Showing posts with label dnf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dnf. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

October 2004
DNF

I really love this book, and all the other Anne books, but I'm really struggling to read this one at the moment. I have enough stresses in my life at present and I'm not going to add to it by forcing myself to finish a book that deserves to be savoured and properly appreciated.

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Monday, July 4, 2016

Mind Game - Christine Feehan

Mind Game (GhostWalkers, #2)Mind Game by Christine Feehan

August 2004
DNF

I had read about half this, then paused to read other things. As I finished them and thought about going back to this one, I began to realise that I just wasn't interested. I didn't particularly care about what happened to the characters and I'd left them in a fairly dire situation. So I decided to put it away.

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Silver's Edge - Anne Kelleher

Silver's Edge (Shadowlands, #1)Silver's Edge by Anne Kelleher

July 2004
DNF

I just didn't get far enough into this one to get it completed. I have so many other books I want to read and I'm just not inspired to put in the work on it.

I really thought I would like this. The premise was good and my kind of 'thing'. But it was really slow going. Reading isn't as easy for me as it used to be and I now tend to work on the concept of an effort/reward ratio. If I have to put in too much effort for too little reward, I'm not always going to stick at it. I think that's what happened in this case. The characters were fine, the setting was fine, the plot had potential, but I just didn't feel I was getting enough back for the effort it was taking. The discovery that it was the first of two was also off-putting as that seemed to double the effort required without necessarily increasing the reward.

I've felt a lot of the Luna books have a lot of potential and good ideas, but after this one, I'm a little leery of buying them. They cost significantly more, and my budget is reduced these days. They're also not found in our library system. I think I'll wait for more reviews and comments on future releases before I take the risk on buying.

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