THE WORST BOOKS OF 2021 - Page 3

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@Sooner Did Katie Couric read the CD herself? Imagine that was also self-gratifying for her!! She lost ALL respect when she wrote that book. Those comments should have never seen light and certainly a publisher never should have published such drivel. Katie Couric has always been a hot mess behind the grin.

Your comments are spot-on. She's a mean girl who threw everyone under the bus rather than admit her own failings. I call that INSECURE.

Money screams; wealth whispers.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@BirkiLady wrote:
@Sooner Did Katie Couric read the CD herself? Imagine that was also self-gratifying for her!! She lost ALL respect when she wrote that book. Those comments should have never seen light and certainly a publisher never should have published such drivel. Katie Couric has always been a hot mess behind the grin.

Your comments are spot-on. She's a mean girl who threw everyone under the bus rather than admit her own failings. I call that INSECURE.

@BirkiLady Yes she did and as mentioned above laughs galore through most of it. It's especially ironic since she sees herself as such a champion and role model for women. Uh huh!!!!

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@Sooner Don't know an intelligent, independent female (married or single) who have paid Ms. Couric any attention for decades. We were briefly interested in the "cute smile who had the GI exam on TV" then realized it was only for ratings. Even Jay Monahon's death was for ratings. We booed her as early as that point in her career! Haven't paid any attention since. Think she had the TV game show viewers as her watchers. (Not the brightest people in TV's viewing audiences.) She's been a hot mess IMO for a very long time, just wasn't sure why! That book explains it all. Gag me.

Money screams; wealth whispers.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@BirkiLady wrote:
@Sooner Don't know an intelligent, independent female (married or single) who have paid Ms. Couric any attention for decades. We were briefly interested in the "cute smile who had the GI exam on TV" then realized it was only for ratings. Even Jay Monahon's death was for ratings. We booed her as early as that point in her career! Haven't paid any attention since. Think she had the TV game show viewers as her watchers. (Not the brightest people in TV's viewing audiences.) She's been a hot mess IMO for a very long time, just wasn't sure why! That book explains it all. Gag me.

@BirkiLady You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. . .

1Snickers · ‎03-19-2016

@Sooner

@Sooner wrote:
@insomniac2 wrote:
The Guest List (by Lucy Foley) is the very worst book I have ever read in my life.
@insomniac2 OH I will agree with you on that! It was horrible. I read one of her books (can't remember which) started to read this one (or the other one) and said "Wait, I've already read this awful book. They are basically the same so I gave up on the second one in a hurry!

Horrible, poorly written, dumb plot, unlikeable characters, and then there's MORE!

I read her second book thinking it would be better, like you it seemed like the same book. Both had unlikable characters who were crazy to even be with the others.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

@icezeus wrote:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley. I hated everyone in this darn book. I would have drowned them all if I had a choice. I wrote a withering review, and I cannot believe that it's rated almost 4/5 stars on Goodreads.

It was type of book in which you loved it or hated it. I really loved the book. I own a copy. I read it back in durng the worst of the pandemic and the library was closed. She has a new thriller out now (again, very good reviews) called The Paris Apartment. About a British girl who moves to Paris at the invitation of her half brother who is not there when she arrives. I have it on order through the library.

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

@teganslaw wrote:
"Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine." didn't finish it. Annoying dislikeable character who did questionable things. She was not fine at all, and I lost interest.

"The Neighbors" by Joseph Souza. Badly written, annoying, clueless characters, and unbelievable plot. Only read half the book. I have no idea how this got published.

I almost gave up on Eleanor Oliphant, but I stuck it out and I ened up really liking it. You find out why Eleanor is like that and it's worth the ending.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@gardenman wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@insomniac2 wrote:
The Guest List (by Lucy Foley) is the very worst book I have ever read in my life.
@insomniac2 OH I will agree with you on that! It was horrible. I read one of her books (can't remember which) started to read this one (or the other one) and said "Wait, I've already read this awful book. They are basically the same so I gave up on the second one in a hurry!

Horrible, poorly written, dumb plot, unlikeable characters, and then there's MORE!
This happens a lot with traditionally published authors. They'll pretty much just write the same book time after time. Their agent and editor will insist they not "break the mold." They'll be told, "We know this works, why change it?" It becomes their "formula" and they just change a few names and locations but write the same book time after time. I would go insane. (Well, more insane. Sanity has never been my strong suit.) Unless the author is willing to buck the system, and most aren't, they get stuck in that formula and can't get out. They'll be told, "The readers expect this from your books. You don't want to let them down." Writers should just be free to tell whatever story they feel like telling in whatever manner they feel like telling it.

@gardenman I think a Bond film HAS to have a glamorous casino scene. What's Bond. James Bond: Without a casino scene?

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@gardenman wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
@insomniac2 wrote:
The Guest List (by Lucy Foley) is the very worst book I have ever read in my life.
@insomniac2 OH I will agree with you on that! It was horrible. I read one of her books (can't remember which) started to read this one (or the other one) and said "Wait, I've already read this awful book. They are basically the same so I gave up on the second one in a hurry!

Horrible, poorly written, dumb plot, unlikeable characters, and then there's MORE!
This happens a lot with traditionally published authors. They'll pretty much just write the same book time after time. Their agent and editor will insist they not "break the mold." They'll be told, "We know this works, why change it?" It becomes their "formula" and they just change a few names and locations but write the same book time after time. I would go insane. (Well, more insane. Sanity has never been my strong suit.) Unless the author is willing to buck the system, and most aren't, they get stuck in that formula and can't get out. They'll be told, "The readers expect this from your books. You don't want to let them down." Writers should just be free to tell whatever story they feel like telling in whatever manner they feel like telling it.
@gardenman I think a Bond film HAS to have a glamorous casino scene. What's Bond. James Bond: Without a casino scene?

Yeah, every Bond film has a casino scene, a car chase, a "there's no way he's getting out of this" scene, and some glamorous young women lounging about. The Bond writers do get to have some fun though. Back when Barbara Woodhouse was a popular dog trainer, they used her "Sit" line and hand command on a tiger he encountered (I think it was a tiger.) It was a cute reference to modern culture. (Well, what was modern culture at the time.) The tiger obeyed and let him go then attacked those following him who clearly hadn't seen Barbara Woodhouse's shows.

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