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Dating myself, but the first book I can remember reading that I thought was a dog that seemingly everyone else raved about--Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. I thought it was horrible.
The Bridges of Madison County
The Lord of the Rings books.
Senior moment here--the guy who wrote those books that got the Catholic church fired up...the mysteries...well, for me mystery, singular, as I only read the first one and didn't care for it. (...and no, I'm not Catholic.)
As someone said earlier, after 50 years of reading it is essentially subjective. I've read many books that I recognized were complete garbage, the talent thin, but the book was thoroughly enjoyable. (Books I call "my guilty pleasures".) On the other hand, I've read books that were obviously brilliant, deep, etc., but that bored me to death. Much of it also depends upon the mood I'm in at the time.
Yes, it depends on my mood too. I agree, some "trashy" books are enjoyable if that's what you're in the mood for
Were you talking about the Phillip Pullman trilogy? "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass"? (first one filmed as The GoldenCompass") - I loved those books
Can we switch to good books for a sec? I am almost finished with my current read, and I want a recommendation. I love fictionalized historical novels. I liked the John Jakes, for example and the rags to riches type. Any new ones out there you can suggest to fit my need?
Don't think it was Kienzle...they are relatively new---movies were made from the books starring Tom Hanks...
Maybe I'll try Lord of the Rings again...for the third time...I've noticed as I age that some books I once thought were good I now think are bad, and vice-versa.
Okay, so you are thinking of Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, DaVinci Code and the newest (title just ran right out of my mind!) Try The Hobbit before tackling LOTR. Has two of the same characters and gives you kind of an overview of Middle Earth, which then puts LOTR and Frodo's quest into some sort of perspective. (The Hobbit is also a much shorter book - 300 pages vs nearly 1,000 pages.)
Yes, it depends on my mood too. I agree, some "trashy" books are enjoyable if that's what you're in the mood for
Were you talking about the Phillip Pullman trilogy? "Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass"? (first one filmed as The GoldenCompass") - I loved those books
I didn't even think of those because it wasn't so much the Catholic Church that regaled against them as the Fundamentalists who claimed they were 'anti-Christianity'. I found them not to be so much 'anti-Christianity' as 'anti-theocracy'. I also love those books - they are another part of my collection that gets reread from time to time.
Okay, so you are thinking of Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, DaVinci Code and the newest (title just ran right out of my mind!) Try The Hobbit before tackling LOTR. Has two of the same characters and gives you kind of an overview of Middle Earth, which then puts LOTR and Frodo's quest into some sort of perspective. (The Hobbit is also a much shorter book - 300 pages vs nearly 1,000 pages.)
Bingo! That's the guy and books! (Told you--senior moment...I was thinking Dan Brown was the guy who wrote "Flight of the Old Dog"...airplane/war books...)
Read the DaVinci Code, didn't think it was good.
Read the Hobbit years ago...may have to re-read to get the right frame of mind for LOR.
As far as overly long books, I've been trying to plod through Clinton's book for some time now. I keep it in the car so that if I am ever without a book I have something to read. The subject matter is interesting but didn't he have an editor???? Way too much detail!
I couldn't stand the Da Vinci Code but his other book Deception Point was interesting and a vastly different novel - a thriller that takes place in the arctic. I managed to plow through the Da Vinci Code (couldn't understand all the hype about the book because IMO it wasn't that good and so I never tried Angels and Demons) but Deception Point was a fairly decent reading experience
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