3 Weeks 4 Dreamwidth Minithon Wrap-Up

[kalloway]

Well, how did it go?

It's the 15th, but please keep reading for as long as you'd like. ^_^

Thanks for taking part, and as a reminder: anyone can host a group read at any time.

Comments

[illariy]

The good news is: I picked a book, "Nachtleuchten" by Maria Cecilia Barbetta, in German about Ballester, a part of Buenos Aires just before the military coup, the one connected to Perón's death.

More good news: I diligently read the first 280 of 520-ish pages as the concept intrigued me.

Now onto the bad news: But the language was just too flowery and very German - endless sentences and not much happening. I kept pressing on in hopes of it getting more interesting later on but it just didn't. So eventually sometimes this week, I switched to only reading the first paragraphs of each new chapter in order to see if it would get more interesting. I ended up reading a few chapters about a flamboyant gay hairdresser and his mother that way but ended up skipping most of the book. It never did get more interesting, at least not to me. I am counting as a DNF but at least it is gone from my paid TBR pile now.

In summary: I am counting it as a success. Although it is weird to find out that I no longer have the attention span for run-on sentences and flowery language I used to have.

[scintilla10]

I think it makes sense to let yourself skim or skip if the writing or content isn't working for you for whatever reason. And it's always good to move a book out of the TBR pile!

[illariy]

Yes, thank you for the affirmation. It was a bit disappointing to never really get into this book but I am glad I tried and that I still moved it out of my TBR pile this week. Yay!