“Something Happened” by Joseph Heller. I tried when it first came out but… nothing happened. A friend who read it around the same time said “OH something happens!” and I try about once a decade but…
I have one of those books, a biography of a historical figure. It’s taken me over ten years just to get half way through. While the person and his story is interesting, the way it’s presented just puts me to sleep.
That’s me with “Oliver Twist”. It puts me to sleep within the first two pages every time. I lost it in a move, sadly, so now I no longer have a sure-fire cure for insomnia until I get a new one.
Yakety Sax over 3 years ago
Thankfully, I have had few of those.
juicebruce over 3 years ago
Try another book ;-)
Gent over 3 years ago
That could mean that the book is boring.
Milady Meg over 3 years ago
“Something Happened” by Joseph Heller. I tried when it first came out but… nothing happened. A friend who read it around the same time said “OH something happens!” and I try about once a decade but…
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
I have this thing about books….if it doesn’t grab my interest in the first two chapters…its gone!
dwdl21 over 3 years ago
Catcher in the rye for me, just couldn’t get through it
l3i7l over 3 years ago
I have one of those books, a biography of a historical figure. It’s taken me over ten years just to get half way through. While the person and his story is interesting, the way it’s presented just puts me to sleep.
SusieB over 3 years ago
Reading should be for pleasure. If I start a book and it doesn’t grab me in the first fifty pages, I am on to the next.
Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago
War and Peace. In Russian.
MCProfessor over 3 years ago
That’s me trying to read “War and Peace”.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Some books are just that way. Yet, sometimes, we just keep on trying……
sew-so over 3 years ago
That’s me with “Oliver Twist”. It puts me to sleep within the first two pages every time. I lost it in a move, sadly, so now I no longer have a sure-fire cure for insomnia until I get a new one.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
ulysses…