PURE

Author:  Julianna Baggott

Genre:  YA Sci-Fic, Standalone

Published:  2012

Personal Rating:  DNF #4

Format:  eBook

A post-apocalyptic read appealed to me, so I requested this from NetGalley and was grateful to receive it.  However, I discovered after only reading 9% (approx. 40 pages) of this book that it was not for me.  In general I thought the storyline was moving along okay, then beasts and people that reach out from the earth that grab and pull you down appeared.  Whether they would reappear or not, those types of characters don't set well with me, so I decided to move on.

Amazon has an average rating of 4/5 (141 reviews), so you may want to check out some of those.

MOON OVER MANIFEST

Author:  Claire Vanderpool

Genre:  YA Fiction, Standalone

Published:  2010

Personal Rating:  DNF #3

Format:  Audiobook

Eek!  This is a Newbery winner, and I have abandoned it!  So sad.  :(  It was time to move on when I began CD 3 of 7 and realized while I liked the main character, I wasn't enjoying the storyline.

NOTHING TO ENVY

Author:  Barbara Demick

Genre:  Non-Fiction, Standalone

Published:  2009

Personal Rating:  DNF #2

Format:  Audiobook

After almost completing 2 of 10 CDs, I decided to let this one go.  I had only read great things about it and saw high ratings on Amazon, but I am just not in the right mood for it.  At one point in my reading life, I would probably try this book again at a more mood appropriate time.  However, now-a-days, I'm learning to just let things go.

STATE OF WONDER

Author: Ann Patchett

Genre: Fiction, Standalone

Published:  2011

Personal Rating: DNF #1

Format: Audiobook

After wasting hours upon hours on a previous book I should have abandoned, I decided to not let this one go down the same path. I abandoned this one in the middle of Disc 4 of 11.  It was b-o-r-i-n-g.