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Question: What are some of the worst books you've been recommended!?
I can't stand it when people recommend rubbish like Dan Brown, the Twilight series and chick lit!. Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes! Dan Brown was one of the worst!. I remember the whole craze for the "da vinci code" and people telling me it was ace!.
I read it in one evening and was actually upset to have wasted a few hours reading it!.
The same with "Atonement", I loathe Ian McEwan ! When the made a movie of it, I cringed!
Zadie smith doesn't move me much either!.A lot of publicity but not worth it in my opinion!.

I just tell myself at least I've read the books so I have the right to moan about them!. huhuWww@QuestionHome@Com

Harry Potter!. I know that I'm not the only one, but I know that people disagree with me!.
I just don't see the point of any of it!. What us so fascinating about a bunch of kids waving around sticks!?
Okay, I know that was a generalization based on my own disinterest but still!.!.!.
I have a lot of friends who love it but whenever they talk about it I just have learned to tune it out!.

also, when I was in elementary school, the school library had received new books and they always recommended them to the students!. Me and two of my friends had formed a sort of book club and would all read the same book!.
The librarian introduced 'What my mother doesn't know' one day and me and my friends checked out the 3 copies they had!.
I soooo regret it!. That book possibly scarred me!. It was entirely inappropriate for schoolchildren and me and my friends still talk about some of the disturbing scenes!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Catcher in the Rye!. What a bunch of overrated tripe!. Perhaps my teenage angst was worse than his at the time as his problems seemed nothing to mine!. I just kept thinking "so what"! Ironically, he was the biggest "phonie" of them all in my opinion!. Get over yourself, we've all got problems!. Once you've taken the main reason that people associate with it away, there's little else left!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was recommended crappy books and they bored me to tears and I think You are absolutely right about Dan Brown and the chick lit and twilight:

The Da Vinci Code
White Teeth
Little Pink Apple
Twilight (And Breaking Dawn)
The Wishing Chair

Please next time people send me books, don't send me shitty stuff like datWww@QuestionHome@Com

how about the princess and the pauper by kate brain!. in sixth grade it was recommended to me i got a headache every time i tried to read it!. horrible book in my opinion!.i cringe every time i see it!. i beg to differ about what you said about twilight!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Twilight for me too!. I did read 3/4 to see what all the hype was about had no 4 bought me as a gift but its gathering cobwebs!

I do try and read a book to the end!. Inheritors by William Golding was a hard slog for me!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan!.

I'd rather go swimming in sewage works than read that book again!. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but still!. I hate it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hate chick lit too! God, it annoys me!. Like the only thing were interested in is shopping and shoes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

'Oranges are not the only fruit' and 'Sexing the Cherry'!.
I thought they'd be really interesting but I was soooo wrong!! Then again, each to their own and all that!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've had recommendations for Ernest Hemingway and Philip K Dick!.

Nuff sed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Kite Runner - I was so bored half way down the first page I gave up!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Cider with Rosie - it put me off so much that I didn't read another book for 20 years (I kid you not!)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Someone tried to get me to give the Gossip Girl stuff a try!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

someone suggested the book of mormon to me!. whenever I read it I fell asleep!.!. couldnt get into it at allWww@QuestionHome@Com

Pride and Prejudice

It's well-written, but I could not get into the story no matter how many times I forced myself to!. I feel like I'm supposed to like it because I'm a writer, but when I talked to several writing group buddies, they said they couldn't get into it either because the story was so frivolous!. And it is!. I can't relate to any of the characters!. My writing buddies can't relate to the other characters!. If I can't relate to any of the characters, then it's just no spectacular for me to read!.

blahh--you're a journalist!? Then you should know the problems with Twilight!. I'm a freelance journalist who has published an opinion article on Twilight!. Received great raves despite the obsessed fan girls out there!. Even a comment from a bestseller!.

I've never been recommended Twilight, which is why I didn't list it!. After a lot of people read my article, they know to stay away from that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

are you kidding, twilight is going against the sterotypical vampire stories and creating something unique!. it is beautifuly written, and i think you need to open your mind a bit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com