Serial Readers Unite! discussion

I'm pretty ruthless when it comes to kicking a book or series to the curb. A lot of it has to do with the writing quality or use of 1st person POV. It takes a LOT for me to stick with 1st person. Just a pet peeve of mine. I'm gonna have to weed through my dnf and "this should be burned in a garbage fire" books and get them up here.

Elder Races by Thea Harrison



The first couple books were really good! Then something happened and everyone started to annoy me and the plot just got too ridiculous for me to keep up with.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas



I know I'm the statistical outlier on this, but WOW, I couldn't even finish the first book. 1st person and a completely unsympathetic narrator. I just couldn't force myself through it.

The Mighty Thor by Jason Aaron



This was actually really good but my mom was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer which, over the past 25 years, has spread to her lungs and other organs. And is the same diagnosis Jane was given. And I just couldn't finish it. Hit far too close to home.

Anything by Catherine Anderson



I was so into her Kendrick/Coulter/Harrington series years ago but the rancher set just isn't my cuppa these days. She also started to get preachy and religious and as an agnostic, I'm not here for that.

New 52 Batwoman



The first couple of books were SO. GOOD. Then DC retracted their promise to let A Thing happen and the story hit the skids and just was not worth the time and money I was putting into it.

Love By Numbers by Sarah MacLean



The first book was ok but something went wrong in book 2 and I refused to finish it. That something being poor writing and bad characters.

Runaway Brides by Kaki Warner



There was a period of time where I was reading only historical romances and had branched out into Western romances as well. It was a somewhat short-lived period of time and when I got around to reading book 2 in this series, I wasn't in the mood for this setting anymore.

Nightwing (2016)


This got kicked around by several writers, half of whom had no idea how to actually write Dick Grayson. Then King was allowed to Do That Bad Thing, and it's just completely awful now.

I love my son, but I can't stomach this crap storyline any longer.

Captain America by Nick Spencer



Two words: Hydra Cap.

Bevelstoke by Julia Quinn



I didn't enjoy the first book at all. Since I have so many other books to read, I decided to not continue this series.

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon



The first book didn't wow me. I'm fine watching the TV series to find out what happens.

Rules of Scoundrels by Sarah MacLean

Total: 4
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I just don't enjoy MacLean's storytelling. Her heroes are all assholes and her heroines are all stubborn misfits and none of it is fun for me.

Scandal & Scoundrel by Sarah MacLean

Total: 3
Read: 1



See comment above.

Justice League Dark (2018)



I'm not a gore-horror fan and I don't like where this story goes so I'm dropping it from my reading and pull lists.

New 52 Justice League Dark



Not for me.

Shazam! by Geoff Johns



I was skimming the floppies, I couldn't be bothered to actually read them.

First Comes Love by Amelia Grey



I skimmed the last 50 pages just to get through it. I didn't care for the writing style so I won't be reading any more of these.

Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer



Problem 1: first person POV. Problem 2: I hated the movie. Result: I'm not going to finish the books.

Harry Potter by JK Rowling



Confession: I've never been able to get through book 5 and I've seen the later movies only once each.

Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris



The first four books were good, then it just got ridiculous. And I didn't like the TV show.

Batgirl (2016)



I tried reading this several times the past three years and, frankly, I'm more excited about the shelf space that will be freed up when I sell this series off than I am about any of the plots. I'm officially DNFing.

New 52 Supergirl



Kara is far too immature and judgey for my taste. I thought she might get better later on but all the crossovers with Superman and Superboy showed me she has zero character growth. Not interested in wasting my time on this.

DC icons

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The Superman book was so bad that I lost all interest and confidence in the ones remaining and sold them over the weekend.

Vera Stanhope by Ann Cleaves


When I write, I flesh out my characters, give them extensive backstories, etc. Friends I bounce ideas off of like to joke that I've named the fern owned by the MC's great-aunt-twice-removed. But I don't put the full history in the actual story because the reader would find it unnecessary and boring. And this book is proof of that. I'll stick with the TV show.

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim



I've never really liked The Count of Monte Cristo and not even a queer/gender bent version isn't enough to hold my interest.

Timeless Fairy Tales by K.M. Shea



I've tried to read three more of these now and keep putting them down or DNFing them, so I think that's a sign. Whatever magic happened in the first two books just did not carry forward in the rest of the series for me.

Sans wrote: "DC icons

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This is a tricky type of series to dnf for me since each book is written by a different author. Good to be aware of that first one though, whenever I finally get around to checking the series out.

Mage Wars by Mercedes Lackey



Life is too short for bad 90's fantasy.

An Ember in the Ashes



I'm sure this is a great book and under other circumstances I'd be all over the Ancient Rome-esque setting but at this point in my life, I don't have the emotional energy for these kind of kill-or-be-killed kind of YA books.

Sans wrote: "Anything by Catherine Anderson



I was so into her Kendrick/Coulter/Harrington series years ago but the rancher set just isn't my cuppa these days. She also started to g..."

Yeah I had 4 books of this series but IDK. Flipping through it I don't think it's really my thing either. So off they just went.

Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh



I liked the first book but I don't have any real interest in finishing the series.