What have you never read?

dreamdaisy

Sticky's thread triggered this thought in what currently passes for my brain. I have never read (and never intend to read) a Barbara Cartland predictably frothy nonsense or a Mills & Boon. DD

mig

A Stephen King book the films are scary enough. Mig

Slosh

50 shades of Grey

Numptydumpty

Fifty Shades of Grey for me too. I did get it on my kindle to see what all the fuss was about, but couldn't get into it, it's so boring!
Numpty

Slosh

Stil love the pupil who told me she wanted to learn to read difficult words so she could read her Mum's book. Mr Grey's 50 shades!

stickywicket

I've never read, and will never read any of the above. I'm quite happy about that.

I'm rather more ashamed to admit that I've never read, in full, any of the Russian classics.

bubbadog

Any books that are set in the war times, anything before 20th Century. Just haven't got the patients. I've read one or two with The Book Club but I will pass on anymore.

Kitty

Moby Dick, and can anyone blame me?? Don't fancy reading any Jane Austen either.

Slosh

Dickens.

tjt6768

Books :?
I don't have the concentration span to read a pamphlet let alone a book

stickywicket

Oh Tony, that's so sad. :shock:

You read threads on here so you do have concentration. Why not start small? You're missing a whole world of pleasure and, more importantly, distraction from pain.

tjt6768

I have tried a few times to get into reading. Having such a dire memory really doesn't help at all.

I prefer movies. Such a cop out I know. As for reading the threads here. I must confess, I try and avoid the longer ones :oops:

xx

dreamdaisy

Crikey, what interesting responses, thank you! I agree with bot doing the Russian classics (I prefer the Radio 4 versions every time, at least one can get on with doing something useful whilst trying to sort out the 'ovas' and 'iches' ) but I love Jane Austen, Dickens, Hardy and especially George Eliot (Daniel Deronda was my favourite).

50 Shades? Why bother reading a very badly-written tale? Words can be put to much better use but I have enjoyed the spin-offs such as 50 Sheds of Grey. I can't cope with horror but one of the best film adaptations I have ever seen was the first Harry Potter - it brought my imaginings to life. Mind you, I never read the others because I felt (rightly or wrongly) that nothing would match it.

Science fiction. Pointless. 'Nuff said. DD

barbara12

Dickens I keep promising myself to get them..maybe soon..think it is the only fiction I could read ..

villier

Absolutely no mills and boons, sci-fi or 50 shades of grey, although, I did go to the theatre and see 51 shades of Maggie a one woman show based on the books and on good old Glasgow humour............... hilarious!!!!! xx

stickywicket

bubbadog wrote:

Any books that are set in the war times, anything before 20th Century. Just haven't got the patients. I've read one or two with The Book Club but I will pass on anymore.

Give some of the war books a go, Bubbadog. They're not all fighting and shooting. Modern classics are:

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remerque
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker.

All great novels for my money.

I used to read a lot of sci fi in my youth. I don't now but Isaac Asimov has to be a wonderful storyteller by any standards. I loved his Foundation series.

LignumVitae

Jane Austen, I've read loads of classics but I'm ashamed to say notated how many times I try Austen I just don't get her style.

Slosh

Love Jane Austen but have never managed to get into a Dickens novel.

Boomer13

I have many "never reads" but always near the top of the list is Fifty Shades of whatever...and most romantic novels, not that I'm against romance....

The Pat Barker war novels I really liked, btw Bubba.

tkachev

I've never read any of the Harry Potter books or watched the films.


Elizabeth

stickywicket

I love the lot