Tournament of Books discussion

Just revived a previous topic on The Rooster! discussion thread, but since the membership may not be identical between the two, thought I'd post here as well.

Hi, I've been thinking about this lately, wondering how I'd recognize you all when we get into 2016 ToB shortly. Thought I'd revive this discussion thread...

I'm lljones here, llj on ToB/Disqus.

"Name one and only one book you hate" seems to have been part of original "rules", so, if you feel like it, feel free to carry on the tradition...

I don't have an answer for this at the moment. I generally abandon books I don't like long before I can say I hate them. The last one-star (dislike) book I (partially) read since using goodreads as my book-tracking journal was The Empathy Exams: Essays.

I can remember a few times in my life finishing a book and then throwing it across the room in hatred. Just can't remember any titles!

Rebecca H. on Disqus.

The book I hated most recently was My Struggle by Karl Ove Knaussgard. It was such a struggle for me that I had to abandon it halfway through. And I generally love these types of memoirs.

Tina B on Disqus.

AmberBug on Disqus. Just recently tried to read Richard Laymon this Halloween for a spooky read. The Beast House is absolutely terrible, why do people like this guy?

Melanie G on Disqus.

Booktrovert on Disqus. So, 'hate' isn't word I use too often, but I will say, that Mrs. Dalloway gives me all sorts of twitching and annoyance. (And I am sorry to those who love it.)

What does Disqus refer to?

Michele wrote: "What does Disqus refer to?"

Disqus is the blog commenting hosting service that the ToB uses for online readers to comment on the judgements. Basically you can be part of the community that comments directly with the ToB or you can do it here on GR, or you can do both! I have always just been a lurker on the ToB comments section and have never signed onto Disqus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disqus
https://disqus.com

Michele wrote: "What does Disqus refer to?"

The comment section of the TOB site uses the program Disqus for better organization. You can also sign up for a disqus account so that all comments shared on disqus are easily found. Basically, another social profile.

Oh, great! thank you!

Kristin-Leigh on Disqus.

RidgewayGirl on disqus.

Amateur Reader on Disqus.

Lola on Disqus.

Alison wrote: "RidgewayGirl on disqus."

I didn't realize that was you when I upvoted some of your comments yesterday, lol. I am apparently consistent in what I like in my bookish friends :)

Also susanw over there. Although, like here I tend to lurk more than post.

Lorraine wrote: "Alison wrote: "RidgewayGirl on disqus."

I didn't realize that was you when I upvoted some of your comments yesterday, lol. I am apparently consistent in what I like in my bookish friends :)"

Oh, good. I was thinking you were going to say that you'd upvoted some of my comments before realizing who had made them!

I'm LadyCat over there. But I don't post much either place.

My goodness, Alison, when I said on Disqus 'we seem to have similar taste in books' I did not know that RidgewayGirl is you! I am laughing so hard now.

(I am brynplusothers on Disqus but this is perhaps obvious?)

Melanie wrote: "Melanie G on Disqus."

I love your posts over there, too :) I wanted to go back and comment on some of your thoughts re The Idiot, but I find I lose my place/ability to keep up over there. Things are often slow here but I think I prefer that to the relentless pace on the TOB site. This thread is not the place for my comment re The Idiot but since I already opened a comment box, I'm putting here anyway...I will have a college freshman next year and so far have used that as my reason to stay far from that book. What I avoid book-wise directly correlates to the ages of my kids...Since it's doing so well, I may have to make an exception for the Torment.

Lorraine wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Melanie G on Disqus."

I love your posts over there, too :) I wanted to go back and comment on some of your thoughts re The Idiot, but I find I lose my place/ability to keep up over..."

Thanks!

For the record (also as mom of a college-bound 18yo & an about-to-graduate 22yo) I didn't find The Idiot hit me too hard in the 'my kid!' feels. Caveat: I stopped reading it half-way through. I felt far enough removed from Selin, and her college life is so particular to the 90s, that it didn't seem like the same world my kids are in.

Fever Dream & Idaho were harder to read from a being-a-parent standpoint (though nothing compares to how awful reading Tampa was while my son was in middle school.

LOL on your autocorrect of the Torment for the Tournament! So far this year that has proved to be truer than ever!

Melanie wrote: "Lorraine wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Melanie G on Disqus."

**LOL on your autocorrect of the Torment for the Tournament! So far this year that has proved to be truer than ever!**

HA!! I'm leaving it...so appropriate for this year far! 😂

And thanks for the "kid feels" insights for this year's books. Good to know. And Tampa...I loved the cover but stayed away from the book. Maybe later...

I'm GuiltyFeat on Disqus because guiltyfeat.com is the domain of the blog I haven't written for 3+ years.

Daniel wrote: "I'm GuiltyFeat on Disqus because guiltyfeat.com is the domain of the blog I haven't written for 3+ years."

LOL :) And on Listy as well, correct? Where I am also Lola, as on Disqus.

I'm glassthroat on Disqus. If one couldn't figure it out from the avatar.

I'm Beth on the ToB Disqus. Pretty creative, huh?

Just as creative as I am, Beth -- I'm Ellen H.