Oh, there are many but let me start with this one: LOTR
When they had been climbing that mountain for 300 pages and they turned back.. I closed the book and I never opened it again.
One day I will have to give it a try.
What about you?
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Oh, there are many but let me start with this one: LOTR
When they had been climbing that mountain for 300 pages and they turned back.. I closed the book and I never opened it again.
One day I will have to give it a try.
What about you?
Surprisingly Bag of Bones. I bought it on release and got about 75% of the way through and gave up, always meaning to finish it, but I never did.
I finished it by listening to the audio book version, just this year. lol
I've also tried Dune a couple of times, but have never been able to finish it.
Neither seems too surprizing to me.
I hardly finished Bag of Bones, and never made it through Dune.
Lisey's Story. I have tried twice but just couldn't do it, I either haven't been in the right frame of mind or the timing wasn't right. I'll finish it eventually.
The Wind in the Willows and War & Peace. Those are the only books that I have never been able to finish. If I start a book I have to finish it, it's a compulsion with me, but those 2 books just whupped me.
Bag of Bones and Lisey's Story are awesome. I command you all to finish them both. :P
War and Peace is studied at Russian schools by 13-year old kids, can you believe it? I was able to read and enjoy it only when I was past 30. But it's also the question of language, of course. Tolstoy's language is splendid, I am not sure it's the same in translation.
Come to think of it, I never finished The Wind in the Willows, either. I wonder what the reason might be.
I will read Lisey's Story as soon as I can lay my paws on it, which is probably not very soon.
I did finish Bag of Bones. I even read it a second time, about two years after the first, in case I had overlooked something - you know, books often get better on second/third etc reading. That one didn't. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...n/bear_sad.gif
I think part of the reason I enjoyed BoB so much was my youngest was the same age as Kyra when I read it and just as precocious. Plus, the whole child custody angle is my bread and butter.
I could never finish Wind and the Willows either...it crushed my aunt because she always thought it was the best children's book, but I just remember being absolutely bored by it. Wasn't there a frog in it or something? LOL
I started this book called Bloodtide by an author with the last name of Burgess....I honestly don't remember why I stopped reading it, it seemed like a solid piece of post-apocalyptic sci fi reading.
don't forget your lunchables ;)
yes, I remember him, too! I also remember that I learned the word otter from there... which lived dormant inside me for about 20 years before I finally needed it to identify
Spoiler: 07-28-2007 08:31 AMLettiI never finished the Lord of the Flies. *hides behind a tree* 07-28-2007 08:33 AMJean 07-28-2007 08:34 AMLetti 07-28-2007 08:34 AMJeanIt might mean we both are. 07-28-2007 08:35 AMLetti 07-28-2007 08:46 AMJeanwe as two monsters:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...em/wedding.jpg 07-28-2007 09:06 AMLetti 07-28-2007 09:12 AMJeanI will try, with time, ok? Now I am so engrossed in HP7 that I really wouldn't like to think of a book I , as you correctly said, can't stand. I would love to hear your reasons, though.http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2.../0134-bear.gif 07-28-2007 09:16 AMLettiOh I see. Take your time, dearest Jean. Sometimes it's good to wait. I cannot wait to know your view.
(I remember somewhere Fruno said it's his favourite book.) 07-28-2007 09:22 AMMattI liked it okay, didn't really pick up the "deep meaning" side of it because I tend to be shallow like puddle. :lol:
As far as suspense and "what's going to happen to these poor boys" it was worth the read. 07-28-2007 09:31 AMLetti"what's going to happen to these poor boys" ??? :lol: I like it. 07-28-2007 03:01 PMBethanyThe drift of this thread makes me wonder if there's one for books we absolutely hate.