My favorite here is I Just Don't Care. LOL. That happens to me quite often. Sometimes I push through even though I don't want to.

Ontario is starting to slowly open back up as well, and I have similar concerns to yours. Hope it goes well for all of us!

I just don't care is a great reason to DNF. I have that experience sometimes, too.

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I've had that happen where I just didn't care. It's always a bummer haha because I hate starting a book and not finishing, but sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do! Same with excessive goriness. I like a dark read once in a while but I don't need it to be crazy dark!

Hope everything goes well with the reopenings, I worry about it too. Seems kinda soon giving the bad news still coming out. Breaking the jet skiis out sounds pretty good though!

Oh yes, 100% -- series MUST be read in order. I very very very rarely relax this, always for romance novels where it's only nominally a series.

I'm completely on board about series reading in order. We totally agree on that! As to the other reasons, I can relate to them as well. My reading over the last few weeks has been fine as long as I'm reading a JD Robb book. Otherwise, not so much. I've gone through period like this before though - not as bad, but similar. Usually, if I can find the right series to read, I'll power through a complete series and come out on the other side with my reading mojo rebooted. Hoping that works this time.

I like your take on this week's prompt! 100% agree with 'I don't care,' lol, I get to that point in a book sometimes!

You were in my head! We both had the same feelings about the topic. Spooky! My latest DNF reasons include pacing (which seems to be a big reason for a lot of people), politics in a book not about politics, and "don't care"/lack of interest.

I'm with you on annoying characters! That is one of the top reasons I'll give up on a book.

Yes, 'I just don't care' makes me give up reading a book more than any other reason. The author *has* to make you care what happens otherwise what is the point, and the older I get the more willing I am to stop reading because of that.

Glad to hear you and your family are well.

Bad writing is a BIIIIIIIIGG turn off for me. I just can't. But not caring about what happens next is also a sin that I am moving on.

Thanks for a more positive spin! I avoided the TTT topic this week because I don’t enjoy calling out books in a negative way just because I wasn’t the right reader. I really resonate with just not caring! Whenever my feelings of joy are overcome with that feeling of dread, I jump ship!

I also don't remember books I DNF all that well, often because I prefer to remember good books and not the bad ones.

All your reasons for not finishing a book are mine as well especially the one about violent and disturbing content. I really don't want to fill my head with distrubing images.

But I really do not need a good reason to stop reading a book, if I don't like it, that's enough.

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Yes they do, Karen!! hahaha.. I totally agree on that point. ALWAYS read books in a series in order!! I like that you kept this post positive... such a good thing right now! Have a wonderful week!! <3

All these points resound with me, Susan. I also like to read series in order but one is not always lucky as I have to depend on library books. Thankfully, my preference is for vintage mysteries where series order doesn't matter as much as it does in modern detective series.

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I don't read romance or erotica, so if there's too much sex and it is too graphic, I will stop reading it!

As you know, my TTT didn't exactly follow the rules, either.

I totally agree with your reasons for abandoning books like that. Totally great list. And I would NEVER read books in a series out of order, never ever.

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I'm with you on ALL these reasons. I think you hit all the reasons I'd abandon a book, too. Very fun take on this theme. :D

My mood also affects the books I read! I actually DNF'd Salt to the Sea TWICE before I gave it one last chance, and I ended up absolutely loving it!! I think we're not always in the mood for certain books, but that doesn't mean it won't change! Great post!

I need to have some action too. There have been multiple occassions where I've stopped reading because I got bored because nothing was happening.

Oh I love this take on the topic!
I totally get what you mean about not caring about the characters! I've DNF'd a book at the 70% mark because the characters did something idiotic and I just didn't care to see the fallout.
And I am a big mood reader. There are times when I've put down a book I know I would enjoy if I had picked it up at a different time.

Sloooow stories and terrible writing make me want to abandon books, too. Your topic "Top Ten Reasons I Might Abandon a Book" is so much fun! I'll have to remember it if I ever want to switch the TTT topic...
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I love your spin on this topic! I skipped it but if it comes up again I might have to borrow your take. We have a lot of common reasons for DNFing a book and in fact I just DNF'd one last week because I just didn't care. I might pick it up again because I know a lot of people who loved it but for now it just wasn't for me.

Good take on the topic. I track my reading--otherwise I'd likely pick up the same books again.

I think my top two reasons are when a book is slow and my mood. God forbid I hit both at the same time... then the book has no chance.

I like your spin on this topic! I'll DNF a book for a lot of these reasons, too. I've ditched a couple books last week solely over the action thing! If I get to 30% and feel like nothing's happened, it's a bad sign. The characters is definitely my number two reason. If I can't stand the main character, why would I want to spend 400 painful pages with them?! Love your reasons!

All great reasons to abandon a book Susan. The last two books I abandoned were because of excessive foul language. A few swear words here or there that fit in to a character of plot are tolerable, but books where it is constant, I can not read.

I have to read books in order too! Even if people say you don't have to, I agree you really do need to!