Worst Book

reg426 Posted: Apr 16, 2006 10:32 PM

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the secret life of bees
awful.
i was sick the week before our wedding and missed 2 days from work. that's the ONLY reason why i finished it.
and now i refuse to read the mermaid chair which people say is good - it's by the same author.

soon2bmrsdunn Posted: Apr 18, 2006 01:39 PM

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Posted by AlwaysSnow

I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night . I don' t even remember who the author is. Wasn't impressed with it at all...

OMG. ME TOO!!! A COWORKER SUGGESTED IT.

VadersBride2006 Posted: Apr 20, 2006 09:52 PM

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I know I'm late getting in on this subject... but I have to say the book I hated most was The Shipping News... I only made it about halfway through and gave up. It was soooo slooooow.

FrogGirl0917 Posted: Apr 26, 2006 01:24 AM

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Posted by AlwaysSnow

I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night . I don' t even remember who the author is. Wasn't impressed with it at all...

I loved it too....I agree you need to have some experience with Autism to really appreciate it. My mom tried to read it a number of times and just couldn't get into it at all

esb980 Posted: May 14, 2006 08:55 AM

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Posted by soon2bmrsdunn

Posted by AlwaysSnow

I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night . I don' t even remember who the author is. Wasn't impressed with it at all...
OMG. ME TOO!!! A COWORKER SUGGESTED IT.

I really thought this book was very interesting....

conigs25 Posted: May 15, 2006 07:43 PM

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Posted by nov06

Posted by bridy06

Posted by AlwaysSnow

Posted by conigs25

The lOvely Bones....HATED IT

I sort of liked that one

I really enjoyed it/

I liked that book to. It makes you think of what really happens after death.

yeah i know. Most people really liked it. I wanted to rip my own eyes out i was so bored

hsacks23r Posted: May 23, 2006 11:37 AM

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Posted by conigs25

The lOvely Bones....HATED IT

I liked that book, why didnt you like it??

hsacks23r Posted: May 23, 2006 11:39 AM

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Any one ready Alic Mcdermot (spelling) of weddings and wakes (something like that) I tried to read it and its sooo boring No dialogue between the characters

SoonToBeMrs.L Posted: May 29, 2006 08:14 PM

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Posted by JPC1125

Ayn Rand 'Atlas Shrugged'

aka...abosolute torture. It was the only book that I refused to read in college and used cliffs notes to write my paper

I LOVED that book!! I will say though, that it took me about 4 times to get past the first 50 pages but once I did, I couldn't put it down.

I hated Wicked, didn't finish it, and I never do that. I also hated A Wrinkle In Time (I read it in 5th grade and thought is was the worst book, it's stuck with me since as being the WORST book of all time!!!)

Mandyin2007 Posted: Jun 03, 2006 10:38 AM

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I write and most of the time when I read a bad book I tolerate it, because I know how painstaking it is to put forth that much time and effort. The only two books I can say wasted my time as well as the authors for even writing were The Pearl and The Giver.

IslandPrincess Posted: Jun 15, 2006 09:42 PM

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Posted by conigs25

The lOvely Bones....HATED IT

I hated that book too!

prunepie Posted: Jun 24, 2006 10:51 PM

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ooh i loved loveyly bones and the secret life of bees!!!

but i couldnt get past teh first 15 pages of memior of a geisha either!!!!!

and there was a oprah book club..... winding road??? yewchh!!!!

NPbride Posted: Jun 26, 2006 01:53 PM

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Posted by FrogGirl0917

Posted by AlwaysSnow

I just finished The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night . I don' t even remember who the author is. Wasn't impressed with it at all...

I loved it too....I agree you need to have some experience with Autism to really appreciate it. My mom tried to read it a number of times and just couldn't get into it at all

I don't know. I've worked with autistic kids and I still wasn't a fan of this book.

strawberryshortcake Posted: Jun 28, 2006 04:07 PM

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Posted by IslandPrincess

Posted by conigs25

The lOvely Bones....HATED IT

I hated that book too!

i LOVED lovely bones....i thought it gave great prespective on what it would be like to have your life end so traumatically and to be in heaven before you're ready. it was very very sad and horrific in the beginning though...but i loved it. :)

slwh2005 Posted: Jun 28, 2006 04:12 PM

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I really strongly disliked 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen. I thought it was awful. I pushed myself to finish it. I should have given up. What a waste of time!

melbalalala Posted: Jun 29, 2006 03:17 PM

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DEFINITELY

'Everyone Worth Knowing' by Lauren Weisberger (She wrote The Devil Wears Prada)

It was soooo cheesy and painful.

BlueTulip Posted: Jul 12, 2006 01:46 PM

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Posted by reg426

the secret life of bees
awful.
I was sick the week before our wedding and missed 2 days from work. that's the ONLY reason why i finished it.
and now i refuse to read the mermaid chair which people say is good - it's by the same author.

I did not care for The Mermaid Chair-though I did enjoy Secret lives of bees.

I can't stand Naked, Dry, Running With Scissors, etc. I kind of liked Running With Scissors when I first read it, then I got into a rut of reading all those 'look at my crazy life and what I have lived through' and I'm just really over them.