That favourite books list
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ladymoonray's lj for the full list. I've read 39 of 'em. Some I was forced to. And I can say definitively that some are just so shite it's not true (personal opinion, you can bop me over the head in your own time).
A small list of the utterly shite ones I've read :
Animal Farm, George Orwell - Please dodge the anvil.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis De Bernieres - :sticks fingers down throat and then chases after author with sledgehammer for the pathetic ending:
The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel - oh look, she discovered the bloody wheel. Mary Sue historical bodice ripper porn.
The Godfather, Mario Puzo - :snores:
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell - Oh, Ashleiiiiiiigh....
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding - again with the anvil. not to mention borrrring.
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck - :snores: :attempts to strangle author in sleep for each time Lenny does summat stupid:
The Thorn Birds, Colleen Mccollough - angst! priest angst! family angst! :brings out shotgun to shut them up:
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson - :tosses aside:
Some I cannot cast an opinion on because I haven't read them. I can't put the Hardys on this list because (much as I hate them) they're written well, I just don't like them. And I haven't read the Archer on the list, but I've read enough to know that the man doesn't vary from one book to another.
ladymoonray's lj for the full list. I've read 39 of 'em. Some I was forced to. And I can say definitively that some are just so shite it's not true (personal opinion, you can bop me over the head in your own time).A small list of the utterly shite ones I've read :
Animal Farm, George Orwell - Please dodge the anvil.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis De Bernieres - :sticks fingers down throat and then chases after author with sledgehammer for the pathetic ending:
The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M. Auel - oh look, she discovered the bloody wheel. Mary Sue historical bodice ripper porn.
The Godfather, Mario Puzo - :snores:
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell - Oh, Ashleiiiiiiigh....
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding - again with the anvil. not to mention borrrring.
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck - :snores: :attempts to strangle author in sleep for each time Lenny does summat stupid:
The Thorn Birds, Colleen Mccollough - angst! priest angst! family angst! :brings out shotgun to shut them up:
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson - :tosses aside:
Some I cannot cast an opinion on because I haven't read them. I can't put the Hardys on this list because (much as I hate them) they're written well, I just don't like them. And I haven't read the Archer on the list, but I've read enough to know that the man doesn't vary from one book to another.
