Athena Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 This week's topic is: Most Unlikable Characters Author's Note: -- NOT VILLAINS! These are protagonists or side characters that are unlikable! (These should lean more towards characters who aren't intentionally unlikeable. Not villains, or mean girl/guys, etc.) I would have to think about this, because villains are the first ones that come to my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I can think of four from recent reads. 1. The main character in Sister by Rosamund Lupton. Just didn't care about her at all. 2. Dally in The Damage Done by Linda Newbery. A semi-romantic source of fascination for the main character, to me he was dull and selfish. 3. Bunny Munro in The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave. Bizzare and unrelatable character. 4. Literally everybody in The Ice Twins by S. K. Treymane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 4. Literally everybody in The Ice Twins by S. K. Treymane. ! Sorry that book wasn't enjoyable for you at all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I can instantly supply one answer for this from one of the last books I read. Skylan from Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman - complete arrogant, stupid fool. He's better in the 2nd book though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 This week's topic is: Books You Feel Differently About Author's note: -- Talk about the books that you feel differently about after you've had time to think about them or re-read them. These are books that you gave a low rating, and then thought about it or re-read it and ended up loving. Or a book that you loved when you first read it, but after you've thought about it or you've gotten older, you see how many problems it had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Crocodile on the Sandbank - Elizabeth Peters I disliked the ending so much when I first read it, that I didn't want to try the next in the series. Years later, after reading another book set in Egypt which I loved ( by Barbara erskine ), I dug out the Elizabeth peters book again, and realised how brilliant it was. I still didn't like the ending, but tried the second in the series and then realised why the author had had to give that particular ending. I know it's all a bit cryptic, but saying what the problem was, would spoil the book for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 I'm so glad you enjoyed the book more upon a second re-read . One that comes to mind for me: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time 1: The Eye of the World When I first read this, I was a young teenager. I read the Dutch translation from the library and I think I was too young to really get into it. I LOVED the book when I read the English version a few years ago though, and this series became one of my favourite epic fantasy series. I'm sure I have more books like that, stuff I wasn't really old enough for but that I enjoyed later on. My mind's blanking atm though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Twilight hahaha. I loved those books so much when I was like 20 and now I'm like 'what was wrong with me?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I'm so glad you enjoyed the book more upon a second re-read . Me too. It provided me with another series to get into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 For me this would have to be The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood. Originally, I didn't like the book at all, but after reading The Heart Goes Last, I decided to 're- read THT and really, really liked it! I've also developed an appreciation for the MaddAddam books, which I struggled with last year and wish I had finished the trilogy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Twilight hahaha. I loved those books so much when I was like 20 and now I'm like 'what was wrong with me?' I liked them too when I read them when I was younger. I haven't re-read them (yet), because I'm afraid I'll like them less the second time around, now that I'm older. For me this would have to be The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood. Originally, I didn't like the book at all, but after reading The Heart Goes Last, I decided to 're- read THT and really, really liked it! I've also developed an appreciation for the MaddAddam books, which I struggled with last year and wish I had finished the trilogy now. It's so nice you liked THT better upon re-reading it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 This week's topic is: Authors You Are Waiting on Another Book From Author's Note: -- These are your favorite authors who you want to write another book but haven't yet. Or they are writing something, but no title or synopsis has been released and it isn't coming out until 2018. Try to keep this to authors who haven't announced anything concrete about a new book, not authors that have a highly anticipated release coming out before the end of 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hmm, probably the next Dan Brown book for me, and Martin Cruz Smith's next Arkady Renko book ( I'm assuming he'll write another one...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Nice choices . I have yet to read a Dan Brown book, but I do own a few. This week's topic is: Favorite First Sentences Author's Note: -- Pretty self-explanatory. Favorite first sentences of a book. I don't keep a list of these, but I always love the first paragraph of all of the The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan (in the prologue). That's the one that comes to mind right now. I'm sure there are others though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Ooh, good one. I`ve picked The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler. Whenever I`m feeling a bit low, I pick the book up and read the first couple of paragraphs, and it cheers me up a bit. " It was about eleven o`clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a lot of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 " It was about eleven o`clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a lot of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills." Sounds very atmospheric an autumn read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 This week's topic is: Books You Want to Read Before the End of the Year There are quite a few on my list, but to narrow it down to five.. that'll take a bit of time and thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1) Finders Keepers by Stephen King 2) Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver 3) Night School (Jack Reacher #21) by Lee Child (out in November) 4) American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffery Toobin 5) Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 1Q84 – Haruki Murakami Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot Watership Down - Richard Adams The Surgeon of Crowthorne - Simon Winchester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'm going to name 5 non-fiction books: Old Glory by Jonathan Raban The Outrun by Amy Liptrot The Fishing Fleet by Anne de Courcy Along the Wall and Watchtowers by Oliver August Seven Brief Lessons in Physics by Carlo Rovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) I've done quite well so far this year with tackling a number of books from my TBR pile that had been sitting untouched on my shelf for years. Admittedly, they've only been so-so-meh reads for the most part, but no matter! I'm going to persevere, and do my best to tackle these next five soon: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides Catch-22, by Joseph Heller The Marx Brothers, by Kyle Crichton Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris The Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron I wonder if I'll keep to my word! Edited August 21, 2016 by Onion Budgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 (edited) The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins by Antonia Hodgson Moving by Jenny Éclair The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett Persuasion by Jane Austen Edited August 25, 2016 by Madeleine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 This week's topic is: Books You Want to Read Before the End of the Year Considering my mojo has abandoned me, I will only list one, and it's one that came to my head immediately: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Some nice picks . This week's topic is: Books You Will Never Read Author's Note --Whether it's from a series that you have outgrown or don't wish to continue, or they are popular books that just don't interest you, let us know what you don't plan on reading. I'm not sure where to start with this one to be honest. There are definitely books I don't want to read, but how do I make a top 5 of them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Budgie Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer Any Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin I cheated by throwing a few series in there, but I can't isolate a specific one as I haven't read any, so... The Harry Potter series is legendary, I know, but I wasn't a kid when they were first published, and the age I'm at now (46), they appeal to me even less. The media throws Harry Potter in one's face so unrelentingly that I'm thoroughly sick of the little twit without ever having read a word of him. I've nothing against Game of Thrones, except for the fact that the books are so humongous each one would take me six months to read, and no doubt give me a couple of sprained wrists in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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