With all of the books below, I'm at 45 books for the year and 14 did-not-finish.
The fact that I started 7 (SEVEN) books this month that I didn't feel like finishing means that I doubt I'll hit 50 books. There's no rhyme or reason behind 50. It's just a nice even number for me because there ain't no way I'm making it to 100.
I'm a few chapters into a book right now, but who knows if I'll finish it because I've become very lax about this these days.
Also, I'm reading the book of Luke each night on my phone in bed. I'll hopefully have thoughts on this maybe next week? Rebecca is doing an insightful recap each day.
But the point there ^ is that it cuts into any other desires I have to read at night before I go to sleep.
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
This was such a fabulous book. All the rave reviews are correct! I'm normally not into character-driven books; I like plot. But I was so curious about these characters. I love that it started in the late 60s/early 70s and went on for decades. It was one of the best I've read this year for sure.
In my opinion, this book is everything Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng) wanted to be, but wasn't. LFE was good but it was wasn't nearly as deep as this one.
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
And wait: Read this blurb that I just now noticed on Goodreads. Are they trying to frame this as a ...mystery? Uh, it's not. It'd be a LOT more interesting if it was.
DNF:
The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan
I didn't care about the main character. 70 or so pages into the book, she didn't matter to me. If something is going to be a mystery, I need it to be a mystery I care about, I suppose. I think I want to like Gilly MacMillan books more than I actually do. They're just okay if you have nothing else to do.
And this selection that I never really got into enough to care. There was nothing wrong with any of them, actually. But they weren't doing it for me. I think I burned out on audiobooks in October and now I'm not into them.
I used Scribd for all it was worth for two months and then canceled it. I didn't want to pay for a service I had no desire to use. At least, with Audible, you don't pay for the service and feel that you always have to get your money's worth.
Linking up with Jana and Steph!