"I read a book years ago (I have no idea why) by Steve Aylett called "Slaughtermatic". It wasn't sickeningly bad or anything but I don't recall enjoying a moment of it."
Good title, though
"I read a book years ago (I have no idea why) by Steve Aylett called "Slaughtermatic". It wasn't sickeningly bad or anything but I don't recall enjoying a moment of it."
Good title, though
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in my ear,
Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?
...hum I would have to say American Gods By Neil Gailman, It made no sense whatsoever, granted it was a good idea, in a way, but it was one of those books that you only read if everything else is collection dust on a shelf.
Even if you embrace me until it's suffocating
We will never become one.
O cold that starts before dawn,
Please light the path that's just for us.
What books have you came acorss that you could not quite get yourself to finnish, or that you just would not recomend to anyone else.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, and Moby Dick are some of the first in my mind.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
The only two books I ever tried to read and could not finnish are Lord Jim by Josephe Conrad and Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins which was really dissapointing because he is one of my faveortie authors, but I just could not get through that one book
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and some book by Stephen King that I don't remember the title.
I never managed to finish anything by Conrad, and I couldn't read The Alchemist but the worst ever was The Last Immortal by J. O. Jeppson. A copy was left in a place where I lived with notes about how far someone managed to get; I got through 2 or 3 pages. I managed to sell it to a used book store, where it still sits on the shelf.
Great Expectations! Seriously, that book made me want to set it on fire.
Shall these bones live?
I said it many times but it bears being repeated...Middlemarch by George Eliot. I actually did finish it though, I refused to let it beat me but it took awhile. Another book that I wasn't able to finish though, because of sheer boredom was Son of the Circus by John Irving. I usually like John Irving books but I simple could not read one more page.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I acutually enjoyed Son of the Circus, though I have not infact read much of Iriving, I have a few of his books but Son of the Circus was the first of his I have read, and thus far the only, but I did not think it was too bad, just very strange.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I started Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but after a couple of pages I put it down and could not find the inspiration to keep going. I know a lot of people love it but I for some reason just can't get into it.
The worst book I ever read was something a librarian recomended to me when I told her I had to read a "mystery" book for school. It was called "The Body Farm" by Patricia Cornwell, and I think I'd rather read a 1900 page book about the chemical composition of different shampoos than revisit that travisty.
Irving books are always strange and perverse, that's just his thing. I've heard other people say they love that book so you certainly aren't alone there. Hey, I've heard there are actually people out there who liked MiddlemarchOriginally Posted by Dark Muse
so no matter how much you may hate a book, there's always people out there who loved it.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
*Gasp!* No! I love this book it's so nonsensical!
Shall these bones live?
"I started Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy but after a couple of pages I put it down and could not find the inspiration to keep going. I know a lot of people love it but I for some reason just can't get into it."
This is about the worst book you have READ.
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