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A series of unfortunate choices

Okay, so what's your biggest, latest disappointment with a book that looked or sounded great, or with a book suggested by someone who you really really respect that turned out to be a dog, or maybe just your favorite bad book of all time....?

My latest letdown was "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," which was way too clever in an...more »
  • Category: General | Started Sunday, March 18 2007
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Jenniffer M posted to this topic 1 day ago

Hey c'mon group! You've got to have some books you just hated. Even good books can be hated if you try hard enough! Like I hate any book that takes place on a...
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Jenniffer M posted to this topic 1 day ago

If one more person tells me what a great book this is, I might have to hurt them! I have a son with Down syndrome and could not get past the fact that this...
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anniem749 posted to this topic 2 weeks ago

My book club tends to read a lot of Oprah books. I read them only to broaden my horizon, and to not be a wet blanket at the meetings. I enjoy reading for...
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Marti posted to this topic Wednesday, June 25 2008

Is there one? I want to join it!...
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Raspberrymocha55 started this topic Wednesday, April 23 2008

Thought this was a really neat group to join, as reading "unfortunate choices" happens fairly frequently. BUT...where is everyone? I hope that this group isn't...
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Kay C posted to this topic Sunday, January 6 2008

Well I guess I am one of the few people who did not care for this short and underdeveloped story. It seems like many reviews I have read in regards to this book...
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Lori Z started this topic Saturday, December 29 2007

I recommended this book to my book club based on an NPR interview with the author. What a mistake! It's the most disjointed, poorly edited, hard-to-follow book...
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Eileen L posted to this topic Wednesday, November 21 2007

I have a bit of a love hate thing going with her stuff. Her characters seem to be the epitome of a certain type of awful middle class snobbery. The only time the...
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Jill F started this topic Thursday, November 15 2007

2 books come to mind. They are great books...I just couldn't slog through them. The Mists of Avalon, and the Memoirs of Cleopatra. I just couldn't do it! I...
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Husseina G posted to this topic Monday, November 5 2007

Yeap I agree 100%! After Shogun with Richard Chamberlain and the next movie The Thorn Birds I thought this would have to be a great read......YAWN. I still have...

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