Summer Reading

[hayley]

Originally Posted by sparky

That's pretty good. I liked it better than The Little Friend, which was great for the first 80% and petered out at the end.

The Secret History is one of my favorite novels and I was so disappointed with The Little Friend. It's one of the few novels I bought in hardcover. I almost never buy hardcover because I'm way, way, way too poor. I think I buy Harry Potter, some John Irving, and always Diana Gabaldon. Anyhow. I was disappointed AND out a boatload of cash.

Originally Posted by skcin

I don't think there's anything wrong with it. I agree with Haley that some people kind of roll their eyes if you dare say you've read the Oprah books, as if they couldn't possibly be any good. It's almost as if you have to defend yourself - "I know it's an Oprah book, but I swear it's really good!"

Exactly. See my comments about Don't Stop in the Songs You Hate thread- same deal