Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Unread May 28, 2009

Filed under: Wordpress — --Deb @ 1:45 am

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In the perfect follow-up to last week’s question, as suggested by C in DC:

Is there a book that you wish you could “unread”? One that  you disliked so thoroughly you wish you could just forget that you ever read it?


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!

 

107 Responses to “Unread”

  3. Kat Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 2:05 am

    Ah, I have quite a few, but I didn’t name names. Happy Thursday! Here’’s mine.

  5. Susan @ Reading Upside Down Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 2:18 am

    I had to think about this one. Here’s my response at Reading Upside Down.

    This should be an interesting post. Looking forward to finding out which books everyone else selected.

  6. Dot Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 2:27 am

    Good question! Mine’s up, hope you’re all having a good week:

    http://dot-scribbles.blogspot.com/2009/05/booking-through-thursday-unread.html

  10. gigidiaz Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:08 am

    This might just be the first time I’m up this high on the comments list (and the last since it’s four something in the morning)

    My page has the meme and beneath it my post for the day. It’s kinda… ugly?? I guess that’s a good word, but you know…. you can stop at the meme if you wanna!

    http://gigidiaz.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/there-is-no-gr…heme-of-things

  11. Violet Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:27 am

    Here is mine I almost forgot it’s Thursday :)

  12. jo Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:43 am

    Mine’s up here

  13. thekoolaidmom Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:43 am

    I’m so happy to have the chance to answer this! Ugh! It brought back such bad memories!

    Here’s mine: Undo That VooDoo You DIDN’T Do So Well

  14. gautami tripathy Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 3:59 am

    Interesting question. Here is my response!

  16. romelettedj Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 4:27 am

    here’s my answer.

    http://lupusurvivor.com/?p=1447

  21. Carol Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:47 am

    My post is up. Happy BTT everyone!

  22. Lynne Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:48 am

    This was an easy one for me – here’s my answer.

  30. Devourer of Books Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 7:16 am

    This should all make for a good DO NOT READ list. Here’s my answer:
    http://www.devourerofbooks.com/2009/05/btt-unread/

  33. thebluestockingguide Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Here is mine. Unread

  34. Matthew Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 7:51 am

    My answer is up. Happy BTT. :)

  36. Marie Burton Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:05 am

    OK OK Don’t hurt me but I have named one..
    at The Burton Review

  38. mizb17 Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:32 am

    My answer is here. I had a title come to mind immediately for this one… ugh.

    ~MizB

  39. nicole Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:40 am

    I uncover long-buried high school traumas here.

  41. Booking Through Thursday: Un-read « Word Lily Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:50 am

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  44. Jessica Slone Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:15 am

    A hardy no from me. You can check out why here!

  45. Jessica Slone Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:16 am

    A hearty no, I should say.

    Sooo early in the morning.

  46. C in DC Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:17 am

    Thanks for using my question! I was prompted to ask because someone last week mentioned A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley as one of their favorites. This is a book that I found profoundly disturbing and truly do wish I’d never read it.

  48. Booking Through Thursday: Unread « Elizabeth Willse Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:44 am

    [...] Through Thursday: Unread Booking Through Thursday asks: Is there a book that you wish you could “unread”? One that you disliked so thoroughly you [...]

  49. elizabethwillse Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:50 am

    Two answers:
    My <a href="http://elizabethwillse.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/booking-through-thursday-unread/actual answer, and some answers I’ve been collecting from other people, to the question “What’s The Worst Book You’ve Ever Read?

  52. lisa-marie Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Oops, I left this reply at Should Be Reading, so I’ll repost it here:
    Oh, do I ever! It’s called Kachima Spirit by Marilyn Meredith. I got the book at a local Book and Author festival (signed, even) and was pretty excited to read it. But, dang, DANG! It was AWful! What was worse was that it’s actually a great idea for a story, but it was so pathetically, poorly written it was painful to read! I had to follow it up with a Catherine Ryan Hyde book just to cleanse my reading palate! Now that I think about it, I bought a couple books by Reina Starr at that same book fair and they were pretty awful, too. You gotta be careful with those local, self-published authors! Happy Thursday!

  55. Library Diva Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 10:35 am

    A little embarrassed at telling this story, but here’s mine: http://yourlibrarycard.blogspot.com/2009/05/cant-poke-out-your-minds-eye.html. Happy BTT, everyone!

  58. Booking through Thursday « Carol’s Notebook Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:15 am

    [...] What about you, any books you wish you could unread? Join in! [...]

  59. jessecreations Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:17 am

    I usually don’t finish the books I hate, but I thought of a few I really disliked. http://jessecreations.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/book-hater/

  61. Kristen (bookclubclassics) Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:27 am

    Here is my response to last week AND this week! Finally caught up…

    http://bookclubclassics.com/Blog/btt-time/

  66. Shauna Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    This was easier than I thought it would be. My answer is here.

  68. Karoline Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    http://www.sensitivemuse.com/?p=247

    it turned into a book rant. Sorry. :P

  70. Booking Through Thursday – Unread « Saving Money Ideas Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm

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  72. J.S. Peyton Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Here’s my contribution this week’s meme: http://www.whosabiblioaddict.com/?p=679

  76. Becky Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    My answer for Booking Through Thursday

    I chose Phillipa Gregory’s trilogy–the Wideacre books.

  84. Booking Through Thursday: Unread « Both Eyes Book Blog Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:36 pm

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  85. Jessica Coleman Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    Here’s mine! I hope nobody picked a “classic” to unread!

    http://botheyes.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/booking-through-thursday-unread/

  86. Tina Kubala Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    A could have picked a few, but I narrowed it down to one.

    http://tinakubala.com/2009/05/28/unread.aspx

  87. dangerkitty Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    This is my first time participating! I definitely have a book I would unread in a heartbeat.

    http://dangerkitty.wordpress.com/

  89. Michelle Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Sorry! Here’s the link…http://mastermusingsbymichelle.blogspot.com/2009/05/booking-through-thursday-inaugural-post.html

  90. Michelle Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    This is my inaugural post, but I definitely have a book to “recommend”!

  94. kilina Says:
    May 28, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    I didn’t think I could pick one since it sounds kind of mean, but here is mine: http://betteroffread.com/2009/05/booking-through-thursday-unread/

  99. Li Says:
    May 29, 2009 at 11:18 am

    Am a bit late this week but here is my response: http://www.rulethewaves.net/wp/?p=503

  103. Elsi Says:
    May 31, 2009 at 11:47 am

    I’m late, but this question is near and dear to my heart! Unlike Kat (#3), I definitely name the offending book. There’s really only been one that left me feeling all itchy and wishing I hadn’t subjected myself to the characters, but I learned along the way that I wasn’t obliged to finish a book and it was no failure to just quit when one was so distasteful.

    Read my full post at http://www.elsi123.net/~elsi/reading/2009/05/btt-unread.html

  105. Stephanie Says:
    June 12, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    Just about everything by Dan Brown and “The Unexpected Salami” by Laurie Gwen Shapiro.

  106. Susan Says:
    June 15, 2009 at 8:43 pm

    The Places in Between by Rory Stewart. I know I should have liked it. I know the NYT chose it as one of the best books of the year in which it was published. I did not like it. Couldn’t understand the reason he undertook the journey. Thought most of what he encountered was depressing and somewhat chilling and finally I didn’t like the way he treated the dog.


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