This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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It should be said, howeverthat there's a lot of crap associated with the benefits of reading. So many people crow about how they read all the time and about how many 'great' books they've read. Reading a book is no more likely to make you intelligent than looking at a da Vinci painting or listening to Beethoven. But that doesn't stop people droning on and name-dropping. Literature students are worst. And anyone who says things like: "As Umberto Eco says...." Quoting others means you haven't got your own ideas.
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