Comments on: Mini-Reviews: Transcription by Kate Atkinson and The Caregiver by Samuel Park

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:17:59 +0000

Looking at you- making up new words for book nerds!

I felt the same way about Transcription. Both the excitement and then the extreme disappointment. I DNFed it at 80% which is insane but I was SO bored. Simply did not have the nergy or interest to continue.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:40:27 +0000

In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

For me skimworthy is one step up from DNF!

I’m still on the fence about Bitter Orange, but by the end of the day hope to have a better feeling about it…one way or the other.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:38:32 +0000

In reply to Angela. If you didn't like Life After Life, you might actually like Transcription. It was exactly the repetition that I loved about Life After Life.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:37:22 +0000

In reply to renee. I think skimworthy is an adjective that many of us could use a lot. I had just jotted it down in some notes about Transcription, and then realized it really applies to other books, too. I'll be really interested to hear what you think of The Caregiver. I don't think I know anyone else who's read it.

By: renee

renee — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:41:47 +0000

I have Caregiver so I’ll give it a try. I’ll need to use this new word of yours in the future since every now and then I end up skimming…recently Ghosted was skimworthy:)

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:30:43 +0000

Haha, it’s totally okay to come up with your own words! I agree that the premise of Transcription sounds interesting, but I also thought the premise of Life After Life sounded interesting and that book became very repetitive. I’ll probably skip this one!

By: Sarah's Book Shelves

Sarah's Book Shelves — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:56:41 +0000

That’s the worst when highly anticipated books don’t pan out (see Bitter Orange for me – ha!).

And skimworthy = DNF for me!