"Paint It Black" by Janet Fitch (what a disappointment after "White Oleander")
"Cold Mountain" by Jonathan Frazier (rent the movie it's a little less boring)
"Kaaterskill Falls" by Allegra Goodman (ZZZZZZ)
"A Redbird Christmas" by Fannie Flagg (was anything interesting going to happen?)
"Where Are the Children?" by Mary Higgins Clark (Her style is on a 7th grade reading level)
"Blue Angel" by Francine Prose (tasteless)
"The Pact" by Jodi Picoult (my pact, never read her again)
"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen (are you for real? some sentences were 30 words long.)
"The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant
"Empress of the Splendid Season" by Oscar Hijuelos (the season was not so splendid)
"The Camera My Mother Gave Me" by Susanna Kaysen
"Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver
"Talk, Talk" by T.C. Boyle (blah, blah)
"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle (forget the wrinkles, this book is giving me gray hair)
"100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (and another 100 to finish it)
"Stupid Angel" by Christopher Moore (stupid book)
"The Deportees" by Roddy Doyle (my attention span was deported)
"Me and Emma" by Elizabeth Flock
"Astrid and Veronika" by Linda Olsson (snooze)
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" by Lionel Shriver (I need to read another book)
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
"Good In Bed" by Jennifer Weiner (and not at writing)
"Fear of Flying" by Erica Jong (whore)
"Beach Music" by Pat Conroy
"Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman (should have been, "Way of the Peaceful Borrior")
"Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett (not beautiful music)
"The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
"Olive Kitteridge"by Elizabeth Strout (surprisingly bad)
"Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri (what a disappointment)
"Dune" by Frank Herbert (look, I gave sci-fi a chance, but it was another language to me)
"The Used World" by Haven Kimmel (used-up)
"The Keep" by Jennifer Egan (she can keep it)
"Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky
"The Sound and Fury" by William Faulkner (he wrote he said, she said, after every single quotation!!!)
"Going After Cacciato" by Tim O'Brien (disappointment, read "The Things They Carried" instead)
"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
"Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins (definitely forced into writing this sequel. The magic was gone.)
"Bellevue is a State of Mind" by Anne Barry (and this drove me out of mine)
"Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood Anderson
"Fear of Flying" by Erica Jong (whore)
"Beach Music" by Pat Conroy
"Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman (should have been, "Way of the Peaceful Borrior")
"Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett (not beautiful music)
"The Maytrees" by Annie Dillard
"Olive Kitteridge"by Elizabeth Strout (surprisingly bad)
"Unaccustomed Earth" by Jhumpa Lahiri (what a disappointment)
"Dune" by Frank Herbert (look, I gave sci-fi a chance, but it was another language to me)
"The Used World" by Haven Kimmel (used-up)
"The Keep" by Jennifer Egan (she can keep it)
"Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky
"The Sound and Fury" by William Faulkner (he wrote he said, she said, after every single quotation!!!)
"Going After Cacciato" by Tim O'Brien (disappointment, read "The Things They Carried" instead)
"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
"Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins (definitely forced into writing this sequel. The magic was gone.)
"Bellevue is a State of Mind" by Anne Barry (and this drove me out of mine)
"Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood Anderson
"You Are Not a Stranger Here" by Adam Haslett (each story was more depressing than the last)
"When the Cat's Away" by Kinky Friedman (what an odd man)
"Side Effects" by Woody Allen (disappointing cause I love his movies)
"Pack My Bag" by Henry Green (leave already)
"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles (piece of junk)
"This is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz (You lose her and the reader)
"A Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling (A vacancy in her writing...leaving much to be desired.)
"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce
"I Feel Bad About My Neck" by Nora Ephron (Oy Vey!..I feel bad for the reader)
"Dear Mr. You" by Mary Louise Parker (stick to acting, Hun)
"Nora Webster" by Colm Toibin (zzzz)
"I am Lucy Barton" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Wangs Vs. the World" by Jade Chang (dreadful characters)
"Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward
"When the Cat's Away" by Kinky Friedman (what an odd man)
"Side Effects" by Woody Allen (disappointing cause I love his movies)
"Pack My Bag" by Henry Green (leave already)
"A Separate Peace" by John Knowles (piece of junk)
"This is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz (You lose her and the reader)
"A Casual Vacancy" by J.K. Rowling (A vacancy in her writing...leaving much to be desired.)
"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce
"I Feel Bad About My Neck" by Nora Ephron (Oy Vey!..I feel bad for the reader)
"Dear Mr. You" by Mary Louise Parker (stick to acting, Hun)
"Nora Webster" by Colm Toibin (zzzz)
"I am Lucy Barton" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Wangs Vs. the World" by Jade Chang (dreadful characters)
"Sing, Unburied, Sing" by Jesmyn Ward
"This Year It Will Be Different" by Maeve Binchy (bad stories about very weak women)
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon (slow as molasses)
"The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame (Oh, that's why I never read this as a child.)
updated 9/2024
"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon (slow as molasses)
"The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame (Oh, that's why I never read this as a child.)
"Oh, Play That Thing" by Roddy Doyle (what a terrible sequel to his wonderful book "A Star Called Henry")
"News From Heaven" by Jennifer Haigh (more like from Hell)
"Beautiful Ruins" by Jess Walters
"The Crook Factory" by Dan Simmons (zzzz)
"Run" by Ann Patchett (I keep giving her a chance. Why?)
"Blindness" by Jose Saramago (more like "Boredness")
"Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison (terribly wordy)
"Before the Coffee Gets Cold" by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (what the heck was going on?)
"The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton (I'm too logical of a person for this nonsense)
"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy (so dark, gruesome and graphic)
"Behind Closed Doors" By B.A. Paris (I refuse to read about weak women. What drivel)
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Muriel Spark (what snobbery)
"The Gathering" by Anne Enright (just all over the place)
"Joy in the Morning" by Betty Smith (endless boring dialogue)
"Simon the Fiddler" by Paulette Jiles (slow)
"Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" by Allan Gurganus ( a lot of rambling, not much telling)
"Atonement" by Ian McEwan (ZZZZzzzzzzz)
"August" by Judith Rossner (very unlikable characters. Waste of time)
"Someone Not Really Her Mother" by Harriet Scott Chessman (drags for a short book)
"Mercury Pictures Presents" by Anthony Marra (did not keep my interest)
updated 9/2024
