Book meme: Day 10

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Hey, it's Friday night! I hope you guys have an exciting evening planned -- I know I do. My copy of Faithful Place by Tana French came this afternoon, and I expect to spend all night reading it!

Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving

You know, I'm a pretty good arbiter of my own taste -- I know what I like and what appeals to me, and I also know what I don't like and what pisses me off. So it's not often that I pick up a book that from the get go I think I'm going to dislike -- more often, I pick up a book that I think I'll enjoy, and I end up hating it.

I guess the closest I come to this is when I pick up a book that I am skeptical about that I end up enjoying more than I thought I would. Like The Forever King by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy. I don't tend to like Arthur retellings, so when this book was handed to me, I put off reading it for quite a while. When I finally did sit down with it, I really enjoyed it -- I've read it several times now.

(There are two other books in the trilogy. They are sort of meh. This book, though, is pretty great.)

Oh, and Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg -- it was given to me to read in a class that I intensely disliked in college, so of course I went into it expecting it to be as obnoxious as the teacher and the other students. But nope. It was amazing. I didn't even find it dated -- I found it to be a really intense emotional journey, and I still have my copy of the book to this day.


You should put your response in the comments, or link to your own blog entry about this!


Other days of the book meme:

Day 01 - A book series you wish had gone on longer OR a book series you wish would just freaking end already (or both!)
Day 02 - A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
Day 03 - The best book you've read in the last 12 months
Day 04 - Your favorite book or series ever
Day 05 - A book or series you hate
Day 06 - Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Day 07 - Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
Day 08 - A book everyone should read at least once
Day 09 - Best scene ever
Day 10 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 11 - A book that disappointed you
Day 12 - A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
Day 13 - Favorite childhood book OR current favorite YA book (or both!)
Day 14 - Favorite character in a book (of any sex or gender)
Day 15 - Your "comfort" book
Day 16 - Favorite poem or collection of poetry
Day 17 - Favorite story or collection of stories (short stories, novellas, novelettes, etc.)
Day 18 - Favorite beginning scene in a book
Day 19 - Favorite book cover (bonus points for posting an image!)
Day 20 - Favorite kiss
Day 21 - Favorite romantic/sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 22 - Favorite non-sexual relationship (including asexual romantic relationships)
Day 23 - Most annoying character ever
Day 24 - Best quote from a novel
Day 25 - Any five books from your "to be read" stack
Day 26 - OMG WTF? OR most irritating/awful/annoying book ending
Day 27 - If a book contains ______, you will always read it (and a book or books that contain it)!
Day 28 - First favorite book or series obsession
Day 29 - Saddest character death OR best/most satisfying character death (or both!)
Day 30 - What book are you reading right now?