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Starter for Ten

David Nicholls

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Did not finish as the film was a very close re-make to the book & in the first 100 pages it wasn't adding anything to the story, i'm sure there would have been more detail about the preperation for the university challenge bit, however i was not that interested in carrying on with this one. I should have read the book first, but i didn't so this felt redundant to continue.

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

DID NOT FINISH: 36%

Just a bit too depressing for me. I feel like i may re try this in the future, but right now it's not for me, so i am going to donate it.

Project X

Jim Shepard

DID NOT FINISH: 12%

Just didnt like the writing style. 

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

It was just too dense and I felt like I was not understanding the text, I basically felt dumb reading it and it was just so much information, 100 pages in infinite jest is like 300 pages in another book. 

The constant too-ing and froing to footnotes sometimes whole chapters in themselves I just could not. 

It basically felt too much like homework and I just read for pleasure so it's been put in the DNF pile. 

The Secret Life Of Evie Hamilton

Catherine Alliott

DID NOT FINISH: 11%

Dull. Nothing about this was interesting to me after 60 pages, literally 5 pages about thinking about buying a pony. No ta. 

Woven in Moonlight

Isabel Ibañez

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

Just a bit boring, wasn't my jam and felt a bit young for me. 

Transit

Rachel Cusk

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Didn't enjoy the audio book it just wasn't holding my attention 

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

Robin DiAngelo

DID NOT FINISH

Audio book wasn't very gripping 

Frankie and Stankie

Barbara Trapido

DID NOT FINISH

Just felt messy and hard to get into, took me a week to get to 100 pages, just wasn't for me.