30 Days of Books Meme - Day 4

Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever.

I have a favorite book and a favorite series.

Favorite book is Dune. Favorite series is The Wheel of Time.

I feel weird saying them because I don't actually own a copy of Dune anymore, (I used to.) And The Wheel of Time I haven't read farther than book 7. But they are the two books that directly inspired me to start writing the Fool's Game series which I consider to be my life's work. So I must love and respect the hell out of those two works to let them play such a huge role in my own ambitions. Unlike both Dune and WoT, however, my work does not contain any meddling witches or Fremen. (Yes I know that WoT spells it "Aiel" but I'm pretty sure it's pronounced "Fremen.")

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30 Days of Books Meme - Day 5

Day 5 - A book or series you hate.

I know I'm going to catch hell for this one but The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I was told again and again before reading that "OMG this is the FUNNIEST book you will ever read! And if you like Monty Python you'll LOVE this book!" Maybe people hyped it up too much for me but I tried reading it and didn't find it funny at all. The humor was so dry it crumbles to dust as you read it. It was British alright, but not laugh-out-loud funny the way Python is. The main reason I didn't like it is because I kept waiting for the plot to get going and it just wouldn't. I disliked another literary favorite, Catch-22, for the same reason: they don't really have plots that go forward. They're just episodic exercises in absurdity. I really enjoy movies that are like that but books that are like that just bore me and make me impatient. Unless you're Kafka. I found THGttG to be too tedious to finish so maybe it gets better later and I don't know it. Maybe some day I'll try again on it but I'm in no hurry.

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