Hey, How are you all?
I hope you had a great reading 2018.
I am starting this list thing where I’ll summarize my reads of this year in a few lists.
Today I am sharing all the books I DNFed this year. I had a bad patch in May where I DNF 3 books back to back in a time span of 2 days, I was also shocked that If I am choosing wrong books or it is my mood but after all those months I don’t regret to DNF all those, Fortunately after those I haven’t DNF a single book.
Twice Dead was an ARC, after reading 50 pages I was like Fizah what the hell you are reading and when I recall I couldn’t recall much. In my defence it’s rating on Goodreads is 3.23 and Many people DNFed it.
Mosquitoland is another book on mental health, I am not against of mental health books but all starting to sound same to me so Yes I couldn’t bear it.
The Oddling Prince was another ARC which was unable to catch my attention for more than 80 pages, If you don’t enjoy something DNF it, Reading should be a pleasure, not a torture.
Beast an ARC, was another example of DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER which unfortunately I did.
Looking for Alaska, I know it is an unpopular opinion, But I don’t get it when author make silly characters force them to do drugs and stuff then pretend them to be a victim, I just Don’t know, Why Charlie who had a perfectly fine family had to adopt all the bad habits and Yes after DNFing this book, I also said goodbye to John Green, I just can’t digest these kinds of characters.
Con Artist was not what I expect it to be, so It wasn’t my kind and Yes another ARC.
Ace of Shades, It is one of that Hype book I wanted to read for so long, as it was everywhere but after 100 pages I just couldn’t. It was characters or writing I just can’t remember it now, but it wasn’t good for me.
Sadie, I just couldn’t get into it.
Share the books you DNFed in 2018 and Don’t judge if this list got any of your favourite read.
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I haven’t read any of these yet, so I guess that’s not a lot of lost on my end. I was thinking of reading Looking for Alaska though.
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I won’t recommend LFA to anyone, It was such an annoying read for me.
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Well i am really not a good reader but ‘twice death’ sounds pretty interesting i think i should give this one a try.
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I hope you’ll like it 🙂
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Well i am actually not a good reader but ‘twice death’ sounds pretty interesting. I think i should give this a try!
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Oh I’m so sorry you didn’t like Twice Dead – I absolutely loved it
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I am glad you liked it 🙂
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Oh I thought many liked Sadie.
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Yeah majority did, I just couldn’t connect to it.
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I didn’t like Looking For Alaska either! Tbh I only liked An Abundance of Katherine and Tfios because it was popular and it was a good story (though now I can say it’s wayyyy too overhyped)
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I only read TATWD which I liked(as it was my first English contemporary), I didn’t had much exposure back then still I found flaws in the story….I watched TFIOS movie and found it completely over-rated so I never tried to read it, I gave chance to LFA and it was complete disappointment…After that I said Goodbye to John Green.
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Haven’t read any of these yet, but planning to read Sadie. I just hope i’ll have more luck with it 🙂
I have a copy of Looking for Alaska as well. Couldn’t bring myself to read it yet.
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I hope you’ll like Sadie, my opinion was way too unpopular…I don’t know about LFA I just couldn’t find anything positive in it.
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oooh, you got lots of popular books DNFed this year, maybe the hype spoiled your reading expectations???
Jennilyn @ Rurouni Jenni Reads
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I try to avoid reading Hype books when they just released still I don’t end up liking most of the hype books.
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I’m not very good and DNFing books. I do hope to get better in 2019 as life’s to short to read books I’m not enjoying.
Gemma @ http://www.gemmasbooknook.blogspot.com
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I thought the same in this year why waste time on a book you are not connecting, There are many other books DNF one and explore others.
Happy Reading 🙂
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OMG, I want to read Sadie so bad! Actually, they highly recommended on BookTube to listen to it on audio since it is written in a podcast form.
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I hope you’ll like it 🙂
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Ace of Shades is still on my TBR, and I’ve heard bad things about Beast as well.
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Ace of shades was just not my type or the characters…nothing clicked for me.
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My friend loved Sadie and its on my TBR. I am now reconsidering its order on the list.
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I hope you’ll love it as well 🙂
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Glad I didn’t try any of these – thanx for the honesty, I greatly appreciate it
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Haha…You are lucky 🙂
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Awww I am sorry you didn’t enjoy Ace of Shades, I absolutely loved it with all my heart but it also wasn’t a book I was aware of the hype for when going into it.
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Maybe Hype was the reason, I was expecting too much.
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That’s what happens to me a lot of the times, which is such a shame. Also why I tend to avoid super hyped books. 😦
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But you can’t just avoid the super hyped books….they pull you 😂
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I haven’t read any of these, but Sadie and Ace of Spades is on my list. I rarely DFN books because I’m a stubborn-ass OCD freak. If I start a book, I’ll finish it, though it may take months 😂😂
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I can understand you girl, I was the same…It took time but now I can DNF book without grieving for it 😂
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I need to get to that point 😅 less stress. I guess I really just need to learn that writing about why I dfn a book is a valid review. I’m also slowly learning that 1, 2, or even 3 star reviews is okay.
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You’ll reach there soon 🙂
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I DNFed Moonlight over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan, I tried because of a read-a-thon and I don’t know why I put that one on the list because I can’t stand romance like those. Besides that and way before that one, I DNFed The mysterious affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.
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Both of these books are new to me…It looks like everyone love Agatha Christie’s books but I never tried one so I can’t say anything about her books…
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That was the first book I read from her and it wasn’t good for me. I’ll try this year another one, if I don’t like it I think I’m done.
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