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Heh. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 24/10/2010 03:14:27 PM
*Jane Eyre

I like most of it. But it's too long and Jane is quite an annoying heroine.

*Wuthering Heights

Gah. Awful book.


Other books not enjoyed:

Chekhov's plays

Am slightly surprised. :P

Anything by Hemingway

Totally agreed.

*Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck

Quite.

Sholokhov's Quiet Flows the Don

... Is that about Aberdeen?

Ulysses by James Joyce

James Joyce is horrible. I should have included Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in my list.


In the realm of genre fiction:

Jim Butcher's novels

I suppose they're not for everyone. You're the first person I've recommended them to who didn't enjoy them.

Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber

I've heard this from quite a few people.

*Hal Duncan's Vellum and Ink

I'm torn on Vellum. I remember liking it when I read it, but can definitely understand the criticism. I suspect I wouldn't like it if I read it again. Which I won't.

The works marked with an asterisk are books that I could probably bring myself to burn

Shocking!
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OK, Rafonauts: name some books you hated. Rebekah - 23/10/2010 09:31:22 PM 2595 Views
Catcher in the Rye-JD Salinger *NM* Stephen - 23/10/2010 09:43:40 PM 1076 Views
Yeah. I didn't hate that, but found it too mediocre to continue reading it. *NM* Rebekah - 23/10/2010 10:10:04 PM 1067 Views
You are both stark raving mad. *NM* Legolas - 23/10/2010 11:53:16 PM 1055 Views
So. Stephen - 24/10/2010 01:09:21 AM 1767 Views
I third this book. Time spent in my life I can never get back. *NM* everynametaken - 24/10/2010 02:06:17 AM 1016 Views
Same. Also: Dicken's Hard times *NM* ironclad - 25/10/2010 09:39:46 AM 990 Views
I honestly can't think of a single one. Chas - 23/10/2010 10:46:44 PM 1794 Views
I am envious. I would like not to have wasted my time on those books I hated. Rebekah - 23/10/2010 11:30:57 PM 1806 Views
It's not a waste of time. (beat.) - 25/10/2010 02:04:25 PM 1723 Views
Yeah, I agree. *NM* Legolas - 23/10/2010 11:53:34 PM 1044 Views
Yeah, this is how I feel too. *NM* Gher - 24/10/2010 09:34:50 PM 1014 Views
I got tricked by my boss's recommendation into reading Twilight before it got huge. LiterateDog - 23/10/2010 11:06:34 PM 1800 Views
Oh, my deepest sympathy! Is your boss an evil person? Rebekah - 23/10/2010 11:32:16 PM 1842 Views
She's not and normally has great taste in books. I don't know wtf was up with her liking it so much. *NM* LiterateDog - 23/10/2010 11:35:37 PM 1003 Views
I didn't hate The Name of the Wind Darth_Katie - 23/10/2010 11:08:44 PM 1763 Views
I'm so full of hate I hated Eragon without even reading it. LiterateDog - 23/10/2010 11:18:42 PM 1857 Views
You mean "promoted because kid wrote it and parents were publishers". Legolas - 23/10/2010 11:56:50 PM 1716 Views
It's a decent book, but not anything great, you fuckin' Soc. *NM* LiterateDog - 24/10/2010 12:00:12 AM 1017 Views
Well, I didn't say it was a masterpiece for adults. Legolas - 24/10/2010 12:41:01 AM 1675 Views
Re: I didn't hate The Name of the Wind Rebekah - 23/10/2010 11:33:49 PM 1564 Views
RE: wuthering heights BlackAdder - 24/10/2010 12:18:53 AM 1771 Views
Argh, now I'm getting annoyed thinking about them! Kallichore - 23/10/2010 11:52:23 PM 1653 Views
Always happy to help. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 12:09:52 AM 1681 Views
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse *NM* BlackAdder - 24/10/2010 12:08:24 AM 1194 Views
*NM* Rebekah - 24/10/2010 12:09:03 AM 1006 Views
*NM* BlackAdder - 24/10/2010 12:11:50 AM 1024 Views
*NM* Rebekah - 24/10/2010 12:17:52 AM 909 Views
*NM* BlackAdder - 24/10/2010 12:26:04 AM 1103 Views
Re: BlackAdder - 24/10/2010 01:27:08 AM 1782 Views
Eragon ? - 24/10/2010 02:40:09 PM 1872 Views
Ooops that should have been down there VVVVVV *NM* ? - 24/10/2010 02:41:15 PM 1055 Views
Re: Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:11:07 PM 1709 Views
Agreed. Could barely get through it, have apparently blocked most of it from my mind. *NM* Cockatiel of Doom - 25/10/2010 03:28:29 AM 1020 Views
Hatred, thy name is Bronte. Tom - 24/10/2010 01:32:58 AM 1698 Views
I'm very surprised about the Chekhov... not his plays, but other works, then? *NM* Legolas - 24/10/2010 01:49:24 AM 1016 Views
Chekhov is a highly overrated author, in my opinion Tom - 24/10/2010 05:10:38 PM 2304 Views
Vellum was one of the most overrated pieces of garbage I've ever read. everynametaken - 24/10/2010 02:09:15 AM 1659 Views
Pure trash. I'm not sure why it found a publisher. Tom - 24/10/2010 05:11:35 PM 1786 Views
I hated that book so much I couldn't finish it. *NM* Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:43:27 AM 1029 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:14:27 PM 1655 Views
Regarding Chekhov, see what I wrote in my reply to Legolas. Tom - 24/10/2010 05:19:41 PM 3913 Views
hmm. what did you dislike about beloved? LadyLorraine - 25/10/2010 03:41:52 PM 1797 Views
dangit i totally put this in the wrong place *NM* LadyLorraine - 26/10/2010 03:01:03 PM 1040 Views
curiosity. nossy - 25/10/2010 06:47:54 PM 1746 Views
Hate is probably too strong for most books but I really disliked House of Leaves. everynametaken - 24/10/2010 02:15:39 AM 1743 Views
I can understand that. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:15:41 PM 1512 Views
Very few. Seriana Sedai - 24/10/2010 03:14:27 AM 1766 Views
Re: Very few. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:17:52 PM 1739 Views
I don't know that I've hated much lately Bryce - 24/10/2010 03:48:04 AM 1748 Views
Re: I don't know that I've hated much lately Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:20:03 PM 1578 Views
I Kissed Dating Goodbye. *NM* globug0822 - 24/10/2010 09:43:16 AM 1128 Views
I've read that. I think. *NM* Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:20:50 PM 954 Views
Heart of Darkness. Only book I've fallen asleep while reading. Ghavrel - 24/10/2010 09:50:26 AM 1608 Views
Oh, yes. Good lord, that was boring. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:21:40 PM 1613 Views
I actually loved that - though Apocalypse Now! is definitely a(n even) better version. *NM* (beat.) - 25/10/2010 02:11:23 PM 853 Views
really? random thoughts - 25/10/2010 02:46:18 PM 1510 Views
If I read in bed, I'm up until I've read half the book. Ghavrel - 25/10/2010 10:29:51 PM 1649 Views
agreed damookster - 26/10/2010 12:17:18 AM 1511 Views
Everything by Stephen King Lordling - 24/10/2010 10:35:36 AM 1701 Views
Yes! Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:22:30 PM 1736 Views
He changed drastically after he 1) sobered up and 2) got hit by that drunk driver. everynametaken - 26/10/2010 11:03:04 PM 1906 Views
Not a fan at all....but.... DREWRULESWOT! - 05/11/2010 07:23:35 AM 2005 Views
I loved One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Novo - 24/10/2010 12:50:31 PM 1567 Views
Weirdo. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:23:37 PM 1624 Views
The Magic of Recluce - L.E. Modesitt Artsapat - 24/10/2010 01:10:39 PM 1754 Views
I've read a couple of those. Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:24:58 PM 1535 Views
Talk of the devil Artsapat - 26/10/2010 03:53:58 PM 1675 Views
I saw that and thought of you. *NM* Rebekah - 26/10/2010 04:00:27 PM 932 Views
They were not that bad random thoughts - 26/10/2010 10:29:17 PM 1733 Views
A confederacy of dunces & The Brothers Karamazov *NM* jh - 24/10/2010 01:50:37 PM 917 Views
Re: A confederacy of dunces & The Brothers Karamazov Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:29:00 PM 1734 Views
Mine nossy - 24/10/2010 02:59:38 PM 1687 Views
Re: Mine Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:31:46 PM 1667 Views
Re: Mine nossy - 25/10/2010 06:43:37 PM 1641 Views
Re: Mine Rebekah - 25/10/2010 07:51:23 PM 2090 Views
Re: Mine Artsapat - 25/10/2010 07:57:46 AM 1709 Views
Re: Mine nossy - 25/10/2010 06:44:12 PM 1791 Views
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein aria - 24/10/2010 03:07:10 PM 1628 Views
That's because it was written by an 18-year-old girl who, like Paolini, ... Rebekah - 24/10/2010 03:10:27 PM 1656 Views
I assume when you say "affair," you mean "marriage?" *NM* Ghavrel - 25/10/2010 02:40:46 AM 950 Views
Not at that point. The marriage came later, after his first wife died. *NM* Rebekah - 25/10/2010 07:59:00 AM 944 Views
Terry Goodkind Tavi - 24/10/2010 03:46:16 PM 2133 Views
Y YU HATE TARY??! YU TROLL!!....... *NM* ianski - 24/10/2010 04:43:08 PM 1014 Views
Just to be contrary, mostly Tavi - 24/10/2010 05:01:50 PM 1589 Views
tary loves you even tho you h8 him. he'll kick your teeth in if you taunt him tho. ianski - 24/10/2010 05:28:43 PM 1868 Views
Yes aria - 24/10/2010 10:36:29 PM 1555 Views
Hubbard Ellestra - 24/10/2010 04:23:55 PM 1582 Views
Easy question. ianski - 24/10/2010 04:56:52 PM 1701 Views
Thank you. Joel - 24/10/2010 06:25:45 PM 1699 Views
OMG Fox and Ravens - 24/10/2010 06:44:47 PM 1635 Views
Aww I liked it. Darth_Katie - 25/10/2010 12:10:24 AM 1856 Views
Re: Aww I liked it. Fox and Ravens - 25/10/2010 12:26:42 AM 2111 Views
Brave New World. *NM* Craig - 25/10/2010 02:13:13 AM 974 Views
moby dick and madame bovary. couldn't read more than like ten pages of either. temeraire - 25/10/2010 05:24:36 AM 1521 Views
Well... Camilla - 25/10/2010 10:45:14 AM 1653 Views
On the other hand Artsapat - 25/10/2010 01:33:58 PM 1610 Views
Re: On the other hand Camilla - 25/10/2010 08:52:41 PM 1541 Views
LOL damookster - 26/10/2010 03:30:33 AM 1726 Views
Hate, as opposed to wouldn't waste energy on. (beat.) - 25/10/2010 01:55:00 PM 1606 Views
Re: Hate, as opposed to wouldn't waste energy on. Fox and Ravens - 25/10/2010 06:59:37 PM 1528 Views
Snowcrash and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand *NM* random thoughts - 25/10/2010 02:47:07 PM 967 Views
To Kill a Mockingbird. Only book that's ever actually put me to sleep. Never even finished Ch1. *NM* Myrdhyn - 25/10/2010 07:03:25 PM 979 Views
Anything By Faulkner lewsparadox - 26/10/2010 06:37:35 PM 1788 Views
The difference being that Faulkner was evocative, and Jordan horrifically, stultifyingly mundane. Ghavrel - 27/10/2010 03:44:18 AM 1614 Views
The Scarlet Letter ßelals Girl - 26/10/2010 08:08:11 PM 1678 Views
The Magicians by Lev Grossman *NM* ajah - 27/10/2010 09:48:47 AM 1028 Views
My Antonia, The Color Purple, and The Grapes of Wrath come to mind. *NM* RandAllThor - 28/10/2010 02:21:02 PM 958 Views
My Antonia is a dumb book. *NM* Darth_Katie - 07/11/2010 02:52:13 AM 936 Views
That I can do. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:50:12 AM 1813 Views
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