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JacintaMCarter
Twilight | Stephenie Meyer
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LaraReads 😂😂😂 7y
Laura317 This is awesome!! 🤣🤣🤣 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Use of Weapons | Iain M. Banks
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A day late for #aprilamazingreads #youhatedfriendloved because I got nothing! I usually forge my own path with my book choices, and don't have many bookish friends (outside of Littens).

But I do have an answer for #youlovedfriendhated I gave a friend Use of Weapons and he said he loved it until the end when the big twist reveal killed it for him. I loved the twist! So it goes.

IamIamIam Lol, I have a few friends who read & they mostly read what Oprah tells them to so I'm not getting lots of great recommendations either!!! 7y
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howjessicareads
East of Eden | John Steinbeck
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I have a friend who calls these two of her very favorite books, and I couldn't finish more than a couple chapters of either! Judging by their amazingly high review averages on Goodreads, I'm in the minority. What say you? #aprilamazingreads #youhatedfriendloved

Notafraidofwords East of Eden took me a minute to love, but I ended up loving it. 7y
DogMomIrene Not a fan of East of Eden. Steinbeck is one of those authors who just depresses me in a not cathartic way. These Is My Words took me time to get into. The terrible grammar and spelling was distracting, but as the character educated herself, her writing improved. Then my reading pace picked up and I did love it. 7y
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Suzze
Swamplandia! | Karen Russell
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It seemed like everyone raved about this when it came out. I tried. I really tried. I gave it ONE STAR. Anyone with me? 😏😏#AprilAmazingReads #youhatedfriendloved

Nat_Reads I was a raver. What turned you off, do you think? 7y
Suzze @Nat_Reads I just wasn't getting it. I felt like I was reading an inside joke that I knew nothing about. 7y
llwheeler I'm with you, this was definitely not for me. 7y
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Ms.Story I DNF this one... 7y
Lindy I loved this. Different strokes for different folks, as they say. 7y
Soubhiville I really didn't like it. 7y
Suzze @llwheeler @BrittanysBookshelf @Soubhiville Ah, there's nothing like thinking you're too dim to get a book, and having other dimwits (er...friends) agree! 😍😍 7y
Jerseygirldani I read this and definitely didn't see what all the hype was about at all. 7y
BookishTrish I raved too... tell me more 7y
Reecaspieces I DNF either 7y
AmyG I tried to....yet bailed. 7y
Cinfhen I couldn't either! So happy it was only a library book because it went right back! 7y
Suzze @Cinfhen Mine too! 7y
LeahBergen Meh. 7y
Linda906 I started it and bailed too. Not for me! 7y
Lcsmcat I finished it, but was, shall we say, underwhelmed. 7y
minkyb Think I'll pass! 7y
Ange44 I didn't hate it, but I definitely didn't enjoy it as much as a lot of people seemed to. 7y
Nat_Reads @Suzze I don't think you're dim--I'm just always curious about what makes a book enjoyable to some yet not others. I dislike a lot "must reads" and get lots of shocked faces and WHAT?! I hope I didn't make you feel that way! 7y
Susanita I started it three times and finally gave up. 😕 7y
Suzze @Nat_Reads Not at all. That was supposed to be a joke. People don't get my jokes in person either. 😜😜 7y
Dylangrrl Totally with you. DNF for me. 7y
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Bklover
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#aprilamazingreads #youhatedfriendloved My book group picked this one. They all loved it. I tried. I really tried. Maybe it was the wrong time, maybe I just wasn't in the mood, but I just. Couldn't. Do. It. Maybe I'll try it again sometime. Maybe.

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Jas16
Winter's Tale | Mark Helprin
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This was a book that a dear friend gave me as a gift because they loved it so much. I did not. I read the entire book, and it is a loooong one, hoping to change my mind but in the end had to be honest with him. #youhatedfriendloved #aprilamazingreads

Hollie I bailed on this one. 7y
Nat_Reads Oh I loved it! Lol but it was looong. 7y
CoverToCoverGirl Love that you gave your friend such an honest opinion about the book ! 😃 7y
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