Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I DNF'd Too Quickly

Top Ten is an original feature/weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl that features a great bookish top ten every week.

This week's TTT is books I DNF'd too quickly.


Ash- 
So I don't regret any of the books I decided to DNF. So I'm going to post the top ones that I DNF'd the quickest. Meaning, I barely got into the book and said nope. But also I don't have many that I would 100% decide I cannot do this. Most that I tried on kindle or reading the physical I would try to listen to the audio. But there are some that I will never pick up again.

1.)  I tried so hard with this book. It sounded interesting and I wanted to like it. But after 10 pages of me struggling with trying to read their names, I said nope. I couldn't. I would focus way too much on trying to read the names than following the story. 

Unquiet Dead (CHIAROSCURO CHRONICLES, #1)

2.) This was an audio one. I got a couple chapters (So maybe an hour) into this one and it was so slow I just couldn't. 

Pandora: Outbreak (A Pandora Thriller #1)

3.) Another audio. I listened for maybe half an hour to an hour and it held no interest for me. It was slow. 

My Name Is Rapunzel

4.) This was an ARC I got to review, and I had tried for maybe two weeks to try to finish this one, never getting past the first like 10 pages. 

The Missing Hours

5.) I got like 1/3 of the way through this and I just had no desire to finish it. According to Jenn, I stopped right before things got interesting, but I just had no care to ever find out what happened.

Out of the Easy

6.) Another review book. I started this one and I started getting an icky feeling while reading it. So I decided it wasn't for me.

The Cuckoo Wood

7.) I was so excited for this one! I wanted so desperately to love it. But it was just too slow and too weird. I felt like it was going nowhere.

The Lucky Ones

8.) I had been seeing this book everywhere, for so long. I wanted to read it because it seemed like half the world had. And I was curious, it sounded good. But I could not get past how bad the main character was. She was annoying and so "poor poor me" that I wanted it to just stop. So I stopped.

Numbers (Numbers, #1)

9.) I felt the same with this one like it was going nowhere and the main character bugged me.

Dark Eyes (Dark Eyes, #1)

10.) Yay, another vampire book. I thought I'd love it. I didn't. Couldn't finish.

Risen (Blood Eternal, #1)

Jenn-


I don't think I have any that I would never ever try again. I don't normally decide to not read a book I was interested in because sometimes I am just not in the mood. So here is a list of books I originally put down, couldn't get into, but later picked them up and enjoyed them. 

Let's Get LostGod Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire, #1)This Is Our StoryHow to Hang a Witch (How to Hang a Witch, #1)The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1)City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms, #1)Vengeance Road (Vengeance Road, #1)Vivian Apple at the End of the World (Vivian Apple, #1)The Farm (The Farm, #1)








11 comments:

  1. Ditto on both Out of the Easy and City of Bones. :)

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  2. I'm glad that you ended up enjoying the books at the bottom of your list! :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  3. The Shadow Queen made my list as well! Falling Kingdoms is one I also DNF'd, but I don't think I'll try it again--though I'm glad you ended up enjoying it! I've been interested in Out of the Easy from the first list, but I've yet to try it.

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  4. This is why I have a problem DNFing- because I think about DNFing but keep reading, then I end up with a bunch like your bottom part where I like them and DNFing would have been a mistake! So... now I just made myself read stuff even though 90% of the time DNFing would have been the better choice.

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  5. Vengeance Road really surprised me. It is not my kind of book at all, but I ended up really enjoying it and wouldn't mind picking up something similar.

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  6. I'm glad to see How to Hang a Witch on your list. I started and stopped that one a while back. After seeing your comment, maybe I'll give it another try.

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  7. I've only read City of bones from this list.

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  8. Risen is one that has been popping up a lot as a "recommended for me" title. But another YA vampire series... I just don't think I want to go there. I really enjoyed City of Bones, and the rest of The Mortal Instruments series.
    Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
    http://girlplusbooks.blogspot.com

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  9. Oh, it's so annoying when a book gives you an icky feeling. I don't blame you for stopping at that point. I would've done the same thing.

    Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by earlier!

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  10. Numbers was an annoying book for me too. I also DNFed God Save The Queen and City of Bones.

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  11. I've not tried any of these books, except for City of Bones (and I still don't like it!) But now they won't make it onto my tbr haha! Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier!

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