Book Club

[deeva]

The Women by Kristin Hannah. Maybe I'll try it again one day.

[Lilysmom1]

@granddi The most consistent PTB I have done is James Patterson co authoring with others.  I stopped reading him for awhile, then it seemed to do better, now I am doing PTB again...sigh.

[depglass]

The Iliad or The Odyssey, in highschool.  I saw no merit whatsover.  I quit early and told the teacher what I thought.  I still got an A from him, he must have secretly agreed with me.

[bargainsgirl]

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@blueroses47 wrote:

Not long ago, the book Cutting for Stone.  I regretted it, because I was interested in the plot line, but it had just too much graphic descriptions of surgical procedures, etc.  I believe the author is a doctor, so that could explain it, but it was just too much for me, and I couldn't continue with it.

If I were my younger self, I'm sure that wouldn't have deterred me in the least.  I could read anything, even gruesome descriptions of things (I was actually very much into nonfiction about serial killers, at once point.)

But with age, I have just become more sensitive, I guess. I  have a hard time watching things like that in movies and television, as well.  I have to turn my head, cover my eyes.

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That is interesting because that is one of my favorite books!  I found the medical details so interesting.  His newest book "The Covenant of Water" is the same but the book is not as good as Cutting for Stone.

[kindred cats]

Two Nights in Lisbon....

Too long and way too much filler.  Not my cup of tea at all. 

[smoky22]

@kindred cats   I understand you didn't like the book and maybe you didn't mean to, but that was a huge spolier. 

[candyagain]

War and Peace in college....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. No urge to return to finish it.

[kindred cats]

@smoky22   

I apologize. 

[smoky22]

@kindred cats  thank you for doing that.  And I totally understand.  I have often wanted to state too much about a book I didn't like.  I appreciate that you were not offended.  I surely didn't mean it that way. 

[mormel20]

Years and year ago Vice President Al Gore said his favorite book was "The Red and the Black" by Stendhal.  I tried to read it. Emphasis on tried.  The most dull and boring thing ever, I never finished it.