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| Books & Authors Recommended and not so recommended reading. |
07-18-2007, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by raymondstary
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. It's not literature, it's crap. The symbolism is trite and the characters unsympathetic.
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Agreed.
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07-19-2007, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Edgewise
I am sure you harbor your own biases about particular genres or novels which you haven't read. Don't clobber me with self righteous bullshit when we are all in the same boat.
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I would beg to differ on the similarities of said boat. I have no problem dismissing the majority of brazen genre novels because they are not what I prefer to read. So I'll probably never read Eddings, Goodkind, Jordan, etc. and don't care about it so much. But you have already stated that you enjoy the work of Nabokov. That makes it different. You appear to be deliberately avoiding something (that you will no doubt enjoy) based upon hearsay around its theme and content. Genre does not play into it.
But, when the hurly burly's done, it's your own choice. Make sure you don't regret it. |
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07-19-2007, 06:47 AM
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Harry Potter. Can't stand it.
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07-19-2007, 07:59 AM
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only one book i've picked up that i haven't finished. Slatewiper. as for books i wish i hadn't picked up, angels and demons, the davinchi code, harry potter book 4 and onwards, catcher in the rye was a style that i found hard to digest, and only my fiance' saying it got better helped me stumble through it at last, the giver's end lacked... feeling and the following stephen king books: needful things and it. They were not up to the level i expected from one who people claim is a master of horror
All i can think of for now, but i'm sure there's plenty more i wish i had burned after a few pages.
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07-20-2007, 01:46 PM
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The Diviners - I tried, honest - and I'll read just about anything and everything. After all, I read teen-written fiction and poetry by the bucketload for years for my job. And if I start a book, I almost always finish it. But that one - the opening is just so incredibly long, drawn out and BORING that I never got past that. I shudder when I see a poster for it in my local bookstore evn.
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07-21-2007, 11:25 PM
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I try to finish whatever book I start hoping to find something good in it. There have been a few times I just had to put a book down for one reason or another. Political views I hate. A good adventure, now that's for me!
I hated reading in school (assigned). Now I'd rather read than watch television. (Trying to set a good example for my kids. Its not working on the boys.)
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07-22-2007, 04:41 AM
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I tried, I persevered, I made it through four books and a chapter and a half of them. I can say with confidence I'm never touching a Harry Potter book again. Sorry to the fans, I think they're pretty bland. I'll inevitably see the films, simply because someone or other will drag me to them.
And as much as I remember enjoying it the first time - I won't be touching Lord of the Rings again for a long, long time.
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08-06-2007, 09:59 AM
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It's very rare that I stop reading a book halfway through but I couldn't finish The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova however hard I tried.
Another one which suprised even myself was Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. Having been a fan since Fight Club was first released I was expecting a lot more from this but my interest slowly faded away 3/4 of the way in.
Oh, and for the record I love the Harry Potter books  |
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08-06-2007, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JayLampert
Another one which suprised even myself was Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. Having been a fan since Fight Club was first released I was expecting a lot more from this but my interest slowly faded away 3/4 of the way in.
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Palahniuk is hit and miss. And when he misses oh God does he miss.
Hell's library contains nothing but copies of Choke.
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08-06-2007, 09:04 PM
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In the name of the rose-Umberto Eco. Got this book recommended from friends who said it was amazing, but could never get past the first one hundred pages...
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08-07-2007, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mira
In the name of the rose-Umberto Eco. Got this book recommended from friends who said it was amazing, but could never get past the first one hundred pages...
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That's a shame, as Eco deliberately made the first one hundred pages difficult. It's a form of penance. After that you get a rollicking murder mystery, romance, and more. |
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08-09-2007, 09:06 AM
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It's actually rather terrible considering it's a classic in literature but I could never finish "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" and I refused to finish "The Bell Jar" as that was just a bunch of femenistic clap trap bullshit.  |
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08-19-2007, 06:48 AM
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I love his other work but I just couldn't get into it. It's supposed to be his best and all that, but I'm going to have to disagree until further notice.
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