A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE READS (02)

Here I am again dreading to write my reviews for this post but I think I will be at peace with myself soon enough. It is absolutely hard to DNF books much more write reviews about them but someone's gotta do it. I am absolutely surprised with the books I could not finish for different reasons.

▴ Ice Like Fire (Snow Like Ashes #2) by Sara Raasch ▴

Just too slow for me. I reached 40% on my eARC but just couldn't go on any further. Will try again once I get my hardbounds.

Thank you HarperCollins International for the eARC!

▴ The Mirror King (The Orphan Queen #2) by Jodi Meadows ▴

Maybe because I was disheartened by how Jodi unfollowed me on Twitter after being with her even before Incarnate came out. Even if I loved The Orphan Queen so much, I can't right now after 127 pages in. Maybe in the future.

Thank you Amaterasu Reads for the ARC!

▴ If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin ▴

After all the trouble I experienced just to get this book, here I freaking am, DNF-ing it. I started reading thing at the peak of my reading slump but I will definitely finish it. I am halfway through anyway.

▴ Three Dark Crowns (Untitled #1) by Kendare Blake ▴

12% in and I stopped. I wasn't in the mood to continue. I will pick it up again maybe when I my finished copy.

Thank you HarperCollins International for the eARC!

▴ The Star-Touched Queen (The Star-Touched Queen #1) by Roshani Chokshi ▴

My blurb from my full review: "The Star-Touched Queen didn't capture my taste at all. I wish there was more to it than just fancy wordings. I would have loved the concept it if was kept simple but striking." Gave this one 2 stars.

Thank you so much St. Martin's Griffin for the electronic ARC!

▴ Morning Star (Red Rising #3) by Pierce Brown ▴

Okay, do not panic. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH but I just don't have time yet to finish it. It is very hard for me to read from my Kindle app so pardon me. I will by the finished copy soon!

Thank you so much Random House for the electronic ARC!

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE READS (01)

Hi, bookish peeps! Today I am happy to publish my new feature (well not really because this has been a constant post on other blogs) I called A Series of Unfortunate Reads. This is practically an old stuff but just new here on the blog but aside from that, there's nothing really interesting in this post. What I am sad about today though is that this feature will be about the books I did not finish. I need to make this one because my TBR is never-ending (old news) and I couldn't really afford to force myself to like reads I truly cannot. So here I am, contemplating about the books I can give another shot and the books I do not see myself re-reading. I have 16 today - the first batch.

▲ Evernight ▲ Finale ▲ Fire ▲ White Cat ▲

▲ The Demon King ▲ The Promise of Amazing ▲ Rain ▲ Resist ▲

▲ Etiquette & Espionage ▲ Illusions of Fate ▲ The House of Hades ▲ Infinite ▲

▲ Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend ▲ For Darkness Shows the Stars ▲ Emmy & Olivery ▲ Stormdancer ▲

Reasons why I DNF-ed these books (and most probably the next DNFs):

1. SLOW PACING. Most of these I DNF-ed due to the pacing. You should know by now how I don't have the patience in reading utterly slow-paced stories. I feel like the story isn't moving at all or it will take literally forever to finish a book. It is absolutely easy for me to get bored as well.

2. HISTORICAL FICTIONS (SteamPunk, Thrillers and some High-Fantasy) ARE NEVER GONNA WORK FOR ME. I couldn't wrap any part of my brain on Historical Fiction books. It is just THAT hard for me to imagine it or to understand the puns and all that.

3. NO CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ME AND THE BOOK. Some I DNF-ed because of my disconnection to the characters/world building. Rain and Stormdancer were the hardest for me to read because even though I could easily picture Japanese Culture, the language is the issue. I know a few phrases but these books used a lot of Japanese references (obviously) I can't truly get in to. But I would re-read them.

4. INSTA-LOVE. It is okay for me if it is insta-romance but the story would be able to justify why it happened that fast. Just like Hoover's books, you would instantly hate how the romance department developed but as you go deeper in to the story, you'd get why. I just can't accept it ever that you fall head over heels in love with someone after meeting them twice?

5. BOOKS/STORIES WHICH PROMOTES SLUT-SHAMING, BULLYING, RAPE, RACISM ETC. NO WAY. NO WAY I AM GOING TO READ ONE. 99 DAYS IS A MISTAKE ACTUALLY. WHY DID I EVEN FINISH THAT

6. THE PROBLEM IS ME. When life gets in the way, you know, it is hard to finish a book and sometimes I pause for several days but then completely forgets about the book. Or there are instances where I get overwhelmed by the thickness of the book? Yeah, all on me, guys. This is on me.

I couldn't think of anything else. Will probably edit if I think of something else.

Sorry, authors. Sorry pubs. But this is bookish life and I need to learn to DNF. I love you all, though.

Thank you for all the review copies, publishers!