The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

What were your least favorite books of the Winter 2012-2013 Challenge?

In the Time of the Wolf
In a Cemetary At Night and Other Storie of Crime and Suspense-These stories weren't not suspenseful

I Funny by James Patterson. Not funny at all. Not even a little bit.

I didn't care much for the Hourglass by Myra McEntire.

Thankfully, that was the only book I read for this challenge that I didn't particularly like.

Oops, looking over my list it seems that there is another book there I disliked: Breath, Eyes, Memory.

my 2 stars

Only 2 1 star reads:
Consequences of Sin - after reading Maisie Dobbs and the first few Phryne Fisher books by Kerry Greenwood, I was interested to try other period mysteries. This one was a real disappointment.

Finding Clarity: A Mom, A Dwarf and a Posh Private School in the People's Republic of Berkeley - a free kindle book, that sounded fun and quirky and was not fun (although quirky!). Not even worth what I paid for it.

And one of the 2 stars that really was a disappointment - I like Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini a lot, so got on the "hold" list at the library early on for The Bughouse Affair and really didn't enjoy it. Too much "period," not enough mystery. Since I like both authors, though, if they come out with a second in the series, I'll probably give it a chance - maybe they will need a couple books to successfully do something different for them.

My worst ones were:

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
Detailed descriptions of uninteresting food and dull play by play accounts of high school level american football games.

The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Premise was good but execution was poor leaving one dimension characters with too much aggression and weird sexual overtones.

I don't usually read a one star book through to the end, so here are my 2 stars:

Girlchild
Christmas Stories
The Bridges of Madison County
Artemis Fowl
The Supernaturalist
Thirteen Reasons Why
Evermore
Marked

Least favorite nonfiction: Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance

Least favorite fiction: Interview With the Vampire

1 star: - I haven't read a book as bad in a long time.

2 stars:

My least favourites were ones I thought I would enjoy.

Treasure Island
The Kite Runner

Books I hated:

Mockingjay
Room
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The Gourmet Detective
Alentejo Blue
Silent House
Landing
Winter's Tale
The Republic of Love
Maisie Dobbs
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Book Of Fires

and in prime place of (dis)honor, Snow.

1 Star:
Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel

2 Stars:
Secrets of Eden
The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Survival and Obsession
Suite Scarlett
Dare Me
1982
Reached
A Time For Us
Travels in the Scriptorium
There's Something in a Sunday

My least favorites were:
The Sense of an Ending
The Princesses of Iowa

and by far the worst ---
Real Simple: The Organized Home which was nothing more than nice photography and telling the reader what pieces of furniture they should have in different rooms --- did I really need a book to tell me a bedroom should have a bed, light and dresser??

2 star reads:

Also, though I didn't finish it in time to count for the challenge I also gave 2 stars.

Least favorite book:

I rate most books as average. Winter challenge I had 2 I really didn't care for.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Until The Real Thing Comes Along

JoLene wrote: " did I really need a book to tell me a bedroom should have a bed, light and dresser?? "

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Honor Student by Teresa Mummert was my least favorite book of the Winter 2012-2013 Challenge. It was such a let down. I am a sucker for a pretty cover.

Jen wrote: "1 Star:
Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel

2 Stars:
Secrets of Eden
The Devil's Teeth : A True Story of Survival and Obsession
Suite Scarlett
Dare Me
1982
Reached
A Time For Us
Travels in..."

I just finished "Notorious Nineteen" for the Spring Challenge. SMH. I am going to stop reading this series with the next book.

I did not have 1-star ratings, and 2 2-star ratings:
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
and Sweet so Fragile

No one-stars for me in the last challenge, luckily. My least favorite two-star books...

The Age of Miracles (YA coming-of-age/supposed apocalyptic)

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself (athletic memoir)

Shadowland (YA paranormal)

Lindsey wrote: "No one-stars for me in the last challenge, luckily. My least favorite two-star books...

The Age of Miracles (YA coming-of-age/supposed apocalyptic)

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming O..."

LOL! "supposed apocalyptic"

:D

Marie-Anne wrote: "I did not have 1-star ratings, and 2 2-star ratings:
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
and Sweet so Fragile"

I read Sweet so Fragile but haven't rated it yet. Not sure what to give it ...