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GregP
GregP
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For me probably low but within the margins. I'd guess 1-15? 1-12 maybe.
westmoors
westmoors
30 May
1:14pm, 30 May 2024
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westmoors
I don't think I've ever DNF'd a book. It might take me a looong time to get through some.
Night-owl
Night-owl
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5:10pm, 30 May 2024
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Night-owl
I used to think I have to plough through a book even if I stop reading it I'll get back to it one day.

Then Mark Billingham made me change my mindset

Though I've only recently started logging dnf's on GR
Night-owl
Night-owl
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Night-owl
BTw Daz I think that's a low ratio on dnf's
Bazoaxe
Bazoaxe
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Bazoaxe
I’ve only ever had one DNF and take the view that I have started so I will finish.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
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I've said before that I believe life is too short to waste on books you aren't enjoying. Reading should be for enjoyment, enlightenment and education (and maybe other words beginning with 'e' ;-) ) and if a book is giving you none of these it's not worth your time. There are innumerable books that *are* worth your time.
McGoohan
McGoohan
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8:07pm, 30 May 2024
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McGoohan
I used to be a 'have to finish'er but I've come round to LD's way of thinking in recent years.
Diogenes
Diogenes
30 May
9:05pm, 30 May 2024
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I have three books on my TBR pile. While they are all quite different they also have a common thread.

One is fiction, the second is non-fiction, and the third is a translated French novel which may or may not be less lighthearted than the other two. I will decide tomorrow.
LindsD
LindsD
30 May
10:02pm, 30 May 2024
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I have probably fewer than 10 DNFs
DazTheSlug
DazTheSlug
31 May
1:09am, 31 May 2024
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DazTheSlug
my DNF rate has been increasing over the last couple of years as I "force" myself to read books that I feel I "ought" to read but about which I have misgivings;

of the 5 I've DNFd so far this year, 4 I was "dubious" about in advance
it's not just a self-fulfilling prophecy though, cos a quick scan shows 8 more dubious ones that I did finish - 5 admittedly fairly unenjoyable, but 3 were rather (i.e. surprisingly) good ;)

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September 2024 book


Welcome to Season Seven

September 2024 (The Greppler)
Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/florida-roadkill---book-group-september-2024-discussion-thread-63210
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11489

August 2024 (The Scribbler)
A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/a-thousand-ships---august-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63153
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11435

July 2024 (Fetch)
The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-cranes-that-build-the-cranes---by-jeremy-dyson---july-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63104
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11364

June 2024 (Dio)
Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/bournville-by-jonathan-coe---book-group-june-2024-discussion-thread-63061
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11356

May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-storied-life-of-a-j-fikry---may-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-63033
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11337

April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/independence-day-by-richard-ford---april-2024-book-group-choice-63006
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11269

March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-high-house-by-jessie-greengrass---march-2024-fetch-book-group-discussion-thread-62965
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11192

February 2024 (Linds)
Severance (Ling Ma)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/severance-by-ling-ma---feb-2024-book-group-discussion-thread-62917
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11165

January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-rabbit-factor---jan-2024-book-group-discussion-62892
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11119

December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/the-indisputable-existence-of-santa-claus---december-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62852
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=11004

November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/watling-street---nov-2023-book-group-dicussion-thread-62830
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10925

October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/before-the-coffee-gets-cold---book-group---oct-2023-discussion-thread-62811
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10860

The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/rabbit-run-by-john-updike---book-group-sept-2023-discussion-thread-62786
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10848

August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Discussion: fetcheveryone.com/forum/queenie-by-candice-carty-williams---august-2023-book-group-discussion-thread-62766
Poll: fetcheveryone.com/polls-view.php?id=10808

Currently Choosinating

Not yet chozzed:
Bint
McGoohan
Westmoors

Already chozzed:
Little Nemo
Columba
Serendippers
Night-owl
Linds
Chrisull
Maclennane
Quimby
Dio
Fetch
The Scribbler
Grepples

Earlier book choices and discussion threads
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