Worst. Books. Ever.
Aug. 8th, 2007 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
willow_25Meant to post this last night, but the fickle internet connection at home was feeling no love for me.
We've all seen lists of favorite books on one another's LJ's, but what are your LEAST favorites? Is there something a friend recommended, that made you rethink the friendship? Ever pick up a novel and find out it read like badfic?
I'd prefer not to see a lot of cheesy romance novels listed, but if you really must, hit me with 'em.
Here are some of mine, feel free to respond in comments, or post to your LJ.
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'The Stress of Her Regard' by Tim Powers. Three words: Dead. Baby. Marionette.
'The Catcher In The Rye' by J.D. Salinger. Feel free to argue, but it will do you no good. I even read it a second time, at the urging of friends, to make sure I wasn't just on crack when I read it the first time. Nope, still didn't like it.
'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver. Now, I finish nearly every book I start. Even if I take time off in the middle of the book due to RL, I'll get back to it eventually. This is one of the few books I've ever put down with the full intention of never picking up again. I even gave my copy away. As far as I can tell, there is not a single likeable character in the thing.
And, your romance novel freebee:
'Single White Vampire' by Lynsay Sands. This one actually wasn't too bad, as supernatural romances go. But, vampires from Atlantis? Seriously?
We've all seen lists of favorite books on one another's LJ's, but what are your LEAST favorites? Is there something a friend recommended, that made you rethink the friendship? Ever pick up a novel and find out it read like badfic?
I'd prefer not to see a lot of cheesy romance novels listed, but if you really must, hit me with 'em.
Here are some of mine, feel free to respond in comments, or post to your LJ.
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'The Stress of Her Regard' by Tim Powers. Three words: Dead. Baby. Marionette.
'The Catcher In The Rye' by J.D. Salinger. Feel free to argue, but it will do you no good. I even read it a second time, at the urging of friends, to make sure I wasn't just on crack when I read it the first time. Nope, still didn't like it.
'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver. Now, I finish nearly every book I start. Even if I take time off in the middle of the book due to RL, I'll get back to it eventually. This is one of the few books I've ever put down with the full intention of never picking up again. I even gave my copy away. As far as I can tell, there is not a single likeable character in the thing.
And, your romance novel freebee:
'Single White Vampire' by Lynsay Sands. This one actually wasn't too bad, as supernatural romances go. But, vampires from Atlantis? Seriously?
