Just started reading this one last night:

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On the self-help book subject, I think they teach people about being accountable for one's actions. People hate being accountable for their actions at the end of the day, hence excuses, which (according to Taffer
and most every self-help book) are just bull. Sometimes, you cannot learn these things from co-workers, family, friends and a book is what you turn to. Of course there are alot of self-help books that might be considered a time-waster but anything that can help you to actively improve your current life cannot be so bad. Suc as if you actively choose to be negative, fine, its your choice. If you choose to be positive, again your choice. I am not here to judge you.

In regards to negative people rarely bother me anymore because they usually just want a negative reaction from me/wasting my time. Since time is something you can never get back, to react to them is pointless. Just a tip of the day :)

I don't think making people aware of their bull**** really helps them in the longterm. They're still the same person they always were, except now they have some self-awareness to suppress to get back to the business of their bull****, or they'll just hate themselves even more for ****ing up. If being made aware of their excuses solved people's problems then the human race wouldn't need self-help books.

Re-reading all these for Karen. Jesus, I forgot how great these books are!
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Haven't read them in decades so it's almost like reading them again for the first time.

Get past Queen of the Damned and tell me that. Or at the least get past Memnoch. I at least remember Body Thief being dull, and after Memnoch the greater story was pretty much done and it was just filler from then on. Merrick was certainly one of the most horrifyingly dull books I've ever read.

The Vampire Lestat will always be one of my favorite books though even if only for nostalgia. Lestat is just a fun character.

Agreed. The Vampire Lestat is surprisingly good.

Honestly I think it's the entirety of what Anne Rice has to say. She describes the same character over and over again who likes the same music and movies, and basically suffers from bipolar disorder. The description of what her vampires see, hear, taste, touch, and smell is basically word for word bipolar disorder and makes it clear that she's just talking about herself and she's made an entire career out of this. It's really not that interesting after one or two books.

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Read them all up to Memnoch. Loved each one. The Body Thief was a great book, so **** you. Violin I didn't like, nor Pandora, and I've yet to read the new Lestat novels, but I will agree it's between TVL and MTD for best of the bunch. Also, they made a bit of a hames of the second movie, trying to condense two books into one film. Bad idea.
Why surprisingly?