The DNF Files!
Happy Tuesday! Today we are talking about books we Did Not Finish. Though I am pretty good at finding the right books for myself, sometimes I am not. I believe there are too many books and too little time, and therefore, I refuse to push through a book that I am not enjoying.
Below are some DNFs from the past year. When I think about these books, a few patterns emerge. Some were boring. There is only so much time I will dedicate to a book that is not capturing my attention. I try to make it to the 15-20% mark in these instances which I think is fair enough for something to hook me.
Another reason I DNFed some of these was the characters. I tend to read more slice-of-life type of book which are light on plot. I have to buy into the characters in those situations, and I am not going to wait the entire book for them to grow on me.
Sometimes my mood plays a big role. I am not a fan of certain things in books. At times, I am able to tolerate it more than others, but in the case with several of the books below, I just wasn't in the mood to deal with things I don't want to read about.
There is one book that I felt totally misled about. It was billed as a book about female friendship (which I love) and ended up being about a throuple which is just not my thing.
Without further ado, below are ten books I had DNFed in the past year.
- 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You by Vicki Grant
- The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy
- The Comeback Summer by Ali Brady
- If We're Being Honest by Cat Shook
- Double Exposure by Elissa R. Sloan
- All Adults Here by Emma Straud
- Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton
- When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
- Significant Others by Zoe Eisenberg
- The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Mathieu
Have you read any of these books?
Let us know in the comments!
Let us know in the comments!
I haven't read any of these but I have been DNFing a LOT this month. Just very little patience for stuff I'm not loving right away, but unfortunately I will linger over them for several days before finally pulling the plug.
ReplyDeleteExactly! Time is a precious commodity. I have no time to wait for the book to get good, you know?
Delete"There is one book that I felt totally misled about. It was billed as a book about female friendship (which I love) and ended up being about a throuple which is just not my thing."
ReplyDeleteThat's a heck of a mislead...for goodness' sake, publishers, be upfront about your books.
I was furious! I supposed maybe there was female friendship in there too, but once that storyline emerged, I cut and run.
DeleteI totally agree with you! There are just too many books out there for me to waste my time on something I’m not enjoying. I usually don’t DNF a book, but I just stopped reading When We Grow Up by Angelica Baker about a quarter of the way in. I just couldn’t get into the characters.
ReplyDeleteI honestly, would have been drawn to that book, but it seems you are not alone in your feelings (low ratings). It sounds like a character driven story, so I would probably have packed it in as well.
DeleteI am the same on the reasons why I would DNF the book but add to it the character is insufferable LOL
ReplyDeleteI have encounter too many insufferable people in real life to waste time on them as I read.
DeleteYes, life is too short to waste time reading a book you're not enjoying! I wonder which book is about the throuple. Totally not my thing either and I'd rather avoid it. I accidentally accepted and downloaded an invite without properly investigating and now it's on my Netgalley shelf. Ugh. Tartufo is one I also have but haven't had time to get to it. Do you have a review on Goodreads? I'll go look.
ReplyDeletePsst - it was Significant Others. I was really surprised by that. I don't review books I don't finish on GR. I don't put them on my shelf either. I simply pretend they didn't exist. I was expecting something different from Tartufo. It was a slow start, and it simply wasn't capturing my attention.
DeleteI am SO sad that you did not like Faculty Lounge, I looooved that one. But alas, not everything works for everyone! I am very open minded but I am not a fan of throuple books either- I mean cool if it works for you but I definitely couldn't, even after reading several books, I always just end up feeling bad for everyone even though I know that isn't the point!
ReplyDeleteI can see Faculty Lounge as a good fit for you. There are things that I don't enjoy, that I know a lot of other readers do. I feel like a fuddy-duddy when it comes to all the different relationship structures out there these days. The younger generation is embracing these different lifestyles, but I am just too old fashioned. You be you, but it's not for me.
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