12/24/23: This one just wasn't for me so a soft dnf for now. I'll try again in 2024 because I think it is just the wrong book for this time in the sea12/24/23: This one just wasn't for me so a soft dnf for now. I'll try again in 2024 because I think it is just the wrong book for this time in the season. I don't like any of the characters, but especially the main character, and I know I'm supposed to be rooting for her. I just don't care, so for now, a soft dnf....more
I received a free audiobook through Libro.fm's educator subscription.
DNF for now. Can't stand all the sound effects and I'm not really in the mood forI received a free audiobook through Libro.fm's educator subscription.
DNF for now. Can't stand all the sound effects and I'm not really in the mood for this sort of book right now. I did order for the school library so I may pick up the physical book at a later date....more
Too didactic a picture book for me or my grandchild. I didn't care for it and put it back into a free little library where I got it.Too didactic a picture book for me or my grandchild. I didn't care for it and put it back into a free little library where I got it....more
7/1/22: I understand I'm the unpopular opinion here and this may be for lots of people, just not me. I got 16% of the way through this audiobook and I7/1/22: I understand I'm the unpopular opinion here and this may be for lots of people, just not me. I got 16% of the way through this audiobook and I'm just over all the "GD" and "F***" etc that is sprinkled throughout these first few chapters, some two or three in one sentence. While I know some teens talk like this (I work in a high school, after all), the amount that is in this book is just excessive for me personally to listen to. I won't be giving this a star rating because the reason I'm stopping has nothing to do with the storyline and everything to do with me. Not my cup of tea. Moving on to another audiobook. I might try this at a later date but no commitment at this time.
I received this from for free as part Libro.fm as part of the Educator Advance Listening program....more
3/9/22: I would rarely not finish an elementary book, like it or not, they are so short that I would just power through it. This one though, was just 3/9/22: I would rarely not finish an elementary book, like it or not, they are so short that I would just power through it. This one though, was just little snippets of dumb criminals. Some were 10-12 sentences long and some were just 2 or 3 sentences, but all were just silly and I read two chapters, 48 pages and just had to stop. I was expecting the nosalgic Encyclopedia Brown mysteries of my youth, but this isn't that. I will be putting this one in a free little library somewhere and passing it along to maybe kids who might enjoy that sort of thing. I won't rate it because it is totally me, not the book....more
Read 4/12/22 to 5/2/22: This one was hard for me. I got to page 110 and was bawling. The subject matter is just too close to home for me right now. ThRead 4/12/22 to 5/2/22: This one was hard for me. I got to page 110 and was bawling. The subject matter is just too close to home for me right now. This is a soft DNF and I do hope to get back to this at some point in my life, but just not right now. I think it will be an excellent book, just not at this current time in my life....more
8/24/19 - Once again, I find myself in a weird head-space for this book. While I do like it somewhat, it just isn't capturA 2019 Most Anticipated book
8/24/19 - Once again, I find myself in a weird head-space for this book. While I do like it somewhat, it just isn't capturing my attention right now and I'm not necessarily wanting to pick it up. I think at another time, this will be just what I'm looking for, but right now with the start of school and other personal things going on, there are just too many characters and too complex of a fantasy world for my puny brain power at the moment. Started in 8/17 and I'm only 114 pages in. At a normal time, I would have been completely through with this a few days ago. So not a dnf, just a put away for now.
6/20/20 - I have thought about this and have no desire to pick it back up so this is going to be a dnf for me. I need to get some books off my TBR shelf and since I tried this and didn't like it after 114 pages, I am just going to call this one....more
8/28/22: Soft dnf at this point. I just can't seem to get into this book and I should be able to. I think I will really like this but apparently just 8/28/22: Soft dnf at this point. I just can't seem to get into this book and I should be able to. I think I will really like this but apparently just not right now. I started it at the end of June and got about 60 pages in. Then for the entire month of July, I only reached to page 148 and I haven't picked it up at all in the entire month of August. I will try to get back to this at some point, but right now, I'm turning it back in to my school's library and will pick it back up some other time....more
This book is good, I read the forward and four of the short stories but I just don't understand enough of it to really get the nuances of the stories This book is good, I read the forward and four of the short stories but I just don't understand enough of it to really get the nuances of the stories and therefore, I decided to just stop reading it. If you are Jewish, I would highly recommend it but for those of us who are not, it just goes over my head....more
#libraryathon Read a book you've never heard of. 6/4 & 6/5/18 - Started with the first of 11 short stories, Pure Hollywood. It is terrible. Maybe I'm ju#libraryathon Read a book you've never heard of. 6/4 & 6/5/18 - Started with the first of 11 short stories, Pure Hollywood. It is terrible. Maybe I'm just too dense to get "literary fiction" but this meandered here and there and after one character dies she says something and pours the main character a drink, huh? Was she remembering? I don't know and quite frankly, I'm not sure I care. I hope the next one is better or this might be a dnf for me.
The Hedges is the second story and it is just sad all around and even though I should care about the end, I don't. I'm done with this one, dnf at page 58....more
Starting to read this as my bedtime book. We'll see how long it lasts. I'm not a fantastically huge poetry reader, but it starts out with love poems aStarting to read this as my bedtime book. We'll see how long it lasts. I'm not a fantastically huge poetry reader, but it starts out with love poems and so far, so good. This is HUGE so it could take me all year or even longer as I'm only reading a page or so at a time....more
I just couldn't finish this book. I got to page 77 and dislike all the characters so much I just couldn't stomach continuing. I don't like that they uI just couldn't finish this book. I got to page 77 and dislike all the characters so much I just couldn't stomach continuing. I don't like that they use another language without the translation (although I can figure out what it means by context clues, it is still somewhat annoying). I also don't like the "funny" parts, I haven't found any of it funny. Guess I just don't get it.
I've finished other books that I haven't liked, The Nest for one, and just felt like I wasted my time. There are too many books I want to read to waste my time on this book. Sorry, just couldn't do it as of January 11, 2017. Not even going to put an end date because I don't want it counted in my challenge totals for the year.
Remember that reading is person so you may like this a lot, it just wasn't for me....more
Read sort of off and on from 8/3 - 8/16. Didn't keep my attention all that much but I'm distracted by the start of school so maybe I'll come back to iRead sort of off and on from 8/3 - 8/16. Didn't keep my attention all that much but I'm distracted by the start of school so maybe I'll come back to it....more
I don't want to put a date in here or a rating. I liked looking at the pictures but was hoping for more of a "how to" book rather than a book of art. I don't want to put a date in here or a rating. I liked looking at the pictures but was hoping for more of a "how to" book rather than a book of art. This is pretty and amazing but just not what I was looking for. I think I've checked it out of the library a couple of times and that's why I'm marking it as "read" for Goodreads so I don't try to read it again.
Probably great for someone interested in art....more
Read Harder 2018 challenge: a book of colonial or postcolonial literature 52 books in 52 weeks 2018 challenge: A book by an author under 30 years old
10Read Harder 2018 challenge: a book of colonial or postcolonial literature 52 books in 52 weeks 2018 challenge: A book by an author under 30 years old
10/12/18 - I tried and since I made it 60% of the way through, I'm counting it as read. I just couldn't get into this one at all and there are too many books I want to read to keep going....more
Won Goodreads giveaway from St. Martin's Press, thank you.
7/11/17 - I am only on page 47 and not sure I want to continue this book. Torture, rape and Won Goodreads giveaway from St. Martin's Press, thank you.
7/11/17 - I am only on page 47 and not sure I want to continue this book. Torture, rape and sexual innuendo are rampant and "she" is just been describing her time before she got on the train to head West. I'm tabling this one until I can talk to a friend who has read it before I continue on....more
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