⭒Two Read, One DNFed⭒

[J. P.]

Here’s another :)
Emma, Beowulf, and Great Expectations

[Bella]

Beowulf?

[J. P.]

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.

[Bella]

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. :)

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

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.😊 (I am acutally itching to reread it.)

[Bella]

Great Expectations had me on the edge of my seat by the end! That one was so good, so many plot twists!

[Hannah]

Pachinko, The Goldfinch, and The Inheritance Games

[Ali]

Pachinko? That's the only one I haven't heard of

[J. P.]

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!

[J. P.]

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. :)

[₊‧ ୨୧mollie_]

I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅

[J. P.]

❦✿❀Mollie wrote: "I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅"

Good for you! 😄

[₊‧ ୨୧mollie_]

J wrote: "❦✿❀Mollie wrote: "I would love to play this...but I don't have any dnfs! 😅"

Good for you! 😄"

haha thx ;)

[Hannah]

Alex wrote: "Pachinko? That's the only one I haven't heard of"

Sorry for my late reply but yes!! You are correct :)

[Lilly]

I only have one dnf 😅

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Lilly wrote: "I only have one dnf 😅"

XDD

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

K, I'll go

The Rose Code
The Secret Life of Bees
The Great Gatsby

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

Since Elijah took The Secret Life of Bees, I will say The Rose Code.

I know it’s not TGG🤭

[Elijah]

The Secret Life of Bees?

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Nope, the rose code

[✨ tazannah - not accepting friend requests ✨, ⭒spiritual leader⭒]

Sharon got it!

[✧Bella✧]

The Selection
The Girl behind the Red Rope
The Forgotten Recipe

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

Imma guess The Forgotten Recipe

[Sharon, ⭒botm leader⭒]

The Girl Behind the Red Rope??

[✧Bella✧]

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.

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

😂 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

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

Oh wait, this is one that’s been dnfed. Not just, not read. Interesting. The Girl Behind the Red Rope actually looks very interesting.

[✧Bella✧]

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.

[✧Bella✧]

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.

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

Was it kinda dark or what? I was looking at reviews after I saw you dnfed it and it looked like something I actually probably wouldn’t like.

[✧Bella✧]

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*

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

Yep I got it.

[Elijah]

The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Sound and the Fury, or The Thirty-Nine Steps?

[Elisabeth (Bets), ⭒assistant mod⭒]

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

[Elijah]

Nope

[✧Bella✧]

The Sound and the Fury?

[Elijah]

Yep

[✧Bella✧]

Oh, wow, I was back and forth for a second there, but that one just seemed like the right choice, somehow.

[LotheCat!]

I'm going to take a turn

[LotheCat!]

Disney Lands
Kill the Queen
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

[✧Bella✧]

@Lola--You have the first one listed twice.

[LotheCat!]

oops