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Rootman · 01-18-2010, 02:51 PM

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who was bored with Moby Dick. I thought it was great at first and thought the section where Ismael and Queequeg share a hotel bed and Queequeg shyly dresses underneath the bed starting with his hat was hilarious but it went downhill from there. The marine studies were boring as well.

I find Dracula by Bram Stoker a snoozer too. I get a sense of when he was writing well and at other times seemingly just filling up the pages with words. Van Helsing went back and forth from England to Amsterdam seemingly at a drop of a hat.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown was a real dud and fizzled at the end. I found myself wishing I would finish it and actually forced myself to stay up late one night and finish it so as not to have to ruin another night.

I was a big Edgar Rice Burroughs fan in my youth but can't force myself to read anything out of the Tarzan series. I like his planetary series but something just bores the heck out of me with Tarzan.

I read the Bible through 4 times a year and have to admit that I find sections boring, especially Jeremiah and Lamentations.

01-18-2010, 02:51 PM	#211
Rootman Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Android & FBReader	I'm glad that I'm not the only one who was bored with Moby Dick. I thought it was great at first and thought the section where Ismael and Queequeg share a hotel bed and Queequeg shyly dresses underneath the bed starting with his hat was hilarious but it went downhill from there. The marine studies were boring as well. I find Dracula by Bram Stoker a snoozer too. I get a sense of when he was writing well and at other times seemingly just filling up the pages with words. Van Helsing went back and forth from England to Amsterdam seemingly at a drop of a hat. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown was a real dud and fizzled at the end. I found myself wishing I would finish it and actually forced myself to stay up late one night and finish it so as not to have to ruin another night. I was a big Edgar Rice Burroughs fan in my youth but can't force myself to read anything out of the Tarzan series. I like his planetary series but something just bores the heck out of me with Tarzan. I read the Bible through 4 times a year and have to admit that I find sections boring, especially Jeremiah and Lamentations.