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"god you people are whiny. "

12/3/2005 9:57:41 AM

Poor you

12/3/2005 1:18:17 PM

I think the phrase "You can't judge a book by its cover" comes into play here.

I mean, who cares if a female recommended it? Not ALL females think the reason they were put on this planet was to swoon over babies and romance and Oprah.

I'm pretty sure the title of the thread was You must read "A Million Little Pieces" not You must read "A Million Little Pieces" because Oprah said so

Read what interests you.

12/3/2005 1:50:10 PM

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"Not ALL females think the reason they were put on this planet was to swoon over babies and romance and Oprah."

Read: Not all females think.

12/3/2005 3:27:27 PM

I won't read this book because reading about lame drug addicts with no self control is depressing. I would rather read Paris Hilton's book. (It has fun pictures)

12/3/2005 5:45:30 PM

well good lord if you can't read a book because it depresses you then you need to go ahead and kill yourself now. there are plenty more depressing things out there.

12/3/2005 7:53:02 PM

i guess i should write a shitty book

12/3/2005 8:06:39 PM

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"Quote : "Not ALL females think the reason they were put on this planet was to swoon over babies and romance and Oprah." Read: Not all females think."

12/4/2005 11:44:16 AM

I'm suprised to find this many readers on TWW. Or people that can read for that matter.

Let her suggest a book for christ's sake.

12/4/2005 12:11:19 PM

she didn't suggest

she commanded

12/4/2005 12:31:57 PM

^^^YOU BETTER HAVE A COMPUTER IN THE KITCHEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY YOU SHOULD BE POSTING

[Edited on December 4, 2005 at 1:17 PM. Reason : ]

12/4/2005 1:16:56 PM

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12/4/2005 1:31:32 PM

lies lies lies lies lies
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/jamesfrey/0104061jamesfrey1.html

[Edited on January 9, 2006 at 6:42 PM. Reason : lies lies lies]

1/9/2006 6:40:58 PM

gg noobs

1/9/2006 6:51:26 PM

My Friend Leonard by Frey was also very good


and i don't give a shit if it was true, they were both very very good books

[Edited on January 9, 2006 at 11:24 PM. Reason : ]

1/9/2006 11:22:19 PM

I read it over break, I really loved it.

another book Id recommend is Runaway by alice munro

1/9/2006 11:25:38 PM

Kite Runner. read it. it's good.

1/10/2006 12:17:57 AM

Basically this "memoir" is decidedly UNTRUE...do check out both thesmokinggun.com piece and USA Today's follow-up reporting bcs so much of his capital-C Criminal activity is totally made-up...James Frey is a former sniveling rich kid frat boy (no offense to rich-kid frat boys!) who did some drugs in college, got popped a few times for misdemeanor DUI, but couldn't sell his piece of shit novel to a publishing house, so he repackages it as a memoir and...ta-dah!...Oprah is kissing his loser ass..what a freakin' tool!

1/10/2006 10:05:22 AM

that doesnt stop it from being a good book.

1/10/2006 10:18:48 AM

Why doesn't this guy indent

1/10/2006 1:10:14 PM

^^ if it was being peddled as a novel, rather than autobiographical fact. Basically, he deceived a fuckload of people to make a buck. I'd wager that if he had pushed it as a fictional novel, he'd never have made the Oprah bookclub, which basically is what sold the book.

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"Of course, if "A Million Little Pieces" was fictional, just some overheated stories of woe, heartache, and debauchery cooked up by a wannabe author, it probably would not get published. As it was, Frey's original manuscript was rejected by 17 publishers before being accepted by industry titan Nan Talese, who runs a respected boutique imprint at Doubleday (Talese reportedly paid Frey a $50,000 advance). According to a February 2003 New York Observer story by Joe Hagan, Frey originally tried to sell the book as a fictional work, but the Talese imprint "declined to publish it as such." A retooled manuscript, presumably with all the fake stuff excised, was published in April 2003 amid a major publicity campaign."

From thesmokinggun article. That pretty much sums it up.

[Edited on January 10, 2006 at 1:19 PM. Reason : more info.]

1/10/2006 1:17:14 PM

agreed.

but that being said, i still enjoyed the book. i could care less if it really happened or not.

1/10/2006 2:14:35 PM

its a good book. if you dont want to read it, then dont read it. but dont bother somebody who is trying to recommend it.

1/10/2006 5:51:30 PM

he wrote a book about exagerations and lies... and made millions

1/10/2006 6:17:14 PM

too bad I bought this book on half.com the day this thread was made, and the seller ripped me off and I never got it and I had to file a claim and shit. I still have yet to buy another one.

1/10/2006 10:33:09 PM

...you can get it new at walmart for $9.

1/10/2006 11:20:46 PM

It's a FAKE!

1/11/2006 12:21:55 AM

after reading My Friend Leonard, it was obvious that it was fake. some of the stuff in there is ridiculous. so i started guessing that some/all of million little pieces was fake too. then this report thing came out.

1/11/2006 12:31:56 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/11/film.cons.reut/index.html

stop rolling tape!

1/11/2006 1:49:09 PM

I'm in the middle of it...I'm reading it because I work as a substance abuse counselor and do not really consider myself religious...and I was interested to see his take on the Twelve Steps...because while I think it can work for many people, there are plenty of addicts who are not going to buy into it. So far, I'm enjoying the book...but I like this kind of thing, so...that's me.

1/11/2006 3:57:16 PM

my girlfriend is reading this now.

i dont know if i should tell her its bullshit

1/11/2006 4:00:11 PM

I was kind of taking it with a grain of salt even before I heard about this today. It does seems that if he had actually done all the stuff in the book, chances are he'd never be out of jail...much less a celebrity, at this point.

Ha...read the CNN story...there's a LICKING County?? That is awesome.

Hmmm: I am pondering that...since the book was written in stream of consciousness, if some of the things he wrote about were going on in his head.

[Edited on January 11, 2006 at 4:17 PM. Reason : .]

1/11/2006 4:01:33 PM

http://us.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/01/11/arts.frey.reut/index.html

[Edited on January 12, 2006 at 3:32 AM. Reason : eh]

1/12/2006 3:32:22 AM

yeah, i would really LOVE to read about a drug treatment facility. i'm sure that book will really put me in a great mood

1/12/2006 8:24:03 AM

because obviously books are there only to invoke happiness.

just like music and movies.

1/12/2006 8:25:07 AM

eh, i'm not a heavy drug user, i don't have any friends who have been to rehab, and i'm just not interested in the subject at all.

1/12/2006 8:29:00 AM

word. its much easier just to stick with things you are comfortable with.

1/12/2006 8:32:58 AM

4 real.

1/12/2006 8:35:44 AM

heres one you may like:

1/12/2006 8:38:32 AM

i'm glad to see people recommending ishmael. great book, as are daniel quinn's other works.

1/12/2006 10:33:02 AM

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"On his Web site, Frey said, "I stand by my book and my life, and I won't dignify this bull---- with any sort of further response." He is scheduled to appear Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live" to discuss the controversy."

1/12/2006 10:38:51 AM

"A Prayer for Owen Meany" Great novel. Highschool reading list but eh.

1/12/2006 4:43:25 PM

Buy a book to give a drug addict money to buy drugs.

Makes sense.

1/12/2006 5:23:53 PM

it's all lies.

1/12/2006 5:47:35 PM

That's just too many pieces for me to read. Their being little doesn't help either.

1/13/2006 12:30:14 PM

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"Buy a book to give a drug addict money to buy drugs. Makes sense. "

i hope you have never purchased a CD before.

1/13/2006 12:43:08 PM

^ You'd be correct.

At least since like 1999.

1/13/2006 12:48:10 PM

LoL...one of my clients said..."So an addict lied and people are surprised?"

1/16/2006 1:47:33 PM

i read it about a year and a half ago when it was in hardback. it was really good...totally worth it.

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 5:08 PM. Reason : .]

1/16/2006 5:07:45 PM

If you want a good book to read try out Wicked....an adult revision of the Wisard of Oz through the Wicked witches point of view. Was also a Broadway play

1/16/2006 5:12:13 PM