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East of Eden

John Steinbeck

DID NOT FINISH: 23%

idk i think now’s just not the time

Birds of a Lesser Paradise

Megan Mayhew Bergman

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

i couldn’t get into the lack of quotation marks/lack of structure around conversation. 

Love in the Time of Global Warming

Francesca Lia Block

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

i thought the authors name was familiar and when i looked it up i realized i read some of her work as a teen and i was just as not-into-it then

Fathoms: The World in the Whale

Rebecca Giggs

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

I really tried, and I was interested in the content but the author’s writing style isn’t for me. Feels a bit like they had a thesaurus propped open next to them. I think there’s enough jargon and unfamiliar vocabulary in science non-fiction, I found myself more and more annoyed each time I used the look-up feature on my e-reader just to learn another unnecessary $5 word added into the mix. 

Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest

Wade Davis

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

Too much WWI not enough mountain

Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power

David E. Sanger

DID NOT FINISH

I had a hard time following along with it - I may just not have a good base knowledge of the war and politics between other countries. 

Iliad

Homer

DID NOT FINISH

35% and then 15%. i just can’t follow the story??? i am perpetually confused. (audiobook.  maybe i need to try reading)