Unfinished Books

I have not finished every book I started. I tried to give each book a chance by reading at least the first few chapters.

Here lay those books that for one reason or another I did not manage to finish reading.

1. The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman - This book started out strong, but delved more into the saga and story telling world than hard facts.

2. The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830's London - I wanted to like it, but it often got sidetracked on seemingly unnecessary details of the periphery.

3. The Food of a Younger Land - Honestly, I just lost interest.

4. Arc d'X - Lost interest

5. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - I really wanted to like this one; I kept plodding along and finally gave up on page 258.

6. Why There's Antifreeze in Your Toothpaste - Just lost interest.

7. How We Die - The writing wasn't as interesting as the premise behind it.

8. American Passage: The History of Ellis Island - The book was due, couldn't be renewed. I stopped on page 238 and plan on finishing it at some point.

9. You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall - As someone who takes pride in my ability to not get lost, I was curious about those that are perennially lost. Another one that had a better premise than writing.

10. Wind, Sand and Stars - Again, I just lost interest.

11. The Man Eaters of Tsavo - Not as interesting as I had hoped.