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Tourterelle Guru
Number of posts : 7942 Age : 31 Location : Wisconsin, USA Dictionary Definition : Tourterelle--a unique specimen of the female gender of Homo Sapiens that exhibits behaviors such as excessive procrastination, chocolate creation (in direct contradiction to the Law of Conservation of Matter), and overall insanity. Common names include Nicholle, CQ (Chocolate Queen), Crackhead, and Miss Martini Maniac. Lately, this individual has reportedly been seen dancing in a banana costume and drinking an excessive amount of martinis. Registration date : 2008-12-03
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:46 am | |
| - Solveig wrote:
- Yeah, I've had to read "Frankenstein" as part of a gothic novel class. Geez, I hated it. As much as I love Percy Shelley - his wife is simply unable to produce enjoyable fiction. It is not very hard to read, though, and also easy to understand, but it is boring and creepy. It left me with a disgusted feeling.
You honestly didn't enjoy it, Solveig? I'm sorry to hear that: I was the complete opposite. It kept my attention the entire time! My favorite book now, actually. | |
| | | Zara Mikazuki Guru
Number of posts : 4826 Age : 32 Location : The computer of the Biology Research Lab......procrastinating. Dictionary Definition : Zara Sahana 007- Also known as "Zara," this abnormal specimen of the female gender of Homo Sapiens exhibits various bizarre behaviors. The most common of these include James Bond obsession, video game fever, and perhaps the strangest of all, a certain fondness for mathematics. Similar to other Homo Sapiens of the Literary Cabinet world, Zara Sahana 007 displays procrastination in brilliant forms, but will not admit to her oddball ways Registration date : 2008-12-04
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:59 pm | |
| Okay, I'm getting mixed reviews. I guess I'll have to find out for myself (although I had to read the book anyways...)
What about Heart of Darkness? | |
| | | Paul Admin
Number of posts : 3518 Location : Rhode Island, USA Dictionary Definition : Dictionary Definition: Paul-One of the few male LC creatures known to exist, this specimen is one of the eldest in the LC universe. This specimen is known to work long hours but still makes time to commingle with fellow LC denizens. This being has a peculiar sense of humor and has been observed to shun smilies, although this aversion has been lessening as of late. Registration date : 2009-02-06
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:20 pm | |
| I read "Heart of Darkness" quite a few years ago, and I enjoyed it, although I will say it is not for every taste. The movie "Apocalypse Now" was based on "Heart of Darkness", and like the book, most people either loved it or hated it.
As far as a supposedly classic novel I couldn't stand, for me that would have to be "Ivanhoe". I was supposed to read it as a freshman in high school (more years ago than I care to admit), and I could not get beyond the cloying descriptive passages in the beginning. Maybe I would enjoy it better if I picked it up now. I don't see myself doing that anytime soon, though. | |
| | | caring carer Aspiring newbie
Number of posts : 45 Age : 64 Location : Gillingham Dorset Registration date : 2008-12-04
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:30 pm | |
| I am trying to read Little Women and finding it really boring! Its a bit sweet and sickly at times and I am only on chapter 3 or 4! I am reading it from my DS Lite 100 classics.
Lynne
Does your mother know you read this stuff! | |
| | | Laura Admin
Number of posts : 2387 Age : 38 Location : Germany Dictionary Definition : Laura: Also known as "Solveig", her internet pseudonym, this female specimen of Homo Sapiens founded the Literary Cabinet world. One can spot "Laura," by the fun she has grading papers and drinking coffee, with triple coffee consumption ever since she quit smoking. Like another species, Homo Sapiens Zarasahanous, she enjoys picking at the extreme Twilight fans. This specimen is particularly fond of procrastinating, as most of the other species of the Literary Cabinet Universe are. Registration date : 2008-12-02
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:48 pm | |
| - caring carer wrote:
- I am trying to read Little Women and finding it really boring! Its a bit sweet and sickly at times and I am only on chapter 3 or 4! I am reading it from my DS Lite 100 classics.
Lynne
Does your mother know you read this stuff! I so want to get that one, but they don't sell it on the German Amazon, and delivery from the UK would be pretty expensive. *sigh* | |
| | | caring carer Aspiring newbie
Number of posts : 45 Age : 64 Location : Gillingham Dorset Registration date : 2008-12-04
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:53 pm | |
| - Solveig wrote:
- caring carer wrote:
- I am trying to read Little Women and finding it really boring! Its a bit sweet and sickly at times and I am only on chapter 3 or 4! I am reading it from my DS Lite 100 classics.
Lynne
Does your mother know you read this stuff! I so want to get that one, but they don't sell it on the German Amazon, and delivery from the UK would be pretty expensive. *sigh* Its got some great books on it! Got mine from a supermarket! I also have a Sony Reader and I am ploughing my way through the Classic CD that came with that too as well as the few I have downloaded from Waterstones | |
| | | The Grammar Child Aspiring newbie
Number of posts : 99 Age : 28 Location : A place near Glasgow. Dictionary Definition : The Fionacus-Grammaticus-Childicus is probably the youngest species known to the LC universe. Although she is one of the more advanced species in her own world (highous schoolicus), she can often be found asking questions about many things in the LC forum. This species of homo sapien is also known to be slightly over-excitable in the chatbox, sometimes to the point of throwing shoes. Much like a young puppy, she can be hyperactive and irritating - and yet, somehow, she can extremely lovable too. Registration date : 2009-02-17
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:33 pm | |
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| | | ksotikoula Newbie
Number of posts : 7 Age : 42 Location : Greece Registration date : 2009-03-20
| Subject: Re: LEAST favorite book Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:12 pm | |
| I read mostly classics, so although there may be much worse books written today, I am going to refer to a classic that really irritated me. It was "The portrait of a lady" by Henry James. It was not its length that bothered me, although, if you do not like the novel, length turns out to be a disadvantage , but it was his style of writing, so difficult, wordy, complex without apparent reason. His heroine, who was presented as an intelligent lady with possibilities, rejects not one or two, but three eligible and worthy suitors, to marry a calculating rake and while she understands that by the end of the book and has the financial independence to live separately from him, she chooses to return to him for no apparent (again! - masochistic perhaps?) reason. It was so disappointing and such a waste of time (reading twice the complicated sentences of a veeery long book) to find nothing worthy as a meaning in the end. To contrast with, "Crime and punishment" is considered by many a difficult book, but it is worth reading it, because it has something to say. I decided to give him (Henry James) a second chance reading "The turn of the screw" mostly because I heard that it was connected in some way with "Jane Eyre", which is my all time favorite book. "The turn of the screw" proved to be more interesting and easier. Surprisingly it was also small, but it had some really awkward dialogues, a kind of batty heroine and in the end it didn't really give you much insight of what happened there. Normally, I would not care if the ending was open, but still I seem to miss the conclusion of what he really wanted to show. Maybe he is not my type of writer. I agree with those that say that Dickens is pretty boring sometimes, but he has his good moments. | |
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