Can you name one book you gave up on and one book you couldn't put down, please?

Question

but no listing please, just one example of each, thank you.

Answer 1

Gave up on: Watchmen, but I would like to try it again.  I struggle with graphic novels.

Couldn't put down: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  Read it straight thru in 9 hrs.

Answer 2

One book I couldn't put down: any of the books in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer

One book I gave up on: Jane Eyre (: hehe

Answer 3

Lord of the Rings I gave up on    -   I'm not into Goblins, fairies, pixies etc, but I can never put down a travel book. One good book I recently read from cover to cover was Cinnamon City  by Miranda Innes. She told of her adventures in purchasing, renovating a riadh in Morocco, but elaborated so well on the culture of Morocco, the mystycism, and subtle comparson to her homes in Andalucia and Brighton.

Answer 4

gave up on: norther light by jennifer donelly

couldnt put down: 13 reasons why by jay asher

Answer 5

Gave up on: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Loved: American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis

Answer 6

I couldn't put down any of the Harry Potter books but gave up on The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown after one paragraph - it's the worst written book ever

Answer 7

Walked away from Canadian telephone book printed in French.

Was glued to Non-Fiction titled: The Longest Cave.

Answer 8

The Stand by Stephen King. Though it was complete drivel and is about 1500 pages long so could not be bothered after about 100 pages.

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. One of the best books ever although a bit depressing.

Answer 9

Gave up:  Devil Wears Prada

Couldn't Put Down: Hm, that's a lot.

HP, Twilight novels (even the hideous last book), all Dan Brown books, the Other Boleyn Girl, I Am America (and So Can You).

Answer 10

Best books: Harry Potter series (very well written)

Worst book: The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time (very boring!)

G.W.K

Answer 11

i couldn't put down "The diving bell and the butterfly"

but admittedly i gave up on "The fellowship of the ring"

i shouldn't have watched the film first!

Answer 12

Gave up on Middlemarch, and shot myself in foot for uni essay questions.

Latest couldn't/can't put down

Darkmans by Nicola Baker

Answer 13

Couldn't put down: Mort by Terry Pratchett

Gave up on: Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

Answer 14

Couldn't put down  ..... Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Gave up but really tried...... Lorelies Secret by Carolyn Parkhurst.

:)

Answer 15

I couldn't put down Wild Swans by Jung Chang

I had to put down Heart Shaped Box, I think I read a quarter, skimmed a quarter then got fed up & read the last chapter  

Answer 16

I gave up on 'War and Peace' because it was just incredibly dull.

I couldn't put down 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters - amazing book!!

Answer 17

Gave up 'far from the madding crowd' by Thomas Hardy & Couldn't put down 'persuasion' by Jane Austen

Answer 18

attempted - P.S i love you (much before the film) twice, then gave up.

couldnt but down any of sophie kinesella's books!

Answer 19

I started to read a book about the Stuarts. I think I got to page 10. I can't remember the title. Now why doesn't that surprise me?

Couldn't put down?

Wild Swans - Jung Chang. Fascinating history of China from the last days of the Empire through Mao's Cultural Revolution. Fascinating.

Answer 20

Couldn't put down: Relentless - Simon Kernick

Gave up on: A Question Of Blood - Ian Rankin (although i was young, trying again soon)

Answer 21

couldn't put down:  Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian

gave up - The Diceman - can't even remember who it was by!

Answer 22

I gave up on "Eragon" because it was boring and I couldn't get into it.

I couldn't put down "Crime and Punishment" because it was really interesting and fascinating.  

Answer 23

Couldnt put down: The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart.... Just brilliant, start to finish.

Gave up on:  The Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, I just couldn't get in to the groovy / jive kinda prose, although its meant to be a new age classic... ah well, maybe another day i'll try again.

Answer 24

I gave up on the Simarrillion

and I couldnt put down Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Answer 25

twilight by stephenie meyer

ITS AMAZING

ALL THE SERIESE

U HAVE TO READ THEM

TRUST ME

i dare u to read i without falling in love with edward

lol

Answer 26

Couldn't put down: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Can barely pick up any book on improving management skills zzzzz

Answer 27

I gave up on the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (mind you I was only 16 at the time)

Found the Jean Auel books - first was Clan of the Cave Bear" I think, about Neanderthal and stone-age man fascinating.

Answer 28

It's funny, because the two that sprang to mind are from the same author, Coetzee.

The first one is Disgrace, I loved that book.  It made me angry and I wanted to throw it across the room at the end when the characters made tragic mistakes (according to me), but it was amazing and I couldn't put it down.

The other one is Youth, I have picked it up several times and have yet to get past the first 5 chapters.  One day I will finish it, maybe.

Answer 29

Gave up on "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie

Couldn't put down "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple

Answer 30

i gave up on the astonishing life of octavian nothing- traitor to the nation

i couldn't put down i am the messenger by markus zusak.

*celebrindal*

EDIT: it sucks that everyone seems to have been stumped on FotR...but then again i saw the movies first hehe

Answer 31

couldn'nt put down all harry potter books. i love them!

tried reading Lord of the Rings.

i dunno what i found so difficult in that (lord of the rings)