Tuesday Talks is a GoodReads group where a bunch of book nerds discuss bookish topics each week.
This week’s Tuesday Talk is: DNF (Did not finish) without guilt?
I can rarely not finish a book without guilt (hence the TBR pile this month is nothing but books I haven’t finished). I try not to start a book unless I know that I’m going to see it through to the end (I can be a snob like that). As always, there are some exceptions to the rules.
Longbourne. I really really really wanted to like this book. I love Jane Austen and Downton Abbey and this one was supposed to kinda a mix. It was about the staff of the Bennetts from Pride and Prejudice, but I couldn’t get past the first four pages of the main character’s grumbling about house work. Maybe I’ve put the Bennetts to high on my shelf or something, but I just wasn’t a fan.
Let the Sky Fall. Another one that I really wanted to like. I love storms and loved the premiss of this one, but the male main character’s voice rubbed me the wrong way. I do want to try to re-read it again to see if it was just me at the time because, like I said, I really wanted to like it. (and that cover! I know I hate it when someone bases a book off the cover because . . . author really didn’t have anything to do with that, but still, it really is a beautiful cover).
Ok so maybe I didn’t not finish these without guilt, but what can I say. What about you? Have you read anything that you didn’t finish without guilt?
Yay! You joined the TT group! Don’t forget to post this link in the discussion thread on Goodreads so other TT peeps can find this post. I do have guilt when I don’t finish but also tell myself that I shouldn’t feel bad. Every book isn’t for everybody. If I am reading something just because I feel obligated to finish it I am only making myself miserable when I could be reading something I would really enjoy! Great post, C!