Thursday, July 1, 2010

"Booking Through Thursday"

Disappointment July 1, 2010

Filed under: Wordpress — --Deb @ 1:01 am 
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Name a book or author that you truly wanted to love but left you disappointed. (And, of course, explain why.)
Oh! this is an easy one this week. The author that left me disappointed was John Grisham I'm sad to say. When I first started to read his books, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, etc.,  I found them a bit exciting and suspenseful. However, the last few books I read of his, The Painted House, and  Playing For Pizza I found very boring. It took me about six months to get The Painted House read. I would read a while and put it aside, read something else, pick it up and read some more, until I got the whole book read. I thought maybe it was just me. Therefore, I gave the book to my daughter-in-law to read, not telling her how boring it was. A few weeks later, she ask, "Did you like that book, I thought it was really boring." I agreed with her. I also found Playing For Pizza boring as well, although just to be fair, I read it straight through, from beginning to end. However, I haven't completely given up on John I have two of his books on my bookshelf  waiting to be read. They are Bleachers and The King Of Torts.  I am planning on reading a few reviews of them, before I decide if I am going to read them or not. 

10 comments:

  1. I can't remember the last time I didn't finish a book. And now that I've started my own unofficial reviewing, I figured it'd only be fair to finish them even if I don't like them and then share with others what I thought - luckily, I haven't felt like putting down any of the books I've been reading recently!

    Here is my Booking Through Thursday.

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  2. Now that you mention him, I did feel the same way about his books. I started reading The King of Torts and didn't get very far.
    CMash

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  3. I read 2 of his and thought they were good just realised I had enough.

    My BTT

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/07/btt-disappointment-in-book-or-author.html

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  4. Sorry but I am just the opposite I love John Grisham but my degree is in Criminal Justice so maybe that is why. I loved the Client and the Last Juror I am very sorry he leaves ya Flat!

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  5. I've been wanting to read Grisham for a while. I wonder if I'll like him.
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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  6. It's been years since I read a Grisham book. I enjoyed the ones that I did read.

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  7. Thanks for visiting my blog! You know, I enjoy the movies made out of his books (at least some of them), but I have yet to be able to enjoy his books.

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  9. Just ouf of curiosity, what do u normally do with the books which dissappointed you? Hmm...mine just lay on the shelf....lol

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  10. I read a few Grisham books a while back, but after that they all seemed to have very similar plot lines and themes, and I got bored...

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