I had a little cry reading of mice and men, really loved it.
To kill a mockingbird is a bit bag of shite and not worth your time.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:29, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

then I guess it's unanimous

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:29, Reply)

Be prepared to put the book down once in a while and have a little think.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:34, Reply)

sounds good
will help put the rest of the world in perspective too I expect
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:36, Reply)

try new glasses

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:49, Reply)

Don't listen to Winders and Nakers, TKAM is a good book
Read Of Mice and Men first, because it'll only take you an hour.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:40, Reply)

If you're going to cry at Steinbeck
Read "In Dubious Battle"
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:45, Reply)

Not read that.
I enjoyed Cannery Row and absolutely fucking loved the Grapes of Wrath.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:47, Reply)

Grapes is fantastic

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:48, Reply)

seconded

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:49, Reply)

Third!

( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:52, Reply)

Innit doe
Not just a compelling story, but beautiful writing and all.

/bender
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:50, Reply)

Tangers old boy,
We'll have a drink one day.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:52, Reply)

Absolutely.
Although it'll be a bit weird now after that gay post down there.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:58, Reply)

YEAH?
WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:48, Reply)

Nah
Instead I'll persuade you by reading it aloud to you, while stroking your hair as you lay your head in my lap.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:54, Reply)

I can't wait.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:57, Reply)

^ gay

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:30, Reply)

^utter shit stain on the face of humanity

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:31, Reply)

last time I cried at a book I was seven

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:32, Reply)

i welled up on holiday reading

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:33, Reply)

what the hell were you reading?
Homosexualism for dummies?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:34, Reply)

it involved a little girl , and "being a father" means I'm ruined on that front

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:36, Reply)

paedo

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:38, Reply)

We all have different emotional reactions to different situations, understanding that is basic empathy.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:33, Reply)

probably another autist

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:34, Reply)

nah, just not a wooly woofter

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:35, Reply)

bi wooly woofter

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:36, Reply)

naked rapist

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:37, Reply)

well yes, of course
But crying at a book is well bent.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:35, Reply)

Ok.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:35, Reply)

nonsense
it's films and sport and telly it's sad to cry at. Books are fine
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:36, Reply)

I don't cry at those either

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:37, Reply)

The end of Mason Dixon
You're the only other Pynchon lover on here.

Didn't that get you?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:50, Reply)

ent read it
And I'm not saying that I don't become emotionally affected by what happens in books. Callousness to characters is typical of several authors I like (Houellebecq, Amis and Camus, for instance), but crying about it is just weird if you're past your early teens.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 21:04, Reply)

yeah it's pretty tragic

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 20:32, Reply)