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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read a lot, so I both DNF and reread pretty frequently. I’m always looking for recommendations or willing to try a new author, and so I start a lot of books that really just aren’t for me. For example, I DNFed a couple of Colleen Hoover books before accepting although she’s enormously popular, not my cup of tea. I also DNFed a couple of Kristin Hannah books, again incredibly popular, but the books were so relentlessly depressing and full of suffering, I just couldn’t take it.

I also do a lot of rereading. I’ve been going back and rereading some classics, like Jane Eyre and The Great Gatsby, because it’s been decades and I was young when I read them. I’ll also reread books when one of my kids becomes interested, so we can chat about the books as we go. For example, I reread the Harry Potter books and The Thursday Murder Club series for the kid bonding. I also love a good comfort read, a book that I know I will like and characters that I will enjoy spending time with, like Pride and Prejudice.

Like one of the PPs, I also feel like I don’t remember the details of what I read as much as I used to. It may be getting older (I’m in my 50s) or that I read 200+ books a year and my brain can only hold so much.[/quote]

I have DNFed so many books lately. I just lose patience with ridiculous plots or characters or tropes.

I tried re-reading The Great Gatsby as an adult and by choice versus forced reading when young, and I couldn't finish it.

I'm so glad I'm not alone in being unable to remember details of what I'm reading! I hope it's because I read so much versus that my memory is going. 
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