tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post5004772918628939537..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: DNFUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-59065027708516606392017-10-10T22:05:00.763-05:002017-10-10T22:05:00.763-05:00I DNF for much the same reasons, but especially To...I DNF for much the same reasons, but especially Too Stupid to Live within the first fifty pages.<br /><br />I tossed one (to the used bookstore) for treating the reader as TSTL. I put up with the weird punctuation and the heavenly angels vs. devils thing, but when they explained quite carefully what would happen if the MC did X, and the MC did X in the very next chapter without thinking twice (or even once!), I just had to quit before I shoved the book into the shredder. (Good thing I don't have a shredder.) Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-31345841634054118832017-10-10T20:00:02.693-05:002017-10-10T20:00:02.693-05:00I don't return books. I also don't return...I don't return books. I also don't return milk that goes bad too early. Probably should, but I don't. But that's me. Lucky for me, the recent DNFs were free books. Except for that one from the thrift store and it was a quarter. (They don't do returns there anyway. Meh.) I'm really really careful what I spend money on these days, though.<br /><br />Rant away, dear. It's good for you. And I agree with you wholeheartedly. B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-6596908904339141262017-10-10T08:34:28.536-05:002017-10-10T08:34:28.536-05:00Do you return the DNFs? While people who read the ...Do you return the DNFs? While people who read the whole book and then return it tick me right off because they're scamming the system and costing me money, I have no problem with someone returning one of my books if they truly gave up and DNF'd it. I 2 books on my DNF shelf on GR and that's to remind me why I didn't enjoy the books and/or author. I made sure not to "publish" that fact and the notes are my eyes only. I didn't return either of them at the time and I'm sorta wishing now that I did.<br /><br />Most of the DNFs are Kindle Unlimited (ie. free to me) books and I simply stop reading and return them. I don't list a book as being read until I'm a day or so into it. <br /><br />What makes me DNF a book? Poor writing, plodding story, cardboard characters, poor editing, certain situations (though I tend to stay away from the storylines I know are my hot buttons). Oh...and political agendas! I read for the same reason I watch TV--for ENTERTAINMENT! If I want to be "enlightened," I'll search out material. I don't want it in my romance, suspense, or SciFi thank you very much. And...I need more coffee. Sorry for that last bit of Ranty McRantypants.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com