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  • R Rhuros

    Awwwwwww man I feel for you as I've been there, SWMBO is doing something similar. I walked in to Waterstones the other day and have seen they have a whole section devoted to this tripe... its called the Pararomance section.... Stephenie Meyer has alot to answer for!!!!

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    Dalek Dave
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    Pararomance? For Real? OMG what a load of old rubbish.

    ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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    • D Dalek Dave

      They are great books for holidays, you can laze by a pool and read it, then leave it behind when you go so that someone else can do exactly the same. I have a theory that there is only 15 copies of the Da Vinci Code in the universe, but that they keep getting passed around.

      ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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      There are about 30 million copies about from when everyone bought everyone else a copy for christmas a few years back. Clever marketing trick that, get the critics to say what a fantastic novel blah blah. Everyone buys one and wraps it up not realising just how shit it is. By the time everyone unwraps it and realises it's log you've sold however many million copies and don't care. What I don't understand is how he managed to sell any books after that.

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        Pararomance? For Real? OMG what a load of old rubbish.

        ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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        Rhuros
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        For real, I stood there gobsmacked!!! It was a full section floor to ceiling, and from the look of the spines they were all just clones of Twighlight... I thought Mills & Boon was bad enough, but now add this to the mix and it will just melt your brain!!!

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        • R Rhuros

          For real, I stood there gobsmacked!!! It was a full section floor to ceiling, and from the look of the spines they were all just clones of Twighlight... I thought Mills & Boon was bad enough, but now add this to the mix and it will just melt your brain!!!

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          Dalek Dave
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          Rhuros wrote:

          from the look of the spines they were all just clones of Twighlight...

          So not even the original! Someone saw that Twilight was selling and thought "Me Too". If you want an emotionless bloodsucking leech for sex, try my ex wife!

          ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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          • R Russell Jones

            There are about 30 million copies about from when everyone bought everyone else a copy for christmas a few years back. Clever marketing trick that, get the critics to say what a fantastic novel blah blah. Everyone buys one and wraps it up not realising just how shit it is. By the time everyone unwraps it and realises it's log you've sold however many million copies and don't care. What I don't understand is how he managed to sell any books after that.

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            Rhuros
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            His publisher must be an absolute genius to pull of selling millions of copies of the other offerings... Although you'll be surprised at what crap people will read....

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              Rhuros wrote:

              from the look of the spines they were all just clones of Twighlight...

              So not even the original! Someone saw that Twilight was selling and thought "Me Too". If you want an emotionless bloodsucking leech for sex, try my ex wife!

              ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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              Rhuros
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              :laugh:

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              • R Rhuros

                His publisher must be an absolute genius to pull of selling millions of copies of the other offerings... Although you'll be surprised at what crap people will read....

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                Dalek Dave
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                He has new one out soon, guaranteed to be number one best seller. It is a rip off of National Treasure 2. (Masons in America, this time it's Personal)

                ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  He has new one out soon, guaranteed to be number one best seller. It is a rip off of National Treasure 2. (Masons in America, this time it's Personal)

                  ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                  Rhuros
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                  Yeah, I saw and noted that it was something to avoid....

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                  • R Russell Jones

                    There are about 30 million copies about from when everyone bought everyone else a copy for christmas a few years back. Clever marketing trick that, get the critics to say what a fantastic novel blah blah. Everyone buys one and wraps it up not realising just how shit it is. By the time everyone unwraps it and realises it's log you've sold however many million copies and don't care. What I don't understand is how he managed to sell any books after that.

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                    Dan_Martin
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                    He managed to sell books after that because the majority of people still don't realise just how sh*t it is. Most people like books that are really easy to read but make them feel smart and wouldn't actually know a decent piece of writing if it came up and bit them in the face.

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                    • D Dan_Martin

                      He managed to sell books after that because the majority of people still don't realise just how sh*t it is. Most people like books that are really easy to read but make them feel smart and wouldn't actually know a decent piece of writing if it came up and bit them in the face.

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                      Dalek Dave
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                      It was Gustav Flaubert who, in Madame Bovary, said "Inside every Revolutionary is a Policeman". Whatever we think of our own tastes, we do not like others to disagree, they are automatically wrong.

                      ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                      • T TommyTomToms

                        Woofer - http://woofertime.com/[^] X|

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                        Super Lloyd
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                        I tried to woof, but it didn't work! :'(

                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                          I tried to woof, but it didn't work! :'(

                          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                          TommyTomToms
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                          Maybe you are barking at the wrong tree..? :)

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                          • R Rhuros

                            For real, I stood there gobsmacked!!! It was a full section floor to ceiling, and from the look of the spines they were all just clones of Twighlight... I thought Mills & Boon was bad enough, but now add this to the mix and it will just melt your brain!!!

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                            Mycroft Holmes
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                            Mills and Boone meets the Xfiles - parawhatsit....

                            Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                            • T TommyTomToms

                              Maybe you are barking at the wrong tree..? :)

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                              Dalek Dave
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                              And thereby hangs a Tail

                              ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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                              • M Mycroft Holmes

                                Mills and Boone meets the Xfiles - parawhatsit....

                                Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                Sky Diver Falls for Instructor! Para Romance! (Falls geddit?)

                                ------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC

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