As soon as I saw your short on Five Broken Blades I ordered it immediately!! As for dnf’s, mine normally fall into two camps; can’t read it right at that moment for what ever reason or, I didn’t like it at all for some reason. One of my dnf’s that I have tried over and over to read is Jade City since it was so highly rated. I finally gave up and said “not for me”. Life is too short for a read that you don’t enjoy! 🙂
@ExLibris-Alys17 минут бұрын
I’ve never had a problem with dnf’ing any book. If it’s not doing it for me for whatever reason, I stop. I honestly don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t 🤷♀️
@Hellsing774719 минут бұрын
With some book series, I remember the whole series and the most important plots and characters but I can't remember what happened in every single book. I remember the series as a whole.
@enlightsoul27 минут бұрын
It's very easy to figure out which are to be effed and which are DNFed, those books which grip you through the initial pages, you F, if they don't, you DNF.
@jaclynfrankum280127 минут бұрын
I'm so quick to DNF books, but now I have a rule where I'll read at least 20% of a book before putting it down. Cause some of those fantasy books have a big learning curve with the worldbuilding --- So far this year I've DNF'd/put down: Silver Under Nightfall: Just wasn't enjoying where the plot was going and kept noticing grammar and word choice errors Masters of Death: Was listening to an audiobook and kept getting lost with who was talking when....and then my library hold expired haha A Tempest of Tea: It was good, but I was finding it was too many POV's for me. Not a goodbye forever just maybe not now
@Nalastasia29 минут бұрын
With Ring Shout you should absolutely listen to the audio if you can! It’s much easier to process and the accents really immerse you
@MeganWangartСағат бұрын
TYSM for the powerless review… I felt like I was going crazy seeing everyone’s positive reviews bc I found it unreadable and generally awful LOL
@stanloona000Сағат бұрын
Your review of the Jasmine Throne is finally pushing me to read it. It's been on my TBR forever
@Vicious2998Сағат бұрын
You look how I imagined clary when I read the book!
@rhosymedra6628Сағат бұрын
Yeah hard pass on Lore of the Wilds. Sounds like the author doesn't have the skill to write what they were trying to write, and like you said, I don't have time to read poorly written books.
@lilyshadbolt292 сағат бұрын
i didn't really like powerless but i did finish it - it doesn't get much better lol. as a massive hunger games fan, the way it was marketed as similar to the hunger games almost offended me, it really had none of that poignant social commentary or the likeable/love to hate characters that thg had :(((
@kyndreds2 сағат бұрын
I also DNFed The Gilded Wolves because I didn't realize that it was YA when I picked it up, and I've honestly just outgrown the genre. If I had read that when I was younger, I would probably have loved it. Though when you said you loved the second book in the series even after DNFing the first time around, it did make me reconsider maybe picking it up again myself.
@maybeceejay2 сағат бұрын
I am usually pretty good at DNFing. Unless I think that I *should* like a book. At the moment it’s with OUABH. I’m on the second book and I want to stop but I’m deluding myself to think that I will enjoy it eventually?
@esky13652 сағат бұрын
I don't know why they would change that in libby. 😭 I always put my kindle in airplane mode and return immediately to cut down on wait times.
@serafiiiine2 сағат бұрын
I really agree re: Faebound. I loved her other books, and so was super excited. I hated it! I got further than you, but it put me in a slump. So predictable, such nonsense, and the romances made me want to throw it.
@Zer0.th0ughts2 сағат бұрын
I mean the book leo also didn't like assistant to the villain so you guys definitely have the same taste
@Hiba-kc5ur2 сағат бұрын
THANK YOU powerless was such a let down ! I read 200 pages and nothing was interesting to me 😭😭😭 bored 😐
@fallonturner74412 сағат бұрын
I’m with you on Powerless, I was so disappointed when I read it earlier this year. Really don’t get the hype. Faebound was also disappointing. Yeeran’s relationship went from hate to love with zero in-between 🙈
@chelseyjohnson5013 сағат бұрын
Ive been wondering if you were gonna try to read powerless. Im upset with myself for finishing it. I powered through and just did not enjoy one bit of it 😬
@chelseyjohnson5013 сағат бұрын
I'm glad you mentioned this about butter. I really wanted to read it but I do not want to go to that place
@catarinadias30033 сағат бұрын
I feel so validated that Leo and you didn’t enjoy powerless!!
@azizchkour61063 сағат бұрын
👍👍👍
@Artbyhurricanyounot3 сағат бұрын
Sometimes I DNF on page one because it’s written in bad and juvenile first person present tense 🤷🏻♀️
@rom.na0053 сағат бұрын
I finished powerless but I hated every moment of it😂 It was trope after trope after trope and I was in a train and only had that audiobook downloaded I should've just listened to some music
@mariabosse66553 сағат бұрын
at 64 I DNF a lot of books. Don't want to waste the time, have better things to do.
@Luumus3 сағат бұрын
Ironically the one book I DNFed this year was Throne in the dark by A. K. Caggiano. 😅 I wasn't expecting much from it. I was looking for a chill, low-stakes kind of story with a cute romance alongside it and from what little I read, it seemed to have it. But something about it just didn't stick with me. The humour was a little bit hit or miss, particularly the funny dialogue. I like that the story didn't take itself too seriously, where it's almost making fun of a lot cliché, but some of the dialogue was quite clunky. And ultimately what I didn't enjoy about this was the writing. There's long run-on sentences that sometimes didn't make any sense, with strange word's placement, an example: "A brighter mood was, after all, a much easier way to exist in the world, whether it was kind back to one or not." One what? It's just feels a bit unpolished, like it really could have used a heavy editing hand. And overall I wasn't very interested in the characters. I'm not a fan of the obedience stone plot line that completely removes the main female character's agency. And Amma seems particularly ditzy and that's really not my cup of tea. I'm just wasn't gripped enough to bother wasting the time to read the 400+ pages plus the next book in the series. But I think it could scratch an itch for a lot of people. Different stroke for different folks 🤷♀
@caricanread3 сағат бұрын
I dnfed it once and then reread it and loved it hahha
@readerobsession11114 сағат бұрын
you should try a fantasy duology, Whisper by lynette noni totally recommend
@ellu...4 сағат бұрын
I dnfed the cruel prince probably in 2018 when it came out because I didn't really get it and didn't like the characters and then tried it again last year because of all the hype and i wanted to know why does everyone love this series when i didn't. And then i loved it. And i love the characters. One of my favorite series now lol.
@kageyukiaru5 сағат бұрын
love that you post on fridays. it's my day off and it's become a ritual that i start my fridays with your videos 😌
@fatimazafar67875 сағат бұрын
That adult book you showed in the end is five blades or six blades something i don't remember the name but the cover is red with a little black and white somewhere 😅😅
@Yasmin35775 сағат бұрын
Powerless is pretty much if the red queen and the hunger games had a daughter but the daughter was made out of their own limbs. It was just so much like the red queen, almost like a carbon copy of it. Although I feel like the romance in powerless was a tad better.
@emte87635 сағат бұрын
I tend to dnf books I didn't choose for myself. I'll get influenced by booktube or bookstagram and then just give up 3 days after having opening the book. It's really a pattern lol. Doesnt happen everytime of course, but every book I've dnfed in the last few years were books I'd let an influencer convince me of reading. So I'm just more aware these days, I try to not be as impulsive in order to make sure I follow my taste
@katteather45995 сағат бұрын
i was gifted the first book when i was pretty young and just absolutely in love with YA fantasy. i didnt know anything about it and i was also in the process of dealing with sexual assault from a family member. needless to say, the incest plotline was both unexpected and incredibly unwelcome.
@tine2726 сағат бұрын
in my opinion we need to allow a bit of boredom back into our lives. so you picked up a book and its boring you? try to finish it anyway. boredom is soo healthy in this era where we are on a constant dopamin & oxytocin rush. and if you wanna avoid books that are straight up garbage, start picking books according to your taste instead of blindly following what is trending on a social media platform
@caricanread5 сағат бұрын
Idk if you didnt practice your own “get thru something boring” and chose not to watch this video but more than half of these books were dnfed because of outstanding circumstances not boredom lol
@KYX19946 сағат бұрын
Always here for a random Throne in the Dark appreciation moment lol BTW, since you agree with Leoni usually, guess what? Pretty sure she didn't like Assistant To The Villain as well and she posted a video about it! BTW number 2: Yesterday I finished Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon and, damn, it's perfect for a reading slump that needs a stupidly funny, chaotic, unhinged story! And it's on KU😉
@daisylee44496 сағат бұрын
I love the last minute Throne in the Dark appreciation! Love those books
@PistachioGold7 сағат бұрын
Thank you for the sparkles 😢😢😢 it felt special ❤❤ Love all your opinions especially on TGUWG and the controversy surrounding it ❤
@86jonis7 сағат бұрын
If anyone is interested in a good angels series I recommend the Archangel series by Nalini Singh.
@greenmoon11677 сағат бұрын
I’m sorry but you are give me Ginny winsley vibe (harry potter) with the wands… and i love it 😊
@leahkhairallah66237 сағат бұрын
Can you do the entire plot of king of sloth pleaseee
@catherinebugden8 сағат бұрын
I laughed when you said Assistant to the villain because that book to me seemed to YA but had to much bad language. I listened to the audio so that might have been why I didn’t DNF it
@HammySoup8 сағат бұрын
I hated assistant to the villain (but actually loved butcher and blackbird), the dad's name changes halfway through and it was just the final nail in the coffin for me, struggled my way through but regretted every second I wasted on it
@RMegeso8 сағат бұрын
Absolutely love the Pirates of the Carribean theme when talking about the dad. It's 1am and I'm giggling myself silly.
@mlyl76828 сағат бұрын
I DNFed “Assistant to the Villain” too. I got 14% in and it truly was one of those books that made me go into a reading slump.
@jaelmoray8 сағат бұрын
Honestly, for people who liked Six of Crows, a very adult series to read is the Gentleman's Bastards by Scott Lynch. Honestly, was annoyed reading it after SoC how many things feel a little too on the nose taken directly from it by Bardugo. I do think SoC goes its own way eventually though, but some of the vibes and details seem far too inspired by. As much as I still enjoy SoC, I do think Lies of Locke Lamora is superior.
@sarahb15728 сағат бұрын
i love your content <3 you should do a video of your favorites from each genre!
@smileycindy9 сағат бұрын
I really relate to your comment about feeling pressure when a library deadline is looming - reading when I feel like I have to read does not feel as enjoyable. I agree with other that are sharing that DNF'ing is a skill that I'm working on developing. I never used to put down any book I had started, good or bad. Up until last year, the only book I had ever DNF'ed was Hannibal Rising. Having purchased my books probably played a role in feeling like I had to finish them since I paid good money, but now that I borrow books from the library, I don't feel the same pressure to keep reading a book that's not a good fit for me. The Hating Game from Sally Thorne was the book that pushed me to get my library card. Had I not purchased this book, I would have DNF'ed it so hard.
@readswithsubha9 сағат бұрын
Thank you so much for making DNF-ing the new norm!!! We all needed to watch this video!
@AnnaliseRosinLind9 сағат бұрын
Oh i only found out about Lightlark because of a couple seconds video on ig she posted lol on my Foryou or w.e they call it
@AnnaliseRosinLind9 сағат бұрын
Me Personally i like Lightlark i do hope she puts out a 3rd Book but that's me personally I Only got both her books to support her it was a split second discussion i thought she was a up coming book writer But overall i thought it was good
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As soon as I saw your short on Five Broken Blades I ordered it immediately!! As for dnf’s, mine normally fall into two camps; can’t read it right at that moment for what ever reason or, I didn’t like it at all for some reason. One of my dnf’s that I have tried over and over to read is Jade City since it was so highly rated. I finally gave up and said “not for me”. Life is too short for a read that you don’t enjoy! 🙂
I’ve never had a problem with dnf’ing any book. If it’s not doing it for me for whatever reason, I stop. I honestly don’t understand why anyone wouldn’t 🤷♀️
With some book series, I remember the whole series and the most important plots and characters but I can't remember what happened in every single book. I remember the series as a whole.
It's very easy to figure out which are to be effed and which are DNFed, those books which grip you through the initial pages, you F, if they don't, you DNF.
I'm so quick to DNF books, but now I have a rule where I'll read at least 20% of a book before putting it down. Cause some of those fantasy books have a big learning curve with the worldbuilding --- So far this year I've DNF'd/put down: Silver Under Nightfall: Just wasn't enjoying where the plot was going and kept noticing grammar and word choice errors Masters of Death: Was listening to an audiobook and kept getting lost with who was talking when....and then my library hold expired haha A Tempest of Tea: It was good, but I was finding it was too many POV's for me. Not a goodbye forever just maybe not now
With Ring Shout you should absolutely listen to the audio if you can! It’s much easier to process and the accents really immerse you
TYSM for the powerless review… I felt like I was going crazy seeing everyone’s positive reviews bc I found it unreadable and generally awful LOL
Your review of the Jasmine Throne is finally pushing me to read it. It's been on my TBR forever
You look how I imagined clary when I read the book!
Yeah hard pass on Lore of the Wilds. Sounds like the author doesn't have the skill to write what they were trying to write, and like you said, I don't have time to read poorly written books.
i didn't really like powerless but i did finish it - it doesn't get much better lol. as a massive hunger games fan, the way it was marketed as similar to the hunger games almost offended me, it really had none of that poignant social commentary or the likeable/love to hate characters that thg had :(((
I also DNFed The Gilded Wolves because I didn't realize that it was YA when I picked it up, and I've honestly just outgrown the genre. If I had read that when I was younger, I would probably have loved it. Though when you said you loved the second book in the series even after DNFing the first time around, it did make me reconsider maybe picking it up again myself.
I am usually pretty good at DNFing. Unless I think that I *should* like a book. At the moment it’s with OUABH. I’m on the second book and I want to stop but I’m deluding myself to think that I will enjoy it eventually?
I don't know why they would change that in libby. 😭 I always put my kindle in airplane mode and return immediately to cut down on wait times.
I really agree re: Faebound. I loved her other books, and so was super excited. I hated it! I got further than you, but it put me in a slump. So predictable, such nonsense, and the romances made me want to throw it.
I mean the book leo also didn't like assistant to the villain so you guys definitely have the same taste
THANK YOU powerless was such a let down ! I read 200 pages and nothing was interesting to me 😭😭😭 bored 😐
I’m with you on Powerless, I was so disappointed when I read it earlier this year. Really don’t get the hype. Faebound was also disappointing. Yeeran’s relationship went from hate to love with zero in-between 🙈
Ive been wondering if you were gonna try to read powerless. Im upset with myself for finishing it. I powered through and just did not enjoy one bit of it 😬
I'm glad you mentioned this about butter. I really wanted to read it but I do not want to go to that place
I feel so validated that Leo and you didn’t enjoy powerless!!
👍👍👍
Sometimes I DNF on page one because it’s written in bad and juvenile first person present tense 🤷🏻♀️
I finished powerless but I hated every moment of it😂 It was trope after trope after trope and I was in a train and only had that audiobook downloaded I should've just listened to some music
at 64 I DNF a lot of books. Don't want to waste the time, have better things to do.
Ironically the one book I DNFed this year was Throne in the dark by A. K. Caggiano. 😅 I wasn't expecting much from it. I was looking for a chill, low-stakes kind of story with a cute romance alongside it and from what little I read, it seemed to have it. But something about it just didn't stick with me. The humour was a little bit hit or miss, particularly the funny dialogue. I like that the story didn't take itself too seriously, where it's almost making fun of a lot cliché, but some of the dialogue was quite clunky. And ultimately what I didn't enjoy about this was the writing. There's long run-on sentences that sometimes didn't make any sense, with strange word's placement, an example: "A brighter mood was, after all, a much easier way to exist in the world, whether it was kind back to one or not." One what? It's just feels a bit unpolished, like it really could have used a heavy editing hand. And overall I wasn't very interested in the characters. I'm not a fan of the obedience stone plot line that completely removes the main female character's agency. And Amma seems particularly ditzy and that's really not my cup of tea. I'm just wasn't gripped enough to bother wasting the time to read the 400+ pages plus the next book in the series. But I think it could scratch an itch for a lot of people. Different stroke for different folks 🤷♀
I dnfed it once and then reread it and loved it hahha
you should try a fantasy duology, Whisper by lynette noni totally recommend
I dnfed the cruel prince probably in 2018 when it came out because I didn't really get it and didn't like the characters and then tried it again last year because of all the hype and i wanted to know why does everyone love this series when i didn't. And then i loved it. And i love the characters. One of my favorite series now lol.
love that you post on fridays. it's my day off and it's become a ritual that i start my fridays with your videos 😌
That adult book you showed in the end is five blades or six blades something i don't remember the name but the cover is red with a little black and white somewhere 😅😅
Powerless is pretty much if the red queen and the hunger games had a daughter but the daughter was made out of their own limbs. It was just so much like the red queen, almost like a carbon copy of it. Although I feel like the romance in powerless was a tad better.
I tend to dnf books I didn't choose for myself. I'll get influenced by booktube or bookstagram and then just give up 3 days after having opening the book. It's really a pattern lol. Doesnt happen everytime of course, but every book I've dnfed in the last few years were books I'd let an influencer convince me of reading. So I'm just more aware these days, I try to not be as impulsive in order to make sure I follow my taste
i was gifted the first book when i was pretty young and just absolutely in love with YA fantasy. i didnt know anything about it and i was also in the process of dealing with sexual assault from a family member. needless to say, the incest plotline was both unexpected and incredibly unwelcome.
in my opinion we need to allow a bit of boredom back into our lives. so you picked up a book and its boring you? try to finish it anyway. boredom is soo healthy in this era where we are on a constant dopamin & oxytocin rush. and if you wanna avoid books that are straight up garbage, start picking books according to your taste instead of blindly following what is trending on a social media platform
Idk if you didnt practice your own “get thru something boring” and chose not to watch this video but more than half of these books were dnfed because of outstanding circumstances not boredom lol
Always here for a random Throne in the Dark appreciation moment lol BTW, since you agree with Leoni usually, guess what? Pretty sure she didn't like Assistant To The Villain as well and she posted a video about it! BTW number 2: Yesterday I finished Not Another Vampire Book by Cassandra Gannon and, damn, it's perfect for a reading slump that needs a stupidly funny, chaotic, unhinged story! And it's on KU😉
I love the last minute Throne in the Dark appreciation! Love those books
Thank you for the sparkles 😢😢😢 it felt special ❤❤ Love all your opinions especially on TGUWG and the controversy surrounding it ❤
If anyone is interested in a good angels series I recommend the Archangel series by Nalini Singh.
I’m sorry but you are give me Ginny winsley vibe (harry potter) with the wands… and i love it 😊
Can you do the entire plot of king of sloth pleaseee
I laughed when you said Assistant to the villain because that book to me seemed to YA but had to much bad language. I listened to the audio so that might have been why I didn’t DNF it
I hated assistant to the villain (but actually loved butcher and blackbird), the dad's name changes halfway through and it was just the final nail in the coffin for me, struggled my way through but regretted every second I wasted on it
Absolutely love the Pirates of the Carribean theme when talking about the dad. It's 1am and I'm giggling myself silly.
I DNFed “Assistant to the Villain” too. I got 14% in and it truly was one of those books that made me go into a reading slump.
Honestly, for people who liked Six of Crows, a very adult series to read is the Gentleman's Bastards by Scott Lynch. Honestly, was annoyed reading it after SoC how many things feel a little too on the nose taken directly from it by Bardugo. I do think SoC goes its own way eventually though, but some of the vibes and details seem far too inspired by. As much as I still enjoy SoC, I do think Lies of Locke Lamora is superior.
i love your content <3 you should do a video of your favorites from each genre!
I really relate to your comment about feeling pressure when a library deadline is looming - reading when I feel like I have to read does not feel as enjoyable. I agree with other that are sharing that DNF'ing is a skill that I'm working on developing. I never used to put down any book I had started, good or bad. Up until last year, the only book I had ever DNF'ed was Hannibal Rising. Having purchased my books probably played a role in feeling like I had to finish them since I paid good money, but now that I borrow books from the library, I don't feel the same pressure to keep reading a book that's not a good fit for me. The Hating Game from Sally Thorne was the book that pushed me to get my library card. Had I not purchased this book, I would have DNF'ed it so hard.
Thank you so much for making DNF-ing the new norm!!! We all needed to watch this video!
Oh i only found out about Lightlark because of a couple seconds video on ig she posted lol on my Foryou or w.e they call it
Me Personally i like Lightlark i do hope she puts out a 3rd Book but that's me personally I Only got both her books to support her it was a split second discussion i thought she was a up coming book writer But overall i thought it was good