DNF pile: Stone Fox, Highway Cats, Survival in the Land of Beasts, Princesses and Mermaids

[thistlechaser]

DNF #35: Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. Published in 1980, the writing was really dated and immature (in a "talking down to kid readers" sort of way). Plus the logic was really lacking (kid's grandfather is in bed for three weeks, not eating or drinking anything, but doesn't die). It was a really short book, I probably could have finished it in an hour or two, but wasn't worth pushing through.

DNF #36: Highway Cats by Janet Taylor Lisle. Quoting another review: "And how can a cat raise rats for a pet-food cannery, much less do business w/ the canners?". This talking-animal story was just weird. One of the cats had a New York mob boss accent. Three newborn kittens were magical. There were odd logic issues, too:

"I say none," Murray the Claw snarled, raising the one vicious paw for which he had been named. His other three were clawless, victims of a human's trap many years ago.

What kind of trap would pull off the claws of three paws?

Not the book for me.

DNF #37: Survival in the Land of Beasts by Ron Rasband. The writing was poor and the story was unbelievable. Typical bad self-published book.

DNF #38: Princesses and Mermaids by Terry Boucher. My rule for books is that if there's a grammar issue or typo on the first page of a book, I DNF it. This book had two grammar issues in the very first paragraph.

Comments

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

There were so many points early on in Stone Fox where I was gonna quit reading. But it was an easy read, and I was bored, so I kept going. I didn't keep it on my shelf, though.

The Highway Cats one just sounds strange!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Highway Cats really was. I have no idea what the author was thinking...