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malaise

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8. K & R

Reply to Tommymac (Original post)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 03:48 PM

Jan 2022

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Bette Midler FTW: Hey Teenagers, Read This [View all] Tommymac Jan 2022 OP

I read the 1st 5 H. Potter books in as many days SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1

She is divine. We are so lucky to have her. Tommymac Jan 2022 #4

Yes, she is! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #11

i read the entire series . my priest encuraged me. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #20

I enjoyed the series immensely SheltieLover Jan 2022 #43

did . read one in several hours or sometimes a day. couldnt put them down. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #44

Same here! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #45

When the first Harry Potter books came out, there was an idiot pastor in niyad Jan 2022 #40

Hahaha SheltieLover Jan 2022 #42

She rocks. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #2

Big Time. Tommymac Jan 2022 #6

I've read all those books. So good. ananda Jan 2022 #3

Me too. I read most of them before I was 12. Tommymac Jan 2022 #5

DAMN! I was thinking I was doing okay having read 6 of them. bullwinkle428 Jan 2022 #17

K and r. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #7

K & R malaise Jan 2022 #8

K&R MustLoveBeagles Jan 2022 #9

I can't recommend "Gone with the Wind" Coventina Jan 2022 #10

I didn't like a lot of these either ... but they still need to be read, not burned Tommymac Jan 2022 #12

I'm against censorship as well. 100% Coventina Jan 2022 #24

How does it "celebrate" it? treestar Jan 2022 #31

Always like hearing other's opinions. I loved "Gone With the Wind". MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #26

Scarlett may have been strong, but vomiting because of a n*****y smell by the slave quarters Coventina Jan 2022 #27

That is showing how she was treestar Jan 2022 #32

I read it in four days when I was ten years old. Demobrat Jan 2022 #50

I read GWTW over 50 years ago. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #28

people were racist in that time treestar Jan 2022 #33

Censor the book? Absolutely not Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #36

The naive motivations of the songwriter, Robbie Robertson: Marcuse Jan 2022 #41

GWTW reads like a bad historic romance Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #34

I had a similar reaction to seeing GWTW among those books EYESORE 9001 Jan 2022 #39

Rt TY Find out why they Cha Jan 2022 #13

Good advice for teenagers or anyone who ever was one. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #14

Bette the Divine PennyC Jan 2022 #15

Of Mice and Men? milestogo Jan 2022 #16

Of Course It's On Their List! GB_RN Jan 2022 #18

No. They don't (or can't) read. FuzzyRabbit Jan 2022 #19

This Bayard Jan 2022 #21

friend of mine read death of a salesman in college . wrote an essay on it . and the teacher agreed AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #22

Taught that play for a lot of years. I didn't read the paper, but it's not that simple. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #46

👍 underpants Jan 2022 #23

God grant her many years! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #25

They have to... /snark Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #29

James and the Giant Peach? Really? VWolf Jan 2022 #30

Banned in Wisconsin in 1986... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2022 #35

Not the onion???? OMG n/t VWolf Jan 2022 #38

I've read most of these books, but I have to confess that I could not finish Ulysses. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #37

Ulysses is my favorite book and I re-read it every summer. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #47

LOL don't give them any ideas about Heart of Darkness FakeNoose Jan 2022 #48

It's just a retweet. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #49

That's what I did as a teenager IronLionZion Jan 2022 #51

I've read all but one of those. murielm99 Jan 2022 #52