Each week, The Broke and the Bookish hosts the Top Ten Tuesday book meme. I have seen various bloggers I follow take part before, and now I’ve decided to join the fun.
This week’s topic is all about the books I’ll probably never read voluntarily.
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust – I’ve always found Proust pretentious. Not stopping now.
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella – If there is one genre I don’t have much time for it’s chick lit. Shopping, make up, tons of pink and glitter. Pass.
Fifty Shades of Grey (plus sequels) by E.L. James – There is no way in which I will read books that glorify domestic abuse and rape. I also think that a cat could come up with more eloquent prose than James.
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Eh. Just don’t get it.
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand – Pass. Next!
War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy – It’s long. Which I wouldn’t really mind, but no, Anna Karenina was enough of Tolstoy for me.
The Last Song (or anything else) by Nicholas Sparks – I’ve read The Longest Ride, Message in a Bottle and The Notebook. Is it just me or are his books pretty much the same thing over and over? I’m also not a fan of romances.
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer – Vampires don’t sparkle. Period.
The Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann – He’s hailed as one of the best modern, German authors. He writes long and complicated sentences that take up half a page. I don’t think so.
Ulysses by James Joyce – Does anyone really read this? I gave up after 20 pages. My copy currently serves as a door-stopper, and I can’t see a promotion in its foreseeable future.
Study. Read. Write. 
To this day it still makes me laugh at the idea of vampires sparkling. And I agree with you on War and Peace. I’ve read Anna Karenina and that was enough for me.
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Dracula. Now that’s a good book about vampires. 😀
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I think your reasoning behind not wanting to read Twilight is perfect. A few of these also made my list…
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A few of these made my list, 50 Shades of Grey (obviously!) and Twilight. I have read Divergent, it’s okay, nothing to get too excited about. I’d probably never read any of the others on your list either, the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic is okay, it’s quite a fun watch but I wouldn’t read the books.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/top-ten-tuesday-3/
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Had a quick look at your list. I quite liked the Casual Vacancy and I do like John Green as an author, but as you know we also have a few books in common! And I agree, Bella doesn’t just sound like a whimp, she sounds like she’s not capable of independent thought and relies on Mr. Sparkle way too much to be healthy. I haven’t heard of some of those series, so I can’t say too much, except that I never got into Percy Jackson, but I’m fascinated by Norse mythology so I might check the Gods of Asgaard ones out.
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Just have to say.. “The Horse Whisperer” was not Nicholas Sparks… it was Nicholas Evans. Totally different style of writing than Sparks and much longer of a book.
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Lol, my bad. Yes you’re right. I was thinking of the one with a cowboy Nicholas Sparks did but couldn’t remember the title. it’s The Longest Ride. But The Horse Whisperer still counts, though. Didn’t have much time for that either.
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