Usually I talk about the books I finished reading at the end of the month but I re-read a lot of my favorites and tried new ones but couldn't finish them. Here are some of my unfinished reads.
Quit at: over 10%
The title change had confused me. I don't think either title is that good so they could have just stick to one. I had tried reading this series years before so I thought I try again and this time, I got engaged in the beginning and then I didn't. I don't know what happened but I got bored and stopped reading.
Quit at: 25% or so (I don't know if this is accurate as I just return the book to the library and didn't take notice of how much I read)
This was my one and only time reading Sanderson and it was not my cup of tea. This started with a girl named after hair, Tress, which right away, made me wonder at the brilliance of Sanderson (some sarcasm here) and then there was a cup she found and then it sort of seemed like it's leaning toward those YA romances (with illustrations which are quite lovely) where the girl supposedly goes on an adventure to save the love of her life, Charlie, or something and yada yada, you know how it goes. Mostly I feel like I'm reading a book about two bland 12-year-olds trying to have a romance though they are supposedly much older. One reviewer said Charlie is a human creampuff and I completely agreed with that. But I quit not only because of the romance but because it was really boring.
Quit at: 30%
This started interesting but then it became depressing so I stopped reading. I don't want to say this is an unreliable narrator type of book but the ending does suggest this. I skimmed to the end and was disappointed that what was true wasn't. I really did want this to be the story about a girl at the end of the world like the synopsis said.
Quit at: 30%
This was characters remembering what happened to the murders where a bunch of people drank poisoned drinks. Too many character viewpoints and events were too scattered and I don't know, it just seem like whatever the answer is, it's not important, more like character studies of what they did and thought and remembered. The writing seems kind of dreamy which I sort of like but not enough to continue. I was not invested in the mystery or even care who done it.
Have you unfinished any book lately?
I always meant to read "His Dark Materials" but never got around to it. However, a mini-series of it was made in 2019 so perhaps I'll get around to streaming that some day.
ReplyDeleteDebra: I heard of the series but I didn't see it. I hope you get to see it.
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I have finished the books I have started recently - though I will admit to some skimming.
ReplyDeleteElephant's Child: I see nothing wrong with skimming. There are so many books that none of us could finish them all even in a couple of lifetimes.
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Thanks for sharing
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DeleteAw that's a shame about The Aosawa Murders.
ReplyDeleteGreg: Yes, it's a bit of a shame but I really thought I would like the Aosawa Murders - I'm all for Japanese fiction. I suppose if this have been written in the more conventional way, I might have liked it.
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I have not been reading - and hence neither finishing, nor un-finishing anything - but His Dark Material or Northern Lights or whatever title it went by , is a book, I have un-finished several time. I cannot like the main person, and just quit!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte: I also kind of didn't like the main character but I suppose she would grow on you if you read farther which I had never gotten far enough to know.
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