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Xanthe · 03-04-2014, 11:53 AM

Ivanhoe and The Iliad are the two that I would love to actually read but get bogged down in every time I attempt them.

I used to belong to a forum back in the day called "The Wall" IIRC, where you would figuratively throw books you couldn't stand at the wall and review them.

There are a lot of books that I can't finish, mainly books with heroines who are too stupid to live (or too annoying to be around) or heroes who are totally scarred by the deaths of their partners for which they blame themselves. Or books about middle-aged women whose husbands have divorced them unexpectedly and now find love with a younger man. Or poor Irish maidservants at the turn of the 20th century who become matriarchs of a dysfunctional clan. Or mysteries in which whodunit is telegraphed by easy process of elimination. Or books in which a whole chapter is devoted to a sex scene for no plot-driven purpose (I'm looking at you, Laurell K. Hamilton). Or "important" books that are supposed to make me reflect upon the human condition by portraying lives of people that I wouldn't like if I knew them in real life. Or books that are so excessively footnoted to the point that the author has managed to destroy any interest that I might have had in the topic because the rhythm of the books is constantly broken up by them.

03-04-2014, 11:53 AM	#88
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	Ivanhoe and The Iliad are the two that I would love to actually read but get bogged down in every time I attempt them. I used to belong to a forum back in the day called "The Wall" IIRC, where you would figuratively throw books you couldn't stand at the wall and review them. There are a lot of books that I can't finish, mainly books with heroines who are too stupid to live (or too annoying to be around) or heroes who are totally scarred by the deaths of their partners for which they blame themselves. Or books about middle-aged women whose husbands have divorced them unexpectedly and now find love with a younger man. Or poor Irish maidservants at the turn of the 20th century who become matriarchs of a dysfunctional clan. Or mysteries in which whodunit is telegraphed by easy process of elimination. Or books in which a whole chapter is devoted to a sex scene for no plot-driven purpose (I'm looking at you, Laurell K. Hamilton). Or "important" books that are supposed to make me reflect upon the human condition by portraying lives of people that I wouldn't like if I knew them in real life. Or books that are so excessively footnoted to the point that the author has managed to destroy any interest that I might have had in the topic because the rhythm of the books is constantly broken up by them. Last edited by Xanthe; 03-04-2014 at 11:55 AM.