Books You've Thrown Away

[dwanollah]

Mar 10, 2009 10:02:09 GMT -4 @eleanorrumming said:

Confessions of a Shopaholic just met my trash can. Seriously, 2 to 3 pages dedicated to her fantasy about winning the lottery? Sorry.

That is seriously one of the stupidest books I ever read. Not only did I hate the main character (and not in a good way), but I couldn't remember any salient details about the plot (other than "entitled, irresponsible bitch" and "gets away with it scot-free, no repercussions") after finishing the book. That book crystallizes my hatred (in general) with the ChickLit genre. "Strong Woman" does NOT = "OMG I DESERVE EXPENSIVE THINGS!" and "I'm gonna lie/manipulate/evade those icky things like bills!"

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I may be fried for this, but I recently tried to read "Don Quixote". Haaaaaaaaaaate. Not quite Dan Brown hate, but up there.

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Anyway, I read my first - and last - Danielle Steele book.... So I picked up "Coming Out" by Steele and good gawd, what badly written stuff it was. How does this woman have 50 bestsellers?

I haven't read one of her books in ages, but there were a few I actually liked -- The Ring (about a wealthy German family torn apart by WWII), No Greater Love (maiden voyage of the Titanic, need I say more), and one about young woman that marries a French man and trouble ensues. Hm, maybe I need to get back to some mindless reading!

[Peggy Lane]

Danielle Steele's Thurston House is one of my favorite trashy books ever. However, I don't think I've liked anything she's written since No Greater Love. I tried to read one of her newer books and didn't make it past the first two chapters.

[chicacocodrilo]

Mar 18, 2009 2:09:28 GMT -4 @adawn said:

I may be fried for this, but I recently tried to read "Don Quixote". Haaaaaaaaaaate. Not quite Dan Brown hate, but up there.

adawn, I'm right there with you. I got through the first part before shelving it. My fiance is horrified; he loved the book and hopes that I'll finish it. I've tried to sneak it into our donation bags but he always puts it back onto the bookshelf. He's appalled and thinks that I should love this because I'm a medieval/Renaissance literature geek. But I don't.

It got a lot of good press, but my slog through Bolaño's The Savage Detectives was painful. I plan to stay away from 2666.

[BinkyBetsy]

When I was a kid, I read a watered-down for-kids version of Lorna Doone. Thought it was the most passionate love story I'd ever read. Named a character Lorna because of that. Recently tried reading the original. Got a splitting headache and almost forgot to take it back to the library because I couldn't stand the sight of it. Still a good story, but the writing style? ARGH.

[sardonictart]

one about young woman that marries a French man and trouble ensues

Was it Summer’s End, Georgianna? I read it as a teenager and really liked it. Unfortunately, it ruined my view of French men for a great many years.

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Mar 19, 2009 16:24:25 GMT -4 Peggy Lane said:

Danielle Steele's Thurston House is one of my favorite trashy books ever. However, I don't think I've liked anything she's written since No Greater Love. I tried to read one of her newer books and didn't make it past the first two chapters.

I read everything she wrote up to No Greater Love. I think I just outgrew her, even though I still love Family Album and Fine Things.

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It was Summer's End! Thank you sardonictart!

I just remembered that I haven't thrown it away exactly, but Pillars of the Earth. This is just not doing it for me. I thought I was going to get a sweeping historical epic, but it seems more like a soap opera set in the Middle Ages.

[tabby]

I thought I was going to get a sweeping historical epic, but it seems more like a soap opera set in the Middle Ages.

That's exactly what it is. I was kind of surprised, too.

And the soap opera continues in World Without End.