Books I Dumped in 2017

Growing up and up til about five or so years ago, I would rarely dump books. I was often dedicated to finishing series and even slow nonfiction books. As I have gotten older and busier, I have less time nowadays to read and enjoy a book. As a result, I am more discerning when I read and if I try to read a book and it’s not engaging me or if I feel it’s not going well, I will dump it. I have only done a handful of times in the past few years, but I’d like to note them more.

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I was looking to this as I heard a podcast interview with the author on a podcast. I like exploring taste and preferences. I made it after the introduction and the first chapter before giving up. There didn’t seem to be a cohesive presentation of ideas. The book with this topic does not need to definitely answer questions about taste or preferences, but it seemed to meander all over the place. I also did not find his interviews with experts interesting. After reading some of the first chapter, I stopped and read some online interviews which echoed my views about the disorganized presentation of ideas. I always have many other books to read so I dumped this one. Too bad.

Dumped January 31, 2017

Books that were put on hold to be read later so not dumped:

Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

I think I removed this from my Good Reads Currently Reading sometime in 2016. I own it and classic French novels in French are difficult for me to read. So maybe in the future.

Possible books to be dumped:

The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers

I’ve been reading this book mostly off since January 2016. I should give it up but it is so weird. Maybe I will make a dent in it sometime in 2018 but I’m not gambling on it either.

2 thoughts on “Books I Dumped in 2017

  • Geoff W

    One day, I’ll do this too! I think when I finally sign off on my blog I’ll commit to dropping books that I lose interest in. I say this but who knows if it will actually happen.

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    • athena (Post author)

      Hi Geoff! You should do it. You only need to do it once a year. I honestly don’t dump that many and I often forget the ones that I do dump. Thank you for commenting! 🙂

      Reply

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