I don’t know why the Top Ten Tuesday topics haven’t been speaking to me lately. I skipped last week and still just wasn’t feeling it this week. The topic being Colorful Book Covers, you’d think it be simple. Nope. My mind wants none of it. I decided I liked what I did last time with the number generator. Once again, I went back to the original TTT list over at The Broke and the Bookish. My random number generator gave me the number 4, all the way from 2010, which is Most Intimidating Books.
All of the books I’m listing are on my TBR, most of them have been there for years. I don’t know what it is that keeps me from picking them up and reading them, so I guess they have some level of intimidation with me.
The Hobbit (and the whole LOTR series) by JRR Tolkien
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel
The Iliad by Homer
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Beowulf author unknown
All In Good Time 
Beowulf has such a great cover.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
It makes me happy to see Clan of the Cave Bear mentioned in your post. I love that particular cover for it. 🙂
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-colourful-book-covers/
One of these days I’ll actually read it! My block with that one is being afraid of disappointment. It’s been built up so much in my mind over many years.
I’ve found audiobooks to be a great way of tackling longer books, they seem so much less intimidating when you listen.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/top-ten-tuesday-312/
I wish! I have not been able to get into audiobooks no matter how many times I’ve tried. And honestly, with these books I have listed it isn’t necessarily about length. Some are books I have too hyped up in my mind so don’t want the disappointment if they don’t live up to my expectations.
Ah fair enough!
I understand why A Game of Thrones would be intimidating. I read it and it was hard to keep track of all of the characters at first. I think the TV series was better anyways. 😉
The TV show helped me keep better track of who’s who when I did read the books. Honestly, I preferred the books, though I stopped watching after season four (just a lack of time, not interest)
I have such a hard time not wanting to read a book when there’s a movie or show adapted from the book. But I’ve heard from more than one person that they prefer the show so I’ve been torn on that one.
The show is easier to keep track of all the characters.
I find myself intimidated by epic fantasy series that have long novels and lots of them. I feel like I’m so far behind and I wonder if I will ever catch up. As for LotR, I enjoyed the Hobbit and wasn’t a fan of the trilogy itself.
In those cases I’ll generally be fine with the first few and then slowly lose steam as the series progresses, no matter how good the series may be.
I agree, these are some intimidating books! I read THE HOBBIT in college and enjoyed it. I’ve also read NIGHT and, I think, AMERICAN GODS. I think I liked them?? My memory is terrible…
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Night has definitely fallen prey to hype. I hear so many good things about the whole series, but especially Night. There’s no way it can possibly live up to expectations so I keep putting it off.
I was disappointed with a few of these titles—some of them bored me, while others lost me 😂 But I do love American Gods! And although I didn’t really love The Magicians the book, I did love the show 😍 Great post!