I remember reading the first line or two of Hemingway's "The Old Man and The Sea" and thinking to myself, "I....don't think so."
However, I did read and enjoyed "1984," "Brave New World," "The Hobbit," "El Cid," "Tartuffe," "Metamorphosis," and several other memorable ones. So, you see, it wasn't all a waste.
What books did you skip?
- Dickens' "Great Expectations" didn't meet my expectations on the first page either, so I blew it off.
- Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet"...well, what for? After so many plays and movies, wouldn't that be a colossal waste of time? Next!
- Cervantes' "Don Quijote de la Mancha"? For 1,000+ pages? Are you nuts? Actually, he was nuts... Next!
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" would've required about a 100 years of solitude to read it...
However, I did read and enjoyed "1984," "Brave New World," "The Hobbit," "El Cid," "Tartuffe," "Metamorphosis," and several other memorable ones. So, you see, it wasn't all a waste.
What books did you skip?