Hi guys! It's Olivia here from Olivia's Catastrophe and today i'm here to
show you and tell you about the top 10
books that I keep putting off. If you are
like me you had a not DNF books. Instead
of DNf'ing them you save them and
tell yourself that you were going to
pick them back up later. Which usually
you eventually do, it can just take your
jolly good time to get around to it. Or
they're books that you just don't want to
finish for whatever reason. Or books that
you keep telling yourself you're going
to start and you keep putting on your
mental TBR as: you should read that this
month. And then you never do. So let's get
down to the top 10 books that I keep
putting off. The first book I have to
talk about is Clash of Kings by George RR
Martin. Embarrassingly, I went through my
Instagram feed and I found a post which
was dated two years ago that said, 'hey
guys, today I've started Clash of Kings.'
Two years has passed and I have not
finished Clash of Kings. I'm actually
round about over half way. Just about
over halfway point. Why has it taken me
two years to get to this point? It's
because I've not actually been reading
it. What I tend to do is pick up up the
book, read a chapter, then put it down and
then don't pick it up for a month or two,
and then read another chapter. And I know
that's a very infuriating way for some
people to read but I don't actually mind
reading that way, because I constantly
keep everything in my head. I don't feel
lost. I don't forget things. But yeah, it's
a bit infuriatting that it's been two
years and I still haven't finished this book.
So it just feels like it's been so long
in my head and it's not even that I'm
not enjoying it because I am enjoying
the book, I just can't bring myself to
read it. It's it's really weird and I do
want to actually finish it this year if
I possibly can. The second book that I've
been putting off is The Clockwork Prince
by Cassandra Clare. So I read The Mortal
Instruments series and I absolutely
loved it and adored it and raced through
the whole thing. And then I read
Clockwork Angel which I believe is the
first one, and I was just so disappointed.
I felt like the characters were carbon
copies of the Mortal Instruments series
and I felt like nothing was unique. I
liked the world but I wasn't a huge fan
of the plot or the characters that we were meeting
in this one. So then when I went on to
the second one my interest just
completely petered out. I got to exactly
halfway through the book and then I put
it on pause. Again, I think this was about
two years ago when I started uni. And
since then I just haven't picked it back
up at all. It's not dnf'd because at some
point I'm going to finish it. And I want
to finish the series because everybody
says Clockwork Princess is amazing. I
just haven't felt very motivated to do
so and it's gone back onto my back list
of books to pick up. I don't know when
I'm gonna get to it but that is one that
I've been putting off for quite a while.
And the next one is Crazy Rich Asians by
Kevin... something. Don't really remember
his last name but yes, I started to read
this one on eBook form and I absolutely
hated it. The writing is awful. Character
development is non-existent. The plot is
uninteresting to me. I just felt like it
was written so so so so so badly. So I
got about halfway and then I put it down.
I was borrowing the e-book from a library
and I had to return it and I didn't want
to extend it because I wasn't in the
mood to read it. I was thinking about maybe
trying the audiobook form. Audiobooks
tends to be the form in which I read
books that I want to finish but I don't
actually want to read that much, but I
want to read it just to know that I've read
it and move on to the adaption or move
on to understanding the pop-culture
references. Aka what I did with Harry
Potter. So maybe I'll pick up the
audiobook for Crazy Rich Asians at some
point and finish it. I am halfway. So
those are all books that I've started
but haven't finished. But then there are
books that I haven't even started that I
keep putting off anyway. First up we've
got Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. I've
read some of the A Court of Thorns and
Roses series. I'm not particularly that
thrilled by it. So I was a bit
underwhelmed and then I've got Throne of Glass and I'm just like: am I gonna read it
or not? And also Jade from Jaded Reader
read Throne of Glass and we tend to have a
similar readings taste. And she just
doesn't seem to have really loved it and
she struggles to get into the second one
so I just don't have much hope for me and
this series. It's a book that I've been
bringing everywhere. When I've been going
to London I've been taking it with me. When I've been going home I've been
taking it with me. Always intending to
just finally give myself that final push
and to read it. I just never really do.
Then we have Linger by Maggie Stiefvater.
Linger is the sequel to Shiver by
Maggie Stiefvater. Shiver was the first
book that I read by her and I absolutely
hated it. I then went on to read The
Ravens Boy series which I absolutely loved
but Linger is also on my TBR pile. And I
don't know whether I should read it or
not. I disliked Shiver so much that I'm
wondering will I like Linger? Or was I
just not ready for Maggie Stiefvater's style
back then and I'll like Linger more now
that I read the Raven cycle and enjoyed
it? And I really just can't make up my
mind. Am I gonna hate it because it's a
sequel to a book I hate, and it's
actually the plot and the characters
that I don't like? Or is it just that I
wasn't used to Maggie Stiefvater's writing
style? I don't know which one it is and
as I'm trying to debate whether to
unhaul it or give it a try I just
haven't picked it up. Just been delaying
it. So it's just sitting there look at me
and I'm just looking back at it. Then we
have War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I
think you all know why this one is one
that I've been putting off. It is huge. It
is huge! It is so so so so so big. It's
gonna take me time it. Intimidates me. But
I do really want to read it. My older
sister read it and she really enjoyed it
and I really just... it's a beast but it's
one of those books that you can feel proud
of having read. And I do think I'm gonna
like it. I just need to give myself a
nice long holiday where I can just sit
down and read it. Then we have The Hating
Game by Sally Thorne. This one is the book
that is very very popular. It's new adult
romance and everybody seems to really
love it. And I think I'm going to love it.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it.
I've actually decided before reading the
book that I'm going to love it. And
that's why I'm delaying it because
sometimes I decide like, I'm gonna love
that book. I really am. And it's not even
that the hype is making me think I'm
gonna love it, I've just decided the
concept and everything I'm in love with
it. But then it makes me not want to read
the book because I've decided I love it
so what if I don't love it? That is the
only excuse I have for putting that one
off. Then we've got The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss. I got this one as a
present for my lovely friend for
Christmas. And he keeps asking me have
you read it, have you read it, have you
read it? And I'm like: no...
And originally I didn't want to read it
because there was no due date or like,
publishing date for the final book. And
there'd been a lot of years so I wanted
to just make sure we were going to get a
complete series. But I think now there is
one? So I have no excuse. So I should
really just start reading this book now.
And last but not least we have The Power
by Naomi Alderman. It's one that is
compared to The Handmaid's Tale. It's
very feminist. My younger sister read it
and loved it. Both of my older sisters--so basically
all my sisters have read it and loved it. It's a little bit of pressure because I
didn't love The Handmaid's Tale. I really
appreciated it and I thought it was a
good book but I just did not connect
with the writing style. So I'm worried
that I'm gonna not connect with the
writing style of this one and I don't
want to dislike it because my sisters
like it and that's high praise if
they've all read it and liked it. But
hopefully I'll get to it soon. And there
you have it. Those are the top ten books that
I keep putting off at the moment. Please
let me know in the comment section down
below is there a book that you put off
and what is your reason for putting it
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