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May 04, 2009 @ 20:15:12

beckysbigguy

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The title says it all, peeps: what books have you been forced to read - because of a class or other impetus - and not enjoyed?

Waaaaaay back in 1th grade English I had to read A Tale of Two Cities and HATED it. I thought it blew goats. Unfortunately, it put me off d***ens for years until I had to read Hard Times in an English class as an adult which I loved. Now I hold the proper reverence for d***ens, but have yet to tackle A Tale of Two Cities again.

In another adult English class I suffered through Middlemarch by George Eliot. It wasn't a horrible book, but crap in a hat was it LONG, and I just couldn't get into it.

What say you all?

May 04, 2009 @ 20:18:56

beautifulbutterfly

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May 04, 2009 @ 20:18:56

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I recently had to read The Kite Runner for my literature class. I hated it.

May 04, 2009 @ 20:19:47

xnuvax

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There are so many:

Breath - Tim Winton

Scarpetta- Patricia Cornwell

Animal farm- by whoever

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!

May 04, 2009 @ 20:21:58

sister_of_mercy

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I had to read Spoonface Steinberg for English GCSE, was the most depressing book I've ever read, very boring.

Irrelevant Twaddle! link [a-wonderful-oddity.blogspot.com]

May 04, 2009 @ 20:22:08

beckysbigguy

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xnuvax said:

There are so many:

Breath - Tim Winton

Scarpetta- Patricia Cornwell

Animal farm- by whoever

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!

No way! Animal Farm? I LOVE that book.

It's by George Orwell, by the way.....perhaps you can try his 1984?

May 04, 2009 @ 20:22:57

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xnuvax said:

There are so many:

Breath - Tim Winton

Scarpetta- Patricia Cornwell

Animal farm- by whoever

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!

Animal Farm and 1984 are great books.

(Saying this because you will most likely end up reading 1984.)

Dracula was my least favorite book.
Hate the way the story is told through journals.

Edited: May 04, 2009 @ 20:23

May 04, 2009 @ 20:24:37

xnuvax

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beckysbigguy said:

No way! Animal Farm? I LOVE that book.

It's by George Orwell, by the way.....perhaps you can try his 1984?

I love 1984 but not animal farm. I fell asleep. It killed me to read the whole thing.

May 04, 2009 @ 20:24:41

sister_of_mercy

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xnuvax said:

There are so many:

Breath - Tim Winton

Scarpetta- Patricia Cornwell

Animal farm- by whoever

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!

Animal Farm is a brilliant book IMO, and 1984 is pretty good too (by the same author).

Irrelevant Twaddle! link [a-wonderful-oddity.blogspot.com]

May 04, 2009 @ 20:24:45

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beckysbigguy said:

No way! Animal Farm? I LOVE that book.

It's by George Orwell, by the way.....perhaps you can try his 1984?

Animal Farm was awesome. You can even watch the animated movie on YouTube.

I got the book "Dewey" for Christmas last year. Not a good book, IMO, it seemed a little preachy.

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May 04, 2009 @ 20:25:11

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The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński - It made me sad and mad and miserable and sick. I even asked my professor if I could stop reading it because I would get so upset. He said no.

I am an evil giraffe, and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then prehaps I should, so that other giraffes may die

May 04, 2009 @ 20:26:07

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sister_of_mercy said:

Animal Farm is a brilliant book IMO, and 1984 is pretty good too (by the same author).

I agree I loved Animal Farm!!

I am an evil giraffe, and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then prehaps I should, so that other giraffes may die

May 04, 2009 @ 20:26:36

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Falsifying said:

Animal Farm and 1984 are great books.

(Saying this because you will most likely end up reading 1984.)

Dracula was my least favorite book.
Hate the way the story is told through journals.

Dracula definitely did bog down when the men in the party were making proclamation after proclamation to Mina Harker about their very Victorian fealty to her and her safety......blah, blah, blah.....

May 04, 2009 @ 20:29:09

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Shakespeare kills me...I find it so boring...thank goodness high school is well and over, I don't think I could handle any more shakespeare.

May 04, 2009 @ 20:31:30

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Wrathchild in the Promised Land, From Bauhaus to Our House, The Woman Warrior, The Yellow Wallpaper, Lucky Jim, Sonny's Blues and about a hundred more whose names I can't remember right now

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