That favourite books list

[burntcopper]

see 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.

Comments

[benpeek.livejournal.com]

oh, come on, how can you dis ANIMAL FARM? that's grand little fable involving pigs.

(actually, i quite like it. i thought TREASURE ISLAND made a good muppet movie, too, and what i remember of LORD OF THE FLIES (i read it ages ago) is still okay.)