Name One Book You Have Tried to Finish Reading

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   gmwilliamsposted 13 years ago

   I have tried to finish THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO but could not because of its extreme horrific theme.   However, I hope to get the courage to finish the book one day.    Any book that you have attempted to finish?

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      daleamyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Persuasion by Jane Austen. I've read most of her other works and love them, but for some reason, every time I start this one, I get distracted and can't seem to finish it.

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   Max Daltonposted 13 years ago

   The Snowball. It's the biography of Warren Buffett. I love stocks and finance and all of that other stuff, but about halfway through you start to realize that his life just isn't terribly exciting, lol.

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   Randy Godwinposted 13 years ago

   The Never Ending Story 

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      RedElfposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      
      
      I never did manage to make it all the way to the end of Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie" - dos Passos' "Manhattan Transfer" stalled me in the first three pages.

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         wonderingwoolleyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         What didn't you like about Sister Carrie? It's sitting on my bookshelf, but I haven't picked it up yet...think it is worth it?

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            Motown2Chitownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            I personally haven't read Sister Carrie, but I do like Dreiser. An American Tragedy was very well done...so I'd chance Sister Carrie.

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      Randy Godwinposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I was joking, of course! 

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   barryrutherfordposted 13 years ago

   'This is How'  by M J Hyland  almost factual account of a serial killer

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   emichaelposted 13 years ago

   Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth. Good book and interesting topic, but it was so big and drug on in parts.

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      Motown2Chitownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Oh, I thought it was WONDERFUL!!  It was long, though...but worth it!
      
      

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         emichaelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I really did enjoy what I read of it. I think the problem was that I was in my senior year of college and in the midst of biochem and shakespeare finals
         Not a recipe for success.
         I'll have to give it another try.

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            Motown2Chitownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Starz made it into a seven or eight part series....it was SO well done!

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               emichaelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Yeah I saw that. I was apprehensive about the idea, but I'll have to check it out. I wonder if it's on netflix......

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                  Motown2Chitownposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Was the last time I checked...worth every single minute, I promise.

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   sasanquaposted 13 years ago

   Wuthering Heights. Every time I try to read it I get tired and fall asleep, which is sad coz it's meant to be such a great book!

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      emichaelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I haven't gotten to that one yet, But I'm the same way when it comes to classic literature. I usually have to balance it with something a little more accessible otherwise I'll more than likely give up. For example, right now I'm reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky alongside Pastwatch by Orson Scott Card.

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   Just For Funposted 13 years ago

   "Reclaiming History" Vincent Bugliosi 1647 pages. Great book but very small print

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   horrezposted 13 years ago

   The bible...

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   horrezposted 13 years ago

   The bible.

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    Aspects of Lifeposted 13 years ago

    I have tried to finish The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe. It is described as a gothic novel, but I find it so long winded. I think you could cut out half the pages with no disruption to the story. Every couple of years I pick it up and carry on from where I left off. I have been reading it for about 15 years now (I am serious) and I am about half way through.

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       emichaelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       That is commitment!

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    Steele Fieldsposted 13 years ago

    Portait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce.

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       bloggernotjoggerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco.
       Great book, but I was reading it when my daughter was in the hospital and I was waiting to see if she would be ok. When she was released, I couldn´t bring myself to continue reading it. I do plan to get back to it someday.

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       PDXBuysposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I once attempted Ulysses by James Joyce.  A futile attempt...

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    Motown2Chitownposted 13 years ago

    "The Kindly Ones" by Jonathan Littell.
    
    It's the fictional memoir of a Nazi officer.  A third of the way through I found myself sinking into depression verging on despair.  Written beautifully...too much so.

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    EmpressFelicityposted 13 years ago

    Anything by Charles Dickens, except David Copperfield.

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    Dale Nelsonposted 13 years ago

    Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.
    
    Just to difficult to remember whats going on every time I pick it up to read some more.

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    LisaKoskiposted 13 years ago

    I tried reading Atlas Shrugged bu Ayn Rand but couldn't get past 100 pages before giving up completely after a couple months.

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    typefaceposted 13 years ago

    Vanity Fair is one that always get me! I have tried to read it so many times but I always get so distracted by other things!! Oh dear...The FRUSTRATION!

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    mistyhorizon2003posted 13 years ago

    Lisey's Story by Stephen King, the ONLY book of his I have ever struggled with. Just couldn't get into the whole 'bool' this and 'bool' that in the early part of the book. Got about 25% through it, put it down (about 4 years ago now) and never picked it up again. Shame, because he is my favourite author.

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    PDXBuysposted 13 years ago

    Principia Mathematica by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell.  I couldn't understand the first sentence.  Nor could I understand any sentence which followed.  The book was written in English (I think).

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    Smokes Angelposted 13 years ago

    I honestly can't think of a book that I didn't read cover to cover.  I love to read.  I try to avoid Satanic books and occult books however.

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    rbe0posted 13 years ago

    I tried reading book of mormon yesterday. I failed on the third sentence.

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    Cagsilposted 13 years ago

    I have a set of books which are not available to the general public, so I cannot divulge the names of the books, but I have been reading them for several years now.

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    madmilkerposted 13 years ago

    See Spot Run.!!

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    ThoughtSandwichesposted 13 years ago

    Cags...Is that a fancy way of saying "purloined Library books"?  If so...I feel ya...

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       Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Nope.

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    Storytellersrusposted 13 years ago

    Sadly, I have a stack of books beside my bedstand that I "intend to finish" but can't seem to pick up:  The Lady and The Monk by Pico Iyer; Breathless in Bombay by Murzban F. Shroff; and I did finish Brooklyn by Colm Toibin but can't for the life of me think why I wasted my time!!!  I am reading Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and can't put it down.

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    iskra1916posted 13 years ago

    War and Peace but I don't think I am alone in not finishing that particular epic..

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