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GingerAntics
Five Broken Blades | Mai Corland
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Bailedbailed

Sorry, not sorry to 92% of littens. 26% in and I just don‘t care. I was listening to the audiobook as fast as I could (3x speed) and it still felt like it was just crawling along at a snails pace. The bells instead of hours just feels pointless. Just say hours already.
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GingerAntics All of a sudden, 14 chapters in, this character is suddenly saying “gods on high” before everything. This is in no way an adult book. This feels so YA it‘s practically cliche. I‘m sorry. I just can‘t anymore. Even more importantly, I just don‘t want to. #MaiCorland #FiveBrokenBlades #DNF #bail #hardpass #YA #snoozefest #dontcare #cantdoitanymore 2w
julesG It's probably NA - YA but with some spice. 🙄🙄🙄 2w
GingerAntics @julesG I feel like NA is just a subgenre of YA based on what I‘ve read. I also read this had no spice, but “gods on high” that other character that betrayed you is still so hot. 🙄 2w
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Aconight Audiobook on 3x speed was the ONLY way I got through this. I feel your pain so much. Here‘s to better books in your future 🥂 2w
GingerAntics @Aconight oh good! I felt like I was the only one! I was just sitting there thinking I would rather do a reread of something else than go another minute. So many books, so little time = no time for this nonsense. I commend you for powering through. 2w
Aconight @GingerAntics nope your opinions are extremely valid I assure you. I neverrrr put any audio on 3x. Unfortunately, I suffer from fear of DNFing. 😅 2w
GingerAntics @Aconight 2x is normal for me. I think it‘s a benefit of my ADHD brain taking things in super fast… but 3x usually it my upper limit and not comfortable. Somehow, this was still comfortable, but uncomfortable in how slow it felt. I just wanted the author to get on with it already. 2w
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Beccasmallwood
Brutes: A Novel | Dizz Tate
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Uhm, what? Makes zero sense and trying so so hard to be deep. I bailed only 20 pages before the end it was getting so intolerable. #brutes #bail #dnf

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GingerAntics
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Bailedbailed

I‘m sorry. I just can‘t bring myself to read another sentence. A lot was promised, none of it was delivered.
#CarolynMcVickarEdwards #TheReturnOfTheLight #unpopularopinion #DNF #bail #couldntdoit

GingerAntics Of the 12 stories, only 6 can be readily found independent of the book in any form. Of those 6, three are either misnamed or given the wrong location, and a fourth is heavily changed, to the point of being a different story. The final story is part of Epiphany celebrations in Italy and nothing new to Catholic school pupils who had creative religion teachers. 3mo
GingerAntics The “solstice” songs at the end are Christmas carols she changed some of the words to. The activities are slightly augmented Christmas traditions from around the world. She has sources, but even those don‘t come up for half the stories, so she‘s either changed them beyond recognition or combined multiple stories. 3mo
kspenmoll Great review! 3mo
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GingerAntics
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Bailedbailed

DNF
This author cites Wikipedia and far-right extremists. His points are valid, but he alienated the vast majority of parents rather quickly. When he started recommending Alex Jones documentaries, I was out.
#MarkBeaumont #UnschoolYourselfFirst #audiobook #busbook #education #dnf #bail

ravenlee 🤢🤮 8mo
ravenlee I read a lot of homeschool books/blogs; or I should say, I try to read a lot. Many of them get slammed shut in just a few pages, but it‘s usually overly religious twaddle that turns me off. 8mo
GingerAntics @ravenlee totally agree. This guy wasn‘t overly religious, luckily. My first red flag was citing Wikipedia. Where the hell did you get your masters, bro? Then far-right dudes. I was out. It was sad, he was doing well besides that. It‘s sad that he doesn‘t realise his arguments against brainwashing are left arguments for homeschooling/unschooling too. Too bad non-Christian kids are the ones actually getting brainwashed. 8mo
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Julsmarshall
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Maybe me? Maybe not the right time? maybe the book? Whatever the reason, it is a #bail I‘ll try again in the future but in my birthday month, I‘m only reading what I‘m loving. #Roll100

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 12mo
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ElizaMarie
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Hmm. This might not even get to 20% mark

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 13mo
ElizaMarie @dabbe YES !!! Thanks! I have decided it is time to #DNF this one; I had the time/option to use my Kindle on my phone yesterday, and instead of trying to read a chapter of this one, I decided to start a whole new book; this is a “sign“ to #Bail! 12mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata
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Next up

KadaGul @TheBookgeekFrau I started to read this book 📖 for Library Challenge. But u couldn't finish. It went sooooo slow. Like if this book 📖 was in a race w/ a snail 🐌 , Snail 🐌 will be a winner 🏆 for sure #SNOOZEFEST #BAIL #CNF 1y
TheBookgeekFrau @KadaGul I can see your point. But I'm actually enjoying the MC's mindfulness and appreciation of her job. It's exactly the kind of read I need right now. 1y
TieDyeDude I'm interested in what you think. I enjoyed it, but it was strange. 1y
TheBookgeekFrau @TieDyeDude It is strange lol - I'm not disliking so far, so we'll see 😁 1y
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Silence for the Dead | Simone St. James
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I started this for #AuthorAMonth when I was in a different place mentally than I‘ve been in the past few days. And I just didn‘t have the bandwidth anymore for a story about WWI soldiers with PTSD. I still have Ghost 19 I‘d like to read, but this is an “it‘s not you; it‘s me” #bail.

Soubhiville Totally understand, I bailed on her as well. I hope you‘re ok. 1y
Megabooks @Soubhiville thanks 🫶🏻💜 I‘m working on it! 1y
squirrelbrain Ghost 19 is very short, I think, so might be a better option. 1y
Megabooks @squirrelbrain I think so because I have liked others by her. Plus I have it on audio! 👍🏻 1y
Megabooks @squirrelbrain ended up reading Ghost 19 as a break while listening to The New Jim Crow. I still haven‘t liked any St. James as much as 1y
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Megabooks
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I am more than halfway into this book and soooo confused! #bail I did take a cool picture of it at my dad‘s doctor appointment though!

Sorry I‘ve been inconsistently here. I‘ve been fighting migraines for the last week, and screens are a big trigger. But how can you not occasionally look?? I have an appointment with a neurologist next week, and I hope she can help. I went from 1 migraine day a month to about 7 per month in the last few months.

JamieArc I Hope you find answers and relief! 2y
TheBookgeekFrau Fellow headache sufferer (not always migraines, but baaaadddd) 🙋🏻‍♀️ Hope you get some answers 🙏🏼 2y
Soubhiville Oh no, I‘m sorry you‘ve been feeling rough. I hope you find out what‘s going on. 2y
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willaful Good luck! 2y
dabbe Sending hugs and hope you get some answers and relief! 🤗🤗🤗 2y
LiteraryinPA I hope she can help too! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I hope you feel better ❤️‍🩹 2y
Ruthiella Hope you get some relief soon! ❤️ 2y
BarbaraBB I noticed you were suffering from migraines more often lately, but not THAT often. So sorry for you. I hope you‘ll find some answers soon 💕 (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Ugh!! Migraines are SOOOO debilitating😫but meds really work!! I hope you find relief & answers. Awesome photo - too bad book was a bust. It‘s a cool cover 😍 2y
youneverarrived I hope you get some answers 💕💕 2y
DaveGreen7777 Hope you get some relief from your migraines soon! 🙏 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen I‘m hoping I find a medicine that works!! 🫶🏻 I‘m sorry you get them too @TheBookgeekFrau 💜💜💜 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB the last few months have been really rough. All through my 30s I had 1 day a month max. The past few months I‘ve been felled for entire weeks. Need to get to the bottom of it!! 2y
Megabooks @JamieArc @Soubhiville @willaful @dabbe @LiteraryinLawrence @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Ruthiella @youneverarrived @DaveGreen7777 thanks for your checking in and your kind thoughts!! I‘m hopeful about my appointment and glad to be headache free today and yesterday!! 2y
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mrsmarch
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Yeah, no. Language is way too flowery, and the book‘s pace suffers as a result #bookspin #bail #dnf