I'm not impressed.
I've only continued with it because my Mum recommended it, but its a struggle.
I'm not sure if that's because I've struggled to stay interested after the first chapter of any book for the past year or two.. but I'm not entirely interested in the story of a girl growing up during Nazi Germany anyway, even if it is narrated by death. Interesting concept, but I think its wasted.
I'm not even half-way through yet, so perhaps it'll get better and I'll change my mind.
But if it does I still won't be impressed that you have to read through a hundred dreary pages before the good stuff starts. The whole journey should be amazing otherwise its pointless!
These are the books I've tried to read in the past few years:
Game of Thrones - got about half way then put it down for too long and couldn't pick up the story again
Labyrinth - only got through the prologue, though I think it showed promise
Black Swan - I read about half of it, but wasn't really absorbing it
The God Delusion - only read a few chapters, but wasn't really in the mood for it
The Power of Now - same as above
The Mists of Avalon (I'm a bit ashamed of this one) - got about a third of the way through, and was enjoying it, but just wasn't in a reading mood
I have the attention span of..... oooh what's that over there?!
I'd say the last full book I read was The Pillars of the Earth (which is also a TV series). I really enjoyed that. I think the only reason I read it was because I was on holiday and was on a train for 7 hours from NY City to New Hampshire and it was the middle of winter so when we weren't skiing we were inside doing nothing (and I was with my folks.. we were staying with their 'friends' so you can imagine how bloody bored I was).
Hopefully 2012 will bring books back to me.
Listening to Lana Del Rey's album Born To Die.... love it!
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