DNF List

This is my Did Not Finish List for 2024, so far. These are books that I just couldn’t stand to finish reading.

• She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

  • I couldn’t get into this one. It’s YA and a little formulaic.

  • 32%

• Take Back Your Time by Christy Wright

  • This is by a former Ramsey Show personality, and it shows. It’s full of mom-on-the-go toxic positivity and the trope that we all have the same 24 hours in the day.

  • 58%

• How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days by K. M. Jackson

  • This book was painful to read. It promised a fun romp, but it was badly written and trite.

  • 60%

• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

  • Another I just couldn’t get into.

  • 75%

• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

  • The main character was too Polyanna-esque for me. She shows the full range of human emotions as a reaction to anything. It was just too much.

  • 13%

• The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

  • I was so excited to read this one because I loved My Best Friend’s Exorcism and Horrorstor, but this one felt phoned in.

  • 38%

• What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles

  • This one didn’t really apply to my situation (I’m 1099 self-employed), so I read the first half and then skimmed the rest.

  • 50%

• Writing Great Fiction by James Scott Bell

  • This one wasn’t a book, per se, but I couldn’t get through it. The presenter was so pretentious and full of it.

  • 48%

• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

  • A library audiobook that I returned early. This one wasn’t the fault of the author but of the narrator. It has multiple POVs but it all felt the same and I got confused.

  • 68%

• The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

  • Badly written - every scene felt like it should have ended a sentence or two earlier. Less can be more!

  • 34%