Top Five Wednesday is a Goodreads group.
Today's topic is: Books You Will Never Read. I sort of hate to list these, as some will be favorites of fellow bibliophages, but here it goes.
1. The rest of the Hunger Games series
I read the first book, and it just didn't grab me, so I didn't finish the series. (Please don't throw bricks through my window, folks!)
2. The rest of the Twilight series
Again, I read the first book, and again it didn't grab me. Frankly, I found it kind of icky. (Again, no bricks, please!)
3. Haruki Murakami's novels
I want to like him so much! He has such a devoted fan base and the books sound so fascinating, but. . . I have tried three different books--I even read the entire first volume of 1Q84--and I just felt lost and bored. I've finally, after this third attempt, decided we are not fated.
4. Any more Dickens
First off, let me say, I love Victorian literature. Wilkie Collins is one of my top-ten favorite authors, As for his good friend Dickens. . . His plots are great, but his prose is yawn-inducing. I've read a wide variety of his works in high school and college and have yet to be anything but disappointed by them. I keep trying, believe it or not. I just find him dull.
5. Any more book about animals
I can not do it! Animal books make me cry and I honestly have anxiety during the entire book. Mom used to make me read some of the more famous ones, like Where the Red Fern Grows and Old Yeller, and I hated them as much as I feared them. As soon as I could make my book choices myself, animal books never crossed my path.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Hi there and thanks for commenting! Sometimes Blogger flags comments as spam despite my settings, so if your comment doesn't show up right away, it may be that I will have to manually approve it. I look forward to chatting with you!