Comments on: Attempted, But Abandoned http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jodie http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/#comment-47872 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:11:23 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=3166#comment-47872 *sniggers* I sure hope she washed her tooth cleaner before and afterwards. Not sure even Samantha from S&tC would try that.

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/#comment-47866 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:30:50 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=3166#comment-47866 Dorothy, I know! Even though I work in a library if I had taken it with me and hated it my only replacement choices would have been law books and those are even worse!

Danielle, I figured since I wasn’t going to read it, leaving myself in suspense of who did it wouldn’t have been right ;) Reading is much better, but at least it sounds like you have nice scenery at the gym.

Cipriano, LOL, oh yes, my subterranean book vault, I love it! I could do a Poe inspired story called The Book of Amantillado :D I am glad to hear the new Irving is good, even if in places it is not perfect.

Daphne, blah book phases are the worst. I am glad you have found one that has turned out to be good. I hope it is the first in a string of good books!

Litlove, complex characters are great but when there is too much weight given to one facet the others just can’t work. I am curious to know what books you have given up on especially since you so rarely mention giving up on books!

Susan, I expect the Hrabal to be really good then which makes me happy.

Grad, sometime it’s the right book and the wrong time and sometimes the book won’t be any good no matter when you read it. I don’t like giving up on books but in the last few years I have been working on being more ruthless about it given the number of books I’d like to read, there is no time to waste on ones I am not liking!

Maggie, thank you. So far it is shaping up to be pretty good.

]]> By: maggie http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/#comment-47864 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:01:42 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=3166#comment-47864 Fingersmith is fantastic, Daphne, and it improved on a second reading. Imagine that!

Good luck with the new travel book, S.

]]> By: Grad http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/#comment-47863 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:42:43 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=3166#comment-47863 I had a recent similar experience with The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. I did manage to plow my way through it (although I cheated by skipping over a lot of paragraphs toward the end.) It was a “best seller” so I don’t know…maybe it’s just me. Or maybe I just couldn’t wait to start on The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which I really did enjoy. I am always torn on whether I should try to finish a book I’m not enjoying. I think it depends how much time I have invested in it before I think I simply can’t stand to read another word.

]]> By: Susan http://somanybooksblog.com/2009/11/29/attempted-but-abandoned/#comment-47862 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:24:29 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/?p=3166#comment-47862 I’m so excited that you’re reading the Hrabal. I loved that book.

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