Name up to three books you initially did not like, but ended up loving after you decided to read all the way to the end.
Anita
HAWAII by James A. Michener
Beverly J. Rowe
SIEGFRIED FOLLIES by Richard Alther
DAMAS, DRAMAS, AND ANA RUIZ by Belinda Acosta
Pam Dean
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Gabriella
"Brave New World"
"Shutter Island"
That's it, just two. Sorry.
Christie C. McKee
"The Poisonwood Bible"
"Year of Wonders"
"The Help"
Barbara Bocan
THE FIFTH SACRED THING by Starhawke
Janet
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larrson. Took a second try to get into it and now I'm on book three!
Beth Cummings
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins
"Reading Lolita in Tehran"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Alice Book
"Cutting for Stone"
Terri
"The Help"
Maureen
"Let the Great World Spin"
It started out so violently but ended so beautifully and keeps you thinking long after you have finished it.
Lorene Newton
AND LADIES OF THE CLUB by Helen Hooven Santmyer
JLE
"The Red Tent"
Eileen Quinn Knight,Ph.D
2666 by Roberto Bolano
NOAH'S COMPASS by Anne Tyler
THE PIANO TEACHER by Janice K. Lee
Gaymarie Hartman
"Change of Heart"
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
"South of Broad"
Kay Nottolini
BRIDGE OF SIGHS by Richard Russo
"The Piano Teacher"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (first in the series)
I am sure there are more but those came to mind first.
kara
THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova
WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
THE GUN SELLER by Hugh Laurie
Cathy Phelps
THE JESTER by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. BLACK OUT by Lisa Unger and LIFE SUPOPRT by Tess Gerritsen.
Susan Creed
"Beekeeper's Apprentice". Someone recommended the book later on in the series, which takes place in India, and then I was hooked. I had to go back and read from the beginning.
RW Honey
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
"In The Woods"
Sharon Westafer
"Hawaii"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Frankie
Many years ago, as you can tell, I tried to read THE THORNBIRDS by Colleen McCullough. I started the book three times before I got hooked. In the end I loved it and went on to read other books by her.
Jack Stroud
Every James Michner novel I ever read, and I have read them all. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller and IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote. It also scared the crap out of me, I finished it in my parents closet.
Marcia Cook
THE POISONWOOD BIBLE by Barbara Kingsolver
LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry
Candace Martin
I was determined not to enjoy "A Fine Balance". I was so wrong!
renee
BABEL TOWER by A.S. Byatt (I'm now embarrassed to admit). It's so worth getting through the first chapters.
Deb St. Angelo
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Marian Furukawa
"The Thirteenth Tale"
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
katherine stephens
WINTER GARDEN by Kristen Hannah.
I usually love her books straight from the beginning, but this one I did not take to right away. I actually turned it back in to the library and requested it again since it was on a waiting list. Once I got it back I read it from start to finish without wanting to put it down! I am so glad I decided to give it another shot.
vernon haley
"Beach House"
"Sail"
"Cuba"
Karen Terry
Killer View by Ridley Pearson
Stephen
I started "The Life of Pi" since it was our book club selection and I didn't like it but I also knew I had to finish it. But by the time I did, I was very happy I read the book!
Michelle Morrill
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
"Four Spirits"
"The Widow of the South"
Lita Jones
A TIME TO KILL by John Grisham. A friend asked how I liked it and when I told her, I quit reading. She asked how far I had read and when I told her, she said give it another try, I had already read the worst part of the book and the rest was the trial. I loved most of his books since then, but have a couple of other books that I just can't remember the names of.
Gisele Courville
WINTER GARDEN by Kristen Hannah
Margaret Holdman
"The Life of Pi"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Moonflower Vine"
Bea
"My Sister's Keeper"
"Loving Frank"
Nadine Heinlen
SPOKEN FROM THE HEART by Laura Bush
"The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet"
Kathy C
"The White Tiger"
"Loving Frank"
"Cutting for Stone"
W
"Shantaram"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Renee Lepley
"The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Mary West
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
Wendy
THE HOST by Stephanie Meyer
WICKED by Gregory Maguire
OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon
Vivian
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson
THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ by Dalia Sofer
CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese
Carolyn Stewart
1. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
2. "Trinity"
3. "Peace Like A River"
June Ulkoski
"An Instance of the Fingerpost"
"The Winter Queen"
Tanya F in CO
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
"The Kite Runner"
Mickey Z.
"The Life of Pi"
I thought it was just a so-so novel until I read the last chapter and I fell in love.
Betsy
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Pillars of the Earth"
teresa
"Shalimar the Clown"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Cutting for Stone"
Phyllis Friedman
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
Marilyn Ruffin
PARADISE by Toni Morrison
THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT by Walter Mosley
PUSH by Sapphire
Ruth
THE BOOK THIEF by Marcus Zusak
THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
