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Re: Book you never finished

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Ulysses. I just couldn't get into it and didn't see the point of forcing myself, since it was supposed to be for pleasure in the first place!
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lshea5 wrote:Surprisingly, a book I could never get into was The Girl Who Played With Fire. I know it is part of a very popular series, but somehow I was not compelled to continue reading.
That happened to me at first. First 250 pages were just soooo boring. But then I literally couldn´t put the book down. :)
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The Great Gatsby. Here I sit waiting for the echoes of gasps :P I just really didn't like the writing style and couldn't get through it...It was a reading assignment in high school and I hated it so much that instead I wrote my project piece on a book I actually enjoyed. Still got an F. Didn't care lol!
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I never got around to finishing "The Alliance" by Mark Frost.
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For some reason I could never finish the book Catch 22. I enjoyed what I did read of it but could never get into it enough to finish it. The funny thing is I have recommended it to friends who loved it. Maybe it is time to give it another try.
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Tell of Two Cities - thinking about trying again
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I never finished A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. I couldn't follow the story because of his writing style.
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Winter Girls. I have heard so many good things about this book, but I couldn't get past the comparison one of the character to a moth.
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I never did finish Jane Eyre. I keep wanting to pick it back up but I never have gotten around to it, sadly.
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Thirst, Sea of Shadows, Gone Girl and The Host are the first ones that come to mind. I usually give a book about 3 chapters before I give up. I also couldnt get through 'Insurgent' or "Game of Thrones' but those I want to try again at a later date
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Post by Lin2412 »

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This one I tried to read as recommended by friends. But after reading, I just can't feel my heart being into it. Although I find the movie adaptation quite good.
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The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy. I'm usually enjoy all the political intrigue Clancy puts in his books but this one just jumped around to much. I would finally be getting into one point of view and then he would switch to another so quick it just became to tedious to keep going.
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Post by karenj113 »

There are two books that I have not finished no matter how much concentration I put into them. The Wind in the Willows and Ender's Game. Wind in the Willows was because I just did not want to read it and Ender's Game just did not appeal to me
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Catching Fire. The movie came out before I could finish it (yeah i know how long does it take me to read a book? but after a while you just lose interest) I was going to finish the book but then just went to see the movie. I still feel guilty about it.
Also, Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. I loved that book. BUT I LOST IT. :'( Now I don't want to buy it again. :'(
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The Neverending Story
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