tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post7823599036235779259..comments2024-03-29T05:03:43.658-04:00Comments on Alexa Loves Books: On My Experience with DNF (AKA How Life's Too Short)Alexa S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13185723439360170259noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-1825422146232405622014-05-22T22:06:21.202-04:002014-05-22T22:06:21.202-04:00Great post, Alexa! Welcome to the DNF club ;)
I t...Great post, Alexa! Welcome to the DNF club ;) <br />I totally agree that I feel guilty when I put a book down. I've been DNFing for a while but I just recently thought back on my time as a reader before I was a blogger -- before review copies, before blog posts, before Goodreads, EVERYTHING -- and I had no qualms putting a book down because that was my leisure time! If I wasn't enjoying it, why bother reading it? Why "suffer" through a book to spend my happy, relaxing time getting angry at characters or plot? <br />I totally feel guilty putting a book down nowadays, especially a review copy, but sometimes you just have to, I think publishers will understand that not all books are for everyone! :) <br />I commend you for being able to put the book down! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133612131488048932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-76479728222262981602014-05-22T09:40:41.631-04:002014-05-22T09:40:41.631-04:00This is something I still struggle with. It is SO ...This is something I still struggle with. It is SO hard for me to DNF. Great post.Tiffany (About to Read)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05403198718904652376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-7403462604417346262014-05-20T13:50:56.350-04:002014-05-20T13:50:56.350-04:00Sing it sister! I used to feel bad not finishing a...Sing it sister! I used to feel bad not finishing a book. Like I was doing the author, myself, the community a disservice. But you are so right... LIFE IS TOO SHORT. My TBR is way too long and I'd rather try something else than waste my time not enjoying a book. CeCehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00299658923968310492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-14423653629268589702014-05-19T15:27:18.309-04:002014-05-19T15:27:18.309-04:00I'm totally with you on DNFing! There are so m...I'm totally with you on DNFing! There are so many AMAZING books out there to read- why waste time with books that just fall flat? And you're right, that is a good perspective for life!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17240000346629480397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-78216707731652915442014-05-19T11:58:28.555-04:002014-05-19T11:58:28.555-04:00Totally agreeing with you here! I've never tho...Totally agreeing with you here! I've never thought about DNFing books too much... like I didn't realize it was a good or bad thing. I've always been the type of person who if it's not keeping my attention, I move on to the next. Unless someone urges me to continue. <br /><br />Also agreeing with you about life being too short to let stuff keep you from enjoying things. There are so many things in our lives holding us back; why do we let them? I'm glad you had an epiphany of sorts and hope you don't let anything hold you back! :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-5752368853688324392014-05-17T18:29:24.666-04:002014-05-17T18:29:24.666-04:00Usually I don't have a problem with putting do...Usually I don't have a problem with putting down a book I'm not enjoying. Like you said, life's too short to waste time on something you're not enjoying. That being said, it's harder to give up on a book I've gotten for review purposes--I really feel obligated to finish it even if I'm totally hating it. :/<br />(Love the Britney song, by the way. Very fitting, haha!)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14871405999542003918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-53090147091924840932014-05-17T11:08:36.377-04:002014-05-17T11:08:36.377-04:00You're so right, Alexa. When I first began blo...You're so right, Alexa. When I first began blogging, I had such a difficult time putting down books. Doing so felt like I had just lost and wasted a big chunk of my time, and that bothered me so much. After my first time doing it, though, I realized how much happier I was. Reading a book I'm not enjoying doesn't just affect my reading, it affects my mood as well, which is really my biggest motivator for DNFing. I don't have time to let a book ruin my good day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-21310239112811136302014-05-17T00:18:07.631-04:002014-05-17T00:18:07.631-04:00I love love Britney... and I really want to see he...I love love Britney... and I really want to see her in Vegas. Ok.. enough of Britney. I don't DNF a lot. Honestly though just this week I DNF a book. It was hard hard for me to do. But I just didn't want to put in the few more hours. I mean... I think I keep reading thinking it will become this great book but it never does. I agree though.. there are WAY too many books to spend the time reading a bad book. <br />Angela's Anxious Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935144213302758223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-74175768841316600452014-05-16T20:25:15.706-04:002014-05-16T20:25:15.706-04:00I still have trouble embracing the DNF enough, but...I still have trouble embracing the DNF enough, but I can always tell when I definitely need to because I feel so much relief when I finally decide to do it! Sometimes I'm hopeful that a book will get better and know that the ending could majorly improve my opinion, so I'm willing to skim through some gunk in the middle. But if I don't like the writing from the beginning, I only read enough to know that it just doesn't work for me, haha. Anya @ On Starships and Dragonwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966260114472122150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-26287825757447561562014-05-16T19:16:20.345-04:002014-05-16T19:16:20.345-04:00Yes! Embrace the DNF because life is too short. (T...Yes! Embrace the DNF because life is too short. (That is actually what I call my DNF shelf on Goodreads.) My reading time is after my kids go to bed and there is not a lot of time before I'm ready to crash myself so, like you, I have to make the most of it. A couple years ago I realized that there were too many other things I could be doing to waste my time on what I wasn't enjoying. Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105770016693038906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-554675304069569652014-05-16T15:13:59.124-04:002014-05-16T15:13:59.124-04:00It's funny b/c just this year I have started D...It's funny b/c just this year I have started DNF-ing much more than I used to. I used to power through books I hated, but, you know, life IS too short!<br /><br />Kate @ <a href="http://exlibriskate.com/" rel="nofollow">Ex Libris</a><br />Kate @ Ex Librishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16161681565485372950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-3178904796238108592014-05-16T13:34:21.518-04:002014-05-16T13:34:21.518-04:00Yesss! Embrace the DNF dark side with me! Hooray! ...Yesss! Embrace the DNF dark side with me! Hooray! Life's too short to read books that aren't your thing!Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08190834232858411230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-42332003081895120782014-05-16T11:34:54.873-04:002014-05-16T11:34:54.873-04:00I DNF books if I don't like them. I realize t...I DNF books if I don't like them. I realize that it skews my reviews all to the positive side, but whatever. I don't want to spend my time reading something I don't like. I'm sad you didn't like Dangerous though. It's on my TBR for this month and I was looking forward to it. I'm still going to give it a go because I love the author. Hopefully I like it more than you did. ;)Batch of Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011267256741853797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-62877871680839149992014-05-16T10:19:47.688-04:002014-05-16T10:19:47.688-04:00Life is definitely too short to be reading books y...Life is definitely too short to be reading books you know you're not going to like! I've always embraced DNFing and can see why it wouldn't work for some but I just don't see it worth wasting my time on reading a book I know I won't even like because I could be reading a potentially awesome book! (And woot Britney! :D Always appropriate to put in a Britney song)Charlotte @ Gypsy Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961224280412324344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-14833319409658454382014-05-16T09:18:51.791-04:002014-05-16T09:18:51.791-04:00I just DNFed a book for the first time ever! I'...I just DNFed a book for the first time ever! I'm really bad at putting them down, but you're so right. Life is too short. There are too many books out there to waste time with ones that just aren't working for you. I was really proud of myself for putting the book down although I'm still feeling pretty guilt like 2 weeks later... hopefully it will just get easier though the more I do it. Rebecca @ Unbound Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609128581185079525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335649676143335614.post-40968605227258936702014-05-16T07:53:21.583-04:002014-05-16T07:53:21.583-04:00I used to have a problem with having to see books ...I used to have a problem with having to see books through to the end as well! However a few years ago I had the same realisation you had, "why bother reading books that don't make me happy when there's so many stories out there that I WILL like?" And overnight my reading habits did a complete 180. It's so much more liberating allowing yourself to put down a novel that you're not enjoying and then picking up one you do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455714959290532161noreply@blogger.com