2019 #ReadICT Challenge discussion

Here is the place to post your ideas for #ReadICT category 6: A book you've avoided or didn't finish.

Some of my possibilities:
Anna Karenina
Gilead
The Hate U Give

A Little Life - it's sooooo long!
Life After Life - the reviews are mixed
Burial Rites - it sounds boring, but heard it's good
The Snow Child - I didn't get it read last winter, then couldn't bring myself to read it in the summer

I think I’ll finally tackle “The Goldfinch” this year.

When you wake up early for no good reason, you finish hate-reading the literal and metaphorical White Whale. ✅ 6. A book you’ve avoided or didn’t finish: Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I started reading this my junior year of high school because the teacher assigned it for extra credit. I don’t remember how far into I got, but I pretty quickly decided I didn’t need the extra credit that bad. So when this book category popped up on the list, I knew I needed to try it again. And it’s still horrible and I don’t get why so many think it’s the best book ever. Parts were interesting (the action parts), but the anatomy of whales and other diatribes in Melville’s pompous writing just killed any momentum for me. But I can say I’ve read it and I will NEVER read it again. Good riddance.