Therefore, my "currently reading" section on Goodreads has a few stragglers. Usually I just leave them there, and in December, I basically poop or get off the pot, if you know what I mean. Here are a few books that are in my currently reading (half read) queue. If you have read any of them, please let me know if you think I should cut them loose or try my hardest to get them read by the end of the year.
In Memoriam (Alice Winn): Lisa liked this, so I wanted to like it, but after a few pages, I kind of drifted off, mentally. However, it also got a 4.52 on Goodreads.
Murder in the Family (Cara Hunter): I started this audiobook and there were so many characters that I soon lost track.
Lessons of a Lakota (Billy Mills): This was a PDF that someone gave to me and the print is weird, so I cannot zoom the letters and have to read it as pretty tiny print. I like learning about Native history, but had a hard time getting into it.
Leviathan Wakes (James Corey): This is number one of the Expanse series and all my friends have loved it and it got 4.31 on Goodreads. This was also a PDF but I did end up putting the audiobook on hold in hopes that it would be a better fit.
The Hunter (Tana French): I really like this author and have enjoyed a few of her other books, and this one got 4.1 on Goodreads. I want to like it, but the first few chapters are not drawing me in.
All The Colors in The Dark (Chris Whitaker): I recently read and enjoyed his other book We Begin and the End, but my loan expired on this before I got more than a few pages in. Also it got 4.35 on GR.
The Long Walk (Brian Castner): This book is about a man who had to deal with unexploded ordinances in the war and how it affected him mentally. I want to like it but it is not drawing me in! It has a 3.95 on Goodreads.
By Any Other Name (Jodi Picoult): I was really enjoying this book when I got to Elisabeth's house and due to not really spending time listening to audiobooks, my loan expired. I put it back on hold but it was another couple month wait. Waahhh.
Wanted: Toddler's Personal Assistant (Stephanie Kiser): This was slightly entertaining me when the loan expired. Same story as above, the new hold is still a couple weeks of waiting.
The other thing that I did not say is that now that I am not on the bike as much my reading has gone from like five books a week to maybe one book a week! Regardless, whatever is left at the end of the year that I have not yet read will probably be a DNF.
Have you read any of these books? If so, which four or five should I focus on? Are there any here that you abandoned?
This is my last NaBloPoMo post. We will now return to our regularly scheduled programming.
I haven't read a single one!
ReplyDeleteHm. Well, you are no help! ☺
DeleteI have only read In Memoriam. I say cut it loose if it didn’t grab you though. I have given up on Tana French. I know she is a well-loved author but I never love her books. And I haven’t attempted either book by Chris W. I have heard such mixed reviews so haven’t attempted either of his books.
ReplyDeleteI think French is a little slow to start. There was another of hers that I read and liked in the end, but it took me a while to get into it. It is also a very long book, so it may have to get cut just for timing reasons!
DeleteI haven't read any of these, but my philosophy is if they don't draw you in, don't bother with them. There are too many other good books out there!
ReplyDeleteI am doing that more and more for sure. This year I think I have DNFed almost 20 books, and if I DNF the ones on this list, it will be even more! Life is too short for bad books!
DeleteCongrats on NaBloPo!
ReplyDeleteWhat Lisa and Michelle said...if they're not drawing you in, there's no point in hanging on. The only title that I've heard of is In Memoriam, and I've heard good things but it never got my attention enough to go after it.
Amen to that! I think I will definitely finish the Jodi Picoult and the Stephanie Kiser book, but the others may all go into the DNF pile this year! I am not shy about doing that, but sometimes have a little FOMO, especially if the GR score is high or someone personally told me it was great.
DeleteI haven't read any of these! I say cut your losses and start fresh.
ReplyDeleteNoted! I am so glad you guys are all in agreement about this. Sometimes it is like scissors; it doesn't HURT to have nine pairs, but really you should just get rid of most of them. Thanks for your support.
DeleteI have not read any of these books. My reading is a bit sparse right now.
ReplyDeleteHA! Probably because you had to read thirty blog posts (++) per day and comment and respond!?! My reading has not been stellar either.
DeleteI've not read any of these but agree with you on the Whitaker book so maybe finish this other one and let me know if it's good too? Lol.
ReplyDeleteI keep a list of DNFs too, and take just as much pride in that list as my finished reads. Proud to move ahead without letting a bad book stop me in my reading track, if you know what I mean.
I definitely keep track of DNFs! One reason is so that I don't accidentally start reading them again, as I have been known to do. You know when you feel like a book is familiar? Ha! It happens!
DeleteI've not read any of these books, but the Toddler Assistant Wanted, or whatever, sounds like something I might relate to. Ha. I don't read very many books. I blame a time shortage. I typically only read the books on the list for my book club, and I usually like those/those are really highly recommended. They don't always get 5 stars from me, but I do usually finish them.
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed connecting with you this past month. I look forward to future visits to your blog.
The Toddler book is actually okay, but it will probably be a three star (out of five) read for me, as the woman is a little whiny. However, it is entertaining, so I will probably finish it.
DeleteI have a few books on my currently reading that I need to reborrow from the library too. I hardly ever/never DNF a book nut this year I've DNF'd two books. They weren't even terrible, one of them was even mildly entertaining, but I just decided they weren't good enough to read instead of sometihng else.
ReplyDeleteYes! That is sometimes why I DNF. I often have an eBook and an audiobook going at the same time and sometimes one trumps the other, or I am riding a lot so am not reading the eBook a lot, or life just gets in the way and I don't feel like continuing one of them. I don't really think that all of my DNFs are bad books, they were just wrong place, wrong time.
DeleteI have a book by my bed that I may DNF, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. Maybe I will pick it back up? I'm maybe 1/4 of the way through, and have gotten sucked in to other books. Maybe I'll give it a chance when I am stuck, but at this point, that is going to be a while and I am going to have to start over I think. It's sci-fi, which is really not my jam.
ReplyDeleteI feel like usually when it is not my jam by a quarter in, I am happy to give it up. However, I am not one to give up on most things usually, so it is a little hard. But I am getting better at it!
DeleteAs a carpet cleaner, all I can think about when I read the title, "murder in the family", is how hard it will be to get the blood out of the carpet in that home.
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