Provacative title aside, which books moved the world, but made you go "hmmn?"
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Originally posted by kimo55uh, would you please rephrase the question?
When I was in 6th grade, the book "Illusions" by Bach was quite the rage. Many of my classmates would ooooh and ah over how profound the ideas were, the clever graphic of the diary pages, to enhance the Illusionâ„¢. My first read-through left me with a grand first impression, but I couldn't get into it the way others around me did. Over the years, I would take further stabs at rereading it, to see if I could capture the essence which clearly eluded me. In fact, a paperback copy of that insipid little book still sits on my shelf, and one day, after reading it again, I am either going to 1)love it or 2)give it away.
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Oh that tome with a seagull by some name like johnathan livinston?
dat da one?
I luvvved it for the first few pages. Then the whole damned world fell for it. Then I lined my birdcage with it's pages.
My bird showed his love for it too.
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This list could go on forever.
Unfortunately, it probably will.
I'm a worshipping Christian, and even I can barely stomach Tim LaHaye's and Jerry B. Jenkins's Left Behind series.
It was a wonderful movie (seriously), but The Bridges of Madison County is nearly undreadable.
Most people don't know it unless they read library journals, but one of the best-selling writers of the nineties was R.L. Stine, the author of the Goosebumps books. I can totally see what the appeal was for the tweeners who loved them, but they weren't very good.
I'll probably draw a few flames for this, but The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, a sportswriter I admire, is nearly impossible for me to get through.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
GrouchyTeacher.com
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Re: Bestsellers that suck
Originally posted by kimo55Oh that tome with a seagull by some name like johnathan livinston?
dat da one?
I luvvved it for the first few pages. Then the whole damned world fell for it. Then I lined my birdcage with it's pages.
My bird showed his love for it too.
pax
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Originally posted by Pua'i Mana'oWhen I was in 6th grade, the book "Illusions" by Bach was quite the rage. Many of my classmates would ooooh and ah over how profound the ideas were, the clever graphic of the diary pages, to enhance the Illusionâ„¢. My first read-through left me with a grand first impression, but I couldn't get into it the way others around me did. Over the years, I would take further stabs at rereading it, to see if I could capture the essence which clearly eluded me. In fact, a paperback copy of that insipid little book still sits on my shelf, and one day, after reading it again, I am either going to 1)love it or 2)give it away.
A few years later, I was embarrassed to have liked it so much. Today, I can hardly admit it to anyone. Oh, wait. The Mobius strip is from that other book of Bach's, A Bridge Across Forever, also a book I once loved but now realize is awful.
I think I'll add Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series, which started off pretty good (the writing wasn't great but the story was terrific), but went totally downhill from there.But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
GrouchyTeacher.com
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Originally posted by scrivenerThis list could go on forever.
Unfortunately, it probably will.
I'm a worshipping Christian, and even I can barely stomach Tim LaHaye's and Jerry B. Jenkins's Left Behind series.
It was a wonderful movie (seriously), but The Bridges of Madison County is nearly undreadable.
Most people don't know it unless they read library journals, but one of the best-selling writers of the nineties was R.L. Stine, the author of the Goosebumps books. I can totally see what the appeal was for the tweeners who loved them, but they weren't very good.
I'll probably draw a few flames for this, but The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, a sportswriter I admire, is nearly impossible for me to get through.
CLARIFICATION: Kim does not suck. Its just too hard for my son to wrap around.
Oh, and Left Behind does a disservice to Christianity. Nothing about it furthers post-tribulation theory. And as someone who has deep aloha for Iesu, I find that a bummer for the Christians out there who believe in a tribulative future (yeah, that's a reasonable adjective, no?)
Now, back to books that suck...
pax
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Originally posted by scrivenerOh, that's a good one for this list. I read it my frosh year of college and first thought it was just wonderful; especially the blue feather and the Mobius strip thing. I wrote a glowing review of it for my expository writing class.
A few years later, I was embarrassed to have liked it so much. Today, I can hardly admit it to anyone. Oh, wait. The Mobius strip is from that other book of Bach's, A Bridge Across Forever, also a book I once loved but now realize is awful.
I think I'll add Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series, which started off pretty good (the writing wasn't great but the story was terrific), but went totally downhill from there.
And, to join you in the SAFI fire: Mists of Avalon.
I loved, Loved, LOVED the premise. The writing was well-done and I thought the book did a great fresh take on Aurthurian legend. I thought about it for years, until that fateful day when I procured a used copy and upon reading it, wondered WTF??
pax
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Originally posted by kimo55remember that one a while back?
it really was a book:
"Suck or Blow:
The Dilemma of the Hoe"
by
Velvet Jones.
really.
pax
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Originally posted by scrivenerI think I'll add Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear series, which started off pretty good (the writing wasn't great but the story was terrific), but went totally downhill from there.
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Originally posted by MadAzzaMy sister worked in a bookstore during the 1980s. One day a customer came in and asked, "Do you carry Clan of the Care Bears?"
brumbrumbmumblefarkingcarebearsruemgrumbleguerrrr. ..
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