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What’s the hardest/most challenging book you’ve ever read? Was it worth the effort? Did you read it by choice or was it an assignment/obligation?


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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54 responses

  1. Val Gryphin

    The hardest books I’ve read are ones that I haven’t yet finished. There are three: Don Quixote, Les Misérables, and Anna Karenina. (Sense a theme here?) I was not assigned any of these three for school, but was intrigued by them and chose to take them on. I still own them all, and I will finish them as they are like a red flag being waved in front of my face.

  2. jaynesbooks

    Here is my answer: http://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-hard.html. Comments are greatly appreciated.

  3. iwriteinbooks

    http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/btt-hard-to-get/

  4. shelovestoread

    heres mine 🙂

    http://shelovesreading.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-hard/

  5. Anthony North

    You’ll find mine here:

    http://anthonynorth.com/2011/10/mini-mag-64

  6. Lady Kell of Kincavel

    Here’s my Booking Through Thursday post. 🙂

  7. GF Book Mom

    Mine is here: http://its-raining-books.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-challenging.html

  8. SammyDee

    I don’t know what my most challenging book of all time is but I’m struggling to get through The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin. I’m reading it ‘for fun’ and it isn’t a difficult read – It just hasn’t captured my attention in the way I hoped it would.

    Yes, it’s interesting reading about the ants and the bees and the plants and evolution over time, but I just don’t seem to be making any progress with it. I’ve been reading it for 2 months now. TWO MONTHS!

    Since starting The Origin of Species I’ve started and completed 15 other books rather than sticking with it and plodding though. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before!

    Give me another 2 months and another 15 other books and I might just finish it. 🙂

    Read my post about Darwin here: http://manchestermeanders.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/charles-darwin-and-the-mongolian-grill/

    P.S. The Origin of Species is one of my Day Zero Project Challenges, as is reading my height in books. At least it’s helping me with to complete another challenge along the way!

    Read my Day Zero Project Challenge here: http://manchestermeanders.wordpress.com/day-zero-project-2/

  9. Aine

    Here’s my BTT – House Millar series

    Aine

  10. Palm Trees & Bare Feet

    Great question!

    Here’s my BTT: http://palmtreesbarefeet.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-hard/

  11. bookshistoryandtravel

    Here’s my BTT: http://bookshistoryandtravel.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-october-27.html

  12. The Literary Omnivore

    My answer is here!

  13. Debbie

    Here’s my BTT:
    http://nofiltermom.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  14. Katie

    After a long time reading I’ve finally decided to join in with you guys! My answer is here: http://oldenglishrose.dmi.me.uk/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-hard/

  15. Meg @ A Bookish Affair

    Here’s my answer:
    http://abookishaffair.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-hard.html

  16. Vicky @ Books, Biscuits & Tea

    Here’s mine:
    http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-5.html

  17. vampira2468

    http://dementedreading.blogspot.com/2011/10/whats-hardestmost-challenging-book.html

  18. Erin

    Great question.

    heres mine: http://wrathsqueensbooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  19. Jordan Butcher

    Here’s mine!
    http://ink-puddle.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  20. Michael

    Here’s mine: http://nashvillebookworm.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-difficult-reading/

  21. Lisa (Lisa's World of Books)

    http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/?p=2990

  22. Psique @ Book Travels

    http://booktravels.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-throught-thursday-9.html

  23. Mermer

    Here’s mine

  24. Cheryl "Mash"

    My BTT is here

  25. Sierra

    I hate having to read books that my teachers tell me to! Boring!
    My BTT

  26. Nicole Langan

    Here’s mine:

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  27. Lori @ Escape Between The Pages

    Interesting question. Check out my answer for this week’s Booking through Thursday.

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  29. Kirsten Mortensen

    Finnegan’s Wake, without a doubt!

    Which I read by accident . . .

    http://kirstenmortensen.com/booking-through-thursdays-wake-up.htm

  30. Sam @ The Little Munchkin Reader

    Come and look at my BTT post this week! I think it may be controversial!

    http://samjaymc.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  31. DawnTreader

    My answer: http://dawntreader-island2.blogspot.com/2011/10/btt-hard.html

  32. Valentina

    Fun question

    Here’s mine:
    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  33. Claire

    Tricky question this week! My answer is here: http://project-tbr.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-8.html

  34. Yara Santos (@TwilightsDance)

    Here is our BTT: http://www.onceuponatwilight.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-102711-hardest.html

  35. Kerri's Book Blog

    There were a couple books for me.
    http://kerrisbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-hard.html

  36. The Character Connection

    Please stop by at:
    http://thecharacterconnection.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

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  38. mostraum

    This answer I didn’t have to think much about: http://mostraum.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-hard/

  39. The Plot Thickens

    I tried and failed with: http://theplotthickensbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday_27.html

  40. Share

    Here’s my answer! Great question! I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one that had trouble reading Anna Karenina!

    http://share-mymind.blogspot.com/2011/10/hardest-book-btt.html

  41. Eileen Leacock

    Here is mine: http://edwardsgranddaugther.blogspot.com/2011/10/bible-challenge.html

  42. City Girl Who Loves to Read

    Please read mine at: http://citygirlwholovestoread.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday.html

  43. Matthew

    It doesn’t even take any effort to answer this one. My answer is up.

  44. abookandashortlatte1

    Here’s mine

    http://abookandashortlatte.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-15/

  45. Demijel (@demibeans)

    Easy one: http://breakingbookshelves.blogspot.com/2011/10/know-me-better-btt-hard-oct-27.html

  46. Elsi

    My reply is at Reading in Texas — BTT: Hard. I’m finding that reading the classics is harder than it used to be. I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading well-crafted prose!

  47. Bev@My Reader's Block

    Most of the “hard” books I’ve read have been assigned (Moby Dick, for example)…but there’s one that stands out and it’s one that I chose to read…here it is: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-hard-choices.html

  48. Evolet Yvaine @BeefcakeandBabes

    Here’s mine: http://beefcakeandbabes.com/2011/10/27/booking-through-thursday-27-hard/

  49. wcs53

    Sorry it’s a day late, but here’s my answer for this week: http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/booking-through-thursday-oct-27/

  50. Alex Baugh

    A little late but here nevertheless, my answer is at http://thechildrenswar.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-2-whats.html

  51. Stephanie Michelle Hasty

    a day late, but well worth it! 😛

    http://smhasty.blogspot.com/2011/10/booking-through-thursday-hard.html

  52. Tanya

    I did mine for the hardest book I’ve read this year (2011)

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  54. Shelley

    It’s my current book, Ron Suskind’s Confidence Men. I confess I’m skimming some of it, but I’m determined to find out how the Wall Street fatcats got us into the mess we’re in now.

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