"The Most Boring Book" I read or tried to read - Page 15

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.

astra · 01-18-2010, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BenG

Did you get the original or the updated A Briefer History of Time?

Link for the book please?
Ta!

jaqian · 01-18-2010, 03:22 PM

Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee. Struggled through the first 30 pages and gave up.

Dr. Drib · 01-18-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaqian

Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee. Struggled through the first 30 pages and gave up.

Because.....????

Don

Vector · 01-18-2010, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Now, being older, I'm able to multitask and love both sex (lower case, now...hahaha) AND Charles Dickens.

Multitasking can be overdone. I would never read Dickens while having sex.

Sparrow · 01-18-2010, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vector

I would never read Dickens while having sex.

I'm pretty sure there's a pun in there somewhere.

Metacom · 01-18-2010, 07:54 PM

I tried two times (years ago) to read "The House of the Seven Gables" and gave it up both times because I thought it was pretty boring. Now I've started reading it again from the beginning on my Sony Reader Pocket that I've had for only a few days and I am enjoying it quite a bit...Go figure...

Dr. Drib · 01-19-2010, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vector

Multitasking can be overdone. I would never read Dickens while having sex.

Don

WT Sharpe · 01-19-2010, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vector

Multitasking can be overdone. I would never read Dickens while having sex.

No, but I have thought about baseball at crucial moments!

OK, books about baseball. Boring ones!

WT Sharpe · 01-20-2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Link for the book please?
Ta!

Here you go:

A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

Sony Store:

http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/stephen-hawking/a-briefer-history-of-time/_/R-400000000000000076755

Kindle Store:

http://www.amazon.com/Briefer-Histor...=AG56TWVU5XWC2

astra · 01-20-2010, 01:50 PM

I didn't mean link for an ebook but thanks nonetheless!

qno · 01-22-2010, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Welcome to MobileRead, qno!

Have fun and ask questions if the need arises. ENJOY!

(Remember, in the case [of certain authors, as re your experience with "Angels and Demons"] readers are not born masochists - apparently, they are created - by horrible writers!)

HAVE FUN!

Don
(Moderator)

@ Don
Thanks for the warm welcome!
I only wish we could agree on what is a horrible writer...

speaking of which,
@ Acrimonus,
What's wrong with the catcher in the rye?

HorridRedDog · 01-23-2010, 09:49 AM

Timeline by Michael Crichton.

The book was GREAT!

Well, VERY good.

Well, good.

Well, ok.

Well....

By the time you finish reading you have to ask yourself "Who the h--- finished writing that book for him?"

Timeline started out so good and ended up as an amusement park! (If you didn't read the book that will not make sense.)

J. Dean · 02-09-2010, 12:10 PM

Believe it or not, as much as I like Stephen King, I could not finish the second half of THE STAND. The part about the killer flu was great, but after that it lost its appeal to me.

pshrynk · 02-09-2010, 12:32 PM

I had to put aside The Lost Something or Other by That Guy Who Wrote The DaVinci Code. It was just appallingly boring. I kept wanting to scream, "Get on with it!" at my reader.

Oh, right, his name was Dan Brown. I liked the first two in this series, but this one was more boring than the pathology text I kept for getting to sleep on those sleepless nights.

01-23-2010, 09:49 AM	#223
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	The best book I have ever read was Timeline by Michael Crichton. The book was GREAT! Well, VERY good. Well, good. Well, ok. Well.... By the time you finish reading you have to ask yourself "Who the h--- finished writing that book for him?" Timeline started out so good and ended up as an amusement park! (If you didn't read the book that will not make sense.)

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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.

01-18-2010, 03:22 PM	#213
jaqian Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dublin, Ireland Device: Dell Axim x50 (PDA)	Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee. Struggled through the first 30 pages and gave up.

01-18-2010, 07:54 PM	#217
Metacom Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Auburn. Washington, USA Device: Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS 300)	I tried two times (years ago) to read "The House of the Seven Gables" and gave it up both times because I thought it was pretty boring. Now I've started reading it again from the beginning on my Sony Reader Pocket that I've had for only a few days and I am enjoying it quite a bit...Go figure...

01-20-2010, 01:50 PM	#221
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I didn't mean link for an ebook but thanks nonetheless!

02-09-2010, 12:10 PM	#224
J. Dean Author: Clade Josso Posts: 80 Karma: 500474 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Michigan Device: none	Believe it or not, as much as I like Stephen King, I could not finish the second half of THE STAND. The part about the killer flu was great, but after that it lost its appeal to me.

02-09-2010, 12:32 PM	#225
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I had to put aside The Lost Something or Other by That Guy Who Wrote The DaVinci Code. It was just appallingly boring. I kept wanting to scream, "Get on with it!" at my reader. Oh, right, his name was Dan Brown. I liked the first two in this series, but this one was more boring than the pathology text I kept for getting to sleep on those sleepless nights.

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