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War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

This one deserves more attention and dedication from me and sadly I'm more focused on reading fantasy books this month so leaving this for another time. 

The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

Postponed for another time. It just doesn't fit my current mood and I rather not push myself to read it and risk not liking it. So I'll leave it for some other time. Maybe once Fall rolls around and I'm in the mood for mysteries and all that. 

The Stolen Throne

David Gaider

DID NOT FINISH: 51%

Just not in the mood to read this one anymore. It started out great for me, gave me the craving to play the games. But then Maric got progressively more annoying and somehow I ended up liking Loghain of all people 🙃 anyways, I might revisit this in the future but for now its a dnf.

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

DID NOT FINISH: 44%

It has an interesting concept. And I do like what's going on with each of the storylines, I just don't like the way the chapters are divided. Every time I'm getting used to the current perspective, the chapter ends and I have to do it all over again with the next pov. It just takes me out of the story constantly. So I'm gonna take a little break from this and come back to it some other time. 

The Alienist

Caleb Carr

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

As much as I love all the psychological elements in this book so far, the plot is moving way to slow for me at the moment. I'm just never in the mood to pick this up and whenever I do I feel like I could be making better progress with another book instead. So I'm putting it down for now and might revisit it this summer or during the fall when I have more time to dedicate to it. 

The Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

DID NOT FINISH

It’s pretty unbearable trying to get through it. The characters really annoy me. The situations are absolutely ridiculous 🙄 and I just don’t see the point of the book. Might try again some day but for now it’s a no. So still team Tolstoy at the moment. 

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

DID NOT FINISH

I made it about 22% into it. But I’m struggling with the writing and the pace. I even tried the audiobook but just couldn’t get through it. I’m still very intrigued by the plot and concept, so maybe I’ll come back to it one day. But for now I’m dnfing so I don’t get myself in a slump. 

Fearie Tales: Stories of the Grimm and Gruesome

Stephen Jones

DID NOT FINISH

Not in the mood for this right now. So postponed for another time. 

The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

Holly Black

DID NOT FINISH

Postponed for another time...

The Demon Lover

Carol Goodman, Juliet Dark

DID NOT FINISH

Got about halfway through this book. It wasn't bad it just wasn't keeping my attention and I never felt like picking it up to read. Might come back to it later on.