I just finished the January book club selection and
did not like it. Not. At. All. I didn’t like it from the get-go. Our group thought the book would be a mystery, like the cover blurb said. Only it wasn’t.
The author is quite notable in his field and has
written books about his subject. The book club book was a combination of his
expertise with the mystery. Only the book was predominantly the history and
very little of the mystery.
I was sorely disappointed. This book was greatly
reviewed and won prizes.
We began reading for our December meeting. When
that day rolled around, we were all whining and agreed to extend to January
with the idea we needed the extra month because of the holidays. I used the
time off to read my favorites—romance and mysteries. When January 1 came, I put
on my big girl panties and finished. I gladly admit I skipped over the
historical stuff to get to the mystery.
Finished! Uh, no. There were notes, a biography,
and pages more. I truly didn’t care to read that either.
However, guilt set it. Not enough to make me go
back and read the skipped pages, though. I began to think what if my books were
boring?
Coincidentally, I did some website maintenance and
noticed I didn’t have a buy link for one site. I scooted over there and found…a
two starred review. Yikes! It was hard for me to read. She didn’t like the book
at all; however, she did say some nice things, too.
I went back to my website, made the changes, and
noticed all the four and five starred reviews. Overall, my books get high
marks. I felt a whole lot better.
So back to the book club selection… I went to
Amazon to read the reviews. There were tons (the book is that famous). I
scrolled to the one stars and voila! Everything the readers had said was
exactly how I felt. It wasn’t me.
The interesting about book club books we don’t
like is we have the best discussions. So next week, I’m looking forward to what
my friends have to say.
So what stops you from reading?
Got the winter doldrums? Try this winter anthology, Whispers of Winter
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