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A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin

DID NOT FINISH: 18%

I'm terribly sorry that I couldn't get into this book, I heard it's one of the best and greatest in fantasy. But whenever I tried to read a page, my mind went to a million places that were not the book. Not my writing style if that happens, I'm afraid.

The Spear Cuts Through Water

Simon Jimenez

DID NOT FINISH: 5%

I was simply unable to penetrate dense, this meandering narrative that purposely jumps between 1st, 2nd and 3rd perspective. I'm sure it's nice if you're up for a challenge, but I'm too old to be annoyed by books. I want to read for fun and to relax, not to be confused.

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

It just didn't grab my attention. Too many uninteresting characters that never seem to come together.

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski

DID NOT FINISH

This was just a s incoherent as the TV show.

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Magnus Nordin

DID NOT FINISH

After two chapters, I realized this is too spooky for me.

The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

Daniel J. Levitin

DID NOT FINISH

Honestly thought a lot of this book was pretty boring, but maybe that's just because I read it to fall asleep.

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

David W. Anthony

DID NOT FINISH

I stopped reading this book at 30% because it was super boring to read about archaeological stuff in minute detail. Might be interesting for archaeologists, but not for me.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

DID NOT FINISH

I stopped reading this book at like 60% because it got way too depressing.

The Case for Mars

Robert Zubrin

DID NOT FINISH

This book was so boring that I stopped about about 3 chapters

Singularity Sky

Charles Stross

DID NOT FINISH

I just couldn't really get into this book, which probably explains why I needed almost a year to finish it. It's got a very interesting premise and a very interesting universe, but I found the plot rather lacking. It just all seemed a bit too random for me and it took the entire book to recognize a connection.