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The Lovely Bones was one of the worst books I've ever read. It was so melodramatic and I didn't buy the characterization of the sister. She seemed WAY TOO MATURE for a 14 yr old? The ending was ridiculous too.
James Ellroy's LA Confidential was a garbage book.
Any short story by Flannery O'Connor.
I couldn't get into The Lovely Bones either, even though it was highly recommended by a very good friend.
Glad to hear I'm not alone .. started wondering about myself for a moment!
You know the guy who wrote "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold"? He wrote another book, it might have been "The Russia House", that I could just not read without falling asleep. Bad sign.
My mom gave me a couple of Nicholas Sparks books.. and wow.
I will admit I loved the movie The Notebook but these two books - I don't recall the titles - were total trash. Still better than Danielle Steele though.
Just finished Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz. suspense/thriller By far the scariest of his books I've read to this point. Mystery writer with happy family gets a fugue. A few days later his doppel ganger, a hired killer with a psychic connection to the mystery writer, shows up to kill the writer and claim his family as his own.
Just finished Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz. suspense/thriller By far the scariest of his books I've read to this point. Mystery writer with happy family gets a fugue. A few days later his doppel ganger, a hired killer with a psychic connection to the mystery writer, shows up to kill the writer and claim his family as his own.
I just can't tell if you're being sarcastic here or not.
The Lovely Bones was one of the worst books I've ever read.
I didn't like "The Lovely Bones" either. As I remember there was a tremendous amount of hype about it when it came out--author interviews, etc.--I even got a flyer in the mail saying what a great book it was. Way over sold. Sometimes I think mediocre authors get there former sorority sisters to write blurbs of praise for their efforts.
But, "Bones" author's husband is Glen David Gold--author of "Carter Beats the Devil"--a terrific book, highly inventive, entertaining, very well done! He's got a new one out that I will be looking for.
Hm I just finished "Xombies" by Walter Greatshell and it's now part of the "worst books" =( It was supposed to be about, well, zombies, but nop. It's increasingly incoherent towards the end.
The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner. It's just one long drunken rant. At one point, I threw it across the room.
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