TTT (22) - Books I Liked But Can't Remember Much About

Once upon a time Top Ten Tuesday was hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

Now, it's moved to the wonderful That Artsy Reader Girl. The rules can be found here. And this week's post here.

This week the topic is Books You Liked But Can't Remember.

OMG! This topic is basically one of my main problems when it comes to book series. I read the two or three books that are available, love them, but either have to wait for the author to write the sequel or (for whatever reason) don't end up reading the next book just yet. Years later I feel like I have to re-start the series from scratch, because just reading a Wikipedia article would totally feel like cheating. And might even spoil me (Wikipedia has done that more than once!) But then the wait for the next book is even longer and a few years later I'm faced with the same dilemma once again!

This is why with Outlander (Diana Gabaldon) for example, I am now waiting until all books are published before I will read the entire series from scratch. I don't remember anything from book 4-6 even though I've definitely read them.

Mostly though this topic is about books I read in my childhood. I grew up in a no video games and almost no television environment and mostly just read books. My parents had an extensive library filled with the Classics and I read a lot of big books that I know I liked but don't really remember all that much.

  

  

 

1. Stephen King's Bag of Bones. I remember for a long time telling everyone that this was my favourite Stephen King (besides It) during my King phase. I don't remember anything of the story though? I should probably re-read.
2. Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. This was my least favourite Austen. I read all her other books at least five times. This one only once. I should probably see what I think of it today.
3. Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose. It's too dense and I remember there was too much Latin for me to honestly consider re-reading it. But apart from there being a murder and monks nothing stuck.
4. Dostoevsky's The Gambler. But also the other books I read by him: The Idiot and the Brothers Karamazov. I remember loving his writing and his books but I don't remember the story. What did stick with me was the story of Crime and Punishment.
5. Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth. I remember they built a cathedral. And I found the sex scenes exciting as a teenager. Nothing else stuck with me. I should probably give this one a re-read.
6. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe. Couldn't even have told you the author. Whoops. All of the plot has left my head.
7. Charles Dickens' David Copperfield and Oliver Twist. I know I read them both. I remember gasping a few times. But I can't remember why the gasping happened or what the plot of either book was.
8. Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. I enjoyed it a lot, I remember that. But that's literally all I can remember. But when I see the title the soundtrack music starts playing in my head. Great, that's my ear-worm for the rest of the day.

A lot of these books look daunting to me as an adult. I guess I was a stubborn child with nothing else to do.

How about you? Let me know in the comments.