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⭒Two Read, One DNFed⭒
Close; I actually did read Beowulf (Tolkien’s translation :). The book I didn’t finish is Emma, which I’m planning to pick up again eventually.
Oh, I have been wanting to read Tolkien's translation of it so badly! Was it good? And I love Emma, that is definitely one that needs finishing. :)
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Emma, Beowulf, and Great Expectations"
Out of those choices, I would have said Great Expectations. I found it terribly boring. Definitely get back to Emma! I loved it.😊 (I am acutally itching to reread it.)
Great Expectations had me on the edge of my seat by the end! That one was so good, so many plot twists!
Pachinko, The Goldfinch, and The Inheritance Games
Pachinko? That's the only one I haven't heard of
Isa wrote: "Oh, I have been wanting to read Tolkien's translation of it so badly! Was it good? And I love Emma, that is definitely one that needs finishing. :)"Yes, it was excellent! Its one downside is that its syntax can be rather complicated, so it’s not the most easily readable translation. I found that it was helpful to cross-reference with the Seamus Heaney version, which is somewhat simpler. :) And yes, I’m certainly going to read Emma again at some point!
Sharon wrote: "J wrote: "Here’s another :)Emma, Beowulf, and Great Expectations"
Out of those choices, I would have said Great Expectations. I found it terribly boring. Definitely get back to Emma! I loved it.😊..."
Yes, the first few chapters of Great Expectations are probably the most interesting part of the book (though I did like all of it). :) I’ll likely try to find someone to do a buddy read of Emma, as I might need some motivation to finish it…I like but do not love Jane Austen. :)
I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅
❦✿❀Mollie wrote: "I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅"Good for you! 😄
J wrote: "❦✿❀Mollie wrote: "I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅"Good for you! 😄"
haha thx ;)
Alex wrote: "Pachinko? That's the only one I haven't heard of"Sorry for my late reply but yes!! You are correct :)
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The Rose Code
The Secret Life of Bees
The Great Gatsby
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I know it’s not TGG🤭
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Sharon got it. Good job, Sharon. :) And good guess, Bets, I added that one just to confuse anyone who actually knows anything about my reading preferences lol.
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Elisabeth wrote: "😂 it just seemed so “unlike” what I know about what you read that I was suspicious it wasn’t the unread one. But then i decided to go with it anyways. lol"Yeah, tricking people was the point. I read it like three years ago, when my preferences were a little difference, although Amish romance was never a favorite genre of mine.
Elisabeth wrote: "Oh wait, this is one that’s been dnfed. Not just, not read. Interesting. The Girl Behind the Red Rope actually looks very interesting."Yeah, I thought it looked interesting too, which is why I started it. But I didn't like the feeling it gave me. Hard to describe, and maybe I would feel differently now, as this was a couple of years ago, but I was no more than maybe five chapters in when I decided to dnf.
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Yeah, it was pretty dark. And I can handle dark sometimes, but not the type of dark that this was, if that makes any sense. *shrugs*
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The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Sound and the Fury, or The Thirty-Nine Steps?
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Oh, wow, I was back and forth for a second there, but that one just seemed like the right choice, somehow.
@Lola--You have the first one listed twice.
It's been so long since this thread's been active that I'm gonna tryMatilda
Little Women
Echo North
I'm going to guess Matilda.The Captive Heart
Memory Lane
All the Light We Cannot See
all the light we cannot see is the dnffive broken blades
the secret history
the princess companion
@Clare, oohh, okay! I had a feeling I would get it wrong, lol.@Bella, yep! You're right.
the dnf was actually five broken blades (it's one of those ones I might come back to later, but idk XD)
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