Inver Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Don't really do Sci Fi.....but dh does. Doesn't really appeal to me to much in films either. Also Da Vinci Code....just one of those books I can't be bothered reading because it has been hyped up so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Harry Potter. Saw a film, thought it rubbish and refuse to read the books. Just doesn't interest me at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 This was an interesting thread, so I've bumped it up to see if our new members would like to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Yeah, it is interesting. As for what I won't read...I don't like Stephen King. I tried to start IT three times, and always got bogged down a few pages in. I have read a few others of his, but that one was it for me. Hah, no pun intended. Bios were mentioned above, I like some...Speak, Memory Vladimir Nabokov's autobio was fascinating, and I have some more around here that I have dabbled in, and enjoy. Bette Davis, John Nash, and two of Virginia Woolf. I think reading an authors bio helps in understanding their work. I don't like true crime though, it is way too explicit and gory for my taste, and I don't read too much sci-fi, and don't care for fantasy at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 those harlequin romance ones....ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 those harlequin romance ones....ugh! :agreed: Forgot about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I absolutely will not read any book by any political figure of any stripe. And nowadays not any book by any TV personality either. (Ooh, it feels good to get that off my chest! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I agree with that, Paul - I can't think of anything I'd hate more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dididave Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I refuse to read anything by Dan bleedin Brown! The last time I swallowed the hype was Michael Crichton and he is bleedin awful too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I like Michael Crichton! But as we often say, it would be a boring forum if we all liked the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 As far as any political bios or autobios, I have read both of the Clinton books. But I also have to admit, I skipped most of the political stuff, I'm not interested in that part. I just enjoyed reading about their lives apart from that. Those are the only ones though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mia Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I avoid like the plague anything by well-respected, literary authors that I was forced to read for school - Hardy (man, was he depressing), Shakespeare, Ibsen etc. I hated every book I had to study at school. I also don't like true crime books, or horror, as I'm a sensitive soul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 For my sins i've seen 2 HP films (only cos i've got a 12 year old who loves them), but i've never read the books and don't intend to. Sorry they just do not appeal to me, likewise with horror, sci fi and some celeb auto/biogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I have no desire to read books by politicians or autobiographies by the "famous". There are too many other books that I would rather read and time does not permit them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sela Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I can't read Stephen King, though I've tried. I either get too scared (Christine) or too confused (The Stand). I don't read horror in general. I don't read a lot of biographies or autobiographies. I don't read military history. I don't read weepies, either. Aga sagas or women's fiction that's nothing but one tragedy after another. Call me a sap, but I read to enjoy myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Call me a sap, but I read to enjoy myself. Enjoyment is the name of the Game. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristen Painter Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 I don't read Stephen King either - at least not his scary stuff. I like to sleep at night, you know. Since I write romance, I tend to read heavily in that genre. Pretty much everything except erotica. Not my bag. I also like books outside of romance. Authors like Orson Scott Card, Mercedes Lackey, Catherine Asaro, Marion Zimmer Bradley - fantasy & sci-fi are great! I recently finished Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and it was a very interesting read. I love to cook, so anything chef-related is usually a green light for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acesare* Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 As a huge King fan, I think there must be some books that you will like. I hotly debate the stereotype of King as a horror writer as I would call many of his novels as fantasy. If you're not a horror fan, try reading 'The Green Mile' - it's not horror at all and it a brilliant book (and one of the few film adaptations of his work that's anywhere near as good as the book!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sela Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Well, I liked "On Writing." Wasn't "The Green Mile" written as a serial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Wasn't "The Green Mile" written as a serial? Yes, it was. But I think you can get it as a complete book now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KW Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 After being a faithful Nora Roberts fan for years and seeing her stories become stale and more importantly, overwritten, I can't bring myself to buy any of her new stuff. I do, however, continue to read her old works. She was an incredible craftsman: Honest Illusions being her most impeccable work to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laramie Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 i refuse to read "the hobbit" by jrr tolkien, wasnt it? cuz we had to read it in class in year 6, and it was SO BORING!! i gave it a fair trial, i got to page 50, and when still nothing had happened, i just said to my teacher "I CANNOT READ THIS!!" and he let me off+said i could read something else. i dont know why we had to read it, we didnt have to do anything about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 The new Peter Andre autobiography. Need I say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 As a huge King fan, I think there must be some books that you will like. I hotly debate the stereotype of King as a horror writer as I would call many of his novels as fantasy. If you're not a horror fan, try reading 'The Green Mile' - it's not horror at all and it a brilliant book (and one of the few film adaptations of his work that's anywhere near as good as the book!) I forgot about that one. I might just be persuaded to read that book, I really enjoyed the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Danielle Steele. I just can't read her books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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