Least Favorite Books of the Fall 2011 Challenge

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

What were your least favorite books of the Fall 2011 Challenge?

[Fran]

Not my favorites from the Fall-

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[★Meghan★]

Least favorite 3 books...

2 stars-

3 stars-

[Dee]

I love this list and seeing what I loved that others disliked

[Fran]

LOL, you talking to me Dee?

[Dee]

just in general ;) but I did like Strawberries for Dessert when I read it (although its been a while so it would be interesting to see if my opinion has changed ;) )

[Fran]

I knew it! Most people loved it but I just couldn't stand Cole. I just didn't see the attraction or understand how they could be in love. I also don't like stories where the relationship is casual and they can sleep with other people when they are out of town- ugh!

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

There were some NF books I read that I found disappointing because I didn't think they lived up to what they promised. Of the fiction books I read, I was particularly disappointed by The Buddha in the Attic. I enjoyed When the Emperor Was Divine, so was looking forward to it, but for me, it was too general. There was no focus on any character, just lots of general statements about the picture brides and their lives. I guess I need an individual or two to focus on - I kept comparing this to Honolulu, which was so much better.

I didn't much like Eat, Pray, Love, either, because she just annoyed me SO much!

[JC]

1 star:
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

I have never abandoned more books than during this challenge: Atlas Shrugged, Cleopatra, some others I don't even remember.

[Dee]

Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence - the female mc is supposedly in her late 30's/early 40's and is a librarian and has no idea how to interact with kids - it was like omfg

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Pride and prejudice
Persuasion
The Bookseller of Kabul
Never Let Me Go

[Amy J.]

[mstan]

No 1-star reads this time round, but I had a few blah ones, and coincidentally, all these are YA novels.

[mstan]

Dee wrote: "Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence - the female mc is supposedly in her late 30's/early 40's and is a librarian and has no idea how to interact with kids - it was like omfg"

Dee, your comment made me *lol*!!

[Midu]

I know!! I'm afraid, I'll stop reading YA completely and then miss out on some good books.

[Jessica]

I had a couple of serious bummers:

was very disappointing as I've really enjoyed Hart's previous books. I just didn't buy the protagonist at all. He's supposed to be desperately in love with his pregnant fiancee and very concerned for her welfare as his violent life blows up around him, but it never seems to occur to him that she might be in danger when he can't reach her for most of the book's middle section. It just made no sense at all and I felt like shouting at the book, "Geez, have you never watched TV before?!?! Get a clue already!"

was another fail for me. The premise of a young woman marrying an older wealthy man with the intention of knocking him off had me hopeful for a Double-Indemnity style mystery, but Goolrick spends most of the book on the characters' histories of abuse and the warped sexual desires that result. After the tenth less-than-sexy scene I was begging for the book to just end already. Ugh.

[Tammy AZ]

My worst book of the season was Going Wrong by Ruth Rendell. This book was a big disappointment but she is well respected so I'll chalk this up to one bad book.

[Butterflycager]

These were my lowest-rated books from Fall 2011:

The Amber Room by Steve Berry
The Pack by Jason Starr
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
The Body In The Bog: A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
Harm None: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M.R. Sellars

[Chris]

My biggest stinkers were books I read for other groups and decided to at least get some extra credit for.

[Angie]

No 1 stars again, sooo...

2 Stars
The Peach Keeper: A Novel
Fallen
Dead as a Doornail

[Bea]

My only 1* was The Arrival, a graphic novel read for another group which everyone seemed to love and which I just did not get. Oh, well.

[Gayla]

One 1-star:

The Third Witch: A Novel

and a handful of 2-stars:

The Great Night
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
The Woman in Black
The Outlaw Album: Stories

[Mabeelle]

2*

[Aleksandra]

2 stars
Cherry Cheesecake Murder
Marshmallows for Breakfast
The Secret History
The Lotus Eaters

[Jayme Pendergraft]

I read all three books of His Dark Materials and really did not enjoy them. At least now I've gotten that out of the way though.

Other low rated books:
Stormy Weather
Requiem for a Gypsy: A Jana Matinova Investigation Set in Slovakia
The Good Daughters
Deep Dish