notmycupoftea

As I'm at work and there's not much to do 'cause is Easter, I'm reading an italian ebook.
I'm not really into it, but bail on book definitely is not my style! 💪
I hope it will get better soon

#AmaliaFrontali #LachiomadiBerenice #historicalromance #notmycupoftea #Egypt #ebook #Easter #working

JazzFeathers E quindi com'è andata? È migliorato? Le immagini che hai usato sono intriganti 😜 4y

Ast_Arslan @JazzFeathers sorprendentemente, è migliorato 🤣 una volta che lei scopre realmente sè stessa e si mette in gioco scivola via velocemente (bisogna arrivare quasi a metà però). C'è un po' di romance, ma non disturba molto e lo dice una che non lo gradisce particolarmente xD 4y

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bibliobliss

Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood

• Couldn't hang in there any longer; DNF at page 106 or 33% of the ebook. I hate to do this •

#unpopularopinion #sorrynotsorry #DNF #nomoreplease #fiction #novels #dystopian #notmycupoftea

Catherine_Willoughby What did you hate about it? 5y

bibliobliss @Catherine_Willoughby The writing style and first person narrative 5y

WomanistBibliophile I didn‘t enjoy this one either. Atwood‘s writing style is very unappealing to me. Although I read to the end it was not worth it. 5y

bibliobliss @WomanistBibliophile Completely understand 5y

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bibliobliss

With the Fire on High | Elizabeth Acevedo

• I misread or misunderstood the synopsis of the tagged book: this is a young adult novel with a MC in high school. The language and manner of speaking shows Emoni's annoying youth. It might be a good story, but I can't read a character who commonly uses the slang word "moms." No thank you, not at this time and doubtful in the future •

#bail #bookbail #DNF #notmycupoftea #fiction #novels #youngadult #meh #nextplease #cloudLibrary

TheBookKeepers Aw yeah it did feel heavy on the “Y” in YA!! I did enjoy the audiobook of this one, but the food descriptions kept me going! Kudos for bailing tho, if a book isn‘t working I‘m 💯 down for bailing on it! Sooo many other great books to spend time on! 5y

bibliobliss @TheBookKeepers I tried but this format wasn't working. I might try the audio, now that you mention it 😉 Thanks 5y

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aa_guer2021

West of Here | Jonathan Evison

so-so

I was determined not to bail on this book, and so I powered through and finished it over the weekend. Unfortunately, despite the beautiful cover and interesting premise all it scored with me was a "meh." Overall a little bit long-winded, meandering and less than enthusiastic. There was some drama and some characters that made an impression (Krig and Rita) for whom I pushed through to the end. #recentlyread #nospoilers #notmycupoftea #meh

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GingerAntics

Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | Jeff VanderMeer

so-so

2.5⭐️ I‘ve read just about everything in here I need to read right now. I‘ll reserve the revision chapter for after NaNo. Some of this is very specific to writing fantasy works, which I do not, so I had to take those things with a grain of salt. He likes Campbell‘s whole “Hero‘s Journey” thing, which I do not. I disagree with parts of this and felt disheartened by others. The writing challenges are very specific to each chapter (cont‘d below)

GingerAntics so they cannot be used for whatever you‘re working on or developing. The writing exercises in the back are specific to the fantasy genre, so if you‘re not writing that you‘re SOL. I like my writing exercises to be more utilitarian than Vandermeer I guess. I‘m glad I didn‘t have to read this for a class. I honestly probably would have dropped a class centred on this text before it made just not want to write at all. (Cont‘d below) 6y

GingerAntics This wasn‘t the writing book for me. I did enjoy discovering new authors and I‘m a huge Neil Gaiman fan so I greatly enjoyed his essay. I probably learned more about writing from Neil Gaiman‘s tumblr account that I did from this book. If this is your genre this is probably a great book for you. It just wasn‘t for me. The graphics are great, but their placement got old and then obnoxious fast. (cont‘d below) 6y

GingerAntics I took a few things from this book, but not enough for this book to be worth it for me. I honestly think there are two things from this text I plan to incorporate into my own writing. Again, this may be the text for you, but it‘s not for me. #wonderbook #jeffvandermeer #creativewriting #nanowrimo #notmycupoftea 6y

GingerAntics As reference, I plan to incorporate studying poetry to study concise ways to describe things, and writing your ending then deleting the last paragraph or two to add in a bit of mystery/ambiguity to your ending so readers can infer things for themselves; although, admittedly I am a fan of ending things with a question of two left unanswered anyway, so it might not always be necessary. (edited) 6y

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DivineDiana

The Road | Cormac McCarthy

Pulitzer Prize winning post-apocalyptic saga of the journey of a father and son. Made into a movie starring Viggo Mortensen. #septembowie #astheworldfallsdown #notmycupoftea #readitanyway

Cinfhen, Marchpane

Cinfhen Like your hashtags ❣️🙌🏻 7y

DivineDiana @Cinfhen 😉 7y

Smrloomis Great book. Way too scary for me but I had to finish it 😳. Also completely freaked out by the movie when I saw it, even though I knew what would happen 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7y

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DGRachel I ❤️ Cormac McCarthy. I read the book ages ago. I loved the book but have no desire to see the movie, even with Viggo (*swoon*) 7y

Graciouswarriorprincess I loved the book and the movie. Scary, sad but so worth it. 7y

DivineDiana @Smrloomis Haven't seen the movie. Sounds like I should pass! 7y

DivineDiana @DGRachel I ❤️Viggo too! But also skipping the movie! 7y

DivineDiana @Graciouswarriorprincess You're brave! (edited) 7y

Lmstraubie The book was intense. I don't know that I could handle the movie. 7y

writerlibrarian 🙌🏻👊🏻 7y

DivineDiana @Lmstraubie Same! 😀 7y

DivineDiana @writerlibrarian 👍🏻 7y

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DivineDiana

Zombie | Joyce Carol Oates

I am one of those readers who feels an obligation to the author to finish what I start. This was the only book that broke my code. I have loved other books by the author and was privileged to hear her speak at a local book store. Based on a true story of a serial killer. Extremely dark. #dangeroustype #rockinmay #notmycupoftea #knowthyself

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Love all your hashtags 😂💗🙌🏻and this would have been perfect for #zombie 👻👿💀 8y

DivineDiana @Cinfhen I thought the same thing! But glad, I saved it for this challenge! 😉 8y

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