch

Quote from: mDuo13 on July 31, 2008, 09:21:58 AM
I always thought "Choose your own adventure" books were dumb. The writing was poor, and there was no consistent reasoning to which choices led you to good endings or bad ones, nor was there any greater overall insight to be gained from reading all the possible endings.
They were lolz at times. Taking the moral high ground could get you killed, but so did cheating. You lived sometimes just because you picked the right shoes to put on or something.

Chun

Quote from: mDuo13 on July 31, 2008, 09:21:58 AM
I always thought "Choose your own adventure" books were dumb. The writing was poor, and there was no consistent reasoning to which choices led you to good endings or bad ones, nor was there any greater overall insight to be gained from reading all the possible endings.

Essentially, the purpose of the book wasn't a storyline; you simply tried to fulfill a task or a given situation based on your own actions. When you say consistent reasoning I believe you're referring to the death by right path rather than left path; the fact that you didn't have an "ultimate solution" kept the experience fresh. Kind of like "Alive" for the PS1, or Dragon's Lair without the flashing notation. The insight in the ending I thought were nice in the fact that... say you were stranded on a desert island. You can be fed up with trying to be rescued, live the length of your life in nature, or get rescued. It was open ended, yet simple.

~Chun

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Kazuko

Quote from: Chun on July 31, 2008, 08:39:52 PM
Quote from: mDuo13 on July 31, 2008, 09:21:58 AM
I always thought "Choose your own adventure" books were dumb. The writing was poor, and there was no consistent reasoning to which choices led you to good endings or bad ones, nor was there any greater overall insight to be gained from reading all the possible endings.

Essentially, the purpose of the book wasn't a storyline; you simply tried to fulfill a task or a given situation based on your own actions. When you say consistent reasoning I believe you're referring to the death by right path rather than left path; the fact that you didn't have an "ultimate solution" kept the experience fresh. Kind of like "Alive" for the PS1, or Dragon's Lair without the flashing notation. The insight in the ending I thought were nice in the fact that... say you were stranded on a desert island. You can be fed up with trying to be rescued, live the length of your life in nature, or get rescued. It was open ended, yet simple.

~Chun
T___T in the choose your own adventures I always get good endings, I wanted everyone to die or atleast never end D<

Sunara Ishi

Quote from: Kazuko on July 31, 2008, 08:41:57 PM
Quote from: Chun on July 31, 2008, 08:39:52 PM
Quote from: mDuo13 on July 31, 2008, 09:21:58 AM
I always thought "Choose your own adventure" books were dumb. The writing was poor, and there was no consistent reasoning to which choices led you to good endings or bad ones, nor was there any greater overall insight to be gained from reading all the possible endings.

Essentially, the purpose of the book wasn't a storyline; you simply tried to fulfill a task or a given situation based on your own actions. When you say consistent reasoning I believe you're referring to the death by right path rather than left path; the fact that you didn't have an "ultimate solution" kept the experience fresh. Kind of like "Alive" for the PS1, or Dragon's Lair without the flashing notation. The insight in the ending I thought were nice in the fact that... say you were stranded on a desert island. You can be fed up with trying to be rescued, live the length of your life in nature, or get rescued. It was open ended, yet simple.

~Chun
T___T in the choose your own adventures I always get good endings, I wanted everyone to die or atleast never end D<
hehe. I was the opposite. I often died or got the bad endings.
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