WHAT IS THE ABSOLUTELY WORST BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ?

[Kristina Daniel]

http://www.onehundredbestnovels.blogspot.com/
What is the worst book you've ever read? Oddly enough, a lot of people respond with books that are on Random House Top 100 List! Let me know......

[Elle Symonds]

Citizen Girl. Seriously. WTF?

[Ann-Kat]

LOL, I couldn't stand Citizen Girl (couldn't even finish it), but when I gave it to a friend, she absolutely ADORED (her word, not mine) the book.

Ann-Kat
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[Lauren Montgomery]

I kinda agree. I read Citizen Girl a few weeks ago. I am still not sure what it was really about.

[Stacy-Deanne (Novelist)]

Hi Kristina,

Honestly I can't say ONE just like I can't say one best book I like. I know many that I consider the worst books I've read and I know many I consider the best. It's too hard for me to choose one. I might be able to when I'm a little older. I feel I need to do at least about thirty years more reading to answer the question.

But I can say that I recently read a self-published book and it was unbelievably horrible! I've read about three self-published books in all and all of them were bad but this one was worse than all of them put together. At least with the other SP books I could tell the writers were really writers. This lady I just read is like she has no idea what writing is, let alone trying to do it.

Definitely the worst book I've read in years! It wouldn't have been so bad if it had been edited and if the writer had learned the techniques of writing before trying to. That's what happens when impatience of being published outweighs an author putting their best foot forward. It read like something worse than a first draft, like something a child wrote. The lady had no Grammar skills and I questioned if she'd ever went to school! That's how it was. She didn't even know what a correct paragraph was. I could name all that's wrong with that book but I'd be here until Thanksgiving.I won't dare mention the name or author and wouldn't be that disrespectful.

But yeah, it was terrible.

Best Wishes!

[Lee Smith]

Self publishing can truly be a bad thing when someone uses it as a short cut. I don't think I've ever read any myself. However, I recently read a couple reviews of two books that were self published (same author) that were supposed to be fantastic. Both reviews listed the book as the best they had read that year! The author's name was K.M. Weiland. Have you heard of her? I also wonder if any of those books that you read would have been better if the author would have paid for a professional editor. Do you think that would have made any difference or were they just too far off?

I'm not published yet (self or otherwise). I'm still plugging, revising my manuscript. I just wondered from your comments and all the attention the WestBow announcement made... maybe the quality of self-published books could go up if those services were made available to them or if they paid for them. This is probably a discussion for another topic though. :o)

I can't think of one worst book either. I also hate to use any names because I wouldn't like to be on the other end of that. As a new author, I can easily picture myself there too. :o) I read one book just recently where it started out really well but in the middle of the book the two main characters both did things that went totally against their character and against logic... they didn't act in a way that was emotionally reasonable. It was as if the author needed them to do something so they did. She also rushed the ending - and gave out information that meant nothing --- little subplots that were never followed up on and had no meaning. She didn't give any real background or fleshing out of the secondary characters. So - this really promising book fell so flat that I felt like I had been promised something beautiful and was given something broken. I was kind of mad at her. lol

[Karoline]

the Skystone by Jack Whyte. Bleh.

[Kristina Daniel]

What made Karoline so horrid? I haven't heard of it (but that doesn't mean anything). I find a bad book hard to stick with, even if I'm bored and that is the only book I have. Just can't do it!
Made a link to your site (really comprehensive site you have) to mine. I have some other great links on there. Misfit Salon is awesome and so is OOH Books!
http://www.onehundredbestnovels.blogspot.com/

[Karoline]

the romance killed it. It bugged me and just went in the way of the plot, got me all red faced so I took the book and dropped it in to the donations chute at the library :P

putting a link to your blog on my site :) thanks.

[Lindsay]

The Twilight series. Horrible. Don't even get me started...

[Elle Symonds]

*gets out her pitchfork* GET HER!

Only joking - I didn't like Twilight either. I tried, but really couldn't get into it. Although I have all the books, but might try again. I simply didn't see what was so special.

[Kristina Daniel]

I think at 38 I'm too old to read these books. Although I am a Eng/History Teacher (High School) so I probably should. But, I got over my vampire stage with Ann Rice back in the 90's. I did read "Tunnels" and "Deeper" though (which would be considered adolescent fiction) and couldn't put them down! Great Books! I just saw Twilight the movie. Good Thing I had my own cheese and crackers and lots of wine with me (cuz the cheese in the movie maxed out the Velveta Meter!) and the wine made it tolerable.
I hook up a link to you on my site.
http://www.onehundredbestnovels.com/

[Kristina Daniel]

I think at 38 I'm too old to read these books. Although I am a Eng/History Teacher (High School) so I probably should. But, I got over my vampire stage with Ann Rice back in the 90's. I did read "Tunnels" and "Deeper" though (which would be considered adolescent fiction) and couldn't put them down! Great Books! I just saw Twilight the movie. Good Thing I had my own cheese and crackers and lots of wine with me (cuz the cheese in the movie maxed out the Velveta Meter!) and the wine made it tolerable.
I hook up a link to you on my site.