Did anyone else despise Girl With The Dragon Tattoo? Maybe something is lost in translation, but the only reason I finished that book was because everyone told me how good it is. I strongly disagree. It is far too tedious.
Your Most Influential/Favorite Book
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I have tried to read that book probably 4 or 5 times now, and I get about 50 pages in and then just can't do it anymore. I've been waiting to watch the movie until I read it, but I just don't know if that's ever going to happen. It's just not working for me.
Personally, I don't usually get too "deep" with my reading. Though I have enjoyed many of the more intellectual books in this thread.
Personal favorites:
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Favorite books of the series: The Shadow Rising and The Eye of the World
Books I read at a young age:
My Side of the Mountain
Where the Red Fern Grows
Personal favorites:
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Favorite books of the series: The Shadow Rising and The Eye of the World
Books I read at a young age:
My Side of the Mountain
Where the Red Fern Grows
The only hope I can give you is that it does get better after page 100. Personally, that's too many pages of ******** for me to wade through if you expect me to finish your novel. The rest of the novel, for me, wasn't rewarding enough to make up for the first 100 pages.
You can't mention that book in polite company. I'm about to cry, just thinking about it.
Same here. I usually devoured whatever we read, but Jane Eyre is so dry. I haven't tried Scarlet Letter, I've always heard it is just awful
Yes, yes, yes. Breakfast of Champions is fantastic. Great twists.
Speaking of twists, another of my favorite authors is Chuck Palahniuk. Have read almost everything he's ever put out.
I read all three and really liked them. They were difficult to read at first but were easier the more I read.
Ya I suppose I shouldn't say author...it was really just Fear and Trembling and A Sickness Unto Death. Then I was done. Pretty influential though.
Also one of my favorite books growing up. I think it might have been one of those Scholastic Paperbacks that kids could order through the Weekly Reader system (or maybe I'm wrong about that connection) where kids could order paperback books for $0.25 or $0.35 each (dating myself but that's the prices I sort of remember). It also got me reading other Heinlein books as well, but somehow it always remained my favorite. Definitely a great recommendation for a middle school kid for a fun summer read.
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I just read "Wishin' and Hoping" which was not typical of his other works, I'm told. It was in the condo library exchange. Fun, light read. Set in the fall of 1964 and told from the perspective of the 10 year old Catholic School boy. I was about half way through it on first sitting and then just had to set it down when I got the a point where one of the school kids quoted "Satisfaction" lyrics. The song didn't come out until spring/summer 1965. Still, I just picked it up again the next day and went on.
At least he didn't have any of the kids texting each other on their cell phones.
Glad to hear I'm not alone. I always wondered if I didn't give the book enough of a chance because I hated the teacher so much (Apparently any criticism of classic literature = you are an idiot who doesn't understand symbolism)
I dont think I have met anyone who liked that book. (Except for English teachers, but they dont count.)
Bingo! Same daughter that pushed me to Vonnegut waved Chuck under my nose. I've read Haunted, Choke and Survivor so far. Quite a twist in that man's thinking.
