Sheeta Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I now an author who has won a price in France, I can't know why. His name is Weyergans and his book is about "I don't want to write, but I'm paid so I write lines about cinema, but the story is that I'm going to my mother's because she's old". And he writes it that way. Okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 As usual, Giulia writes how I think, but with such articulation and eloquence that I feel a little intimidated! Suffice to say, I feel exactly the same way.Wahey, I'm the spokesperson of a generation go me! Any Dan Brown books... "You haven't read it? I'm surprised they let you work here"If I ran a bookshop, I might very well only employ people who either hadn't read it or had read it and not enjoyed it . I now an author who has won a price in France, I can't know why. His name is Weyergans and his book is about "I don't want to write, but I'm paid so I write lines about cinema, but the story is that I'm going to [kill?] my mother's because she's old". And he writes it that way. Okay.Man, that sounds riveting not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornflowerBlue Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 If I ran a bookshop, I might very well only employ people who either hadn't read it or had read it and not enjoyed it . The HR manager at Borders used to always ask people's favourite book. Apparently about one in three said "Katie Price's book", and were consequently not hired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 CornFlowerBlue, I'm a fellow clerk in a bookshoppe. Ours is independent and we LOVE it, we do it just the way we see fit to run it and thats why we've survived for so long (over 30 years I believe). Dont you just love those customers who come in off a space ship from a parallel universe and ask you questions like that? I had a woman call the store and told me that she was looking for a book that "might have been written by a woman whose first name was Margaret and it took place maybe in Arizona" AREYOUSERIOUS?!! My response? Uh, no, Margaret wrote a book that took place in Canada. And its out of stock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornflowerBlue Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 we had 'I'm looking for a book. It's green' more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I will read anything, if I am asked nicely. That doesn't mean I will enjoy it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I won't be reading Twilight either. Doesn't interest me in the slightest. Buffy put me right off all that sort of thing. I'm getting increasingly peed off, every time I go into Waterstones, that the section entitled 'Dark Fantasy/Romance' seems to grow exponentially, whilst the sf/fantasy section shrinks to accommodate it. Grrrr. Yes, yes, I know - supply and demand. I don't care. I demand my sf and fantasy, so they should blimmin' well supply it <<snooty look>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I'm getting increasingly peed off, every time I go into Waterstones, that the section entitled 'Dark Fantasy/Romance' seems to grow exponentially, whilst the sf/fantasy section shrinks to accommodate it. Grrrr. Yes, yes, I know - supply and demand. I don't care. I demand my sf and fantasy, so they should blimmin' well supply itI sympathise with the annoyance, although surely that's what the Forbidden Planet flagship store on Shaftesbury Avenue is for ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I sympathise with the annoyance, although surely that's what the Forbidden Planet flagship store on Shaftesbury Avenue is for ? Sure, but only if I feel like traipsing into central London. I get to Forbidden Planet a couple of times a year, maybe. My local Waterstones had a pretty decent sf/fantasy section this time last year. It's all changed now. If I see Stephanie Meyer I will be sure to throw something at her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtjm Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 (edited) Well I'm a guy so Chick Lit. My wife wants me to try one of her Nicolas Sparks books! I can't do it! Also I refuse to read the Twilight books. I dont know why everyone is obsessed with these books. Edited June 6, 2010 by BookJumper Added capitals and punctuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I wouldn't be caught reading one of the cheap romance novels where the man and lady on the cover are half-NEKKID and they both look like they have been dipped in a VAT of french-fry grease . I would be way too embarassed to read one, nor would I want to . YEK . * I already have enough romance in my life...... * Been married since birth, or it seems like so . Joking about the romance . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I refuse to read the twilight saga, I just can't bear those books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnbirduk Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I do not get on with biographies and autobiographies, because I prefer to read books in the right timeline and they invariably jump around a bit, I also have difficulty with classics because of the writing style, although hopefully I will find one I get on with someday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 any Mills and Boon books, I know a lot of people love them, but they are not for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glittergloss67 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ... The book has been recomended to me and I just can't get through the first chapter ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Chicklits. These books don't appeal to me at all. I don't like how most of these books are about problems with guys or popularity et cetera. That isn't really my kind of book. Edited January 4, 2012 by Chiara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I don't read much crime. I don't know why. When I was a kid I was always pretty bored with the genre.. although I did appreciate ms. Marple and Sherlock Holmes and The Five... but those are more... I don't even know. I mean the typical, blood-gushing, horrible murderer type crime novels. Anne Holt and the like. No idea why. Stubborn, I guess. They were what everyone read when I was young and rebellious, and so I didn't, because I didn't want to be like everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I can't imagine myself reading the Twilight saga. I was almost a fan of Anne Rice's vampire series, liked Stoker's Dracula and the like - so nothing against vampires, but this Twilight hassle and fandom... No, thanks. I just can't get over the hype and, uh, vampires that glitter in the sun and the basic storyline of a girl that has a crush on a vampire but it's oh-so-difficult. Though maybe I should read at least one of the books to see what they're really like, but then again there are so many brilliant sounding books awaiting that I think I'll rather spend my time on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Anything by Jane Green, only because I had an evil manager over 20 years ago with the same name, it's not her but I just can't do it!!! :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 The Twilight Saga. Just on principal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Haven't read through this whole thread so don't know if anybody else here is the same......I won't read Tolkein and find the whole LOTR thing boring, and any similar modern elf/dwarf/orc copy. Same with CS Lewis , fell asleep during that Lion and Wardrobe film so won't be reading the books. Haven't read Harry Potter yet, I watched two (or maybe 3) of the films , HP got my eldest son into reading back when he was little so I will get around to reading them eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I read many different books, but there's only ONE I started to read and then stopped because it was SOOOOO incredibly boring !!! It was "Atonement' by Ian McEwan !! I really forced myself to read as much as I can...I read 127 and then I gave up ! Then I watched the film... which was really wonderful For the first time I prefered the film rather than the book ! This makes my Ian McEwan-loving heart sad! The magic of atonement lies in the final chapters. I know there's probably nothing I can say that will make you want to pick it up again, but when I read the last chapter I actually held my breath. The movie, I felt, missed the point by a fair bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 This makes my Ian McEwan-loving heart sad! The magic of atonement lies in the final chapters. I know there's probably nothing I can say that will make you want to pick it up again, but when I read the last chapter I actually held my breath. The movie, I felt, missed the point by a fair bit. Hope it was a short chapter! I imagine you passing out Can you imagine the verdict at the inquest: "Death by Ian McEwan"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyzenthlay Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Ho ho I free dive and can hold my breath for a while, actually, Mr. VF! (actually not that long... but I held my breath with breathing-pauses when I needed to.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Good Citizen Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 This makes my Ian McEwan-loving heart sad! The magic of atonement lies in the final chapters. I know there's probably nothing I can say that will make you want to pick it up again, but when I read the last chapter I actually held my breath. The movie, I felt, missed the point by a fair bit. The Cement Garden was a brilliant book (if a little dark), I flew through it in a night a few months ago. I fell into the trap of watching the film of atonement first which was really good but now I can't seem to get round to picking it up off the shelf and read it, as I know the plot. One day maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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