Least Favorite Books of the Spring 2013 Challenge

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

What were your least favorite books of the Spring 2013 Challenge?

[Elizabeth]

1*:

2*:

[Tammy AZ]

The Third Policeman and Kiss Me First

[Aleksandra]

1*
Smart vs. Pretty/The Accidental Virgin Valerie Frankel
Runaway Meg cabot

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Your Republic Is Calling You
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

[Jen]

Quite a few 1 *s this challenge...

The Excalibur Murders by J.M.C. Blair - I dislike cozies at the best of times & this one was exceptionally awful. Boring, repetitive, & lame.

Girl Cook by Hannah Mccouch - Just a weak effort at writing fiction.

Flight by Darren Hynes - Annoying beginning, long middle, & one of the worst endings. Nothing good to say about this one.

Pieces of My Sister's Life by Elizabeth Joy Arnold - So unnecessarily long! Pure garbage that just repeats itself over & over again & goes nowhere. The characters don't think, talk, or react like sensible humans. Unforgivable!

[Kristine]

My two least favorite,
What Is the What
It wasn't the subject that I didn't care for, it was the writing.
La's Orchestra Saves the World
Just blah to me.

[Lindsey]

My only one star book...

Reamde by Neal Stephenson - just excruciatingly boring

Some of my two star books...

The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Language of Flowers
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table

[Chaitra]

Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
See Now Then: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Marlowe Papers by Ros Barber
Fuse by Julianna Baggott
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Solar by Ian McEwan
The Hope Factory: A Novel by Lavanya Sankaran
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Some of these I rated 2 stars for my records. I plead temporary insanity. They suck - all of them.

[Kathy G.]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
This book was too boring and not enough action.

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A Desirable Residence by Madeleine Wickham.

Really loved her Sophie Kinsella books, but this one was just blah.. Rated it with 1 star.

[Chris]

The Chemistry of Tears - Serious contender for my worst book of the year.

The Alchemist - What does everyone else see in this book that I missed?

The Alchemist - There went several hours of my life I'll never get back.

Await Your Reply - Really wanted to like this but just couldn't.

Beautiful Redemption - Disppointing ending to an otherwise wonderful series.

[Lorna]

2 Star books..



I didn't have any 1 stars this season.

[Penny]

1*
worst book I read this year so far, I hope I never read anything from this author again.

2*
(I want to like this, because I like the movie, but this was not for me.)

I gave this one 2*, but I was not expecting anything form this, so I was not disappointed or let down.

[Megan]

One-Star Books:
The Madness of King George
Agapē Agape

Two-Star Books:
Blue Eyes, Black Hair
The Pearl
White Tiger: A Hero's Compulsion
The Captain's Verses
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
The Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life
The Comfort of Strangers
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
I Want to Kill the Dog
The Fifth Child
The Zigzag Way

Thinking back on them, I'm not sure why I didn't rate more of these one star, since I definitely didn't enjoy them...>_>

[Kristi]

The Dinner 2 stars
The Cement Garden 2 stars
The Mysteries of Udolpho 1 star
HHhH 2 stars
The Beekeeper's Apprentice 2 stars
The Secret Keeper 2 stars