TTT: Books I’d Give A Second Chance

Books I’d Give A Second Chance

This weeks topic is “Books you DNF’d too quickly” but once I DNF I don’t go back. However, there are books I had a hard time getting into and ended up putting down, that I’d like to try again. And they are:

1. The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton – This is a really recent one, I received an ARC copy and I was really excited but it is a book that requires focus and commitment, neither of which I possessed at the time. I still have a positive feeling and high hopes for this so I would like to try reading it again.
2. Strange the Dreamer by Lanini Taylor – The audiobook narrator is very monotone and I found it hard to stay focused or become immersed. I would like to try it again but physically reading it this time.
3. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – I’m not sure if I was in a reading slumped or if I’ve lost interest in the story but I’d like to try it again and maybe finish the series.
4. Duskfall by Christopher Husberg – I never got very far into this 550-page book but I didn’t connect with any of the characters at the time. Maybe I’ll feel differently the second time around?
5. True Born by L.E. Sterling – I wanted to love this one because it’s a Canadian author and it has mutants. Nothing really grabbed hold of me in the first few chapters and it was easy to forget.
6. The Novice by Taran Matharu – This one is probably highest on my must-try-again list. Everything about the summary suggests I will love this series but the beginning was very slow and hard to connect with.
7. This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner – I LOVED These Broken Stars but this one didn’t grab me from the first pages like TBS did.
8. The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes – Okay I have no reason for not reading this one because I loved it. I owned it as an ebook and didn’t have a kindle at the time so I was reading ebooks on my phone and that’s what I didn’t like about it.
9. Legend by Marie Lu – The audiobook was awful! I didn’t even make it past the first 5 minutes, and while I know that it was the narrator and not the book I can’t help but hesitate to pick it up again.
10. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi – I think this is another one I’m blaming on the audiobook version. The writing is an unusual format and it just doesn’t translate well and I have a physical copy so I’d like to try it again.

Would you vouch for any of these?
Which ones am I better off forgetting?
What books would you give a second chance?

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Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: August 30th 2016
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Source: ARC from Yallwest
Link to the author: http://www.taherehbooks.com/

Click Here For The Goodreads Summary 

Rating:

3.5 ferrenberries out of 5

Buzz Words:

Magic, Adventure, Danger, Quest

Favourite Quote:

“Oh Picnicsticks!”

“They walked for days. Weeks. Months and Years.
‘Don’t be so dramatic,’ Oliver said. ‘It’s only been fifteen minutes'”

My thoughts:
I’d like to start out by letting you know this is my first book my Tahereh Mafi so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The cover is out of this world amazing and Tahereh’s words painted a world just as vivid. I have never pictured a world so bright and beautiful. You could tell from the way she writes that she see’s things very differently from most. I think if Tahereh described an ordinary apple it would become fascinating. Alice Queensmeadow (I love her name) goes on a quest to find her father and her only companion is a boy named Oliver who Alice clearly despises. I like when two characters are thrown together and butt heads at the start, it often makes for a comical journey. The quote I loved perfectly sums up the banter between the two characters that I loved. I did giggle often while reading Furthermore but I often found Alice annoying as well. There were times I had to put down the book because situations were so dramatic and exaggerated. It just wasn’t to my taste. I also found that while Furthermore itself was interesting it was too random and I was often confused. I know that some enjoy that sort of whimsy, but I do not. This is no reflection on the writer, just my personal taste. I enjoyed the middle of the book when Alice and Oliver started to work together but then all of a sudden we came to the end. It felt rushed and convenient. All in all I enjoyed it, I would like to read more by the author and it will leave a lasting impression on me. I doubt I will ever read another book as vibrant or erratic.