Jen asked about my dnf posts and it did get me thinking. So here are the few things I wrote on GR. Some I had written nothing about, some very just so meh that yeah, meh.
Our library was closed for almost 3 months so I borrowed a bunch of books and yes like 90% did not work out.
I also tried going through my freebies in a hunt for short books ;)
Mageborn (Age of Dread Trilogy, #1) by Aryan, Stephen
Second time around, and yeah, just nope
Ruined by a Rake (All's Fair in Love, #1) by Knightley, Erin
Meh, going through my freebies
A Soul For Trouble (Soulbearer, #1) by McHugh, Crista
Meh, like seriously this one
Rise of the Dragons (Kings and Sorcerers, #1) by Rice, Morgan
Very meh, eyerolling
The Woolgrower’s Companion by Rhoades, Joy
I was bored
Slow Ride (Road to Love, #2) by Foster, Lori
I have listened to 26%! and I have no idea what is going on. I can not keep my attention on this book
Cowboy Trouble by Kennedy, Joanne
Right now all the men (and why are there so many men) are all rapey and touchy. I am all wtf have you never seen a woman? This town is creepy
I have liked her books before, but it seems this was actually her first
The Perfect Assassin (Chronicles of Ghadid, #1) by Doore, K. A.
Not a good sign when I do not like the narrator from the first word. It sounds like he is murdering an Irish accent). I can't hardly hear what he is saying. Weird lisp too
A Year of Marvellous Ways by Winman, Sarah
Boooring
Flirting With Danger (Samantha Jellicoe, #1) by Enoch, Suzanne
So bad I forgot to write a dnf report
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Bodard, Aliette de
Ok, so maybe this author is not for me. Again, bored by the story, confused by the world. THis should have been a novel instead
On a Red Station, Drifting by Bodard, Aliette de
I have liked the narrator before, so maybe it is the story, it was just so sleep inducing
The Gutter Prayer (The Black Iron Legacy, #1) by Ryder-Hanrahan, Gareth
Maybe I have been reading too much fantasy lately, this is like my 3rd dnf. But I will save it for a later date and try again. Until then! Cos I hate giving up on fantasy
The Archived (The Archived, #1) by Schwab, Victoria
Another one that might work better in print. I am feeling so confused
Middlegame by McGuire, Seanan
I just can not. I am confused. I feel like audio is not the best format for this
How We Disappeared by Lee, Jing-Jing
I just can not! It is so dull. It should not have started with the old woman
And now it is about some modern kid?!
Ugh, no
1356 (The Grail Quest, #4) by Cornwell, Bernard
Duller than dull
A boy made of blocks by Keith Stuart
I know it's hard, but no wonder your wife threw you out
Naondel (Krönikor från röda klostret, #2) by Turtschaninoff, Maria
Dunno why this is YA when the people get older, it is really rapey, and ugh some of the people. DNF
I still think Arra one of the best book I have read and that one should get translated!
Big Little Lies by Moriarty, Liane
Too bored to continue, I think I'd rather watch the show
The Summer Country by Willig, Lauren
It's not that it is bad, I just do not really care. Last night I fell asleep (again), and I am sure I missed 30 min and I was all, I do not care, so, yeah time to dnf
Breven från Maresi (Röda klostret, #3) by Turtschaninoff, Maria
Written in letter format can work, but not here, I got annoyed by her use of nickname for the person she wrote to. And also I never got into the story this way
So she is gonna start a school, only girls, ok good, but this freaking place has no schools at all. And she wonders why her brother got upset
No
Blood of an Exile (Dragons of Terra, #1) by Naslund, Brian
It lost me from the start
Dark mafia prince by Annika Martin
Sometimes dark is just too dark. She is a great writer, and I am sure if I could get over some things I would like it but.... Sexual violence is not romance for me.
He says he will cut off her finger, then she says if she gives him oral if he wont do that. Well FU.
Slouch Witch (The Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic, #1) by Harper, Helen
Another meh, at least I am burning through my freebies
The Right Swipe (Modern Love, #1) by Rai, Alisha
I kind of just gave up and forgot
Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3) by Lawrence, Mark
The dual time line does not work for me.
I am just gonna give up. I read the end, eh, I wanted more
3:AM Kisses (3:AM Kisses, #1) by Moore, Addison
She dropped her top and I was out. Stupid
Wrapped Up in You (Heartbreaker Bay, #8) by Shalvis, Jill
Nope, I just can not. I am not feeling the narrator.
Cold Welcome (Vatta's Peace, #1) by Moon, Elizabeth
Meh, will not push it
Gingerbread by Oyeyemi, Helen
Meh, bored, giving up, did not connect
His for Christmas by Warren, Skye
She is 18, she gets out of jail. SHe has 20 dollars. So she takes a bus to New York where she gets a place to stay, and I guess new clothes too, since she gets a job as the secretary for one of the richest guys in the country? Really? I know she lies on her form, but srsly, with this guy people would do some research.
Also, rapey. WTF. Just no
No thanks.
It also seems that they fall in love a few secs later.
No thanks
Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
SO close, sooo close. But I am throwing in the towel. I have no idea how many times I have fallen asleep. And the thing is that I never care, instead I have just gone on. So I have prob missed half of it.
I get that she is sick, but I can't like someone who acts like that.
No chemistry.
Meh, why did I not give up sooner
Tuesday 31 December 2019
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Oh, I don't think I'd read any on this list. Sorry they didn't work, but I totally get it.
ReplyDeleteI have forced myself to finish 1 star books this year and WHY
DeleteI listened to Big Little Lies and struggled with it too.
ReplyDeleteIt was just meh
DeleteGot a few there! I am very surprised you didn't post really anything this year
ReplyDeleteI really should cos this way I might have missed some cos they are never in order
DeleteI haven't read any of those but I've liked Mark Lawrence's books that I've read. I don't remember I had many DNF's this year. I think...
ReplyDeleteI really liked book 1, but nope, I could not bother
DeleteI did enjoy a few on this list, but whew, I don't see too many that are still left on my TBR!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
SOme might have worked in a different format, or not
DeleteWhen I tackle my freebie lists or books and ARCs I passed up for others this type of list is what I get, too. Sometimes I'm bored, but mostly b/c it interested me at the time and then my interests changed.
ReplyDeleteDNF-ing is no longer a bad thing to me when a book and reader are not a good match. Looks like you stopped and moved on to others that are better matches for you :)
I do not have a lot of reading time, so why struggle with meh books? When I could read great books! I sure have freebies to spare for one
DeleteYou are a master dnf'er lol I'm getting better about it.
ReplyDeleteMiddlegame didn't work in print either. IMO anyway. And I liked Chloe Brown but wasn't in love with it like everyone else. I didn't feel invested in the couple an everyone was SO quirky.
Karen @ For What It's worth
OH too bad! I really could NOT keep my attention on it
DeleteIt felt too over the top for me
That's a lot of dnfs! I have only read one of these, the book by Jill Shalvis. I agree that the narrator can make all the difference.
ReplyDeleteIt was very strange, I just did not feel it
DeleteThere's the Linda I know and love! haha!
ReplyDeleteI have Chloe Brown in audiobook and it's next on my list. I am the same with dark romance - I don't enjoy it, especially mafia and MCs. No thanks. Here's to fewer DNFs in 2020!
Hehe, I had to do it! Dnfs are important too, you so right. I need to show what does not work at all
DeleteHuh, you didn't like GUTTER PRAYER. I haven't read it yet, but it still sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI actually DNF'd a book on New Years Eve, COLD STORAGE. The science and plot were so awesome, but the pages and pages of backstory bogged me down and I grew too bored to continue.
I will give it one last go, but I just could not connect
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