Beth ’s Comments (group member since Feb 23, 2012)

Beth ’s comments from the The Dusty Bookshelf group.

Most of them, but here are some:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Room

Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment

Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Isn't it funny how some people hate the books that others love (e.g., ATLAS SHRUGGED).

You borrowed the book from a friend, and you've had it for four years? Is that person still your friend? Has that person ever loaned you another book?

Most bestsellers disappoint me because they got so much hype that I always expect something really, really great.

I didn't like Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil

My shelved books have all been read. I have several piles of unread books on tables in the living room/library. These are the books I intend to read next. I consider dusty those books that I keep putting at the bottom of the piles so have been there for a year or longer. These are mostly older books because I read the new ones right away.

I'm reading . I expect it to be a five-star book because this author's other books were. It wouldn't be considered dusty because amazon.com called it a best-of-february book. But I preordered it so have had it sitting around collecting a little dust.

It looks like the only books considered dusty are the classics. But I have some books that were bestsellers a couple/few years ago that have been collecting dust because I keep meaning to get to them. Don't those count, too?

I'm Beth. I have piles of books I've been meaning to read for a long time.

I hate reading challenges and goals. I work full time, and I read whenever I can, but I have a lot to do on my two days off a week. I manage to get a lot read, but I can't make myself read more than I do. So no goal or challenge for me. Maybe if I had a maid I could do it.

I think many "classics" are overrated. I disliked ANNA KARENENA, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, any of the Russian translations that I've read. I hated LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA. I don't enjoy Hemingway.

I have also hated many books that everyone else says they like. For example, I thought THE ROAD was terribly depressing.

I don't read romances, YA books,porn, or books with goofy-looking covers. I dislike books that I think are below my reading level.

I sound like a snob. Really I'm not.

One More River by Glickman
Unbroken by Hillenbrand
Down River by Hart
King of Lies by Hart
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Fowles
Cutting for Stone by Verghese
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Wroblewski
Darkness Take My Hand by LeHane
Child 44 by Smith
The Hot Zone by Preston
Gone Baby Gone by LeHane
The Demon in the Freezer by Preston
The Good German by Kanon
No Second Chance by Coben
Atlas Shrugged by Rand
Under the Banner of Heaven by Krakauer

Oh, my, I was supposed to stop at 10, wasn't I?
I've read many of the books that others list as favorites. If I haven't listed them, obviously I don't agree that they're exceptional. Most I just thought were OK

Jessica, you HAVE to read ATLAS SHRUGGED! Put that at the top of your list.