I started reading Dianetics. It starts out here on earth. I stopped reading after it fell off the deep end. My wife just picked up "The Summons" by Grisham, and I read it on a business trip. I would have been better off watching bad tv.
Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But A Time to Kill still sucks ass. What kind of writer creates a major character (the northeastern girl who never wears a bra and helps the lawyer on the case), has something horrible happen to them (lynched? I remember she gets beat up and has her hair cut off), and then NEVER MENTIONS THEM AGAIN IN THE BOOK. He does it to some old guy also. Grisham doesn't tie up his loose ends and that's just one reason why his books suck ass.
I remember enjoying The Firm, but I was much younger then. I know I've read several of the other "bigger" ones like The Pelican Brief, The Client, and A Time to Kill. I kind of remember A Time to Kill had some real cheesy points, but the other ones didn't leave much of an impression. After The Summons though, I don't think I'll be picking up any of his books again for a while....unless someone just raves about them. I think the next "easy reading" books I'm going to pick up will all be Greg Iles' books.
Pole, check out Rick Riordan. His series of books with protagonist Tres Navarre starts with Big Red Tequila. They're all set in San Antonio or Austin.
allright...I'll do it. As for Greg Iles, I read Dead Sleep a while back and really enjoyed it. Maybe I was just in the mood as it had been a while since I had picked up a novel. My wife has read a few more of them, and she really enjoys his books too.
The Scarlet Letter simply was not a good book. I can read Moby Dick and not get too bored but the Scarlet Letter was just terrible. Women seem to enjoy it, but I've yet to find a male who could tolerate the boredom. Grisham runs into the problem of being reptitive.
I really liked Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Infinitely thought provoking and readable. Has anybody ever tried to read Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce? I could not understand a single page of that worthless crap, but I think it is supposed to be some sort of classic.
I don't really remember why, but I hated Jane Eyre and The Scarlet Letter. I don't think I finished either of them. I generally don't like being forced to read anything, so I didn't really like much of anything I've had to read in school. I also didn't like Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man or anything by Bronte.
I did not like Green Eggs and Ham I did not like it, Sam I am I did not like it in my room I did not like it after noon It sucked so bad while on a bench It sucked so bad it had a stench I did not like Green Eggs and Ham I'd rather eat a can of Spam
Definitely "The Bridges of Madison County". It was the only book written in English at a hostel I visited, so I traded "Dune" for it. I should have read "Dune" again.
Light in August by Faulkner Moby Dick Somebody said the Silmarillion was bad...I liked it. The first couple of chapters are hard to follow, but after that, its a good collection of stories.
Unfortunately I've read quite a few bad books over the years, so I'll just name the most recent: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.
Never underestimate the power of Oprah. Actually, I've read quite a few of the Oprah Book Club novels and really enjoyed most of them. This one, I did not.
