Tigerlily
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New thread - Reading Dares, Truths and PromisesWhen moving house recently I came across some cards from the Reading Group Toolbox I used when setting up a book group in 2005, and I thought I'd post them here as hoping they'll spark some interesting discussion!
Here's the first one:
Truth
I confess I struggled on with...
...and wish I hadn't.
Well I can answer that one in a flash...I confess I struggled on with Midnight's Children and wish I hadn't!
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eightlegs
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Easy for me too - The House of Doctor Dee by Peter Ackroyd. And I think I wouldn't have carried on if it hadn't been on the 1001 list and I wanted to count it as read!
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sparkymarky
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for me... jonathon strange and mr.norrell - stuck it out and felt disappointed and deflated at the end. couldn't decide whether i liked it or not but in time over much thought have come to realise it was more the latter. waaaaay too long and drawn out for me...
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jobar
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For me...The Time Traveller's Wife...I gave up on it and now wish I had read it because everyone else raves about it ... 
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Karen
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Cloud Atlas for me. It seemed to be raved about by everyone and so I stuck with it to the end hoping that I eventually would "get it" but I didn't and wished I had spent the time reading something I know I would have enjoyed. The Time Travellers Wife came to me shortly afterwards and I ditched that one very quickly and have not regreted it, as I did with Midnight's Children too. Taught me to give something a go before ditching it but if I am reading for pleasure and the book does not deliver, move on!
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heathera
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I strugglesd with Attonement - Ian McEwan and gave up after about 100 pages or so. I wish I hadn't and I think I'll try and go back to it this year. I'm currently reading Crime and Punishment which I gave up on last year and I've come back to. It is an interesting story but my goodness it's hard work!!
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lovely treez
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Poppy Shakespeare - I still haven't got an award for finishing it....
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smiler07
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Wicked - it took me ages to get through it and it just wasnt worth it. However at least now I can tell others not to waste their time with it.
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wonderlake
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The biggest disappointment for me last year was The Bourne Identity.
I loved Cloud Atlas and even got my dad a copy for Xmas 2007!
I also thought The Time Traveller's Wife was over-rated, but I still gave it as a Secret Santa prezzie in work for someone who I thought would prefer it more than me.
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Daniela-26
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Moby Dick!!! I thought it was awful and only read it because it was for uni! It was so painful 
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blueflower
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| smiler07 wrote: | | Wicked - it took me ages to get through it and it just wasnt worth it. However at least now I can tell others not to waste their time with it. |
I liked Wicked and have read the follow ups. :blush I was a bit unsure about some of it and couldn't understand how you could tell the difference between Animals and animals when speaking. But on the whole it was quite good.
I have given up on a few books but I am struggling to remember the ones I read all the way through and wished I hadn't. There was one last year about a boy growing up near the sea which everyone else liked but I didn't. But I can't remember what it was called. Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd wasn't really worth the effort either.
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zanthewitch
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| sparkymarky wrote: | | for me... jonathon strange and mr.norrell - stuck it out and felt disappointed and deflated at the end. couldn't decide whether i liked it or not but in time over much thought have come to realise it was more the latter. waaaaay too long and drawn out for me... |
This one works for me too - I'd like all those hours of my life back please. It should have been wonderful....but somehow it wasn't 
Zan
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charlottestar
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| Daniela-26 wrote: | | Moby Dick!!! I thought it was awful and only read it because it was for uni! It was so painful |
I'm with you on that Daniela! I read Moby Dick for university and it absolutely wasn't worth it!! Hated it!
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zanthewitch
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Strangely Barak Obama sites Mobey Dick as his favorite book!!
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annecater
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I gave up The Time Travelers Wife and We Need To Talk About Kevin - most people seem to rave about them, but I just hated them both.
The one I stuck with that I regret was Ian McEwan's Amsterdam - thank goodness it was only slim
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Daniela-26
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| zanthewitch wrote: | | Strangely Barak Obama sites Mobey Dick as his favorite book!! |
YIKES 
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