Dude, I really tried. I think I need to DNF this Just boring as heelll.(No offence to anyone who enjoys, just not for me)

What are the tropes that you have come across and it ruined your whole reading experience of the book? Or gave you an ick? Or you just really judged the author?

For me, it had always been cheating. I find that in fiction, you can build your own perfect or imperfect world, you create your own rules and your own people. You set the story on your own, you are the one who decides the fate and destinies of your character. How do you willingly put two people destined to be together who are each other's "true" loves and make them cheat whether on the main love interest or side character? I can excuse it when a mc cheats on their partner if they are shittiest person in the world, but some of these authors write such great partners of the mcs and make them cheat on them. And we are supposed to root for the new couple that got together through infidelity?

How do you guys determine when you've officially DNFed/paused a book? Cause I've been "reading" a book for a while, but I haven't opened it in years.

I just can't bring myself to officially call it a DNF lol. Like I know I'll read it SOMETIMES.

So is there like a time frame? "I haven't read this book in x amount of weeks so it officially a paused book"?

Hi all! I'm new here and SO PLEASED I found this site. I've been dreaming of a book place like this.

I'm old enough to have been an avid reader for literal decades. Now I just wish to make sure there are others here too (age does not matter when it comes to reading, just curious).

Were you listening to Nirvana and reading The Secret History when it first came out?

Nice to meet you all!

1. Classics forever or only new releases?
2. Unlimited books or unlimited time to read?
3. Amazing story but bad writing, or beautiful writing with no plot?
4. Reread your favourite book forever or never reread any book again?
5. Only read books under 200 pages or only read books over 500 pages?
6. Always sad endings or always predictable happy endings?
7. Lose the first chapter or the last chapter of every book?
8. Only read books by your favourite author or discover a new author every time?
9. Only read series or only read stand-alone novels?
10. Always have books spoiled for you or never talk about books again?

So far it's a very cut-and-dry approach to the categories being discussed. But you can tell it's written in the 60s because there are some little tidbits here and there that have since been updated by historians or archeologists now that new technologies and artifacts have been found or brought into the conversation.

While I believe it's a useful book to acquire baseline information on the topic of the Middle Ages, I almost feel like you could find better resources from more contemporary authors from their professional fields and leave this one to the wayside.