Best Bad Book?

By --Deb on

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Suggested by Janet:

The opposite of last week’s question: “What’s the best ‘worst’ book you’ve ever read — the one you like despite some negative reviews or features?”


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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82 responses

  1. Violet

    Honestly I cannot think of a single book which was said to be bad but I liked it. I can think of a lot of movies though 🙂

    I think it would be interesting to visit other participants and see what their lists are, it might remind me of something.

  2. Kat

    Ditto with Violet. It goes back to my preference of not reading reviews, therefore not knowing what the rest of the world is reading… good or bad books. 🙂

  3. lena

    I thought of one!

    http://saveophelia.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/supposedly-bad-btt/

  4. Robert Burdock

    I had to go back to 1993 in order to answer this one 🙂

    http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-%e2%80%98worst%e2%80%99-book/

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  6. Dot

    Hi everyone, missed this for a few weeks, glad to be back!
    Here’s mine:
    http://dot-scribbles.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

    Hope you’re all having a good week!

  7. blodeuedd

    Lol, yes I choose a bad book that i almost choose as my worst ever book last week. Now that is weird.

    http://books-forlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  8. gautami tripathy

    Here is what I wrote:

    http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-best-bad-books.html

  9. Simon S

    A very difficult question that raises more questions…

    http://savidgereads.blogspot.com/2009/03/supposedly-bad-books.html

    Have a great Thursday!

  10. marie

    Here’s mine! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/03/suggested-by-janet-opposite-of-last.html

  11. marineko

    http://marineko.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

  12. Novroz

    I’ve just found this site 2days ago n I think it’s really an interesting community.

    I was planning to join this week question…but it’s really hard to answer.

    I never read any reviews before buying books, I just go along with my insting…so I don’t know which books are considered to be bad.

    Maybe I’ll find something after reading yours

  13. Carol

    My post is up! Happy BTT everyone!

  14. Jessica

    Here is mine: http://barneysbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  15. Mo

    I played too; mine’s a double-round, as I missed last week’s participation…

    Happy Reading, everybody!

  16. Mo

    Oops…here’s the link:

    http://mosmind.blogspot.com/2009/03/good-bad-and-unread.html

  17. Teena in Toronto

    I played … I couldn’t think of one, though.

  18. thatsthebook

    Mine is up not really exciting but here it is:

    Booking Through Thursday #28

  19. Matthew

    My answer is up. This is a difficult question to answer.

    The book I picked is not even bad, but critics thought so.

  20. SFP

    Mine’s up:
    http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2009/03/best-bad-book.html

  21. Marie

    Everyone has their own opinions, and tastes differ. But my post is on The Burton Review

  22. Barbara H.

    This was a hard one! My answer is here:
    http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book/

  23. Runa

    Answer is here

  24. Jackie (Farm Lane Books)

    This is the hardest question so far!

    Multi-tasking

  25. Julie

    Here’s my answer:

    http://www.ferventreader.com/2009/03/26/btt-best-bad-book/

  26. JLS Hall

    Are these questions getting harder or am I just getting dumber? Don’t answer that. Anyway, here’s my attempt:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

  27. Jeane

    This was hard to think of, but I came up with a few answers here.

  28. Lisa

    Mine will surprise you! You can find it here:

    http://southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com/2009/03/btt-best-worst-book.html

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  30. Megan

    Definitely hard, but I have an answer — and it’s not Twilight (though yes, I like that too)!

    http://writemeg.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-hey-i-like-it/

  31. Melissa - Shhh I'm Reading

    Mine is up! This question was harder than last weeks.

    http://shhhimreading.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursdaybest-bad-book.html

  32. lisamm

    This was hard, until I did a search:

    Best Bad Book? Booking Through Thursday

  33. Crystal

    I did an author because I could not think of one specific book – I’ll probably think of one in a day or two though. http://myreadingroom-crystal.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday.html

  34. Lu

    I cheated a little 🙂

    http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-2/

  35. Mae

    Harry Potter!

  36. Sherrie

    Hi!
    I am not posting a Booking Through Thursday this week. I can’t think of any book that was a worst but good book. I have read several I personally didn’t like but the writing wasn’t bad, I just didn’t like the genre. Have a great day!!

    Sherrie

  37. MOG

    Mine is here, http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  38. Alexia

    I actually couldn’t think of one (it’s nice to see that other’s couldn’t either LOL) but I still posted the Q on my blog: http://themommyrambles.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-worst.html

  39. Kerri

    This was a tough one, but I had blogged about this book before:

    http://ravndahl.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  40. Popin

    This was a hard one.

    Here’s mine

  41. cowgalutah

    I’m new to this…so go easy on me.
    This is mine http://cowgalutah.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/book-through-thursday/

  42. Jo

    I have posted my answer here.

  43. thekoolaidmom

    Mine was short. I’ve got the stomach flu, so I’m not feeling smart and witty… lol.

    A Sick Little Gargoyle

  44. Robin of My Two Blessings

    Okie Doke – Mine is up now.

    here

  45. Veggiemomof2

    http://veggiemomof2.blogspot.com/2009/03/best-bad-book.html

  46. BooksPlease

    Here’s my answer

    http://www.booksplease.org/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book/

  47. Library Diva

    It was easy for me. I have many books that I know aren’t very good, but that I love anyway. Here’s a brief profile of two of them:
    http://yourlibrarycard.blogspot.com/2009/03/treasure-trash-great-btt.html

  48. Kaila-Ann

    My best “worst” book is here!

  49. mizb17

    I didn’t really have an answer for this one, so –since I still wanted to play along in BTT this week– I used an older post, from last year, and answered that instead: The End.

    ~MizB

  50. Bella

    I wanted to say Twilight, but in the end I found one more original

    http://convicted-bibliophile.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  51. Sarah

    http://bookwormsarah.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday_26.html

  52. Emily

    Mine’s up!

    http://worldinsidemyheadbookblog.blogspot.com/

  53. Suey

    Here’s a few I thought of.

  54. claire

    My post is up.

  55. ruinedbyreading

    Here’s mine: http://ruinedbyreading.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/btt-worst-books-ive-ever-read/

  56. JoAnn

    My answer is up!

    http://lakesidemusing.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

  57. Jessica Leigh

    Here’s mine!

  58. Elina

    here’s mine:
    http://crimsonheart.bubble.nu/index.php/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-263/

  59. Pamela

    Mine is up. Yikes, I can’t believe I did that…

    http://prsweet.blogspot.com/2009/03/btt-best-worst-book.html

  60. Poppy

    I tend not to read bad reviews of books I liked very often, so I’m just guessing here: http://personal.poppyphotodesign.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-2/

  61. DeSeRt RoSe

    Mine is up ..

    http://desertrosebooklogue.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

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    Here is my answer: http://savingmoneyideas.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book/

  64. Kristen (bookclubclassics)

    Whew… Finally wrote my post…

    http://bookclubclassics.com/Blog/btt-worst-book/

  65. Planet Books

    Good question! Here’s my answer.

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  66. Debbie

    here is mine. Hard question this week!
    http://ffbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-thru-thursday.html

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    My answer is here: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/booking-through-thursday-4/

  69. 3m

    http://1morechapter.com/2009/03/26/btt-best-bad-book/

  70. Alea

    Here’s mine!

    http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursday-best-bad-book.html

  71. Andrea

    Here’s mine

  72. Novroz

    hehehe I finally come out with something, here :

    BTT: The Best ‘Worst’ Book

  73. reviewsonbooks

    Stumped me on this one!

    http://reviewsonbooks.wordpress.com/

  74. Sam Ruddock

    An interesting question:

    http://bookstimeandsilence.blogspot.com/

  75. Janet

    I was out of town yesterday, but better late than never! My post is here: http://www.acrossthepage.net/?p=2778

    Thanks for choosing my question. I confess I found it difficult too!

  76. Florinda

    Booking Through Thursday on Friday – for me, this was a question about guilty pleasures.

  77. tanabata

    Mine’s up.

  78. Liv

    http://livsbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/03/booking-through-thursdaysaturday-27.html

  79. byrningbunny

    These are difficult topics and take some thought!

  80. heidenkind

    Here’s mine. I know it took me a while to think of one.

    http://heidenkind.xanga.com/697378126/so-bad-its-good/

  81. Shimmy Mom

    Lord of the Flies was required reading when I was in 8th grade and I hated it! I know it is considered a classic and I really should go back and read it with adult eyes, but I just haven’t been able to do that yet.

    I also really liked Harry Potter, the first two in the series anyway, that’s all I’ve read so far. I actually read the books because I had some friends and family members tell me how horrible they thought they were. I knew that they were very popular and that I would need a reason WHY I wouldn’t let my kids read them when they brought them home. After the first book, I knew that I felt differently than my friends and that those books would be allowed in my house. At least when they got old enough not to be scared of them

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