Today’s TTT is picky reasons we’ve DNF’d books. Despite the number and variety of books I read, I’m rather picky about the ones I commit to, let alone buy, so it’s rare for me to DNF a book. I will see what I can muster. I found five books that I mentioned DNFing. But first, a tease!
“Yes, sir, thank you,” [the new pilots] chorused together. They looked like a couple of schoolboys (but then, hadn’t they all?), and for a fleeting moment, he felt a wave of unhappiness wash over him. Would they learn and survive, or…would they just become more faces and names to remember in those quiet, pensive moments when he was alone? (To So Few: A Novel of the Battle of Britain)
Kelly sighed. ‘It’s never been my habit to refuse when I’ve been told to volunteer, sir.’ The admiral’s smile grew wider and he rose.
‘A very good idea, too,’ he said briskly. (The Dangerous Years)
And now, the – actually, no. Graphical tease!
(1) Hayduke Lives, Ed Abbey. Abbey is one of my favorite essayists and I’m sure he was a load of fun to stay up all night in the desert with — drinking, watching shooting stars, and complaining about the government — but this was just stream-of-consciousness rambling and an absurd amount of literary dwelling on breasts. I was within 40 pages of finishing when I gave up.
(2) Mating in Captivity, a book on managing intimacy and desire in relationships. DNF’d after the author shared that she’d advocated one couple divorce so they’d find each other sexy again.
(3) Capitalist Punishment, Vivek Ramaswamy. This proved to be written for investors, and I’m a poor librarian who, if he had money to ‘invest’, would much rather spend it on an off-grid cabin in the woods.
(4) What the Dormouse Said. Too much LSD, not enough personal computing.
(5) The Oil Kings. I still have this, still want to finish it, but holy mackerel does it document a lot of meetings between politicians, the Saudis, and oil men.
Reading Freely 
These are all good reasons to DNF.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
Lydia
5 is likely 10000% true. I’m also a librarian!
I love to see what other readers have DNF’d! Thanks for sharing!
THERE’S LOWER DECKS COMICS?! Good to know.
Your #2 reason, had me reading reviews for that book and I’m kind of surprised at the high ratings but I resonated with all the 1 star reviews so I think you’re onto something there haha.
My TTT.
Yep! There are 3 that have been released. One is on KU but the other two are available through Amazon’s comixology thing or whatever that is. Tempted to see if they have a trial so I can finish the story.
I’m with you on #3 – definitely not into investing! Even if I had money, I don’t think I’d be into reading about it, I’d just hire someone who knew what they were doing. I also particularly like #4 “Too much LSD, not enough personal computing.” Ha.
Yeah I don’t DNF too much but I find these reasons sound!
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I’m not a fan of tedium and it sounds like #5 is chock-full of it! Of course, I read for entertainment so I don’t like books that have excessive detail anyway.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Excellent list. All good reasons to DNF a book. But your #2 is especially good. I’m not sure how divorce = find person sexy again. That one confounds me. LOL!