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December 10th: What books disappointed you this year?
You know what, I will just list my DNFs
Mageborn (Age of Dread Trilogy, #1)
Aryan, Stephen *
Ruined by a Rake (All's Fair in Love, #1)
Knightley, Erin *
A Soul For Trouble (Soulbearer, #1)
McHugh, Crista *
Rise of the Dragons (Kings and Sorcerers, #1)
Rice, Morgan *
The Woolgrower’s Companion
Rhoades, Joy *
Slow Ride (Road to Love, #2)
Foster, Lori *
Cowboy Trouble
Kennedy, Joanne *
The Perfect Assassin (Chronicles of Ghadid, #1)
Doore, K. A. *
A Year of Marvellous Ways
Winman, Sarah
Flirting With Danger (Samantha Jellicoe, #1)
Enoch, Suzanne
In the Vanishers’ Palace
Bodard, Aliette de *
On a Red Station, Drifting
Bodard, Aliette de *
The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)
Ryder-Hanrahan, Gareth *
The Archived (The Archived, #1)
Schwab, Victoria *
Middlegame
McGuire, Seanan *
How We Disappeared
Lee, Jing-Jing *
1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)
Cornwell, Bernard *
Naondel (Krönikor från röda klostret, #2)
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane *
The Summer Country
Willig, Lauren *
Breven från Maresi (Röda klostret, #3)
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Blood of an Exile (Dragons of Terra, #1)
Naslund, Brian *
Slouch Witch (The Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic, #1)
Harper, Helen *
The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1)
Rai, Alisha *
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3)
Lawrence, Mark *
3:AM Kisses (3:AM Kisses, #1)
Moore, Addison *
Wrapped Up in You (Heartbreaker Bay, #8)
Shalvis, Jill *
Cold Welcome (Vatta's Peace, #1)
Moon, Elizabeth
Gingerbread
Oyeyemi, Helen *
His for Christmas
Warren, Skye *
Of course then there are those that I actually ended up reading too even though they should have been DNFs, like Wicked King by Holly Black, A Court of thorns and roses by Sarah Maas, Kingdom of Assassins by RJ Barker (ruined the whole series for me), The Ruin of Kings by Jennifer Lyon, The demon king by Chinda Williams Chima, The waking lands by Callie Bates, Soundless by Richelle Mead. All 1s
December 10th: What books disappointed you this year?
You know what, I will just list my DNFs
Mageborn (Age of Dread Trilogy, #1)
Aryan, Stephen *
Ruined by a Rake (All's Fair in Love, #1)
Knightley, Erin *
A Soul For Trouble (Soulbearer, #1)
McHugh, Crista *
Rise of the Dragons (Kings and Sorcerers, #1)
Rice, Morgan *
The Woolgrower’s Companion
Rhoades, Joy *
Slow Ride (Road to Love, #2)
Foster, Lori *
Cowboy Trouble
Kennedy, Joanne *
The Perfect Assassin (Chronicles of Ghadid, #1)
Doore, K. A. *
A Year of Marvellous Ways
Winman, Sarah
Flirting With Danger (Samantha Jellicoe, #1)
Enoch, Suzanne
In the Vanishers’ Palace
Bodard, Aliette de *
On a Red Station, Drifting
Bodard, Aliette de *
The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1)
Ryder-Hanrahan, Gareth *
The Archived (The Archived, #1)
Schwab, Victoria *
Middlegame
McGuire, Seanan *
How We Disappeared
Lee, Jing-Jing *
1356 (The Grail Quest, #4)
Cornwell, Bernard *
Naondel (Krönikor från röda klostret, #2)
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Big Little Lies
Moriarty, Liane *
The Summer Country
Willig, Lauren *
Breven från Maresi (Röda klostret, #3)
Turtschaninoff, Maria
Blood of an Exile (Dragons of Terra, #1)
Naslund, Brian *
Slouch Witch (The Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic, #1)
Harper, Helen *
The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1)
Rai, Alisha *
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3)
Lawrence, Mark *
3:AM Kisses (3:AM Kisses, #1)
Moore, Addison *
Wrapped Up in You (Heartbreaker Bay, #8)
Shalvis, Jill *
Cold Welcome (Vatta's Peace, #1)
Moon, Elizabeth
Gingerbread
Oyeyemi, Helen *
His for Christmas
Warren, Skye *
Of course then there are those that I actually ended up reading too even though they should have been DNFs, like Wicked King by Holly Black, A Court of thorns and roses by Sarah Maas, Kingdom of Assassins by RJ Barker (ruined the whole series for me), The Ruin of Kings by Jennifer Lyon, The demon king by Chinda Williams Chima, The waking lands by Callie Bates, Soundless by Richelle Mead. All 1s
Wow you've got some listed that are on my shelf right now. I'm surprised at the Foster and Holy Sister
ReplyDeleteThanks Blodeuedd
I am sad by Holy Sister since I really liked book 1, but book 2 was meh so makes sense
DeleteI tend to forget them...
ReplyDeleteI only know them thanks to gr
DeleteI have too many to list this year lol But! I also had several 5 start reads which is better than the last few years so I'll just be happy about that.
ReplyDeleteKaren @ For What It's worth
Wohoo 5 stars! I have more of those too these days
DeleteHmm that's a lot, I recognise a few authors I know but haven't read those particular books. DNF'ing though is so good, why waste precious reading time.
ReplyDeleteI borrowed like 20 books from the library when they were closed and well a lot were duds
DeleteThat's a lot of dnfs! I had 2 this year so far. I see several books that I have on my tbr.
ReplyDelete2!! Omg, well I do dnf a lot ;)
DeleteWow! I don't remember that many DNF reviews - have you been holding out? I have a couple DNF's but they weren't huge disappointments b/c I wasn't going in with high expectations. For me, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym Martineau was a big let down after so much hype. And No Country for Old Gnomes by Hearne and Dawson - loved the first one, barely finished this one.
ReplyDeleteI have been holding out! Maybe I should talk about them, I do feel that they are just as important
DeleteThe only one I read on your list is Big Little Lies. I listened to the audio and like it a lot, but I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone. It is a different kind of read. I'm all for DNF if you're not enjoying a story. Move on to something you love. Why waste what little time reading something you don't? :)
ReplyDeleteI just felt the text was, dunno, boring? Maybe audio would have been better
Deleteand yes exactly!
thats quiet the list, sorry to hear these did not pan out
ReplyDeleteIt happens
DeleteOoh, many of these I didn't know you ended up DNFing. I'm sad to see Blood of an Exile on this list though, I was really curious about that one!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
I think my problem was audio. I can't do fantasy in audio it seems, or well the narrator ;)
DeleteI hate DNF-ing, but yet it has made me a happier reader to just move on to another when a book isn't doing it for me. I know I've had a few disappointments this year especially if they were just so-so when I was anticipating something fabulous. (:
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing worse than reading a book for 2 weeks and then finishing as a meh
DeleteDang! I missed this week!!! I have a few myself!
ReplyDeleteOh no!
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