[bookshare-discuss] Re: Just for Fun - Name Five Books You Wish You Hadn't Read
- From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:16:29 -0700
I hated War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning bye Chris Hedges which
was a required text in college English class and the Jane Austin
collec tion too mushy for me hated the movie becoming Jane too because
I fell asleep in it and so yeh, not the chickflick type.
On 9/1/11, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Judy and Everyone,
>
> This was an interesting question!
>
> The five books I wish I hadn't read, several of which I did not complete,
> are:
>
> 1. The Listeners by Taylor Caldwell. I am a big fan of this author and have
> read a majority of her books. I could not finish this one; I kept going to
> sleep and did not like the theme of the book at all.
> 2. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder. I read this in high
> school and could barely get through it but was required to do so. I
> attempted to read it as an adult, sure I missed something, but could not get
> through it a second time.
> 3. Doctor Zhivago. Both the novel and the movy were extremely popular; I
> did not care for or understand either one. I read the novel as a teenager,
> and attempted to read it again as an adult and still did not get the reasons
> for its popularity.
> 4. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. My sister loved this novel, and I
> thoroughly enjoyed Anna Karenina, so I read "War and Peace". I struggled to
> get through it. I think the large number of names and the many scenes about
> the Napoleanic battles just put me off. I do plan to read this one again
> though because I'm sure it has something valuable to say.
> 5. The Harry Potter books. I read about one-third of the first book and
> decided I just didn't care about Harry or his problems. I loved the Narnia
> books and read them as a child and again as an adult.
>
> Lori C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "bookshare-discuss" <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 12:37 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just for Fun - Name Five Books You Wish You
> Hadn't Read
>
>
>>I read a thread today on the Amazon UK site, where people were listing five
>>
>>books they wished they hadn't ever read, and if they wanted, why. I
>>thought some of us might enjoy doing the same. Here goes for me:
>>
>> Books I Wish I'd Never Read:
>> 1. The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. What a horrible, depressing book!
>> 2. As I Lay Dying by William Falkner. OK, if you haven't read this book,
>> spoiler alert: I had to read this in high school. I remember my teacher
>> asking us about the cultural significance of Jewel getting his broken leg
>> cemented to the coffin. My thoughts: Hello? Where was social services
>> when a parent was using cement to cast his son's broken leg to his dead
>> mother's coffin? Um, apparently that wasn't the right answer that the
>> teacher wanted, by the way. grin.
>> 3. Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. I want the hours back I've
>> spent trying to read this book. Has anyone actually ever read the book, or
>>
>> is this a case of The Emperor's New Clothes where no one want to be the
>> one to admit that they thought it was just awful, obtuse, and poorly
>> written, even though it is. Yes, Hawking is a genius. No, he doesn't do a
>>
>> good job of explaining the relativistic universe, at least in my biased
>> opinion. smile.
>> 4. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy. I know this is a
>> favorite of many people, and it is well-written, but I couldn't stand it.
>> I've tried to read it several different times and can't ever get past the
>> first few chapters.
>> 5. And to finish my list, I just don't get the Harry Potter craze. Read
>> the first three, tried the rest, didn't like any of them, and actually
>> thought they were boring, although I love books like the Lord of the Rings
>>
>> Trilogy and the Narnia series. It's not that I think the Harry Potter
>> books are bad books, but they're definitely not my cup of tea.
>>
>> Anyone else want to jump in with their five books they wish they hadn't
>> ever read?
>>
>> Judy s.
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