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posted by [identity profile] miwahni.livejournal.com at 12:47pm on 22/02/2009
Oh thank the lord and all that's holy, someone else who didn't like Dune and hasn't read The Da Vinci Code. I was starting to feel quite alienated from the human race for a while there. Mind you, I couldn't get into On The Road and found it to be terribly self-indulgent and boring. Except for the bit when they're motoring into New York City with their heads wrapped in scarves, and he's ruminating on how they could be Arabs coming in to perform evil acts or somesuch. I read this not all that long after 9/11 and I remember that it stopped me cold.
Apart from that - there are 40 books on the list that I have read, and quite a number that I still intend to try, such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez's contributions.
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Too cool for subject

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 01:00pm on 22/02/2009
I found Dune tedious beyond belief, but I'm willing to give it another go. It's on my list to try again in a few week's time. The DVC has never appealed t me in the slightest, nothing I've heard about it tempts me and having just finished one dire dropping of a novel (The Reincarnationist by MJ Rose) that proclaimed on the reviews; 'if you loved the Da Vinci Code, you'll adore this...' I can only assue I did the right thing in ignoring TDVC.

But - How could you not like On the Road? O:! ::is mildly shocked::

*g* - nah, I understand why some people wouldn't like it but I admit, I think it's a masterpiece. I read it at least 2ce a year as a rule. :o)
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