The Intimidating TBR Tag

Intimidating TBR Tag

The questions:

1) What book have you been unable to finish?
What book have you yet to read because...
2) ...you just haven't had the time?
3) ...it's a sequel?
4) ...it's brand new?
5) ...you read a book by the same author and didn't enjoy it?
6) ...you're just not in the mood for it?
7) ...it's humongous?
8) ...because it was a cover buy that turned out to have poor reviews?
9) What is the most intimidating book in your TBR pile?

Books mentioned:

Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, by Matthew Stewart
God Emperor of Dune, by Frank Herbert
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, by Danilo Kiš
Murphy, by Samuel Beckett
On the Social Contract, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1,001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, by Stephen Farthing
The Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. by Richard McKeon

[BookishTexan]

Your description of your reaction to the novels of Samuel Beckett mirrors my reaction almost exactly.

[shawnbreathesbooks]

Ooh you ordered the Danilo Kiś! Look forward to buddy reading it. Anytime October or later is great for me. Oh, and we agree totally on the Rousseau. LOL

[CurtisBooksandFilms]

Don't worry, I guarantee you the best reading experience of your life when we get round to Murphy :)

[dillardlester]

With a book as great as Dune, it would be hard, I think, for any of the sequels to match it. I liked Messiah and Children. God Emperor I liked and was surprised to hear many people dislike it so much. Given the character of the God Emperor and how it all ends up I see this book as slightly comic. Which is odd. It will be interesting to hear what you think when you get it done. I remember the act of reading Heretics of Dune but honestly, to save my life, I couldn't tell you one thing that happened in it. I have Chapterhouse Dune but haven't read it. I keep telling myself I'm going to re-read all the others then read this last one.

[elenamakridina]

I've finished Mary Renault's book Fire From Heaven about Alexander the Great. I know it's historical fiction but I was very surprised to read that Alexander's friends actually made a bit of fun of Aristotle so they were not intimidated by their tutor why should you?:) I'm kind of Interested in reading his works and I believe he's on the Western Canon list but I'm afraid that I will be as bored as when I was reading the Tale of Melibee:))))