tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post5709755579892464435..comments2024-03-24T08:30:43.258+01:00Comments on FLY HIGH!: WHAT MAKES YOU PUT DOWN A BOOK?Maria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-88595963831890395382013-09-09T04:53:57.745+02:002013-09-09T04:53:57.745+02:00I think I'd rather read straight non-fiction f...I think I'd rather read straight non-fiction for the history, etc. of the era. I tried to watch the adaptation (Middlemarch) and couldn't get interested in that either. I never finished it. It's hopeless, I fear. Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286943933853228251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-42424210332505996792013-09-08T17:01:13.076+02:002013-09-08T17:01:13.076+02:00As an update - loved both War and Peace and Middl...As an update - loved both War and Peace and Middlemarch - and both have been filmed as a mini series. Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137174252568533818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-52417286649056407892013-09-08T08:15:08.995+02:002013-09-08T08:15:08.995+02:00Hi Trudy! Thanks for dropping by and leaving your ...Hi Trudy! Thanks for dropping by and leaving your comment. Middlemarch and its characters are not easy to cope with. Difficult to relate with Dorothea and her choices for me too. Though Middlemarch is a precious "encyclopedia" for someone studying the historical/social/political background: there's so much you get to know about the most relevant issues of the age. It is one of those books you don't read for pleasure. War and Peace instead has long sections/digressions dedicated to the war, so detailed and uninteresting to me. Honestly I had to skip those pages from time to time but isn't that another of the readers' rights according to Daniel Pennac?<br />Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-14229760541113133392013-09-08T06:14:17.871+02:002013-09-08T06:14:17.871+02:00Just recently tried Middlemarch but couldn't g...Just recently tried Middlemarch but couldn't get past 90 pages. It held no interest for me. I didn't like the characters. Moby Dick was tedious. I never finished it - the only required reading in high school that I skipped on.<br />Not sure if I'm brave enough to tackle War and Peace. My brother loved it....Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286943933853228251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-1780948739110061442013-09-06T23:12:15.466+02:002013-09-06T23:12:15.466+02:00Hello, @OML! Glad you like this post :-) and grat...Hello, @OML! Glad you like this post :-) and grateful to you for visiting and commenting. <br />You mention being 16. Well, at that age I was less selective. I read so many books I shouldn't have read! LOL<br />I read anything I could find available in my relatives' houses!Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-68490453574822325422013-09-06T22:57:49.305+02:002013-09-06T22:57:49.305+02:00I agree with your reason's for putting a book ...I agree with your reason's for putting a book down, there had been a few I have, among them: LOTR (shame on me!) and The Hobbit when I was 16, last year I read a shortened version I think so I finished it...<br /><br />As Mel@Thedailyprophecy I can bear with not great writing if the plot attracts me.<br /><br />Is nice to know is usual to feel a duty towards a book. I've read a few out of duty, I've started it and so I should finish it, i.e Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Although I do remeber 'scenes' from it, I can't tell what the plot is, on the other hand my brother loved it and looks aghast everytime I say I didn't like it.<br /><br />Interesting post MG!OMLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-35547679378652874682013-09-06T21:54:17.341+02:002013-09-06T21:54:17.341+02:00I'm quite like you in that, Mel@Thedailyprophe...I'm quite like you in that, Mel@Thedailyprophecy , if the plot is adequately intriguing, I get to the end even though the book lacks great writing quality. <br />Many thanks for contributing to the discussion here on FLY HIGH! :-)Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-88548089373042296062013-09-06T21:30:32.535+02:002013-09-06T21:30:32.535+02:00I was one of those people who couldn't finish ...I was one of those people who couldn't finish LOTR. Where I absolutely love the movies, I couldn't get pass the boring story in the books. I really wish I'd like it :(<br /><br />For me, DNF a book is all based on a combination of several things I dislike. Example: When the writing-style is so so, but the plot is good: I'll read it. If both things lack, I'd probably put it down :) Mel@Thedailyprophecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516514938771433319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-7571826949392517922013-09-06T19:11:30.078+02:002013-09-06T19:11:30.078+02:00@Vesper Meikle
First of all, thanks for contribut...@Vesper Meikle <br />First of all, thanks for contributing your comment! I've never even tried to start LOTR, I'm not particurlarly into sagas (with few due exceptiosns). I've read The Hobbit, though. And some of you might know what my real motivations was ;-)<br /><br />@rhease7en <br />Hello and welcome to FLY HIGH! Thanks for sharing :-)<br />Apparently you were in good company in not finishing Rowling's The Casual Vacancy and the most frequent reason was: It was not at all what they expected after reading the Harry Potter saga!<br /><br />@Susan Adriani<br />Hi, Susan. Glad to hear from you!<br />I read both "War and Peace" and "Middlemarch". I can't deny they were not an easy ... task :-) <br />Maria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-89406838748128869872013-09-06T16:41:16.542+02:002013-09-06T16:41:16.542+02:00My top two books that I could never seem to finish...My top two books that I could never seem to finish (and I've tried several times) are War and Peace by Tolstoy and Middlemarch by George Elliot. I wanted to get through them, but... ;)Susan Adrianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405468139894848503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-57641569643543187322013-09-06T15:56:21.910+02:002013-09-06T15:56:21.910+02:00As much I loved the Harry Potter books, I couldn&#...As much I loved the Harry Potter books, I couldn't get myself to finish The Casual Vacancy. Though the story begins with death, it did not inspire me to continue reading it. I love Lord of the Rings and I have been reading it every year to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday (January 3).rhease7enhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184787026968555605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-89130728758885702852013-09-06T14:32:23.785+02:002013-09-06T14:32:23.785+02:00Only ever didn't finish 3 books - one The Sata...Only ever didn't finish 3 books - one The Satanic Verses and another Harry Potter (badly written) - and so boring. But now that there are so many free ebooks available I refuse to spend time finishing badly written or boring books - I will read at least 20% of the books, but then if I am not enjoying it I abandon it.<br />Loved LOTR and Catch 22 though.Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03137174252568533818noreply@blogger.com