Follow Friday

Friday Follow is a blog hop that was started by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.  Each week a different question is posted by our hosts and we wil answer!  This is a great opportunity for bloggers to network and interact. 

This week’s question –


Q: What hyped up book do you think was not worth all the talk?

For me it was definitely Shiver, Linger and Forever.  Or should I just say Shiver.  I tried so hard to read that book - three times in fact, but I just could not get into it at all.  The sad thing is it has made me hesitant to try Scorpio Races and now The Raven Boys.  Another one was Wither, the first in the Chemical Garden trilogy.  I did read it, but I definitely had a meh feeling at the end of it.  I didn't even finish Fever.  Isn't that one of the great things about books and reading though?  One persons favourite is anothers worst.  We just keep trying them all until we find the ones we like.
- Curlypow

Hmm...for me that was a title from a long time ago...Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.  Every vacation I used to take a book with me, read it and leave it for other vacationers to enjoy.  I took this with me to Vietnam and struggled through it.  If you are looking for something utterly depressing, here's the title to choose.  

During the time when I read this, I used to try and read literature, award winners, things that I thought would make me feel enlightened and intelligent.  Then I got smart and started reading for my own pleasure.  A friend once told me that I wasn't interested in a title after the first 50 pages, to move on to the next book.  There are no secret "reading police" that will fine you for not finishing something you don't enjoy.  My vacation would have been much better if I had had this advice in Vietnam...

- Christinabean

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