Books that I DID NOT enjoy! GASP!!!

Okay, so most of the time, I rave about books that to me were enjoyable on some level. For those that do not know me, you may think that I instantly love every book. But trust me.  I have gone through my fair share of books that I literally couldn't finish.  As a librarian, I always try to make it a point to finish a book, even if I don't particularly like it.  However, I heard a very wise piece of advice the other day..."Life is too short and too full of good books to waste time on the bad ones."  So now, I am officially trying to not finish a book if I do not like it.  And there have been instances, sadly.  I'm not saying that my word is the end all of a book, but to me, it just wasn't that great.  Below is what I like to call, "The Unfortunate List of Dreadful Books."

1) Living Dead Girl - by Elizabeth Scott
2) Fever Crumb - Philip Reeve
3) Gentlemen - Michael Northrop
4) Very LaFreak - Rachel Cohn - this one I pushed through (predominately because I love Rachel Cohn's writing, but I found the main character to be unlikeable until nearly the end).
5) The Half-Life of Planets - Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin

I'm sure that I have others that I could easily place on the list, but these are the most recent.  But I will once again say, just because I didn't like them, doesn't mean that you won't!  But really the whole point is that sometimes, you have to try something just to see if you like it or not.  You may end up hating it terribly or you may end up loving it.  It may be something that in a million years you would ever choose for yourself.  But it's that kind of fun....going outside the box and having a new experience.  For instance: I am not a big love story kind of reader.  Give me some science fiction or realistic fiction any day.  But something that is focused on a love story - forget it!  This is why I have taken great lengthens to avoid Sarah Dessan.  Nearly all of her books seem to focus on love.  But I decided, if  I wanted to be a well rounded librarian, I needed to start reading books that I normally would not pick up.  So then after I did some research, picked up The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessan.  And to be honest, I couldn't put it down!  (See post below) Who could be more surprised than me!!!  But that just proves, try something new.  You may love it,  you may hate it...but you'll never know until you put yourself out there and try!

Happy Reading!!