Comments | epicet: URGENT URGENT MY BROTHER IS READING A BOOK STOP ALL PRESSES

epicet

URGENT URGENT MY BROTHER IS READING A BOOK STOP ALL PRESSES

Aug 07, 2007 13:27

My brother hates reading. My brother hates reading. My brother hates reading. He firmly believes that books are boring, and nothing happens. Most 12 year old boys aren’t the biggest bookworms, granted, but this goes beyond boredom and into the realm of utter disdain for literature ( Read more... )

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musicaltwilight August 7 2007, 18:45:46 UTC

buahaha, he wanted to read I Know You're Out There? XD

I can't believe he's reading though. Must be your great influence. ;P

epicet August 7 2007, 19:36:14 UTC

Yeah, 'cause of the cover. BEARHEAD = AWESOME BOOK, apparently.

Ugh I hope so. All the video games make me sad.

shibaiko August 7 2007, 18:53:50 UTC

That's really awesome/fairly adorable. My mom teaches 7th grade English, maybe I should buy her a copy of The Jungle for her classroom.

epicet August 7 2007, 19:33:11 UTC

Haha, be careful. I think it depends on the kid. My friend had to read The Jungle in class in 7th grade and ended up a vegetarian for 6 years, it freaked her out so much.

Upton Sinclair is the cure for book-hate in teenage boys cimmonym August 7 2007, 20:14:14 UTC

The SAME things happened with me and my brother. With Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. I told him about this book, and he read it and enjoyed it. I think it was the first book he'd read in years.

Re: Upton Sinclair is the cure for book-hate in teenage boys epicet August 8 2007, 06:20:02 UTC

Hee! I think my brother thinks it has a special level of badassery 'cause it happened in Chicago. It happened where our grandpa worked, so it's like, so cool, man.

Re: Upton Sinclair is the cure for book-hate in teenage boys cimmonym August 8 2007, 06:40:11 UTC

Chicago is pretty badass. i mean, really, Al Capone.

Re: Upton Sinclair is the cure for book-hate in teenage boys epicet August 8 2007, 06:58:28 UTC

When I was in Italy I told these guys where I was from and their response was, "Ah! Chicago! Bang bang!" and they made little gun movement with their hands.
I was just like, "Yeah, pretty much." (My neighbor got whacked last year so... yeah.

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liveonthesun August 7 2007, 23:02:16 UTC

This is basically how my whole family reacted when my Dad started reading the HP books. It's such a good feeling!

omgwazlib August 8 2007, 17:40:29 UTC

THIS IS MORE GLORIOUS THAN MY BREASTS.