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WEEK #167 (One Question.)
Q1. Alyn asks: Do you remember the first book you did not finish??
A: Really?? I'm lucky to remember the last book I did not finish. And that was only two weeks ago. I had so much trouble starting an audio book I even forgot to list it on my Monday Reading Post. Now I don't remember the name of the book and would have to go look it up. There is also a paperback on the book shelf in my 'throne'room that I started at the beginning of the year that probably will end up in the next giveaway box. It was too risque and not for me. It is only recently that I decided that not all books are worth finishing. As a guess, the first book I DNF was War and Peace.
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Q1. Alyn asks: Do you remember the first book you did not finish??
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no, I don't remember the first book that I didn't finish.
ReplyDeleteNo. That was too long ago!
ReplyDeleteI am completely OCD when it comes to books. I can't handle DNF. I just, i dunno, i can't! but that being said, I have before, and it's been rough, because eventually I cant handle the pressure and I finish it just to say it's been finished, ugh. BUT I can defin answer this.
ReplyDeleteThe Bible.
I got it into my head when I was 11 years old, after going to see a play at my church, I started going to church. So I was going to read the bible, front to back. I got maybe a quarter of the way through it before I gave up. When I was about 22, I started it again, and about the same amount of time, I gave up again. A few years ago, I got ahold of a copy of the bible that has the KJV and then the updated in todays language, and read over half of it, and was going pretty well, when I just stopped. I haven't attempted it again or since. I think three tries is enough, maybe one day I will pick it up and actually read it, cause it's on my bucket list for books. But right now, I consider it a DNF.
if we aren't counting the bible in this question/answer I do have a backup!
when I was 13, I read this book called Death from child abuse..and no one heard. A true story about a girl in florida that died from child abuse, and it was told in her point of view. I got about halfway through it, got so physically ill and upset from it, I couldn't do it, I threw the book away. and there are very little printed copies out because it was a local publisher, so I havent been able to find it since in local stores, nor do I really have the desire to.
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Child-Abuse-One-Heard/dp/0930507045
Can't remember the first most definitely but one of the most shocking ones was To Kill A Mockingbird. Just couldn't get into it. But I think I'll still give it a shot in a couple of years. Probably too into YA books at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't possibly remember my first DNF. There have been quite a few over the years, which is kind of sad really.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember...such a long time ago.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember the name but do remember it was a romance novel that was over 600 pages long and I just couldn't get through it
ReplyDeleteThat's a tough question. According to Goodreads, where I've tracked every book I've read since 2010, the first book I DNF'd was Calculating God by Robert J Sawyer. I remember being disappointed by it since I'm usually a huge RJS fan.
ReplyDeletenot really
ReplyDeleteToooo long ago, I do not remember that one.
ReplyDeletethey are some books i had difficulties to finish but so far i think i have always finished those i started even if it took me weeks ( i can be stubborn^^)
ReplyDeleteGoodness, no. Way too long ago.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could remember yesterday... lol.. sorry couldn't tell you about the first DNF.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Sarah!
I don't remember the first book I didn't finish.
ReplyDeleteit's rare that I don't finish a book, so I don't remember the first one. The last one was about the redhawks in NYC and that was at least 5 years ago
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