tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811435193717062457.post8335211381728538889..comments2012-04-02T08:52:29.558-07:00Comments on Gainfully Unemployed: Books that have Bummed Me OutJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03166658567059381122noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811435193717062457.post-19445326114133843512009-11-18T14:19:03.949-08:002009-11-18T14:19:03.949-08:00I thought Lost Symbol was AWFUL... to the point wh...I thought Lost Symbol was AWFUL... to the point where I was kind of mad at Dan Brown. I'd been warned off of the Wally Lamb book, so never got it. I did, sadly, buy it for my Mother-in-law for Christmas before I learned how bad it was. Was thinking of putting The Given Day on my Christmas list, but it sounds boring and you confirmed that for me. Couldn't agree more about Twilight... they are pretty awful and I dislike the characters and yet I had a hard time putting them down, so I guess that says something about her as a writer? I do have The Host on my Christmas list. Reading Saving Fish From Drowning (Amy Tan) on Kelly's recommendation and I like it for the most part. I really enjoyed that Born to Run book about that tribe in Mexico... I know you're not that into non-fiction but given your new running career, it might hit home.susanvansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811435193717062457.post-50962111080736118562009-11-15T11:35:32.433-08:002009-11-15T11:35:32.433-08:00I loved this post! I think you should make it a r...I loved this post! I think you should make it a regular installment (at least monthly maybe?)!<br /><br />Now, I have to get my Twilight series back although, I have to say I am reading 'Eclipse' right now and wish they would just get on with it for crying out loud.<br /><br />I liked 'The Lovely Bones' also and want to see the movie. (My BF Marky Mark is in it.) Karen bought the Wally Lamb book but didn't like it so I haven't bothered.<br /><br />Some suggestions from me: The Shopaholic Series (yes, they're stupid/predictable, but I like it). Fight Club is a good one that I've not thrown out. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is REALLY good. It's a Christian book that's the retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, but I thought it was a great book - Christian or not. And, I'm always hooked on James Patterson and John Grisham. Got any reccos for authors that are similar to those two?Ashelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473300666937263455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4811435193717062457.post-61379588882163401062009-11-15T09:49:21.093-08:002009-11-15T09:49:21.093-08:00OMG I wholeheartedly agree with you on Wally Lamb&...OMG I wholeheartedly agree with you on Wally Lamb's lastest and the Twilight series. I was so disappointed in The Hour I First Believed since I too waited years for it to come out. Why did it have to be so awful? I haven't read anything great in a really long time. I am reading The Book of Ruth right now though and liking it a lot more than anything else I've read lately.MrsBlueberryhttp://www.blueberryeverafter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com