Posts Tagged With: water for elephants

Top Ten Books I Feel Everyone Has Read But Me

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Shoeless

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the bloggers over at the Broke and the Bookish. Book bloggers from all around create lists based on the chosen topics, and post links to the host blog to share our love of books.

This week the topic was Rewind Tuesday, so we were suppose to pick any past topic and write about it, so I picked Top Ten Books I Feel Everyone Has Read But Me. I felt this would be a pretty good topic considering I tend to steer clear of popular books.

  1. Twilight: I just don’t get the whole vampire sensation…I don’t see this changing anytime soon. And yes, pretty much everyone I know has read these books, including the hubby.
  2. Fifty Shades of Grey: I just…I don’t know, don’t get the whole premise…I have a feeling this maybe one I end up breaking down and reading…mainly cause you people just never give up!
  3. The Help: There’s not really I reason I haven’t read this…well except just not having enough time.
  4. The Lord of the Rings: I did attempt to read the Hobbit…can’t stand, put it down after only a few chapters, so saw no real reason to actually try and read the series.
  5. The Secret Life of Bees: I did watch the movie…does that count? lol. No seriously, nothing against this one either just haven’t gotten to it.
  6. The Game of Thrones Series: I have lots of friends who have LOVED this series…to be honest I know pretty much nothing about it except that everyone keeps recommending it to my husband…but not me…hmmm….
  7. Of Mice and Men: I’ve owned this book for probably 10 years…and for some odd reason can never compel myself to crack it open…one day…maybe.
  8. The Kite Runner (and A Thousand Splendid Suns): Picked up both of these at a yard sale a few years ago as they’ve only been recommended to me by about 100 different people…they are both on my summer TBR list…again.
  9. Water for Elephants:  Ditto to #8.
  10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: I’ve just not been compelled to pick it up, but nothing against it really.
P.S. This was scheduled to post for Tuesday, I don’t now why it didn’t so, I’m post dating it. Sue me. :)

So, which ones can you join me in saying you haven’t read? What books have you not read that it feels like everyone has read??

Categories: Top 10 Tuesdays | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Ten Books It Seems As Everyone Has Read But Me

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Shoeless

So, I saw this on the librarian who doesn’t say “shhh” blog last week, she actually got the idea from The Broke and the Bookish blog who does a top 10 Tuesday post every week. I don’t plan on doing that but they both did an awesome job, and it was fun to read and relate…so I thought I’d share my top Ten.

1. Water for Elephants- Am I the only one who hasn’t read or seen the movie? I don’t know…it’s gotten GREAT reviews from everyone. In fact, I even bought a copy at a used book sale, for like a $1, figured I’d eventually get around too it. Well…that hasn’t happened.

2. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy- Just no desire…not much of a sci fi kinda-girl.

3. Lolita- I tried…I’ll admit, but was very creeped out after chapter 1. Of course, that could be because the main character (the guy, not Lolita) really reminded me of my ex-husband…too much so for me to continue.

4. The Scarlet Letter- I was suppose to have read this for school, at LEAST twice…yeah, still haven’t done it. Maybe it’s the fact I was being told I HAD too? Or maybe it’s that whole sexism part of the lady being punished for something men have been doing since the start of mankind.

5. The Bell Jar- Not even sure what it’s about…

6. The Lord of the Rings- I know it’s more of a series than a book, but I could barely make it through the Hobbit.  Too many fantasy characters and words I had to keep up with…which is strange, because I didn’t have that problem with Harry Potter.

7. Gone with the Wind- I hated the movie…NO way am I suffering through that book.

8. The Kite Runner- It’s on my TBR list…just haven’t gotten there yet. I am looking forward to it though.

9. Memoirs of a Geisha- Haven’t read it, no real desire too.

10. The Lovely Bones- Lovely and bones should not be in the same sentence…Am I right?

11. The Secret Lives of Bees- If you notice a lot of these books are popular fiction…never been into the “best sellers”…which is why I haven’t read this, either. (And yes I know I said 10, but I had to many to whittle down my list anymore than I already did..

10. Twilight- Nope, not gonna read it…don’t care how much people raved about it…and no, this has nothing to do with the fact that I married an Edward.

Categories: Top 10 Tuesdays | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Adventure Journal by Contexture International.

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 79 other followers

%d bloggers like this: