🎄Bookmas Day Nine: DNFs I Want to Read Again in 2025 📚

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  • @portialewis8099
    @portialewis8099 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

    Baby this intro is ME! I need to join the support group. I DNF'd The Personal Librarian. I sometimes go back, but I don't think this one will make the cut.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

      I didn’t like that book at all!

  • @SimplyDoanise
    @SimplyDoanise 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

    LOL I soft DNF’d a few books this year, but I fully plan to pick them back up later. Sometimes it’s not about the quality of the book-it’s just that the timing or vibe didn’t match the season or the headspace I was in. It’s more about when than what. For me, this happened with The Poppy War, All the Sinners Bleed, Bitter, Akata Woman, and Legendborn. Looking forward to diving back into them when the moment feels right!

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      I want to go back to The Poppy War too

  • @BrynnD
    @BrynnD 5 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I don’t DNF often. But when I do, i do with zero regrets. I’ve done more soft DNF’s this year and circled the block on them to give them another chance.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  5 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Sometimes just putting some space in between DNF’n it and trying again does the trick

    • @BrynnD
      @BrynnD 5 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      @ it does.

  • @Nasriyn9
    @Nasriyn9 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I’m reading the physical book of “Immortal Dark” now. I just started, so I hope it will be a good read.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  5 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

      let me know how it goes!

  • @lencilenci7408
    @lencilenci7408 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    The opening 😂....off the vid.. the Pomegranate on your shelf .. was it good?
    TIA

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      ain’t no pomegranate

  • @jboogie1398
    @jboogie1398 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I DNFd A worthy love by A.E.Valdez .. everyone loves the book but the moment she got pregnant I just said nope unneeded 😭 I think I read to much pregnancy trope back to back and I was tired !
    Defo gonna revisit in 2025 !

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Everything ain’t for everybody

  • @jaejaec6847
    @jaejaec6847 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

    I Dnf'd The Cooking Gene: a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South, because I was always getting hungry when I read it, it was repetitive and there was another book I really wanted to read so I kept losing focus.
    Music, in a foreign language: I was no longer in the mood to read it and read the same sentence for awhile and said maybe next time.
    The Outcasts of time: Not what I thought it was and the writing style was not inviting me to want to continue reading. It took forever to read the first chapter and still didn't finish it.
    The bookshop Sisterhood: Took forever to get to the goal and some of the characters mindset drove me crazy.
    I might try again not sure though. I just kept track of unfinished books this year. Usually I just turn them in a forget.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      The nonfiction ones might be worth revisiting but if not that’s okay too!

  • @monicaderenan3484
    @monicaderenan3484 2 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I didnt have any soft DNFs this year. I refuse to read that book. I already forgot it. 😂😂😂

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  2 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

      😂😂

  • @Jotash2
    @Jotash2 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I’m new to the term soft DNF, so I have probably done thatâ€Ķ but I have a hard time picking them back up lol. Once I label it DNF I don’t revisit. But obviously I’m also not in a rush to pick up the ones I say I’ll read this later aka soft DNF 😞

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

      lol it sounds like you haven’t done it.
      the point was, a later version of yourself may really enjoy something the current version of you doesn’t. don’t close yourself off.

    • @Jotash2
      @Jotash2 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      @@shelbeyandthebookclub I'll remember that cause I wholeheartedly agree 😊

  • @TheBLINDandBeautiful
    @TheBLINDandBeautiful 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I haven’t finished house of bone and rain eitherâ€Ķ It’s the reader for me and I don’t know where we’re going with this storyâ€Ķ I also haven’t finished colored televisionâ€Ķ I only made it to the second chapter before I stop listeningâ€Ķ And I’m going back to Song yet song I didn’t give it an adequate amount of time before I went to something that you said we should listen to and I haven’t went back yet so I had to restart that

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Maybe wait a while before going back to them

  • @youcancallmeMsV
    @youcancallmeMsV 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    I DNF'd Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad. I learned that I can only enjoy an anthology if it's poetry, the many different tones and writing styles for narrative was irritating my soul.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Well, also remember that not all anthologies are that way.

  • @jeananthis999
    @jeananthis999 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē +1

    I DNF’d The Sun sets in Singapore! I was listening to the audio book and just couldn’t connect with the characters. On top of that, the narrators sad excuse for a black southern accent was down right offensive 😂

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Damn! I’ve never heard of that book

  • @mskrystle3
    @mskrystle3 5 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    Immortal Dark was a hard read for me. I listened to the audiobook and read it on my kindle. The narrator's voice was not pleasant on my ears. I also looked at the main character sideways a lot! Only reason why i finished it is bc it was a book club pick from another group, but i didn't like it.

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  3 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Sometimes you gotta DNF, even if it's a book club pick.

  • @marybetholson5485
    @marybetholson5485 6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

    The only book I DNF this year was The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It was a book club read. I'm not into Greek mythology, but I tried and got probably half way through. I just want

    • @shelbeyandthebookclub
      @shelbeyandthebookclub  6 āļ§āļąāļ™āļ—āļĩāđˆāļœāđˆāļēāļ™āļĄāļē

      Okay I can totally understand why you DNF’d that book. I LOOOOVVVEEEE Greek mythology and just loved a different perspective of their story. But I def get it. I DNF’d her other book Circe