Episode 39 - Break Up with Bad Books and Lore’s Aaron Mahnke

[Chrissy]

Brea and Mallory help you break up with bad books and interview writer and podcaster Aaron Mahnke. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

[Paul]

So, following on from this episode, are there any books that people will admit to actually binning?

[Amber]

Most recently, I gave up on Arundhati Roy's, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Just not engaging. It was our book club pick and 3/4 of us put it down. First ever!

[Roland]

I just couldn't finish But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past. I have loved and enjoyed most of his other work, this one just felt like a hipster coffee shop conversation that I couldn't be party to any longer.

[Paul]

I think the first time I ever gave up on a book was Interview with the Vampire. I'd always made a point of sticking it through to the end, but I got less than 100 pages in before thinking "life is too short for this!"

[Amanda]

I've given up on "Tale of Two Cities" twice. Typically I put down a book when I find myself skimming for a part that catches my interest. My mom taught me the 100 page rule, which has served me well. There have been a few books (Anathem by Neal Stephenson being one of them) that starts off so slow, but then picks up later.

[Mike]

Jumping into an old thread, but...I've given up on Moby Dick multiple times. It feels like a book I "should" read someday, but I just can't stand it. I know people who actually love the book, so it seems like besides a piece of "respected literature" there might be something good there. I just haven't been able to find it for myself.