Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 10:39     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)


Ditto re: Lowland. And I LOVE her, just this one I wasn't into it.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 10:37     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:Another one who loved East of Eden. In fact, this is the book that made me fall in love with Steinbeck, who became my favorite American author. Loved Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row. Of Mice and Men was a little hard to read, but it's one of the most gripping and moving stage productions I've ever seen (I've seen three professional and one amateur version and all moved me immensely, especially when you get to the climax).

While I *LOVED* LOTR and have read the whole thing 4-5 times, I still cannot push myself to finish the Hobbit. I know how it ends, but I have never actually read past where the trolls turn to stone in the morning sun, and I've started it at least 4 times.

My list:
Girl with the Dragon whatever...
Great Gatsby, wasn't very great to me
Moby Dick...call me bored.
Anna Karenina


Grapes of Wrath is my all-time favorite novel. For what it's worth, there are some pretty outrageous reviews of this book on Amazon, too - don't read them if you don't want spoilers, though.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 10:13     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:
Getting away from classics, I love travel memoirs, but couldn't read more than a few pages of the Eat Pray Love mess. It was bad in that way where you want to viciously slap the writer.


Agree! I made myself finish it, though.


Ditto. Wish I could get what little time I spent on it back.

Also, to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo poster, it took me forever to get into it but am glad I stuck with it. Haven't been able to get past the first few pages of the second one. Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 09:57     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:The Lowland (Jhumpa Lahiri)
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)


I loved The Lowland. Just started reading Unaccustomed Earth.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 08:00     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Eat, Pray, Love. Luckily got the book for free from condo library-returned it soon after.
The movie was way too long.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 07:50     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton



Those books are not meant to be read. They are meant to make money for the candidate and keep her in the public eye.


I remember one reader review of It Takes a Village on amazon. It went something like "forget about Stephen King, the real horror is in this book." Cracked me up
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:26     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Another one who loved East of Eden. In fact, this is the book that made me fall in love with Steinbeck, who became my favorite American author. Loved Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row. Of Mice and Men was a little hard to read, but it's one of the most gripping and moving stage productions I've ever seen (I've seen three professional and one amateur version and all moved me immensely, especially when you get to the climax).

While I *LOVED* LOTR and have read the whole thing 4-5 times, I still cannot push myself to finish the Hobbit. I know how it ends, but I have never actually read past where the trolls turn to stone in the morning sun, and I've started it at least 4 times.

My list:
Girl with the Dragon whatever...
Great Gatsby, wasn't very great to me
Moby Dick...call me bored.
Anna Karenina
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:23     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:17     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:The Book Theif


Same here
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:09     Subject: Books you couldn't finish
The last two Diana Gabaldon books. Loved the first however many. Cannot get into the last two.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:09     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:I've tried on numerous occasions to read the Bible. I just can't do it. I question anyone that says they have read it cover to cover.


Skip to the last page and find out how it turns out.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:08     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton



Those books are not meant to be read. They are meant to make money for the candidate and keep her in the public eye.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2014 00:04     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
I've tried on numerous occasions to read the Bible. I just can't do it. I question anyone that says they have read it cover to cover.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2014 21:07     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Anonymous wrote:
Getting away from classics, I love travel memoirs, but couldn't read more than a few pages of the Eat Pray Love mess. It was bad in that way where you want to viciously slap the writer.


Agree! I made myself finish it, though.


I now wonder how many people actually liked this book. Enough to secure a movie deal, obviously.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2014 20:50     Subject: Re:Books you couldn't finish
Getting away from classics, I love travel memoirs, but couldn't read more than a few pages of the Eat Pray Love mess. It was bad in that way where you want to viciously slap the writer.


Agree! I made myself finish it, though.