So, I got this idea from Marce over at Tea Time with Marce. She posted her DNF books and is offering a spot to link up your DNF list. Here’s mine:
- Dan Brown – The Lost Symbol
~I wanted SO much to love this book, but I just couldn’t get into it. I’m not really sure what the problem was, to be honest. It just didn’t catch my attention. Maybe I’ll try again sometime next year. - William Coughlin – The Court
~I have only read one previous William Coughlin book and I had trouble getting into it. But I took another chance on this author, and I just couldn’t get through it. - Ted Dekker – The Bride Collector
~I read (and LOVED) BoneMan’s Daughter last year. I was hoping that this one would be just as good, if not better. And the blurb sounded great. But for whatever reason, I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the main character. I might try again some day, but I’m not in any rush. - Paul Christopher – Rembrandt’s Ghost
~I had read some of the previous books in the Finn Ryan series and enjoyed them. This one, I don’t know if it was the plot or what, but I was not interested in it. - Jeffrey Archer – Sons of Fortune
~I read through quite a bit of this book … and I just never liked it. I hated the characters. I found it unbelievable. I simply did not like it one bit. - Steig Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
~I was told that this book was hard to get into at first, and to get through the first 100-150 pages and then it would pick up. Well I made it to page 186, and I will admit, it got a little bit better. But by that time, I had wasted 3 weeks to get to that point and I just wasn’t all that into it. I only wish I hadn’t wasted the money by buying the second book at the same time as the first….
Tales of a Book Addict 
A friend just asked me if Girl w/ Dragon Tat was worth it or too commercial. I have never read it, and told her so, but I did tell her that it couldn’t be that bad. Perhaps she will be gouging my eyes out next week…
See, I kept seeing the trilogy EVERYWHERE. Everyone was talking about them. I thought that there must be something great that I’m missing by not having read these books. But boy oh boy, was I disappointed….
Oh man, your blog ate my comment, lol
Thanks for linking up. I decided I won’t try with DanB. I want to read a Dekker so I’ll try Boneman’s Daughter. And you know how I feel about Larsson.
I decided not to even try Brown’s latest, but I am one of the ones who loved Stieg Larsson’s book. I haven’t read the other two books in the trilogy, but I do plan to. Hopefully this year. I’m sorry it didn’t work for you. Thankfully there are plenty of other books out there to read and enjoy, right?
I think my main problem with the Dan Brown & Stieg Larsson books is that they are so hyped up. EVERYBODY was talking about them, and a lot of times it’s almost as if I put an involuntary mental block up when I try and read anything that popular. When I put both of them down I made a mental note that I would give them both one more shot in a couple of years. But until then, I have plenty of books on my shelves to read, as well as some great sounding new ones coming out this year!