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Posted on 4/24/21 at 8:14 pm to bayoubengals88
their eyes were watching god
the joy luck club
the good earth by pearl buck
the awakening
the joy luck club
the good earth by pearl buck
the awakening
Posted on 4/26/21 at 9:30 am to AUCE05
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7 habits of highly successful people is a great example. This guy rambled for 75% of his book. His ability to string words together without making a clear point was impressive.
Agreed. I couldn't even finish the first couple of chapters. I remember reading it and thinking, "How is this a-hole a best-selling author?"
Posted on 4/27/21 at 3:01 pm to TowBROater
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The road by Cormac Mccarthy it was terrible.
I read that book in one sitting and put it down at the end and thought "this might be my favorite book of all time."
Posted on 4/28/21 at 7:02 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Mich, I'm curious as to why you thought Their Eyes Were Watching God was terrible? I've never read it, but it's on my to-read shelf due to high recommendations.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 10:08 am to LaLadyinTx
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Another Grapes of Wrath hater here.
Would be interested to hear why people hate The Grapes of Wrath. The plot? Steinbeck's writing style? The inner chapters? I recently read it again and was blown away by it...again. Not questioning anyone's judgment, just curious.
Posted on 5/6/21 at 3:02 am to bayoubengals88
Member of the Wedding
Had to read that in 9th grade English. Made me want to slit my wrists just trying to grind through every page. Awful. No redeeming characters or ideas. To this day I have no idea how or why it made it onto a school reading list.
Burn in Hell, Diane Arrinder for wasting like 25 hours of my life that I will never get back.
Had to read that in 9th grade English. Made me want to slit my wrists just trying to grind through every page. Awful. No redeeming characters or ideas. To this day I have no idea how or why it made it onto a school reading list.
Burn in Hell, Diane Arrinder for wasting like 25 hours of my life that I will never get back.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 6:30 am to El Mattadorr
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7 habits of highly successful people is a great example. This guy rambled for 75% of his book.
Most of these business books are like that. They turn a short motivational speech into a 200 page book by citing examples and saying the same things over and over.
Posted on 5/7/21 at 8:16 am to TowBROater
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The road by Cormac Mccarthy it was terrible.
Very first book I thought of. Don’t get me wrong, the writing was fine but I just hated the story and it depressed the hell out of me.
This post was edited on 5/7/21 at 8:35 am
Posted on 5/17/21 at 7:28 pm to The Spleen
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Would be interested to hear why people hate The Grapes of Wrath. The plot? Steinbeck's writing style? The inner chapters? I recently read it again and was blown away by it...again. Not questioning anyone's judgment, just curious
I just found it very boring and Tedious to get through, not to mention depressing. I do want to reread it as an adult now because I was in High School at the time. This isn't a knock on John Steinbeck though. Of Mice and Men is still one of my favorites to read, even though I know it too is often depressing.
Posted on 5/18/21 at 7:43 pm to bayoubengals88
Last Mrs Parrish
Anything by Karin Slaughter (I think we tried two audiobooks on drives - - chick "lit" is unbearable)
The last Greg Iles book I tried to read
Educated
Lots more I can't remember
Anything by Karin Slaughter (I think we tried two audiobooks on drives - - chick "lit" is unbearable)
The last Greg Iles book I tried to read
Educated
Lots more I can't remember
Posted on 5/18/21 at 7:46 pm to ecb
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Naked lunch
I wanted to drink bleach afterward. So many perverts in that era.
Posted on 5/19/21 at 4:06 pm to bayoubengals88
That wasn’t so bad
Posted on 5/19/21 at 5:06 pm to bayoubengals88
Coming from a stephen king fan I found the dark tower series almost painful
Posted on 5/20/21 at 4:40 pm to sportsaddit68
Fair enough. It certainly is depressing, and the final scene described in the book is one of the most haunting images from a book I've ever read.
I definitely recommend this. I absorbed it and appreciated it much more reading it as an adult.
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I do want to reread it as an adult now because I was in High School at the time.
I definitely recommend this. I absorbed it and appreciated it much more reading it as an adult.
Posted on 5/20/21 at 6:48 pm to bayoubengals88
I've read everything he has ever written and Mystic River and Shutter Island are some of my favorite books ever. But Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane is a truly awful book. I threw the fricker in the trash after finishing it.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 7:41 pm to bayoubengals88
The sequel to The Warded Man, Desert Spear. Utter dog shite.
Posted on 5/22/21 at 8:42 pm to bayoubengals88
Moby Dick
Posted on 5/22/21 at 10:52 pm to Athos
Agree on warded man. The first book was fun and created boundless opportunity for a compelling series. I think I gave up after the third book.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 4:43 pm to luvdoc
The Invisible Man and Things Fall Apart were two that from English class that I remember hating with a passion.
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