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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

It happens every now and then, you are reading a book and you just can’t finish it. This can be due to a variety of reasons. For me, it’s mainly because I can’t get through the book and I’m bored out of my mind. Here are the 10 most recent books I called the quits on.

  1. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
  2. How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
  3. Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
  4. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
  5. The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
  6. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
  7. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
  8. The Bastard Factory by Chris Kraus
  9. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
  10. The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

So, these are my most recent DNF’s over the past 2 years. Have you tried or finished any of these? And what books did you DNF most recently?

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24 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Most Recent Books I Did Not Finish”

  1. The Book Lover's Sanctuary Avatar
    The Book Lover’s Sanctuary

    Legends and Lattes has definitely been overhyped on social media – I did finish it and didn’t hate it… but it was definitely a m’eh read!
    You also have several book on my shelves that I haven’t been excited about to start reading yet… But Girl, Woman, Other I did love – although I nearly DNFed Evaristo’s lates Mr Loverman.

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    1. Laurie Avatar
      Laurie

      In that case, the writing style wasn’t for me. I had no overview or whatsoever.

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      1. The Book Lover's Sanctuary Avatar
        The Book Lover’s Sanctuary

        It did feel amateur… both in a good way, a book written with love and fun, which did give it a certain charm; but also definitely in the sense of uncrafted too

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  2. BonnieReadsAndWrites Avatar
    BonnieReadsAndWrites

    I haven’t read any of these but I agree, sometimes I just can’t get into a book, even though others might have loved it.

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  3. Lauren @ Always Me Avatar
    Lauren @ Always Me

    The Book Eaters didn’t work as well as I was hoping it would for me either.

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  4. Louise Avatar
    Louise

    I think I only read the first chapter of The Wolf and the Woodsman.

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  5. Lydiaschoch Avatar
    Lydiaschoch

    Legends & Lattes was a DNF for me as well.

    Here is my Top Ten Tuesday post.

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  6. anovelglimpse Avatar
    anovelglimpse

    I’m curious about DNF of Legends and Lattes. I have only heard good stuff so far.

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    1. Laurie Avatar
      Laurie

      It’s way too overhyped in my opinion and nothing reallyhappens. It’s really low stakes and I was bored because of it.

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      1. anovelglimpse Avatar
        anovelglimpse

        Interesting!

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  7. Sifa Elizabeth Reads Avatar
    Sifa Elizabeth Reads

    The thing I’m loving this week is seeing how different tastes are – I read and loved three of these (though I also DNF’d THE ATLAS SIX)

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  8. Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits Avatar
    Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits

    I really enjoyed Legends & Lattes, but I wanted a low-stakes book at the time so that gave it a huge boost for me. If you wanted something with more action, I can certainly see where it wouldn’t provide.

    Thanks for stopping by my TTT earlier!

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  9. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    I liked THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER okay, but it was a chunkster that took some slogging through to finish. Pretty sure I considered DNF’ing it more than once!

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

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  10. Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense Avatar
    Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense

    I really enjoyed The Wolf and the Woodsman, but can also see how it wouldn’t be for everyone.

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  11. Jennifer Avatar
    Jennifer

    I DNFd Daughter of the Moon Goddess and then ended up finishing it like six months later. It was pretty slow but I ended up liking it once I had the whole story — it just took a while to get there.

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    1. Laurie Avatar
      Laurie

      I was bored and just had no patience for it.

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  12. Rebecca Trotter Avatar
    Rebecca Trotter

    I have been wanting to read The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean.

    Can you tell me why it is DNF for you?

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    1. Laurie Avatar
      Laurie

      It just didn’t work for me 🙂

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  13. Kappa Avatar
    Kappa

    Legends & Lattes was just an ok book for me, so I don’t blame you for DNFing it!

    I also DNFed The Witch King at first, but then I went back later and enjoyed it!

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  14. themoonphoenix Avatar
    themoonphoenix

    I DFN The Atlas Six , the audio edition

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  15. Jen | Book Den Avatar
    Jen | Book Den

    I’ve read Legends & Latte, but I did love it. 🙂 I haven’t tried the others.

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  16. iloveheartlandx Avatar
    iloveheartlandx

    That’s a shame about The Book Eaters, I’ve seen kind of mixed to negative things about that one so maybe it’s one I should take off my TBR….
    My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/25/top-ten-tuesday-430/

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  17. Wildwood Reads Avatar
    Wildwood Reads

    I feel the same about The Atlas Six!

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  18. Nicole Santana Avatar
    Nicole Santana

    I’ve not heard of these books. I’m sorry that they didn’t work for you. It can be disappointing not finishing a book. But sometimes a book is just not the right fit!

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