The longer the book, the happier I am. However, I have picked up a few that were impossible to enjoy. Annie Dillard's great big book about the Oregon Trail, The Living was miserable. Jane Smiley's book Greenlanders had me tripping over difficult names, never getting a sense for who anyone was. I tried to stay with these to find a connection I could finally enjoy, but it was just not to be. I love books about women who conquer the odds, traveling and surviving against the odds. Jeanne Kirkpatrick was great at it in her Kinship and Courage Series.
The death of my first book club was Jane Austen's Emma. My second book club just read it and only four of twelve came, and those ladies liked it.
I like popular fiction, but I could not enjoy The Inheritance Of Loss. Tried as I did, not one person would ever be happy. I finally closed the cover at 200 pgs. and gave it to a library. My book club has wasted a few months on dithering sap like Julie and Romeo and The Long Walk Home. We have learned not to judge a book by its pretty cover!
books that seemed so promising
By chocolatehobbyistSat, 09/12/2009 - 15:18
The longer the book, the happier I am. However, I have picked up a few that were impossible to enjoy. Annie Dillard's great big book about the Oregon Trail, The Living was miserable. Jane Smiley's book Greenlanders had me tripping over difficult names, never getting a sense for who anyone was. I tried to stay with these to find a connection I could finally enjoy, but it was just not to be. I love books about women who conquer the odds, traveling and surviving against the odds. Jeanne Kirkpatrick was great at it in her Kinship and Courage Series.
The death of my first book club was Jane Austen's Emma. My second book club just read it and only four of twelve came, and those ladies liked it.
I like popular fiction, but I could not enjoy The Inheritance Of Loss. Tried as I did, not one person would ever be happy. I finally closed the cover at 200 pgs. and gave it to a library. My book club has wasted a few months on dithering sap like Julie and Romeo and The Long Walk Home. We have learned not to judge a book by its pretty cover!
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