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Since Saturday I have been trying to read Eragon, by Christopher Paolini. I give up. It's boring. Snoring boring. I'm about 110 pages in and I just don't really care about anyone or anything in the book. So, here I am, just over a fortnight into the year, and I'm already giving up on a book. But as many great writers (and readers) have said: Life is too short to read books you don't like.

Next up: Hmm. I don't know yet. I'll post something after I've started reading.

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Re: boring?

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It is sad. I had hears such good things about it. My husband really enjoys the fantasy genre, and he read the whole thing. He said it was just okay, and the writing was immature. Let's hope the boy improves with age. I'm not so into fantasy anymore, so I need something to latch into early on (one or more characters, an interesting conflict or setting or, well, something) in order to stay interested. If you really like reading fantasy, the fact that it's fantasy may be enough to keep you going. Even at that, I'm sure there are better ones out there to read. Eric (husband) is reading "Quicksilver" right now --not in the same vein at all, but he's really liking it.