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FL Gators
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Jane Eyre
Madamme Bovart
Hamlet
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suprted (m)
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Weep not my child
Gulivers Travel
Things fall apart
The beautifull ones are not yet born
All Enid Blytons series
Oliver twist
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Tatase (f)
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I think Betty Neels was the first M & B book I ever read. The book ended with "and the teakettle bubbled away/merrily on the stove" or something. While the main characters did their thing upstairs. No details of course.
I was quite young then.
LOL. I think I know the one you're talking about. What's with the Betty Neels haters?? I love her!!! I collect her 1st editions!! Her books are sooooooooooo peaceful. Ok so there are no high highs or low lows, but they're really easy and brief and idyllic and innocent and make you think of a more naive era. Nothing like some Betty Neels to clear your mind after a rough day. She makes me happy!! @ topic: Swan by Naomi Campbell (soooooooooo stupid!!!) Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (unfinishable) Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (so overrated!!) |
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suprted (m)
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as for me, it's lord of the rings. i just cannot get past a certain page in the fellowship of the ring. it's like reading a very boring ancient history textbook.
and to say jane eyre is uninteresting when you watch home videos,
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Tatase (f)
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@ topic
I admit I find Charles Dickens incredibly boring even though I know its a travesty to say so. His stories are so interesting but the writing, so wordy and the descriptions, too much!
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Anikeji
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SS I reading list o
Ayi Kwei Armah - May the Lord uphold you. I don't know about all the literary genres, but The beautiful ones are not yet born was definitely a dally into the abstract.
I could not make head or tail of this book, and I'm an avid reader of anything.
Although I initially felt the same way about Anthills of the Savannah, I'm a die hard Achebe fan and could not concede defeat, so I picked it up again recently and actually liked it, so I may yet again venture into Ghanaian literature.
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eemi
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WildOne (f)
TRY READ TOM CLANCY'S SUM OF ALL FEARS, ULL CHANGE YOUR VIEWS ABOUT HIM.
HES AWESOME.
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slimfine (f)
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Sophie's world
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equlibrium (m)
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wat? clancy is a master! u all clancy haters shuld b shot!  |
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bubblegum (f)
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@ topic
cant remember
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sley4life (m)
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Macbeth, Ali baba & the forty thieves, hadley chase collection
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Siena (m)
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Weep not my child
Gulivers Travel
Things fall apart
The beautifull ones are not yet born
All Enid Blytons series
Oliver twist
I don't get you - did you find these interesting, or uninteresting? I only ask, because it seems you're compiling your favourites list.
pray tell, what do you find interesting.
Do you mean interesting, or uninteresting? I don't get it either. |
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suprted (m)
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@Siena
if he finds all of those books boring, then i'm curious to see what he finds interesting.
the topic says uninteresting, so that is what i listed and what i'm hoping everyone else did.
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Nezan (m)
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Bible
Oliver Twist
The James Hadley Chase series
Master of the Game
Day of the Jackal
The God father
Roots
etc
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corrall (f)
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the only time i tried a tom clancy novel was power play-politika, cudnt go past the first 10 pages
then there is stephen king's insomnia, oh BORING.
then all M & B novels as far as i am concern are not interesting.
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ILOCHUDI (m)
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TOM CLANCY'S BOOKS
damn so booooorrrrring.
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slap1 (m)
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Weep not my child
Gulivers Travel
Things fall apart
The beautifull ones are not yet born
All Enid Blytons series
Oliver twist
things fall apart? the beautiful ones are not yet born? oliver twist? Haba! i beg to DEFIANTLY DISAGREE, i beg. |
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ILOCHUDI (m)
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@Nezan
Bible uninteresting? have u really read the New Testament? just relax and read it.
The God Father and the Root, uninteresting? wow
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FerrariGP
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definitely Tom CLancy for me, i tried reading one of his books and could only go a few pages
@Nezan, i dont think u understand the thread, Bible??? Godfather?? Roots??, guy u no book at all??
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webb jamie
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mine, try 1984 by charles dickens or george orwell,can't remember who wrote it.dat book,  |
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gentleone (f)
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@kay9, i agree with you, "mayor of casterbridge "was definitely boring!
"the beautiful ones are not yet born" too is another boring one
and yes, "a painted house" by john grisham was definitely boring for me.
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MUZBO (m)
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I don't gerrit! The topic should be: The most uninteresting book I almost completed. I don't expect anyone to read something thats not interesting except they are jobless or have an exam or being forced at gun point. Never read an uninteresting book except you want me to mention textbooks from school.(exam stuff)
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joycexz (f)
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Jane Eyre
the beautiful ones are not yet born and james hardley chase collection.
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sunjongs (m)
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I have read allot of interesting books
(1)What they don't teach you at lagos business school, by Sunny Obazu
(2)Why we want you rich, Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki
(3)Millionaire at 26, Ken Hayashi
(4)Recreating your world, by Chris Oyakhilome
(4)The wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
(5)Attitude is everything, I think His name is keith (good and intresting book. but pardon me i cant really say that's the authors name its from the us a basket ball er).
Read to your success Thanks.
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ukukaegbu (m)
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@hilli666 and Nezan; You guys are not serious!
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Siena (m)
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I have read allot of interesting books
(1)What they don't teach you at lagos business school, by Sunny Obazu
(2)Why we want you rich, Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki
(3)Millionaire at 26, Ken Hayashi
(4)Recreating your world, by Chris Oyakhilome
(4)The wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
(5)Attitude is everything, I think His name is keith (good and intresting book. but pardon me i cant really say that's the authors name its from the us a basket ball er).
Read to your success Thanks.
Topic says, "most uninteresting book you've read."
Not a list of the ones you did find interesting. |
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saymalcolm (m)
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I can remember a few, Tom Clancy for one; he spends too much bloody time on details and forgets that the sole aim of writing is to entertain. If i wanted to know about subs, i would have joined the navy.Jeffery Archer is a fantastic writer but when i read 'Shall We Tell The President?', i was heart-broken.I dont believe he wrote that anyway after reading 'Kane and Abel' and the 'Prodigal Daughter'. Steve King has lots of fans and you guys may probably think me crazy but i've never been able to complete any of his novels. The build up to the story takes like, forever so i usually lose interest before i get anywhere. The more reason i was surpised when i discovered it was he who wrote 'Shoreshank Redemption' after i watched the movie. But i think Archer's Shall We Tell The President is the most uniteresting book i've read in a long time.
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kay9 (m)
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I don't gerrit! The topic should be: The most uninteresting book I almost completed. I don't expect anyone to read something thats not interesting except they are jobless or have an exam or being forced at gun point. Never read an uninteresting book except you want me to mention textbooks from school.(exam stuff)
Dude, personally i can't drop a book once i start reading it - unless i run into a more interesting one. But once the second one is done, pronto, i head back to No.1 (unless, of course another interesting one pops up ). The thing is, i ALWAYS end up going back to the first book, no matter how long and how uninteresting it is. It's a habit. Doesn't mean i'm jobless (i put in 8-5 everyday, BTW); back in school, i used to switch between textbooks, class notes, and novels - they never made any difference to me (darn habit used to drive my friends crazy then : kay, how can you read your note and a novel at the same time??And the end result, i end up reading lots (and lots!) of highly uninteresting stuff. Can't help it.  |
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FL Gators
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Bible
Oliver Twist
The James Hadley Chase series
Master of the Game
Day of the Jackal
The God father
Roots
etc
rotfl @ Bible. You're not serious at all Why not Oliver Twist. That was a classic, very lovely novel. @Post The Devil's Highway (ugh) |
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Owu gal (f)
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MY wonderful sisters and brothers,
Books can be very culture and era/time specific specific. so fo instance this book called uncle tom's cabin which a lot of americans love so much is perhaps one of the worst books I ever read. But the more I learned about the way writters wrote in old england, old America, the more I understood it and it made some sense. I read it and I loved it and still love it now
But I advise no one to read this book wuthering heights. it is positively one of the vilest books in the world. but then again so many americans love it and its very old america/old england culture specific.
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naijaking1
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@topic
Guys, has anybody noticed that one's view of a book tends to change over time. Personally, James Joyce's Ulysses tortured my in college while I was trying to complete an honors requirement with those other English majors. After graduation, I picked up the book again, and actually loved it the second time around.
So, try re-reading your uninteresting book a second time, your opinion might change.
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iice (f)
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@topic
Guys, has anybody noticed that one's view of a book tends to change over time. Personally, James Joyce's Ulysses tortured my in college while I was trying to complete an honors requirement with those other English majors. After graduation, I picked up the book again, and actually loved it the second time around.
So, try re-reading your uninteresting book a second time, your opinion might change.
True, it happens to me sometimes. But some books remain the same. Betty Neels |
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