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Cailin
10-08-2008, 04:37 PM
Following on from the best book of 2008......

For me it was Marian Keyes This Charming Man. Someone handed it to me in work - and against my instincts I took it and read it. Never again...
JBI
10-08-2008, 05:26 PM
2008 isn't over yet, but the Travel Journal of Samuel Hearne was pretty bad.
Niamh
10-09-2008, 07:03 AM
HAd to be Guarding Maggie by Ellen McCarthy ugg!
Pecksie
10-09-2008, 07:24 PM
"Waiting", by Ha Jin. Stilted dialogue, the most ridiculous (if it weren't for the tragic subject) rape scene you can imagine... the typical overhyped drivel... written by a Communist regime-exile, and it probably gets praised just because the author emigrated from China.
Dark Muse
10-09-2008, 08:04 PM
Portrait of An Artist As a Young Man was the worst thing I read this year
Seabird111
10-09-2008, 09:06 PM
Tough one...

Probably Cell by Stephen King.

Couldn't even FINISH that one.
book_jones
10-10-2008, 01:53 AM
Man, you guys really need to quit hating on Portrait of the Artist! This isn't even the right topic to discuss it, and you're still bringing it up! That book is brilliant.
Dark Muse
10-10-2008, 02:11 AM
What do you mean it is not the right topic? In my opinion it was the worst book I read this year.
mercymyqueen
10-10-2008, 03:02 AM
Muse is right; I haven't read anything except news articles and friends' poetry that was written during this year, and this probably holds true for many people, so we should extend the topic =]
Niamh
10-10-2008, 08:30 AM
Man, you guys really need to quit hating on Portrait of the Artist! This isn't even the right topic to discuss it, and you're still bringing it up! That book is brilliant.

each to their own.
DeadAsDreams
10-14-2008, 07:12 PM
The Town by Bentley Little

Seriously this is the last time I read anything by a modern day, popular, horror author. This book was boring and terrible. When I can figure out the plot twists before they happen then the author just isnt even trying anymore.
kelby_lake
10-16-2008, 02:00 PM
Worst written book would be Twilight
Tersely
10-16-2008, 04:12 PM
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel...hands down worst book I've EVER read.