cookie.banana said:
i think it was... so much to tell you
or one of those john marsden or whatever
it had pen pals and it turned out one was in jail, on the last page it just ended and i threw the book across the room.... i thought someone had ripped the last page out
I think I remember liking that book. The ideas in it were moving, maybe it was a bit tedious because it was written in diary form. But it got to me. Maybe I'm biased because I love John Marsden (I love the tommorrow series). So much to tell you is the one where the girl won't talk because of her face. Letters from the inside is the one with one girl in prison and the other one's brother kills her. (I liked Letters from the inside better)
Most annoying book I remember reading was Hannah's Winter. I felt obliged to because I got it as a present for my birthday and it sat on my shelf for years staring at me and it made me feel guilty. I forced myself to finish it in case it had a good ending.
One of the worst crimes a author can commit is to be overly descriptive. Like Stehenie Meyer (i don't care about unimportant details and it does not make bella unique if she is observant) can be and like the French Lieutenant's Woman and (imo) Jane Austen. Probably cos I'm lazy and I always skip stuff. I despise reading about the seasons and the wind and blah blah blah. If you're going to describe anything in detail it shoud be a person not the way the town looks. This is totally personal preference. Maybe I'm missing out by skipping the descriptions...dunno. Give me plot and dialogue any day.
I didn''t get through the Great Gatsby either but maybe that was just because I was too young. And the catcher in the rye didn't change my life.
After reading HP7 a few times I like it. Shoulda been longer though. Shouldn't have rushed it to meet a release date. I would have happily waited for a longer book. But I liked it. I cried near the end (won't ruin the end for those who have'n't read it). It's worth it though. The HP series is great I think JKR is great. Call me lame but I like 'What Katy did'. Well I remember I used too.
I don't have many that I really hate because if I hate it I wont read it.