Friday, August 9, 2019

DNF&Y #2


DNF&Y is a feature hosted by Lindsi at Do You Dog-ear?  According to Lindsi, "DNF&Y is used to explain why I gave up on certain books, and what about them just didn't work for me. What I disliked about a book might be something you love, so it helps to share your thoughts even when they're negative!"  Since I tend to DNF quite a bit, I thought it would be fun to participate!

 More Than Words by Jill Santopolo (2019)

More Than Words tells the story of a woman named Nina as she tries to figure out what she wants from her life and how it relates to the three most important men in her life - her father, her boyfriend, and her boss.

I got about 50 pages in before I started skipping around just to see where the story was going.  It was feeling predictable, and from what I could tell, I wasn't wrong.  The short chapters made the story feel choppy, and Nina came across as kind of a "poor little rich girl."  I couldn't relate to any of the other characters, either.






The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee (2019)

So apparently the illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus had a dream to amass a personal library of everything ever printed.  I was super-intrigued by this nonfiction book and it's almost not fair for me to include this book as a DNF since I quit so early.  I rapidly lost interest during the first chapter and found myself skimming almost immediately.  It was more about Columbus than his son and seemed to be a little scattered.  It could just be a matter of bad timing on my part and I just wasn't in the mood for this book at the time.










Have you DNFed any books lately?

24 comments:

  1. I've been wondering about More Than Words. Thanks for the heads up. I've just recently put down a book and quit an audio book. Life is too short to read a book that just doesn't work for you.

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    1. Exactly! I think Jill Santopolo's books are just not for me.

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  2. I've never heard of either of these books & I'm actually kind of disappointed that the second one was non-fiction >.< hahah I typically don't read non-fiction and it had such a good cover - even the premise sounds interesting!

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    1. I know! The cover totally drew me in, and then the synopsis sounded so cool!

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  3. I’ve read one by Jill Santopolo ( The Light We Lost) and I have such a love/hate relationship with it. I truly disliked the female main character. She was so selfish and made terrible decisions, but I was still drawn into the story and what would happen. I don’t think I’d read anything else by her, though. More Than Words doesn’t have great ratings on GoodReads either.

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    1. I wasn't crazy about The Light We Lost, but I try not to let my first book by an author totally dissuade me from reading them again. I should have listened to my gut on this one.

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  4. There has been a time or two that I have DNF'd a book. I try and give it about 50 pages or so before I give up. I haven't had to DNF a book in a while though. These two are both new to me and I don't think they'd be good reads for me either. Have a great weekend!!!

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    1. Thanks, Jenea! I think sometimes I can be too quick to DNF, even within the first couple pages, and I don't give things enough of a chance!

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  5. I've never even known that Colombus had a son, her daddy's shadow is too big it seems. I haven't DNF-ed anyhing recently, I just put aside a few books I'd like to get back to soon.

    Ronnie @ Paradise Found

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    1. I didn't either, and this book is actually about an illegitimate son. I still really like the premise, so I may go back to it at some point.

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  6. The catalogue of Shipwrecked Books- hmm that's different.

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  7. I have not read either of these books, but I applaud you for DNFing when you weren't enjoying them. Why waste time.

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  8. I DNF'ed a book about Agrippina recently. I don't have time for books I'm not enjoying.

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  9. I think I ended up taking More Than Words off my TBR after seeing a few mixed reviews for it.

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  10. I haven't DNFd any lately, but I also don't feel like I've been reading much. I alos tend to DNF a lot.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  11. I DNF-ed Wicked Girls most recently-ish I think, but that was because it was too dark for me and i didn't have the mindset to go that dark.

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  12. What a bummer about The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books! I am sort of in love with that cover and the premise, but a nonfiction with a scattered narrative is never a winning situation. I've also been curious about More Than Words, but from the sound of it I'm not sure it's something I'd enjoy, either.

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    1. I love the Catalogue cover, too, and I was bummed it didn't work out.

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