Reader's block - three strikes and ......

..... you're out! I rarely give up on a book. In fact, up until the last few weeks, I can only think of one novel that I have not finished and that was some years ago (The Time Traveller's Wife) but now I have two more to add to the list. (I have also failed to complete Emotional Intelligence on two separate occasions!!!) Failure number 1 was Fifty Shades of Grey!! I starting reading this because of all the hype around at the moment and because Kate is well into the series and was encouraging me. Having being told that the first hot scenes start around 21% I decided I give it until 25% by which time I would have a flavour for the writing and any other kind of plot that might be there (I'm so niave!!!). The plot was awful and the writing was shockingly bad, seriously!!!! Even the sex scene was quite uninspiring, if I wanted that kind of thing I reckon Pornhub would be much better ;-) Failure number 2: Fluke by James Herbert. By this time I'm not feeling the Kindle love so I revert to the tried and tested Herbert but make the crucial mistake of swaying from his norm. Two chapters in and I'm struglling with the man reborn as a dog! Dumped, for now, but I think I will come back to this one. So now I'm into a real paper book that I noticed on the shelf the other day. I remember Tom bought me it for Xmas before I knew I was getting a Kindle. Harlen Coben, Miracle Cure. In a couple of weeks Kate and I are off to southern I'm not encumbered!