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

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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment

af Shaun Assael

116 medlemmer

4 anmeldelser

½ 3.4

Global Rank 9

15 Members: gilroy, mlfhlibrarian, ghilbrae, thorold, merrystar, SylviaC, susiesharp, Dilara86, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, Tess_W, John_Vaughan, ahef1963, MissJessie, chwiggy,

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Jordens søjler

af Ken Follett

27,214 medlemmer

753 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 184

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

3

The Da Vinci Code

af Dan Brown

70,204 medlemmer

1,305 anmeldelser

½ 3.5

Global Rank 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 , ,AnnaClaire ,EmScape ,sjmccreary ,merrystar ,Percevan ,souloftherose ,rretzler ,Bretzky1 , , ,mspixieears ,chwiggy ,SFF1928-1973 ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
Forklaringer: 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

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Finnegans Wake

af James Joyce

5,324 medlemmer

58 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 48

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

5

The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

af Chuck Dixon

1,520 medlemmer

23 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 156

Member: thorold,Edward , , , ,auntSteelbreaker ,kceccato

6

Shrub: The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush

af Molly Ivins

751 medlemmer

3 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 26

11 Members: gilroy, pammab, mlfhlibrarian, ghilbrae, thorold, merrystar, susiesharp, justablondemoment, ahef1963, MissJessie, chwiggy,

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The God Delusion

af Richard Dawkins

16,908 medlemmer

366 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 104

9 Members: liamfoley, foggidawn, SylviaC, auntSteelbreaker, Dilara86, eclecticdodo, kceccato, annus_sanctus, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward , ,lahochstetler , ,thorold ,EmScape ,Percevan ,Bretzky1 ,chwiggy ,
Forklaringer: annus_sanctus: Dawkins delusion

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Middlemarch

af George Eliot

17,708 medlemmer

330 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 188

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

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Lolita

af Vladimir Nabokov

31,680 medlemmer

558 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 167

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

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Mrs. Dalloway : roman

af Virginia Woolf

20,599 medlemmer

329 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 176

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

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Pygmalion

af George Bernard Shaw

6,727 medlemmer

78 anmeldelser

3.8

Global Rank 195

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

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Alice B. Toklas' selvbiografi

af Gertrude Stein

2,679 medlemmer

43 anmeldelser

½ 3.6

Global Rank 173

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

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Bleak House

af Charles Dickens

13,676 medlemmer

247 anmeldelser

4.2

Global Rank 193

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

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Tjenerindens fortælling

af Margaret Atwood

42,207 medlemmer

1,136 anmeldelser

4.1

Global Rank 201

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Forklaringer: aulsmith: Once was enough.
annus_sanctus : Though the hype from democrats and woke people is unbelievable, I did read it and it was not a bad book at all.

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En dag i Ivan Denisovitjs liv

af Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12,922 medlemmer

201 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 153

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Den blinde morder

af Margaret Atwood

16,469 medlemmer

384 anmeldelser

3.9

Global Rank 178

Member: MissJessie, ,Morphidae , ,thorold ,AnnaClaire , ,EmScape ,auntSteelbreaker ,elkiedee

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Ulysses

af James Joyce

24,075 medlemmer

376 anmeldelser

4

Global Rank 155

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Forklaringer: 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.