This is second instalment of the books of the year, and this list will have my worst books of the year on here which will mostly be the books I’ve DNF’d or given 1 star.
In January, all the book I rated quite highly so there is nothing to say here.
In February there was only one book I DNF’d and that was The Seventh Blessing by R L Baxter which was a disaster of a book. Despite being on 180 pages long and getting 50% of the way through I just couldn’t finish it. Everything from the characters, to the plot, to the writing was just off-putting and it definitely made R L Baxter an author I will never read anything from.
In March there was also one book I DNF’d which was Ted Bundy’s Murderous Mysteries by Kevin Sullivan. Non-fiction books are usually hit or miss for me but I have an odd fascination with serial killers and those books are generally overdone. I was hoping for some new take on Ted Bundy’s killing spree only to be meet with information I have read time and time again and that is easily found on Google.
In April and May there were no books that I DNF’d or gave less than 3 stars.
In June, the only book I DNF’d was also one of the books I was most looked forward to which was A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. For the first book Collins had written in over 10 years I was excited to be returning to the world of the Hunger Games and to be following President Snow but it was way too long and most of the time I found myself bored and when the ending was spoiled for me I had to give up.
In July, I only DNF’d one book which was Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin. I loved the original trilogy and A Wizard of Earthsea made it onto my Best Books of 2020 list but this fourth instalment followed a different main character who I wasn’t interested in and it was very bland for being such a short book.
In August there were two books I DNF’d, one being Macario’s Scepter by M J McGriff which was another hot mess of a book and The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne which was so problematic that only 25% in I had to put it down and it really put me off this author.
In September, there was only one DNF which was Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas. This book had a really interested premise and I was enjoying it but at nearly 60% in nothing had happened and I was bored out of my mind and this sentiment has been echoed by other reviewers.
In October, there was nothing that I DNF’d or rated low.
In November, there was one DNF which was The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F C Lee which was a big blow to me since I really enjoyed the first book but I got halfway through and it was just a repeat of the first book but with bigger and more evil demons so I had to put it down.
In December so far there has only been one DNF and that was The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks. Now I have a complicated relationship with YA contemporary books especially romance ones and this just happened to be everything I disliked about the genre into one book.
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