Comments on: Btt: Unread

By: zibilee

zibilee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:42:46 +0000

The last book I can remember wishing I had not read has got to be Freeman Walker. It had some really nonsensical plot elements going on, and the characters were just really annoying. A bad book all around. zibilee’s latest blog post:A World I Never Made by James Lepore - 262 pgs

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:38:59 +0000

EL Fay — oh, that’s the best type, isn’t it? Where the men are all neanderthals and the women are all twerps? Blech.

Kristen — Yup, I’m all about sharing the pain. I mean, the love.

Jess, Ashley — we should make a Didn’t Like Atonement club

Melissa — I think that a lot of the time books with iffy writing do better as audio versions; we don’t keep track of mistakes we hear the same way we do with mistakes we read. Glad you liked it, anyway.

Heather — to each her own! But you can’t join the DLA, I guess.

Missy — mine was an ARC through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program. I would have been mad if I spent money on it, too.

Joann — then my job here is done!

Mom — You’re right, we did have fun with it. But it probably wasn’t the type of fun that the author intended.

Gautami — I don’t mind chicklit, actually. It just has to be well written.

By: EL Fay

EL Fay — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:32:21 +0000

I was bored last weekend and picked up a book called “Singletini” by Amanda Trimble. (I was staying with friends – it was one of their books.) It was vapid and brain-dead even by chick lit standards. Don’t you love it when women insult the intelligence of other women?

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:23:24 +0000

I love that your list has links so we can revisit with you just how bad these books were.

Kristen M.’s latest blog post:New Release: A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy

By: jess

jess — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:52:53 +0000

That is quite the list. I could only read 100 pages of Atonement before I gave up. Not my cup of tea. jess’s latest blog post:Review -- What Would Jane Austen Do?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:13:15 +0000

I tried to read Atonement after seeing the movie and liking a short story I read by Ian McEwan, but I just could not finish it. I liked the movie, but the book's plot just didn't appeal to me. Ashley’s latest blog post:Weekly Progress Report

By: Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading

Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:10:40 +0000

I really liked Firefly Lane. I listened to the audio and thought it was really good. Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading’s latest blog post:Booking Through Thursday...Unread

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:41:34 +0000

I'm quite a bit like you, I can forgive a lot of things, but bad prose--no way. You're a writer, for heaven's sake, get the words right. The only differnece is that, in my opinion, Atonement was a phenomenal book with an interesting plot (in so much as how writers view their world and, perhaps, romanticize/enlarge it). Heather’s latest blog post:Book Review: Escape

By: Missy

Missy — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:39:45 +0000

I couldn’t even finish Firefly Lane….I was mad, too, because I bought the book at BJ’s….and I almost NEVER buy books.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:02:28 +0000

The only one of those I've read is Atonement, but I'll be sure to steer clear of the others! JoAnn’s latest blog post:Booking Through Thursday - Unread