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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #151 – Books I Struggled To Get Into (Or Put Down Because Reasons)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Books I Struggled To Get Into
(Or Put Down Because Reasons)

Initial Thoughts:

I typically power through what I read so I can gain a wider breadth of understanding for the subject matter when critiquing. This isn’t to say that DNF-ing doesn’t have merit but it’s just not for me. I tend to put books down with the intentions to pick it back up later so I’ll have to sort this list in two categories: (1) books I had a hard time reading but ended up finishing, and (2) books I put on hold but will end up finishing at a later date.

I will try to be as current as possible.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #150 – Literary Father Figures

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Literary Father Figures

Initial Thoughts:

Father figures give me all the feels because my pops is whom I grew up with mainly, so there’s something special about reading father/child dynamics.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #149 – Summer Books To Breeze Through (May 2017 Edition)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Summer Books To Breeze Through
(May 2017 Edition)

Initial Thoughts:

I’m going to breeze through this list with picks that I have hauled previously but have still not had a chance to read because it me.

I say May 2017 edition because surely this list may change in the future as I will come to surely discover more “summery” reads.


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