You Couldn't Pay Me to Read That (Take 2)

Descrizione: List books you never intend to read. Thumb down books you've read or that you intend to read someday. (Books you read but would never read again are you're choice. I've added them to my list). Add books as you see fit.
Basata sull'etichetta: Status - Will Not Read

Finnegans Wake

di James Joyce

5,328 utenti

58 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 48

9 Members: thorold, aulsmith, Cecrow, ncgraham, suitable1, dste, rretzler, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni: aulsmith: I admit to liking to hear bits and pieces of this read by Sioban McKenna, but I'll never read it myself.

Uomini che odiano le donne

di Stieg Larsson

43,145 utenti

1,747 recensioni

Classifica globale 159

10 Members: aulsmith, SylviaC, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, John_Vaughan, Luisali, MissJessie, lisamunro, Lyn5r, mspixieears,bookwoman84 ,gilroy ,schmootc ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , , ,sjmccreary ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,cej1027 , , ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda

Uccelli di rovo - I giovedì della signora Giulia

di Colleen McCullough

7,543 utenti

147 recensioni

Classifica globale 143

2 Members: SylviaC, Dilara86,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,MissJessie

The Beatles Anthology

di The Beatles

1,680 utenti

10 recensioni

½ 4.5

Classifica globale 130

4 Members: gilroy, AnnaClaire, Dilara86, eclecticdodo,Edward ,pammab ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,Bretzky1

Vita di Pi

di Yann Martel

43,548 utenti

1,013 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 169

5 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, Dilara86, MissJessie, mspixieears,gilroy ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay , , ,EmScape ,sundancer ,merrystar ,SylviaC ,souloftherose ,marq ,eclecticdodo ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: gilroy : I pearl ruled this after just a few chapters. It isn't worth the read from what I could tell.
aulsmith: The movie was schlocky enough.

Middlemarch

di George Eliot

17,695 utenti

330 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 188

Member: SylviaC,eromsted ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,ncgraham ,souloftherose ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

L'età dell'innocenza

di Edith Wharton

13,903 utenti

300 recensioni

Classifica globale 197

Spiegazioni: AnnaClaire : I read this one, and without the incentive of cash and/or assignment. (Oh, and I don't normally read a lot of fiction, either.)

L'ombra del vento

di Carlos Ruiz Zafón

27,855 utenti

1,038 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 182

1Q84

di Haruki Murakami

8,908 utenti

352 recensioni

3.8

Classifica globale 177

Member: MissJessie,Edward ,SilentInAWay ,amysisson , ,aulsmith , ,Jarandel ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: aulsmith : On my backlog, though it's a little long to read without being paid.

Lolita

di Vladimir Nabokov

31,684 utenti

559 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 167

7 Members: countrylife, aulsmith, SylviaC, ncgraham, cej1027, chwiggy, annus_sanctus,gilroy , ,eromsted , ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , , ,EmScape ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: aulsmith: No.

The Koran

di al-Qur'an

672 utenti

15 recensioni

3.8

Classifica globale 142

4 Members: gilroy, aulsmith, susiesharp, annus_sanctus,Edward ,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire , ,merrystar ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni: annus_sanctus: Worst religious book in the world (by the way, there is not just one Arabic translation, there are at least 14 variations!)

La signora Dalloway

di Virginia Woolf

20,602 utenti

329 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 176

3 Members: SylviaC, ncgraham, mspixieears,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,thorold , ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda

Pigmalione

di George Bernard Shaw

6,729 utenti

78 recensioni

3.8

Classifica globale 195

Member: John_Vaughan,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,AnnaClaire ,aulsmith , ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears
Spiegazioni: aulsmith : I like Shaw. I hope to read all of him before I die.

Autobiografia di Alice Toklas

di Gertrude Stein

2,681 utenti

43 recensioni

½ 3.6

Classifica globale 173

Spiegazioni: aulsmith : The more I read about Stein, the more I think I should read this book.

Casa Desolata

di Charles Dickens

13,680 utenti

247 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 193

3 Members: SylviaC, eclecticdodo, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: aulsmith : My best friend thinks this is the best Dickens, so it's on my TBR list.

Il cuore è un cacciatore solitario

di Carson McCullers

10,705 utenti

243 recensioni

Classifica globale 160

3 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, susiesharp,eromsted ,Morphidae ,SilentInAWay ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,Dilara86 ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

Il codice Da Vinci

di Dan Brown

70,210 utenti

1,305 recensioni

½ 3.5

Classifica globale 139

17 Members: eromsted, liamfoley, foggidawn, rajukv, ghilbrae, smcwl, thorold, countrylife, aulsmith, Cecrow, sundancer, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, cej1027, MissJessie, saintjamesluther, annus_sanctus,bookwoman84 ,gilroy , , ,schmootc , ,dara85 ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay ,AnnaClaire ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,Percevan ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 , , ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,SFF1928-1973 ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: AnnaClaire : I won't pretend I'd recommend reading it, but it was painless enough.
aulsmith: I already read the book he used as his starting place and that was a bad enough time waster.
annus_sanctus: Never understood people believing all the lies in that book
-pilgrim- : It is fun to read in the "so bad it's hilarious" category

I pilastri della terra

di Ken Follett

27,216 utenti

753 recensioni

4.2

Classifica globale 184

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, souloftherose,Edward , ,bookwoman84 ,SilentInAWay , , ,sjmccreary ,kceccato ,Jarandel ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni: aulsmith: Too long.

Cime tempestose

di Emily Brontë

51,898 utenti

699 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 199

2 Members: gilroy, aulsmith,Edward ,eromsted , ,cpg , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,thorold , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,Bretzky1 , ,mspixieears ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: aulsmith: Once was enough.

Il colore viola

di Alice Walker

19,692 utenti

334 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 170

2 Members: John_Vaughan, annus_sanctus, ,eromsted ,Morphidae ,lahochstetler ,SilentInAWay , ,elkiedee ,kceccato ,chwiggy ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: Morphidae : Really? Wow. It's one of my all time favorites.
annus_sanctus: The reason being Oprah Winfrey .....

Guerra e pace

di Leo Tolstoy

28,747 utenti

455 recensioni

½ 4.3

Classifica globale 198

2 Members: SylviaC, MissJessie,eromsted ,cpg ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,elkiedee ,marq ,kceccato ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni: Morphidae : Still trying to get this started.
aulsmith : On my TBR list.

Harry Potter. La serie completa

di J. K. Rowling

12,343 utenti

171 recensioni

½ 4.6

Classifica globale 200

3 Members: aulsmith, auntSteelbreaker, John_Vaughan,timspalding ,Edward , ,gilroy ,foggidawn ,SilentInAWay ,amysisson ,AnnaClaire , , ,EmScape ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,susiesharp ,souloftherose ,eclecticdodo ,rretzler ,kceccato ,cej1027 ,mspixieears

Metamorfosi

di Ovid

13,172 utenti

102 recensioni

4.1

Classifica globale 189

2 Members: MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted ,Morphidae , ,SilentInAWay ,smcwl ,aulsmith , ,merrystar ,ncgraham ,marq ,kceccato ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni: Morphidae : I was pleasantly surprised with how good this was.
aulsmith : On my backlog.

Occhio di gatto

di Margaret Atwood

9,106 utenti

162 recensioni

3.9

Classifica globale 163

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1

di M. H. Abrams

2,518 utenti

7 recensioni

Classifica globale 174

Spiegazioni: aulsmith : Admittedly I'll never read it cover-to-cover, but there's some good stuff in here.

Lo zen e l'arte della manutenzione della motocicletta

di Robert M. Pirsig

18,775 utenti

283 recensioni

3.8

Classifica globale 148

3 Members: dara85, Dehinde, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted ,SilentInAWay , , ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,

Ulisse

di James Joyce

24,080 utenti

377 recensioni

Classifica globale 155

7 Members: dara85, cpg, chgstrom, rretzler, kceccato, MissJessie, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,eromsted , ,SilentInAWay ,thorold ,aulsmith , ,auntSteelbreaker ,marq ,John_Vaughan ,Bretzky1 ,mspixieears ,chwiggy
Spiegazioni: aulsmith : Much better than Finnegin's Wake. I'm not a big fan, but I do re-read parts from time-to-time.
kceccato: I don't dispute Joyce's importance to literature, but his style is not to my taste. If I have to read him, I'll read his short stories.