Book Club

[mollybgood]

the love people have for

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
and
the books written by the Bronte sisters

What can't you wrap your head around

in the book world?

[Group 5 minus 1]

Audrey Hepburn:  I know she never wrote a book,but is not a good actress . To Kill a Mockingbird: Atticus who was awake in the morning

                        The last lines of the book about people who bring food when there is a

                          death in the house    

[luv-the-Q]

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Mockingbird.

Katherine Hepburn is one that I can't wrap my head around.

[traveler]

Are you talking about movies or books?

[Group 5 minus 1]

I think we are talking about books,but had to throw these things in just for the heck of it. I never could get the Katherine Hepburn thing either.

[withaK]

The Great Gatsby...................A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius..........The Corrections

I also don't still understand the Oprah v. "A Million Little Pieces" bruhaha. From what I remember the author altered a few facts to protect the family of a woman who OD'd. He did not change the fact that she died of an overdose. 

[QVCkitty1]

Hemingway, I had to read a few of his books in school, and you could not pay me to read another.

[ChynnaBlue]

50 Shades of Grey. I tried to read it and it was so poorly written that I didn't even get to the part where she met the guy.

[ChynnaBlue]

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@withaK wrote:

The Great Gatsby...................A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius..........The Corrections

I also don't still understand the Oprah v. "A Million Little Pieces" bruhaha. From what I remember the author altered a few facts to protect the family of a woman who OD'd. He did not change the fact that she died of an overdose. 

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You remember incorrectly. It was supposed to be a memoir and he lied about many of his own experiences as well as the girlfriend. It was sold as a memoir of a person overcoming a drug addiction and much of it was fictionalized. He originally wrote it as a novel and no one would publish it, so he sold it to them as a memoir. It was not. He lied about his criminal record and many other things. He says there was a real Lily, but given the number of lies he told to get the book deal and sell books, it's impossible to be sure. He lied to a lot of people to make money. He made people feel empathy for him that he didn't deserve and people don't like to be conned.

[Peaches McPhee]

Throwback to the 80s:  Danielle Steele! My word, she was popular and wrote a ton of books.  Tried one, one time, and thought, "This is so badly written, I cannot even read it."