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callmemadam

Reading Failures

Jul 11, 2011 10:30

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Anything you’ve given up on recently? gwendraith July 11 2011, 10:34:51 UTC

Almost, but as I'm now more than halfway I'm still sticking with The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. I really can't wait for it to be finished but I can't bring myself to stop reading it either.

Re: Anything you’ve given up on recently? callmemadam July 11 2011, 10:44:40 UTC

What a dilemma! It seems you either love or hate Stieg Larsson. I've never tried him so can't judge.

Re: Anything you’ve given up on recently? gwendraith July 11 2011, 11:06:50 UTC

Oh, I love him and I really enjoyed the first two books. This last one is twice the size and there's a lot of political plot which is heavy going. The bits in between are great :)

_lethe_ July 11 2011, 11:26:04 UTC

The Everlasting Story of Nory by Nicholson Baker. I picked it up at a book fair in 1999 because it looked cute. Last year when I finally decided to read it I couldn't get past page 30, it was just too boring. After it had been languishing for months on my bedside table I gave up.

callmemadam July 11 2011, 12:29:27 UTC

Quite right. Too many other good books waiting to be read.

huskyteer July 11 2011, 15:37:31 UTC

Gosh, different strokes - I loved that one and I'm always forcing it on other people!

_lethe_ July 11 2011, 19:57:28 UTC

Aw, haha. I'm sorry if I stepped on your heart!

But I must say, nice as it is to have someone agree with my likes and dislikes, it's also nice that there is variety in tastes and that no book is universally shunned.