Too Many Books, and Not Enough Time have led to me trying to DNF more books. In the past two months, I’ve set aside seven. Interestingly, all were audiobooks on loan from the library. This probably means I’m being too stubborn with my physical books that I spent money on … but it’s a start.
Something I am trying (and largely failing) to get better at is dropping books that I’m not enjoying. I feel a compulsion to keep reading, even when I’m not enjoying the experience or getting anything out of the book. Here are a collection of mini-reviews for books I didn’t finish this year. I’ll flag how far I made it in each book and the reasons I put it down, as well as try to acknowledge the things it did well.
I’m hoping to have more of these, not because I like trashing books, but because I want to get better at using my reading time for books I love, instead of fighting against something that isn’t working. Will it happen? Probably not, but who knows.