"Many people I respect have said it's one of the best books they've ever read. But at 1,079 pages, every time I try to start reading it again, I get busy, get distracted, and never finish," says Noah Frank, WTOP digital sports editor.
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Considered an American classic, several readers inside the Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center find Ayn Rand's magnum opus a bit, er, boring.
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"I couldn't figure out the reality and fantasy aspect of it. It was weird," says WTOP Senior News Director Mike McMearty.
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"Interesting premise but way too many unlikable characters with too many subplots," says Amanda Iacone, WTOP digital editor and writer.
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"I'm embarrassed to say that I read the first half of Laura Hillenbrand's bestseller 'Unbroken' when it first came out and never got to the end!
"In honor of the late Louis Zamperini, I vow to finish it during my summer vacation.
"Hillenbrand, who wrote 'Seabiscuit: An American Legend,' is one of the best storytellers working right now. Can't wait to read the second half," says WTOP Anchor Shawn Anderson.
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"I pretty much only read fantasy, and was excited to start a new series last summer. But after sloughing through 'Outlander,' the first in this series, I couldn't handle another 900 pages of what felt like a glorified romance novel," says WTOP Arts and Entertainment Editor Alicia Lozano.
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"I am so interested in the topic, but the book is so long that my mind started to drift. I gave up (at least for a while) after about 100 pages," says WTOP Commentator Chris Core.
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"I was pumped to read this book during my vacation, but verbose doesn't even begin to describe it. It's about the dictionary, so I don't know what I expected. Definitely a journalist's worst nightmare. Sentences sometimes went on for half a page; I kept forgetting what was going on.
I think I'd rather read the actual dictionary," says Lacey Mason, WTOP digital writer and editor.
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"It has been a while since I tried to read it, but as I recall, it reads like a very boring history book -- filled with endless minutiae about ancestry of characters who only appear briefly," says WTOP Web Developer Andrew Mazzocchi.
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"No offense to the book - I am fascinated by shipwrecks, especially in a body of water that I live just a mile away from!
"I put the book in my nightstand, which includes a drawer, some months ago and forgot about it.
"But this gallery of yours reminded me of it, and I plan to pick it back up and finish it," says WTOP Reporter Michelle Basch.
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"I'm still trying to get through 'Devil in the White City.' It got rave reviews from fans, but I find there are so many characters that it's hard to keep track.
While the historical details about the World's Fair are interesting, sometimes it feels like the story is taking a large tangent just to fit an architectural detail in that interrupts the flow of the narrative," says WTOP Reporter Megan Cloherty.
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"I loved the movie, and couldn't wait to read the book. But it was all about food and recipes, and I'm not a big foodie. I just wanted the countryside and the romance!" says WTOP program director Laurie Cantillo.
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"I tried so hard, but just couldn't keep it up. It definitely wasn't as entertaining for me as it was for others," says WTOP lifestyle editor Rachel Nania.
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