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I haven't tried reading Lord of the Rings since Grade... 2. It bored the shit out of me then but that was so many years ago so I should really try again.
I have Rainbow Six on my shelf but haven't read that either.

So, over the past week I've recently read a book called Watchmen by comic God Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I can't believe it took me this long to read it. I can't get it out of my head (which is very very rare for a book) and I actually feel like reading it again even though I just finished it (also very rare).
It's about costumed adventurers (or masks) who are superheroes without the powers (minus 1 or 2 of them, one of which is a diety). They struggle with every day struggles and their past and the future, and it takes place in an alternate history of the Cold War. It explores many different themes, like comic book history and the role of authority. The latter of which is best summed up with this quote: Who watches the Watchmen?

I ****ing love this book.
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About Lord of the Rings being boring as hell...... YES, you are completely right. Rainbow Six is just....... loooooooong and.......complicated. But they are great books if you actually want to take the time.
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Lord of the Rings is pretty boring, but good if you take the time to read it. My god, entire 20 page chapters of small print in which hardly anything happens. I read the prelude (The Hobbit), the first one, and part of the second. I want to finish them, but I read those so long ago I'd have to start at the beginning again. As usual, they are better than the movies, but the movies are more exciting and don't leave too much out of the plot.
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i like that harry potter books. they are way better than the movies and really interesting to read. i have no problem reading them . i didn't get bored with those books.
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i love harry potter!!!

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is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his best friends. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an academy for young wizards and witches. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world.


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About Lord of the Rings being boring as hell...... YES, you are completely right. Rainbow Six is just....... loooooooong and.......complicated. But they are great books if you actually want to take the time.
well that is really true i find the Lord of the Rings boring too. though some people like it, i will say that harry potter is more entertaining, easier and enjoyable to read.
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I have no favorite books i don't read anything but skateboard mags.
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i love harry potter!!!

Harry Potter
is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his best friends. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an academy for young wizards and witches. The central story arc concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world.


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