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Been reading the book 1984. I've only made it to page 30 but I like it so far. I usually read when I'm on my lunch break at work or whenever I'm bored.
Just finished it this morning and while it had it's moments it mostly felt like she was just throwing things out there to finish the book and the series. There was a lot of new and rather useless information added in it. And to go from a phase to an acronym every 5 lines was really kinda annoying. But if you've already read the other 2 then you have to read this one just to see how the whole thing ends.
It looks like I will end up reading it but I'm not rushing it now
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Just finished The Husband's Secret Meh!! I didn't think it was all that great. Hated the ending and the epilogue even more.
I enjoyed that book sorry you didn't. Time to find a good one for you What's next on your list.
I have been slowly reading The Invention Of Wings and yay…I am so happy that I like it I may have to give The Secret Life Of Bees another try Sometimes books just don't click for us the first time around.
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Just finished The Skin Collector by Jeffrey Deaver and The Funeral Dress by Susan Gregg Gilmore. I'm currently reading The Fault in our Stars by John Green.
I attempted to read The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) - I really tried but I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter. I started reading this book at the suggestion of a friend who recommended it highly. Also, I read all the reviews and it even won Donna Tartt a Pulitzer book prize. I'm not making this up, but I was reading it in bed and my eyes, at one point, must of glazed over because I lost focus and felt nauseated for an hour after. I think the big problem with this book is that it could of been a lot slimmer if large chunks of descriptive narration was done away with. I should of known better that I would not enjoy this book because about 20 years ago I tried to read The Secret History, another one of her books I couldn't complete.
I am choosing another book to read now and will look on this thread for possibilities.
I attempted to read The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) - I really tried but I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter. I started reading this book at the suggestion of a friend who recommended it highly. Also, I read all the reviews and it even won Donna Tartt a Pulitzer book prize. I'm not making this up, but I was reading it in bed and my eyes, at one point, must of glazed over because I lost focus and felt nauseated for an hour after. I think the big problem with this book is that it could of been a lot slimmer if large chunks of descriptive narration was done away with. I should of known better that I would not enjoy this book because about 20 years ago I tried to read The Secret History, another one of her books I couldn't complete.
I am choosing another book to read now and will look on this thread for possibilities.
You are not alone, I absolutely hated that book. I plugged on because I wanted to see what happened to the characters...plenty of fast fowarding through all that nauseating descriptive text.
I think this book is one of those either you loved it or hated it no in between.
I attempted to read The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) - I really tried but I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter.
I am choosing another book to read now and will look on this thread for possibilities.
You will find a lot of good books from this thread. Many of us have different opinions on the same books but there is something for everyone to enjoy
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You are not alone, I absolutely hated that book. I plugged on because I wanted to see what happened to the characters...plenty of fast fowarding through all that nauseating descriptive text.
I think this book is one of those either you loved it or hated it no in between.
I have read a lot of reviews for that book and have decided to skip it. I don't mind descriptive but I hate longwinded, lol. I have heard that it drags and there are just to many other books out there not to enjoy all of it
With about 30 pages to go, I just quit reading Max Barry's "Jennifer Government". I had looked forward to it, after reading his "Machine Man", which I quite l liked because of his pithy observations about human nature. But Jennifer just fell flat, built around cardboard cutouts, and I didn[t care how it ended or what happeend to any of the characters. (I don't read many books of that genre -- are those typical?)
Now, I started Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones", which is a wonderful book that I can't put down. I also checked out Seth Kantner's "Ordinary Wolves", which is next. (Thanks to MoonBeam33, for tipping me off to both of those.)
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What's next on your list.
Sometimes books just don't click for us the first time around.
