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

Description: 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.
Créée à partir du mot-clé: Status - Will Not Read

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

de Shaun Assael

116 membres

4 critiques

½ 3.4

Rang global 9

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

Les piliers de la terre

de Ken Follett

27,214 membres

753 critiques

4.2

Rang global 184

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

Da Vinci Code

de Dan Brown

70,207 membres

1,305 critiques

½ 3.5

Rang global 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
Explications: 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

de James Joyce

5,324 membres

58 critiques

3.9

Rang global 48

9 Members: thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted , , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Explications: 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

de Chuck Dixon

1,520 membres

23 critiques

4.2

Rang global 156

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

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

de Molly Ivins

751 membres

3 critiques

Rang global 26

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

Pour en finir avec Dieu

de Richard Dawkins

16,908 membres

366 critiques

3.9

Rang global 104

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

Middlemarch

de George Eliot

17,693 membres

330 critiques

4.2

Rang global 188

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

Lolita

de Vladimir Nabokov

31,680 membres

558 critiques

4.1

Rang global 167

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

Mrs Dalloway

de Virginia Woolf

20,599 membres

329 critiques

3.9

Rang global 176

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

Pygmalion

de George Bernard Shaw

6,728 membres

78 critiques

3.8

Rang global 195

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

Autobiographie d'Alice Toklas

de Gertrude Stein

2,679 membres

43 critiques

½ 3.6

Rang global 173

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

Bleak-House

de Charles Dickens

13,676 membres

247 critiques

4.2

Rang global 193

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

La servante écarlate

de Margaret Atwood

42,208 membres

1,137 critiques

4.1

Rang global 201

3 Members: liamfoley, aulsmith, MissJessie, ,bookwoman84 , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae , ,thorold ,AnnaClaire , ,EmScape , ,SylviaC ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,eclecticdodo ,Jarandel ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 ,chwiggy ,annus_sanctus ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explications: 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.

Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch

de Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12,922 membres

201 critiques

Rang global 153

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

Le Tueur aveugle

de Margaret Atwood

16,469 membres

384 critiques

3.9

Rang global 178

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

Ulysse

de James Joyce

24,075 membres

376 critiques

Rang global 155

7 Members: dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted , , ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Explications: 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.