November Group Read: First Check-In

[kalloway]

Here we are, one week in. Have you finished or started anything? How are you feeling? (It is perfectly fine if the answers are "no", "nope", and "augh", of course.)


For added optional discussion, if you'd like- Do you ever DNF (Did Not Finish) books? If so, what makes you DNF something and when? Style? Content? Not grabbing you after x% of pages? Something else? Or are you the type of reader who finishes everything you start, no matter what?

Comments

[pebblerocker]

My read is going well - Polgara the Sorceress turns out to be a worse person than was evident to me on an early read but everyone in the story is a bit of a jerk really...

I ought to have DNFed a fanfic I read today when I got to an actual throbbing manhood, but I stuck it out and then felt dissatisfied with my choices. The last paper book I DNFed was due to a very unappealing sex scene; I find that even the worst fanfic has less offputting sex in it than the average published book.

[kalloway]

I find that even the worst fanfic has less offputting sex in it than the average published book.

Yeah, I agree.

I'm definitely quick with the back-button when it comes with fic. Sometimes I'll soldier on if it's got a really interesting premise or is for a rare-pair, but mostly at the first stumble I'm outta there.