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Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld

bailed

I used to really like Curtis Sittenfeld. I thought her first two books were amazing, Prep and Rodham. But ever since then…meh. I dutifully start each one but then disappointment sets in. This is a short story collection. Read the first three, didn‘t get any of them, bailed. Maybe they‘ll speak to someone else, but it wasn‘t me.

Cathythoughts I remember really enjoying American Wife. But then I got excited and bought another couple of hers … not as good at all ! 1d

Lesliereadsalot Forgot about American Wife! It was really good too. @Cathythoughts 1d

Ruthiella I loved Prep and liked American Wife and Romantic Comedy. I didn‘t like Sisterland. So she‘s hit or miss for me. 19h

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dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌 #betterbooksahead 19h

Lesliereadsalot The misses are adding up for me! @Ruthiella 18h

Lesliereadsalot 🩷 @dabbe 18h

BarbaraBB That‘s quite the warning. I feel the same about her but haven‘t read this one yet. I did love her other short story collection 7h

Lesliereadsalot I feel, with a short story collection, at least the first few should grab you. At least the first one! Maybe there would be some good ones later on, but she lost me. @BarbaraBB 3h

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Amor4Libros

Over the Influence: A Memoir | Joanna Jojo Levesque

bailed

Nothing wrong with this one, it just wasn‘t working for me, and even though I‘ve listened to some of her music, I‘m not enough of a fan to stick with it until the end.

Also, currently trying to tame down my “Currently Reading” list so that I can start new books! 😅

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 2d

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Amiable

SLOW DANCE. | RAINBOW. ROWELL

bailed

I‘d never read a Rainbow Rowell book, so when I saw this on the library shelf I figured I‘d give it a try. Almost 100 pages in and I‘m throwing in the towel. The main character is annoying, the dialogue is trite and stilted… and the worst offense? It‘s just so incredibly boring. 😖 Moving on.

Aims42 Oof, that‘s a lot of very valid reasons to bail 🫠 Onto better books! #Hailthebail 🚀 2d

Prairiegirl_reading I‘ve only read one Rainbow Rowell and I felt pretty much the same but I finished. 😕 (edited) 2d

freeatlast1137 I haven‘t read this one, but I can agree on her writing style. I have struggled to finish her books. 2d

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Amiable @Prairiegirl_reading @freeatlast1137 I tried so hard to push through but got to a point where I thought, “why am I wasting valuable reading time on this?” I was surprised because I‘d heard good things about her books. This did not meet expectations at all. 😖 1d

Amiable @Aims42 My sentiments exactly! 🚀🌞 1d

Prairiegirl_reading @Amiable I am typically an unapologetic bailer but sometimes I have times where I think I should be better at finishing so that‘s probably why I finished. My comment was meant to be more of a “bad on me.” Too many good books!! 1d

Amiable @Prairiegirl_reading oh, I‘m with you! It took me a long time to get to a place where I could bail —I always felt obligated to finish what I‘d started. I still feel kind of guilty when I do. But the older you get the more you realize how little time you have left to read all the really good books out there —so you can‘t waste that time on the bad ones! (edited) 1d

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willaful

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

5 DNF's -- Hail the Bail! (Actually, at least 6.)

I got somewhat derailed from my plan by the #TransRightsReadathon, so some extra books around the sides. Plan to read Making Money for my upcoming vacation though.

TheAromaofBooks

willaful #SeriesLove2025: Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, The Language of Thorns, King of Scars & The Brutal Telling @TheSpineView @Andrew65

#Roll100 2 DNFs: Going Viral & The Dream Alchemist @Puddlejumper

#AllergicToChunksters: The Book of Love, The Brutal Telling
King of Scars

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 All About Me, Us, Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability

#ReadOrDonate Regarding the Duke and a few old Harlequins. @julieclair

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TheSpineView Great job! 4d

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 4d

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 4d

willaful @PuddleJumper #HailtheBail, right? 😁 I actually pretty much expect to DNF a lot of my #Roll100 choices because I picked them from my ancient TBR. 4d

PuddleJumper @willaful It gets them off your TBR! Mine is mostly books I bought years ago and just left to rot. I imagine I'll DNF most of them 4d

willaful @PuddleJumper Excellent, we're on the same page! 4d

julieclair Wow, what a month! You finished TWO chunksters?! 🏆 2d

julieclair @willaful @PuddleJumper Isn‘t it interesting how books that once sounded so interesting somehow lose their appeal as years go by? 2d

willaful @julieclair Four really! But I didn't count Crooked Kingdom because it was such a pageturner. 2d

willaful @julieclair @PuddleJumper yes, I could probably just dispense with the last 50% of my tbr and not even notice. It's sad too when there are genre classics that I once would have loved, but what can ya do... 2d

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Bookwormjillk

BookSpinBingo | Untitled

My #Bookspinbingo board was very left handed this month. Bailed on 3 books, but at least they‘re off the list!

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willaful #HailTheBail! I bailed so much this month! 5d

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 4d

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Bookworm04

One Dark Window | Rachel Gillig

bailed

Got 100-200 pages in just didn't get anywhere fuming had to put it down 22nd March till today 31st March I tried 🤬😤😖🙈

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 5d

Bookworm04 Only ever dnf 3 books dark window , oath bringer , Jim carry bio , in last 2 years 5d

Sinnett_Blue You did the right thing, it was not good. I will not be continuing the series. 👎🏼😬😸😹 4d

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Lcsmcat

Notes Taken in Sixty Years - Scholar's Choice Edition | Richard Smith Elliott

bailed

I started this because the author was born at the same time and place as one of my great great grandfathers, but their lives have moved in different directions and there‘s still a are still literally hundreds of pages of self-congratulatory florid prose to go. I‘m bailing so I can remove it from my profile!

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 5d

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Clare-Dragonfly

Pride and Protest | Nikki Payne

bailed

There‘s nothing wrong with this book. I just don‘t have any enthusiasm for it. And why bother spending time on books I‘m not enthusiastic about?

Aims42 #HailtheBail 🚀 6d

dabbe @Aims42 YES! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 6d

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Hooked_on_books

The Paris Express | Emma Donoghue

bailed

I typically really like Donoghue, so this surprises me. And I‘m honestly not sure if this is me, the book, or the format. I found the audio reader hard to hear somehow, and that certainly didn‘t help. (I think the performance was fine and the mixing just needs to be adjusted.) I may try it again in print just because of the author.

squirrelbrain I started this but only read a tiny bit before all ‘the lists‘ came out 🤪. I wasn‘t particularly drawn to it yet. 7d

TheKidUpstairs I've been told this one starts really slow, but when it picks up, it's a good read. @squirrelbrain 7d

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 7d

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I made it about a third of the way and was so bored. But @TheKidUpstairs you give me hope for the print! 7d

squirrelbrain Thank you @TheKidUpstairs - I‘ll push on through once I get back to it. 6d

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5feet.of.fury

The Veil of Truth and Trickery | Analeigh Ford

bailed

Bailing. I‘ve followed the author on insta for a while. She describes it as a “why choose/reverse harem inspired by ACOTAR with spice from book 1” & I was like “ok I ❤️ trash, let‘s go” but 50% in aside from the fae being divide into “Starlight, Forest courts, etc.” nothing is like ACOTAR, the worldbuilding isn‘t luscious, the characters aren‘t strong, the dialogue is terrible, &the spice finally arrived with the FMC witnessing a very unsexy orgy

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 7d

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