So many DNF books...

[thistlechaser]

I think this is the longest string of books I've had without enjoying one... It's been 11 DNF books now. On to the latest five, not in the order I read them.



Tiger Shifter Academy: Year One by Jayme Morse. I knew this one would be bad, but sometimes these "shifter" books are so bad that they're actually amusing. This one was just bad-bad. I got as far as four of the most beautiful men on the planet wanting the high school girl and dropped it. To be fair, the book DID warn me. From the blurb on Amazon: "Four sexy tiger shifters want to claim me as their mate." DNF 13%

Leaders of the Pack: A Werewolf Anthology I only got as far as I did into this one because I tried reading each of the stories in it. 12 stories, and I only finished one. It wasn't even good, it just wasn't as unenjoyable as the others. DNF 96%

Mulan: Before the Sword by Grace Lin. Well, time to give up on these Disney books. The first Mulan book I read was OUTSTANDING for even an adult reader, but I haven't enjoyed one since then. DNF 9%

Rider at the Gate (Nighthorse, Book 1) by C.J. Cherryh. After a string of long DNF books, I searched through my kindle for one I was sure I would like. I like this author, so I thought it would be this one, but nope. So slow... I checked the Goodread reviews and most of them said the same, so I followed the other reviewers' leads and DNFed it as well (2%).

Edgeland by Jake Halpern. I read this one before the other four in this post, so it's been a while since I dropped it. I remember it as a generic YA book, but no details beyond that. (Bad reviewer, bad.) DNF 8%

Partial book credits:
Point reached in DNF books: 13% + 96% + 9% + 2% +8% = 128%
Previous abandoned book total: 767%
New total: 895% (eight books)

Comments

[resonant.livejournal.com]

I like that you are warning others what not to try.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

If I can save someone from a bad book, my work here is done! Haha.

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

That's a VERY long string of DNF's. Here's hoping you find a really good read soon!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Unless something changes in it, I'll probably end up finishing the book I'm currently reading. It hasn't hooked me, but it's not bad either. Fingers crossed!

[loup_noir]

I love the library as it lets me speed date books. So few pass the first couple of pages. I did have one that I wanted to read, "The Man Who Hated Women," a biography/history of Comstock (of the Comstock anti-pornography mail anything), but I got depressed when the author would mention when women were allowed to do X or Y, and it was within my lifetime.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That's kind of how I feel, too. It just takes a few pages to see if a book is going to work for me or not. Sometimes it takes them longer to hook me (the one I'm reading now started slow, but now I'm into it), but it's pretty fast to know if it's going to be a DNF or not.

That Comstock book would depress me, too. Especially now (looking at you, Texas), I can't handle that kind of thing.