You Couldn't Pay Me to Read That (Take 2)

Beschrijving: List books you never intend to read. Thumb down books you've read or that you intend to read someday. (Books you read but would never read again are you're choice. I've added them to my list). Add books as you see fit.
Gebaseerd op trefwoord: Status - Will Not Read

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment

door Shaun Assael

116 leden

4 besprekingen

½ 3.4

Algemene Rangorde 9

15 Members: gilroy, mlfhlibrarian, ghilbrae, thorold, merrystar, SylviaC, susiesharp, Dilara86, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, Tess_W, John_Vaughan, ahef1963, MissJessie, chwiggy,

Pilaren van de Aarde

door Ken Follett

27,244 leden

753 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 184

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, souloftherose,Edward , ,bookwoman84 , , , ,sjmccreary ,kceccato ,Jarandel ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Verklaringen: aulsmith: Too long.

De Da Vinci Code

door Dan Brown

70,247 leden

1,307 besprekingen

½ 3.5

Algemene Rangorde 139

17 Members: eromsted, liamfoley, foggidawn, rajukv, ghilbrae, smcwl, thorold, countrylife, aulsmith, Cecrow, sundancer, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, cej1027, MissJessie, saintjamesluther, annus_sanctus,bookwoman84 ,gilroy , , ,schmootc , ,dara85 ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler , ,AnnaClaire ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,Percevan ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 , , ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,SFF1928-1973 ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: AnnaClaire : I won't pretend I'd recommend reading it, but it was painless enough.
aulsmith: I already read the book he used as his starting place and that was a bad enough time waster.
annus_sanctus: Never understood people believing all the lies in that book
-pilgrim- : It is fun to read in the "so bad it's hilarious" category

Finnegans wake

door James Joyce

5,333 leden

58 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 48

9 Members: thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted , , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Verklaringen: aulsmith: I admit to liking to hear bits and pieces of this read by Sioban McKenna, but I'll never read it myself.

The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

door Chuck Dixon

1,522 leden

23 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 156

Member: thorold,Edward , , , ,auntSteelbreaker ,kceccato

Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush

door Molly Ivins

751 leden

3 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 26

11 Members: gilroy, pammab, mlfhlibrarian, ghilbrae, thorold, merrystar, susiesharp, justablondemoment, ahef1963, MissJessie, chwiggy,

God als misvatting

door Richard Dawkins

16,920 leden

366 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 104

9 Members: liamfoley, foggidawn, SylviaC, auntSteelbreaker, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, kceccato, annus_sanctus, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,lahochstetler , ,thorold ,EmScape ,Percevan ,Bretzky1 ,chwiggy ,
Verklaringen: annus_sanctus: Dawkins delusion

Middlemarch

door George Eliot

17,706 leden

330 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 188

Member: SylviaC,eromsted ,cpg , ,smcwl ,thorold , ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

Lolita

door Vladimir Nabokov

31,694 leden

563 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 167

7 Members: countrylife, aulsmith, SylviaC, ncgraham, cej1027, chwiggy, annus_sanctus,gilroy , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae , , ,smcwl ,thorold , , ,EmScape ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: aulsmith: No.

Mevrouw Dalloway

door Virginia Woolf

20,622 leden

329 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 176

3 Members: SylviaC, ncgraham, mspixieears,Edward ,eromsted , , ,thorold , ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda

Pygmalion

door George Bernard Shaw

6,735 leden

78 besprekingen

3.8

Algemene Rangorde 195

Member: John_Vaughan,Edward ,eromsted , , ,smcwl ,thorold ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Verklaringen: aulsmith : I like Shaw. I hope to read all of him before I die.

De autobiografie van Alice B. Toklas

door Gertrude Stein

2,680 leden

43 besprekingen

½ 3.6

Algemene Rangorde 173

Verklaringen: aulsmith : The more I read about Stein, the more I think I should read this book.

Bleak House

door Charles Dickens

13,690 leden

248 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 193

3 Members: SylviaC, eclecticdodo, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg , , ,smcwl ,thorold ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: aulsmith : My best friend thinks this is the best Dickens, so it's on my TBR list.

Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd

door Margaret Atwood

42,252 leden

1,138 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 201

3 Members: liamfoley, aulsmith, MissJessie, ,bookwoman84 , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae , ,thorold ,AnnaClaire , ,EmScape , ,SylviaC ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,eclecticdodo ,Jarandel ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 ,chwiggy ,annus_sanctus ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen: aulsmith: Once was enough.
annus_sanctus : Though the hype from democrats and woke people is unbelievable, I did read it and it was not a bad book at all.

Een dag uit het leven van Ivan Denisovitsj

door Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12,934 leden

201 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 153

3 Members: SylviaC, MissJessie, mspixieears,Edward , ,eromsted ,cpg , ,thorold ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1

De blinde huurmoordenaar

door Margaret Atwood

16,477 leden

384 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 178

Member: MissJessie, ,Morphidae , ,thorold ,AnnaClaire , ,EmScape ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee

Ulysses

door James Joyce

24,068 leden

377 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 155

7 Members: dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted , , ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Verklaringen: aulsmith : Much better than Finnegin's Wake. I'm not a big fan, but I do re-read parts from time-to-time.
kceccato: I don't dispute Joyce's importance to literature, but his style is not to my taste. If I have to read him, I'll read his short stories.