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.
This week’s topic is The Last Ten Books I Abandoned.
Here’s a few books I abandoned, in no particular order…
- Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
- Death at Whitewater Church by Andrea Carter
- The Night Before by Wendy Walker
- Newsprints by Ru Xu
- The Dreamers by Karen Walker Thompson
- Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey
- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
- Moral Compass by Danielle Steel
- Sophia of Silicon Valley by Anna Yen
With most of these, I ended up reading about a hundred pages before finally deciding to call it quits and add it to my DNF shelf on Goodreads.
Oddly enough, there are a couple of these that I would consider attempting to re-read again. Sometimes it just isn’t the right time to be reading a certain book. In other cases, there were issues with the narrative that I disliked and couldn’t ignore, so I ultimately chose to abandon it. I’m very picky with what I read because I hate when I have to DNF something.
What are some books you’ve abandoned? Tell me in the commends or drop a link to your Top Ten Tuesday post so I can check it out!
Hannah's Library 
I would definitely recommend retrying to read Red White and Royal Blue. It’s a great book.
Here’s mine http://bookwormsanonymous.blog/2020/05/12/top-ten-tuesday-the-last-ten-books-i-abandoned/
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I’m glad to know so many people have enjoyed it! 🙂
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I did not DNF Red, White and Royal Blue, But I relly did not like it haha!
My post!
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LOL I couldn’t make myself continue – life is too short! 🙂
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Hahah agree!
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Good for you for knowing your limits.
My TTT .
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Thank you! 🙂
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I read Red, White and Royal Blue for a book club and it is so not my usual fare but I did find myself enjoying it much more than I expected. For all the sex in it, I found the sex scenes rather coy!
My TTT is here https://bookloverssanctuary.com/2020/05/12/top-ten-tuesday-the-last-ten-books-i-abandoned/
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I’m glad you ended up enjoying it! I did gather from some reviews that it ended up being pretty modest when it came to that!
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Red, White and Royal Blue made a lot of lists today. I borrowed it twice from the library and yet never cracked it open.
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That’s so interesting!
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