Slime Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Ugh.... Da Vinci code. Never mind the faulty theology, history or anything else...it fails as literature. But that's not the point of this thread I was never able to finish "The Water Method Man" by John Irving. It wasn't hard, or particularly boring. I don't know why I couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeddyRulz Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 QUOTE (Slime @ Mar 3 2008, 10:48 PM) I was never able to finish "The Water Method Man" by John Irving. It wasn't hard, or particularly boring. I don't know why I couldn't. I'm a huge John Irving fan, but could never finish his first three novels. Of the three, "Water Method Man" sounds like the one I'd like most, and it's the most comic of the three. I've started it I don't know how many times, but never make it far. Strange. He's one of my favorite novelists, too... I've read everything but those first three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixey Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Lisey's Story by Stephen King Lord Of The Rings by Tolkien, The Hobbit was better. Perhaps I should do one book at a time instead of all three in one large book. Dragonriders of Pern by Anne Mc Cafferey, just tried it again. At leaast I made it to page 11 this time. Old Man In The Sea by Hemingway. YAWN! Wuthering Heights by Bronte. Nothing about this book was exciting or even interesting. I kept waiting for something, anything to happen. Silas Marner by George Eliot. Had to read the whole thing in high school. Worst book ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slime Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Mar 5 2008, 02:09 AM) QUOTE (Slime @ Mar 3 2008, 10:48 PM) I was never able to finish "The Water Method Man" by John Irving. It wasn't hard, or particularly boring. I don't know why I couldn't. I'm a huge John Irving fan, but could never finish his first three novels. Of the three, "Water Method Man" sounds like the one I'd like most, and it's the most comic of the three. I've started it I don't know how many times, but never make it far. Strange. He's one of my favorite novelists, too... I've read everything but those first three. It was strange for me too. I finished Garp in two days of marathon reading. Prayer for Owen Meany took about a week of steady reading and Hotel New Hampshire was done in about four days. Water Method Man is much shorter than those ones, but I still got distracted by whatever. Must be my gaming thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushian King Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Atlas Shrugged. I struggled mightily to finish The Fountainhead. Anthem was no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 QUOTE (Rushian King @ Mar 5 2008, 12:57 AM) Atlas Shrugged. I struggled mightily to finish The Fountainhead. Anthem was no problem. I hade the same experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
condemned2bfree Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/122/storyib4.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 QUOTE (condemned2bfree @ Mar 8 2008, 01:56 PM) http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/122/storyib4.png i don't think i want to read that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 QUOTE (Choose/the/light @ Mar 8 2008, 10:04 PM) QUOTE (condemned2bfree @ Mar 8 2008, 01:56 PM) http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/122/storyib4.png i don't think i want to read that... I've actually read it and thoroughly enjoyed it - far better than the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Mar 12 2008, 12:52 PM) QUOTE (Choose/the/light @ Mar 8 2008, 10:04 PM) QUOTE (condemned2bfree @ Mar 8 2008, 01:56 PM) http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/122/storyib4.png i don't think i want to read that... I've actually read it and thoroughly enjoyed it - far better than the film I only saw the movie. I hated it and was terrified the name was really TRUE...it was an endless voyage into hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incubus Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Nora Roberts just blows. I was reading Blood Brothers the other day... Yawn... Her books are so weak and the storylines so thin. They do nothing for me except make me wish I was reading Stephen King instead. I never could get into her. Well Rush is a popular band and millions of people don't like them either. Reading taste is personal--just like musical taste. It depends what you're used to...or what you've grown up with. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Did Lee Squat? Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Les Miserables (unabridged) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 QUOTE (Did Lee Squat? @ May 8 2008, 06:48 PM) Les Miserables (unabridged) I actually finished that one but I had to force myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgyspice Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I have tried three times to finish Great Expectations, and couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I hav tried and tried to read A Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Several of my friends loved it. I. . .found it intolerably slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 QUOTE (Marathonist @ May 8 2008, 10:11 PM) I hav tried and tried to read A Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Several of my friends loved it. I. . .found it intolerably slow. I read it last autumn and loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. P. L. Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 QUOTE (Marathonist @ May 9 2008, 05:11 AM) I hav tried and tried to read A Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Several of my friends loved it. I. . .found it intolerably slow. I read it many years ago. It was tough, but I managed to finish it. By the end, though, I was deeply depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Great expectations (unabridged) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I couldn't get through A Confederacy Of Dunces. Just didn't care for any of the characters enough to want to know what would happen to them next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choose/the/light Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 QUOTE (theworkingman @ May 16 2008, 10:13 AM) Great expectations (unabridged) read that 2 years ago in english, it was OK, mostly boring though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tull Fan Too Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 The Three Musketeers.... I couldn't keep all the French names straight and finally gave up in disgust. The LOTR trilogy..... which I feel bad about because it seems almost like a requirement that if you are a geek you like these books, LOL. I think I'll give them another try someday, but I don't know when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 QUOTE (Merely Space @ May 17 2008, 11:43 AM) I couldn't get through A Confederacy Of Dunces. Just didn't care for any of the characters enough to want to know what would happen to them next. Me too. I had heard many good things about the book and how great the characters were and even how interesting the story of the author was...I was really looking forward to reading it. Got about half way through (with a lot of effort) and finally just put it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merely Space Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 QUOTE (DiscipleofLerxst @ May 18 2008, 12:38 PM) QUOTE (Merely Space @ May 17 2008, 11:43 AM) I couldn't get through A Confederacy Of Dunces. Just didn't care for any of the characters enough to want to know what would happen to them next. Me too. I had heard many good things about the book and how great the characters were and even how interesting the story of the author was...I was really looking forward to reading it. Got about half way through (with a lot of effort) and finally just put it down. Yeah. I was actually enjoying it early on, but then... Well, I wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscipleofLerxst Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 The Ruins by Scott Smith. My wife picked up a copy of this crap...cheap...from page one...all I could think was...."C'mon...get it moving"...got about 175 pages into the 500 in the book and it just can't get going...page after page of useless unrelated to the story crap....I did a Wikipedia search and found out a movie had been made....ever heard of it? Me either....anyway wikipedia told me all I wanted to know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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