One of the suggestions for my Birthday Blog Bash (I asked for TT theme suggestions) was to list 13 books I wished I’d written, or 13 I was glad I hadn’t. Last week I listed the ones I wish I’d written. This week I’ll do 13 I’m glad aren’t mine…
Thursday Thirteen: 13 Books I’m Glad I Didn’t Write
1. The Clan of the Cave Bear series. I know they’re popular, but I can’t stand them.
2. The Lord of the Rings. Love the story. But I can’t imagine writing in Tolkien’s style.
3. Bored of the Rings. Not my type of parody.
4. Great Expectations. Probably the only class book I didn’t finish reading… my class tag team read this one.
5. Moby Dick. I don’t care that it’s a classic.
6. Some of the later Pern books. Pretty much anything in the timeline after “All the Weyrs” I am lukewarm about, at best.
7. The Golden Key. Great premise, but I didn’t like the execution.
8. The Elements of Style. I just don’t want to obsess that much over grammar, thanks.
9. The Series of Unfortunate Events. I haven’t read the whole lot of them, but from what I’ve seen, the author talks down to kids. Not cool.
10. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I sooo dislike what I read of this writing style.
11. The Dragonlance series. I liked the way it started, but not the way it turned out. Nor do I like the way that other authors have gone with it, and that’s always a chance you take when you start an open world like that.
12. The Anita Blake, vampire hunter, series, past a certain point. Just… ick.
13. The Harry Potter series. Not my writing style, nor I can’t imagine trying to follow that series up with anything… Talk about pressure!
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Happy Thursday!
Wait, wasn’t Harry Potter on your wish you’d read list?!
Ugh – could not agree more with you on Clan of the Cave Bear series. So ridiculous. And Tolkien too. Makes for a great trilogy of movies, but not my cup of tea.
And Harry Potter?? I still think I must be one of the only people who hasn’t read any of them, or wants to.
Nicole- Clan of the Cave Bear sucked.
Nope- never read a Harry Potter, and never will.
#3: Bored of the Rings … you are referring to the Harvard Lampoon parody published in 1969? I loved it, and in retrospect would have enjoyed trying to write it. I do think that it represents my type of humor!
I agree with much of your list except for Moby Dick. Happy TT.
Chris: It’s the love/hate relationship with Potter…
Bridget & Lorraine: nice to see that not everyone is super-excited about the Clan of the Cave Bear!
Larry: Well, it was a long time ago that I read it. My opinion might be changed now. I really didn’t like it at the time, though.
Puss: I guess Moby Dick is an acquired taste?
I haven’t read all the HP series, but I definitely agree about not wanting the pressure of trying to follow up that success.
Yay! Since I suggested it {preens}, I’ve been waiting to see your list. Clan of the Cave Bear would be pretty close to the top of my list, too. Along with The Da Vinci Code and anything by Danielle Steele.