We've all been there ... you start reading a book, and you get to page 147 and you think ... I'm fed up with this ... and you give it to the local Oxfam shop ..or chuck it on the fire. And lo and behold, in the i newspaper on what, I think, was World Book Day, they had a list of the top ten books that tend not to get finished. Moby Dick was #3 ... I suspect there might be a few oceanic birds in it. So .... I thought .... what would my list of " books I've never got to the end of" ... Here we go .... only two of them have a lot of birds in them, but nearly all of them will have some ..... BUT I DIDN'T FINISH ANY OF THEM >>TEDIOUS & DULL. [1] La vie mode d'emploi ( far far too long, but quite a few birds get a mention.) ( and it is in French.) [2] Lord of the Rings ( hours of rubbish .... only a few birds) [3] Edwin Drood ( Charles Dickens) Dickens died without finishing it, so I couldn't.... I bet there are birds in it. [4] Wuthering Heights ... boring... boring ... girly stuff. Raptors to be found. [5] Animal Farm ........... rubbish ..and prob birdless too ..a few chickens maybe. [6] Bleak House ...... Dickens again .... far far too rambling and tedious. [7] Les Miserables French .... and miserable ... nuff said. [8] The Hunchback of Notre Dame....... BORING ..and LONG ... a few pigeons. [9] The Great Gatsby .... I gave it up around page 20. Nuff said. American birds ! [10] Ulysses ................... I read the first chapter ..I was about 14 .... and stopped. Here's a top 4 for actual birds books .... I didn't finish them, or wished I hadn't. [1] Wildlife in the Garden ( Roy Genders) ... The worst bird book ever ,,, CRAP. [2] That huge Polish book my sister gave me ... I didn't even start it, because as mentioned above, it is in Polish. [3] The Young Birdwatchers .. A.F.C Hillstead. I didn't finish it, because I felt it was a bit creepy. Mike, who I think was about 13- 14, went to live in a little cottage with one " Mr. Nesbitt" who lived with his sister ( a bit dodgy), because he was recovering from an illness. I didn't like the rather avuncular attitude, and his long " birdwatching" walks with him. [4] Around the World with 1000 birds ..( Russell Boyman) ( dodgy surname that !) Far too long, tiny print, no index, gets very tedious hopping from place to place in endless and rather similar scenarios for seemingly ever. I packed it in at page 164. What would be a relevant spot of music ? Valiente = brave, strong.
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