Suggested by Monibo:
Saw this article (from March) and thought it would make a good BTT confessional question:
Two-thirds of Brits have lied about reading books they haven’t. Have you? Why? What book?
There are two books that come to mind immediately. I gave both of them immense effort, but it was just impossible for me to finish either of them.
The first one is A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. I am almost always completely honest in admitting that I did not read the last forty-five or so pages. I just couldn’t do it. However, I still count it as a book I’ve read, because I did read 90% of it, so that has to count for something, right??
The other book I count as having read I didn’t get nearly as far as I did in A Tale of Two Cities. That book would be The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper. I was supposed to read it for one of my English classes in college but became bored immediately and barely read any of it. I guess because I had to pretend in class that I had read it, my lie just stuck. Whatever the reason, I have included this book on lists of books I’ve read when really, it has no business being included.
Anyone else bluffed about reading a certain book, or am I the only one?!
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Wow you read 90%, I didn’t even read 45 pages of it! I wonder if I could read it now, years later. Never attempted The Last of the Mohicans, but there are other books “skimmed” through in high school.
I never could finish The Last of the Mohicans, either. Fortunately, I didn’t have to lie about it – just had to read enough to pass the exam. Loved the movie, though!
I finished Mohicans. Not the Dickens book though. Here is mine
It’s been fun reading all the confessions this morning! Don’t blame you on Cooper. . .I think you have to be in the right frame of mind to read him! Like you’re a ten-year old boy and yearning for an adventure. 🙂
Wow – the 4th Dickens fibber!
I loved The Tale of Two Cities. I couldn’t finished Hard Times though. It is the only Dickens I found boring!
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the only Dickens I’ve read is Great Expectations. I read half, a fact which I always present.
I loved A Tale of Two Cities but more so because my teacher praised my report on it in front of the class. It was a loooooong time ago now. I tried to read TLOTM and don’t think I got past the second page! Sometimes the movies ARE better.