A month of books: day 4!
Day 1 - Book you are reading right now
Day 2 - The book you want to read next
Day 3 - Your favourite book
Day 4 - Book you hate
Like favourite books, I have more than one I dislike.
Henry's Leg by Ann Pilling
I read this book in school. I was about 13 and I found it so utterly boring that I wanted to pull my hair out. I've never forgot the irritation of being forced to withstand something I wasn't enjoying. Probably because around the same period of time the librarian and I had a discussion where she told me to not waste my time on books I wasn't enjoying because there were too many good ones out there. Wish I hadn't read the whole thing, quite frankly. It was about a plastic leg for crying out loud...what's the big deal?! Seriously? Has anyone actually enjoyed the book? I'd be interested to know the appeal, really.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights is another book I had to read. It was for AS level English Literature (AS level being for 17 year olds though I was 18 at the time as I took it a year later with my other A level subjects) and I didn't mind the story, generally. I just didn't like the language. If a book is that much effort to read I don't even want to bother. I guess you could say I much prefer modern literature because I prefer modern language to the thys and thees of that time period. I'm really not the biggest fan.
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Have you ever read a book which left you so utterly confused? How I Live Now doesn't have any dialogue, or more, it doesn't have any speech marks and half of the sentences are full of capital letters. It broke every rule I could possibly think of. Not to mention the story, that was weird. A group of kids living on a farm on their own during a war, then cousins getting together? Erm, no thanks.
Day 5 - A Book you can read again and again
Day 6 - A book you can only read once (no matter you love or hate it)
Day 7 - Book that reminds you of someone
Day 8 - Book that reminds you of a certain place
Day 9 - The first book you ever read
Day 10 - Book from your favourite author
Day 11 - Book you once loved and now hate
Day 12 - Book that a friend recommended
Day 13 - Book that makes you laugh
Day 14 - Book from your childhood
Day 15 - 4th book from the left on your shelf
Day 16 - 9th book from the right on your shelf
Day 17 - Close your eyes and get any book from your shelf
Day 18 - Book with the most beautiful cover
Day 19 - Book that you never wanted to read
Day 20 - Book that you read at school
Day 21 - Most stupid book you read at school
Day 22 - Book on your shelf with the most pages
Day 23 - Book on your shelf with the least pages
Day 24 - Book that nobody would expect you read/loved it
Day 25 - A book where the main character is almost like you
Day 26 - Book you would read to your children
Day 27 - A book where the main character is your idol
Day 28 - Thank God this book was made into a movie
Day 29 - Darn, why did they make this book into a movie?
Day 30 - First erotic book you ever read
Day 31 - Book series you are collecting