Books that are shit!

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

What made you give up Banksy.
Surely there's something out there to interest you.
If it came to a choice between TV and reading,my TV would have to go.
My brother is 5 years younger than me,and I think he's only ever read 10 books.
Says he can't be bothered, 'If it's any good it'll come out on DVD'.

boltonbonce wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

What made you give up Banksy.
Surely there's something out there to interest you.
If it came to a choice between TV and reading,my TV would have to go.
My brother is 5 years younger than me,and I think he's only ever read 10 books.
Says he can't be bothered, 'If it's any good it'll come out on DVD'.

Dont know, nothing as really kept my attention long enough to keep me seated or to read anything longer than a News Article or a post on here.

Music is my love 

Banks of the Croal wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

What made you give up Banksy.
Surely there's something out there to interest you.
If it came to a choice between TV and reading,my TV would have to go.
My brother is 5 years younger than me,and I think he's only ever read 10 books.
Says he can't be bothered, 'If it's any good it'll come out on DVD'.

Dont know, nothing as really kept my attention long enough to keep me seated or to read anything longer than a News Article or a post on here.

Music is my love 

I love music too but I think you are missing out by not reading any books. Have you tried reading books about the musicians you like or their biographies?

xmiles wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

What made you give up Banksy.
Surely there's something out there to interest you.
If it came to a choice between TV and reading,my TV would have to go.
My brother is 5 years younger than me,and I think he's only ever read 10 books.
Says he can't be bothered, 'If it's any good it'll come out on DVD'.

Dont know, nothing as really kept my attention long enough to keep me seated or to read anything longer than a News Article or a post on here.

Music is my love 

I love music too but I think you are missing out by not reading any books. Have you tried reading books about the musicians you like or their biographies?

I appreciate what you're saying but its just the way i am.

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

I don't really read books either to be honest Banks.

I can't remember the last time I bought a magazine either to be honest!

karlypants wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

I don't really read books either to be honest Banks.

I can't remember the last time I bought a magazine either to be honest!

Do you buy a programme KP?

boltonbonce wrote:

karlypants wrote:

Banks of the Croal wrote:Going against the Grain a bit here but I've never read a book.

Tried and gave up a few times in the past, am I the only non book reader on here?

I don't really read books either to be honest Banks.

I can't remember the last time I bought a magazine either to be honest!

Do you buy a programme KP?

No although I used to buy them every time I went.

Waste of money really. I only buy them out of habit.

boltonbonce wrote:Waste of money really. I only buy them out of habit.

I only really bought them again (apart from when I was a kid) when I started to take the Mrs to the Reebok as a whole experience sort of thing, that and so she could perve on the middle pages where the poster was, she seemed to like Kevin Davies' legs!

i gave up on Bonfire of the Vanities, it supposed to be amazing but it bored me senseless. I mostly read music related books these days.

Sluffy wrote:Football Tactics and Strategies - Owen Coyle.

All it had was blank pages.

Breadman wrote:

Sluffy wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce.

Dire.

Agreed.

Unintelligible bollocks.

Makes Shakespeare (who I also hate because it's difficult to understand for anybody born after about 1545) look like Closer magazine in comparison.

There's a lot of snobbery lingering about "proper literature" in my view.

Although I did enjoy Dubliners.

This is really going to sound arty-farty, pretentious bollocks but most truly great works of art have a depth about them which allows and rewards close study (if you can be bothered!), because of the enduring significance of the ideas, and the originality or sharpness of observation and how those ideas are expressed. 

 Universal, psychological truths about humanity revealed in new, unique ways are perhaps the most likely to satisfy effort and exploration.

So, Michael Rosen, Jackie Collins, Alvin Stardust, Mama Mia, or my paintings = harmless entertainment or fun for a few moments, saying nothing lasting or worthwhile, =pap.

Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Joni Mitchell, Babel,  Hogarth can be returned to endlessly because there is always something new and significant to appreciate in their layers of meaning and expression =enduring works of art.

I await multiple accusations of being a pretentious twat!

Fair point okocha and no you are not a pretentious twat.

okocha wrote:

Breadman wrote:

Sluffy wrote:Ulysses by James Joyce.

Dire.

Agreed.

Unintelligible bollocks.

Makes Shakespeare (who I also hate because it's difficult to understand for anybody born after about 1545) look like Closer magazine in comparison.

There's a lot of snobbery lingering about "proper literature" in my view.

Although I did enjoy Dubliners.

This is really going to sound arty-farty, pretentious bollocks but most truly great works of art have a depth about them which allows and rewards close study (if you can be bothered!), because of the enduring significance of the ideas, and the originality or sharpness of observation and how those ideas are expressed. 

 Universal, psychological truths about humanity revealed in new, unique ways are perhaps the most likely to satisfy effort and exploration.

So, Michael Rosen, Jackie Collins, Alvin Stardust, Mama Mia, or my paintings = harmless entertainment or fun for a few moments, saying nothing lasting or worthwhile, =pap.

Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Joni Mitchell, Babel,  Hogarth can be returned to endlessly because there is always something new and significant to appreciate in their layers of meaning and expression =enduring works of art.

I await multiple accusations of being a pretentious twat!

Pretentious twat!

I've read loads that are disappointing but rarely read shit books as I tend to go on personal recommendations. Most recently was "Cutting for Stone" which TBF was a good book, but it was unsettling with far too many gruesome accounts of surgery.
A bigger problem for me is when I read a great book and they make a shit film about it - which is a travesty IMO.
I would always recommend reading John Fowles Magus (first 100 pages are hard work TBF) and for a light read Ray Bradbury's Illustrated Man but both films were a crime against the books, despite the all star casts and there are many more examples out there.

Stephen King. Most of his books are utter tripe,but quite a few of them have been made into decent films.

Once you have read a good book it's very rare, if ever, that the film lives up to the book. Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher.

I have to agree on Gone Girl. I read it to the bitter end. The movie is worse.