Litsy

The Lacuna | Barbara Kingsolver

bailed

After 136 pages I'm out. It's just not holding my interest. #HailTheBail

This concludes my #AllergicToChunksters challenge. Thank you @julieclair for helping me get 3 huge books off my TBR shelves!! 🙏🏼💕

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DieAReader 👋🏻 #Next 8h

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Amor4Libros

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead | Elle Cosimano

bailed

I felt like I was still reading the first book and kept waiting for something to happen. Gave up at 40%

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 1d

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thebacklistbook

Blood Vendetta | Stephan M Sechi

bailed

This one is very slow going. For now it is a bail simply because I'm getting too behind. I will revisit down the road when it is available at my library some day.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 2d

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Kar2b

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice | Donna Kauffman, Allyson Charles, Kate Angell

bailed

Love the cover, but nothing is happening! I‘m all about love at first sight trope, but this was even too much for me.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 3d

Kar2b @dabbe I love those hashtags! 2d

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TheBookgeekFrau

Bel Canto | Ann Patchett

bailed

It started out great, but by page 121 my desire to read was almost non-existent. #HailTheBail 🙌🏼

65/80

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Bookbuyingaddict Agreed 👍 I did the same funny it‘s claimed to be her best 😳 4d

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 4d

TheBookgeekFrau @TheAromaofBooks 🙌🏼🙌🏼 4d

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TheBookgeekFrau @Bookbuyingaddict I'm hoping her not best is better! 😂 4d

Aims42 This was one that I did finish but I should‘ve just bailed. Not my cup of tea 👎 4d

TheBookgeekFrau @Aims42 I'm glad I'm not alone in this! 😅 I just don't get all the love this book got 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4d

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego This was boring AF, but I think that was intentional to make the ending more impactful. It all kind of pops off at the end. But I didn't really find it worthwhile. And if I remember correctly, the epilogue pissed me off. 4d

TheBookgeekFrau @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego So boring!! What good is an impactful ending if you put your readers to sleep before they get there? 🤣 I couldn't even care about the characters who seemed like dust sheets draped over the furniture 4d

Aims42 @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego UGH! The epilogue almost made me throw the book across the room! I remember thinking, “I finished it for this?!?!?” And being super mad too 🤣 4d

Aims42 @TheBookgeekFrau Definitely not alone 🩷 4d

dabbe 🧡🩶💜 3d

TheBookgeekFrau @Aims42 💛🧡💛 3d

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 3d

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ImperfectCJ

Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon | Jorge Amado

bailed

This is an "it's not you, it's me" DNF. I just don't have the bandwidth to put in the effort on a translated classic right now. I feel mild FOMO, but not enough to change my mind.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 5d

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TheBookgeekFrau

The Tin Can Tree: A Novel | Anne Tyler

bailed

After 158 pages of characters moving through molasses, I'm ready to #HailTheBail

64/80

September #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 @DieAReader

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻 Better luck with the next book! 7d

TheBookgeekFrau @DieAReader 🙌🏼🙌🏼 7d

dabbe YES! #betterbooksahead 💜🧡🤎 7d

TheBookgeekFrau @dabbe 🧡💛🧡 6d

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 6d

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ElizaMarie

Pretty Evil New England: True Stories of Violent Vixens and Murderous Matriarchs | Sue Coletta

bailed

#DNF #July ##BookSpin

I gotta be true to myself - I can‘t read this. It‘s this 1900s murders that just were boring poisons and doesn‘t get enough into the dynamics to make me care about their stories enough. I don‘t want to read this

@TheAromaofBooks

Sparklemn Quit while you‘re ahead! 😀 1w

TheAromaofBooks On to something more interesting!! 1w

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 1w

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jenniferw88

Moby-Dick (Unabridged) + D. H. Lawrence's critique of Moby-Dick | Herman Melville, D. H. Lawrence

bailed

Not 100% surprised at this.

HeatherBookNerd It‘s a slog! 2w

Eggbeater I read it in high school and thought it was torture. My teacher said parts were supposed to be boring to illustrate the many hours of inactivity on a ship. Like, why would I want to read that? 2w

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 2w

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