I agree, cuppajoe, as Bradbury does not seem a horrible writer necessarily . . . just far from my favorite. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9
And with your second statement, I furthermore agree, especially with Crime and Punishment. :brow:
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I agree, cuppajoe, as Bradbury does not seem a horrible writer necessarily . . . just far from my favorite. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9
And with your second statement, I furthermore agree, especially with Crime and Punishment. :brow:
I just read great expectations, and i must say i loved it! it's hilarious!, and as usual dickens is a great author!
This is an interesting thread although it can hardly be considered as objective.
However I can really do without Stendhal's Le rouge et le noir.
I would also put books by Jelinek on my list and when I read Madame Bovary many years ago, I disliked it, but I don't know how this would be now...
I'm sure there are more books I could do without, but they just don't want to come to my mind. Probably because I already completely forgot about them.
I actually like Dostoevskij's work who was named sometimes here, although I admit that I didn't like the end of Crime and Punishment so much.
Concerning Harry Potter, come on, I know this hype about the books might be too much, but J.K. Rowling has a good writing style and the books are entertaining.
Wasn't that John Steinbeck? I love that book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Challenge accepted!Quote:
P.S. I would like to take this oportunity to challenge everybody who said A Tale of Two Cities or Crime and Punishment to a fight.
Ray Bradbury is among the best authors of the 20th century. ;)
www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/row.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by enskyment
:blush: Yes! You are correct, I meant Upton Sinclair's The Jungle of course! Duh, what was I thinking? :confused: See the Edit.
lol, you are awesome! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9
I agree with each to his own. i have loved many books mentioned here like Dickens, Dumas, Da Vinci, Harry Potter and esp The Scarlet Pimpernel!
Begad! That elegant Sir Percival Blakeney Baronet is a genius!
I wouldn't say i hated any books but there are some i didn't care for.
A Round Heeled Woman - Jane Juska (slow and a bit boring for me)
Water Babies - i never got into it
Stephen King stuff
Inspector Morse novels
Agatha Christie (i managed about three)
Lord of the Rings trilogy
there aren't that many i don't like
YAY!!! I am not the only person on the face of the earth that thought Ulysses was the most evil book ever written! Honestly, I have read books I did not like (De Lilo's Mao II comes to mind), but never have I despised a book so much as Ulysses. In fact, I just moved into a new place, and it is sitting in my fireplace, ready to burn. . . :brow:
The only Bradbury book I have ever read was Let's all Kill Constance and I couldn't even finish it. It was terrible! The writing was extremely poor.
I do not mean to judge Bradbury too harshly based on only one book, but it was really, really bad.
LOL! Don't burn it. Just send it to me. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hyacinth Girl
He he he - do you want the supporting "Ulysses Annotated" to accompany that? It's on the burn pile as well. . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Psycheinaboat
You can do without Dave Eggers's "You Shall Know Our Velocity." "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" is pretty good (although it really starts dragging at the end) but "Velocity" is really mediocre, nothing particularly stands out.
That's too bad because I liked A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and I've seriously considered giving Velocity a try but maybe I wait with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by superunknown
Has anyone read any of the Best American Nonrequired Reading series edited by Dave Eggers?
I've been curious, but have not purchased any of them.
Behold! A vote for The Scarlet Pimpernel! And here I thought I was probably alone in advocating him. And Baroness Orczy has a short-story detective called The Old Man in the Corner that if you ever get a chance to read the series do so. They are great!Quote:
Originally Posted by Truth Untold
I also like the madcap adventures of one Doctor Cristopher Syn, alias The Scarecrow by Russell Thorndyke. Not at all like the Disney Movie, I assure you. :D :nod: