Books I have not finished 2022 #2

These have been accumulating so I've got a bunch to share with you today. It's inevitable that if you read as many books as I do in a year and if you try as many new authors as I do in a year, there are bound to be some that are not to your taste. This is me for whatever reason, these books are not my jam. Some of them are pretty hyped up books that  a lot of people love too. Thank goodness for Kindle Unlimited that allows me to try a lot of new stuff without too much of a financial consequence since I can borrow the book and return it if it doesn't work for me. On the flip side, if I try a book and find a new author I love, I can glom the author's backlist and then buy all her books if I want to reread them.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2022 #1

Okay, I know I posted a DNF books review post recently, but I had a bunch accumulated from last year and I didn't want them to carry over for too long. My apologies if you're over the whole DNF thing, but I promise not to post them too frequently. Hopefully, during this year, I will have much fewer books that I do not enjoy. Maybe I need to be more discerning with the books and authors I try and stick to old favorites. A lot of the DNFs are from new to me authors. Sigh.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2021 #5

I'm a little surprised that I have more books I have not finished, but I keep trying new things and sometimes those things do not work. By things, I mean authors and books. I've got a few more from this year that didn't work, but I'll save them for next year. I didn't want to overload this one.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2021 #4

Time for another books I did not finish. I'm slowing right down on these because I'm intentionally picking books I know I will enjoy reading or I'm sticking to favorite authors and playing it safe.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2021 #3

My books I have not finished has slowed down a great deal. I say this because I have not been DNFing as many books recently. I think part of it is because I've been careful about picking books I know I will enjoy reading and therefore would less likely be a DNF. Plus, something I've been doing recently is when trying or attempting to try a new author, I've been posting in book groups and asking what people think about the book first to see if I'd read it. I'm finding this really helps me when I decide to try something outside of my comfort zone. I did that with a book I was interested in recently that was branded as a dark romance, and turns out after asking about it, it was more of a light grey which worked for me.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2021 #2

Time for another books I did not finish. I'm hoping to slow down the number of books I have not finish by being more circumspect about what I pick to read. This tends to mean I stick more to favorite authors rather than venturing out and experimenting since there's a high probability of books not working out when I do that. That said, I do have a few highly recommended books in my TBR from a book group where people have raved about the book. Those are always iffy. We shall see what happens...

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2020 #6 (This is it, I promise!)

Last year, I read a lot more books than I ever have. Cracked a whopping record for myself with 346 books. That's almost a book a day. Granted some were shorter and some were longer. Most were in the middle. Anyway, with reading more books, proportionally there were more books that I didn't enjoy as much. Percentage wise it held pretty steady but because I read more books, there were more DNFs. I'm on the same trajectory so far this year and it looks like I'm doing it again.

That said, this is the last of it from last year. I know I need to be more diligent about posting my reviews even of things I don't finish because I think that brings balance. Not everyone will love everything. That's why I do these.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2020 #5 (Yeah, the 2020 is not a mistake. This is a carry over from last year)

How are you all doing this new year? It's a few weeks into it now, are you getting back in the swing of things? I think I've enjoyed my time off too much because I am struggling to get back into work and stuff. I'm feeling decidedly lazy and I want to do is watch movies and read books. There are worst things to be doing, right?

I'm still working through books I did not finish in 2020. There were more than I expected and I broke them up into smaller chunks so that I would not bore you with a lot of it. It's been a while since I've even looked at these books, so some of them were even a surprise for me as I was putting this together.

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Books I have not finished 2020 #4

I've learned something which should have been obvious but alas, sometimes I'm not that observant. I've read a lot more books this year. Broke my all time high record, actually. What I've learned is with reading a lot more books, I'm also finding more books I've loved, and more books that were duds. The proportion of those books remain approximately the same, but since I've read over 300 books this year instead of my usual 150+, there are a lot more that didn't make the cut. I was debating whether to list them all here today (there are a lot!) or break them up and spread them into next year. I've decided not to overwhelm you because who wants to listen to me grumble about books I didn't enjoy ad nauseum?

So without much further ado, here's some books I have not finished recently.

Movie review: 365 Days / 365 DNI

365 Days / 365 DNI
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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Watch it on Netflix

About the movie

Massimo is a member of the Sicilian Mafia family and Laura is a sales director. She does not expect that on a trip to Sicily trying to save her relationship, Massimo will kidnap her and give her 365 days to fall in love with him. Based on the book by Blanka Lipinska.

Books I have not finished in 2019 #2

Okay, I got adventurous for the second half of 2019 and I experimented A LOT. I found some great new authors but sadly, many didn't work out for me either. Anyway, this is going to be a long one and it's the last of my DNF reviews for the year. So if you're into finding out what I didn't enjoy and why, you might want to grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and relax. There are a bunch here. And maybe the reasons I didn't like a book don't bother you at all and you'd actually want to read it. :-)

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Review: Capturing Carmen by K A Knight and Loxley Savage

Books I have not finished in 2019 #1

I've been cautious about what I read this year and have not experimented as much. As a result of that, I haven't DNFed as many books. The reasons for that are, I didn't think I'd have much time to read this year so I set my reading goal low and focused on authors I love and enjoy, and I have not been experimenting with as many new to me authors. The few times I have experimented, more often than not, I've DNFed the book, hence there are many new-to-me authors I've DNFed below. It's always a pot shot when trying a new author even when others love them and highly recommend them. Tastes are so different. Just because I didn't enjoy these books doesn't mean you wouldn't.

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Review: Apollo Is Mine (Gods and Monsters #1) by Mila Young

Manview: Twilight Saga 5 Movie Collection

Today, I have a special Manview by my friend, Arni, and it's been a while since we've had a Manview since Mr Manview himself has been busy on the project that's consumed us both for the last year. My guy BFF, Arni, recently watched the entire Twilight Saga and left a review. I asked if I could pinch it for the bloggity.

Twilight Saga 5 Movie Collection
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Review: Claimed (The Outlaws #1) by Elle Kennedy

This review is a little out of the regular schedule and an oldie I dug up because I'm testing the bloggity and setting up some automatic posting from Blogger to Pinterest. My Pinterest boards for my books have been sadly neglected of late. Hopefully this will work and you won't be bombarded with posts from me testing things out. For the record, this review is pretty entertaining because I got kinda ranty.

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Review: Snatched (Outlaw Warriors #1) by Cathleen Ross

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Books I have not finished in 2018 #2

There have been quite a few books recently that I didn't finish for varying reasons. Here they are.

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Review: Succubus Lips (Succubus Sirens #1) by Lina Jubilee

Review: Love Letters Home by Chapman Deering #HelenReviews

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Review: Undercover With The Nanny by Cathy Skendrovich

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