Reads I Quit So Far in 2026

We're not at the end of March and I have quit so many reads. I didn't finish *deep breath in* Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien, Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher, Domination by Professor Alice Robert, Hidden in Snow by Viveca Sten (with Marlaine Delargy as translator) and, a few days ago, Thirty Love by Tom Vellner. 

Now, I have written blogposts about my decision to quit Wuthering Heights and Fellowship of the Ring. The others, not so much. The first three of these four (Tea & Alchemy, Domination and Hidden in Snow) were impulse audiobook reads that intrigued me, but the stakes were low. I tried, I went "Not my cup of tea", returned audiobooks back to library or Kindle Unlimited and moved on with my life. 

But the last one - Thirty Love - really annoys me. I preordered this and had such high hopes. I saw the cover and read the blurb and went "This is gonna be a good! A steamy MM romance set in the world of tennis. Sign me up!". And I gave it a good go - 44%. But this was just meh, and not exactly what the blurb promised. 

I was expecting heat, passion, longing. Instead I got a slow burn romance. A slow, slow burn. Our two leads were beginning to become more civil to each other (they are tennis rivals after all), but also, this is more weighty than I was expecting: our lead's dad (who is his coach) has MS and there is another medicinal situation, we see homophobia, sexism. 

So yeah, this is a little dry and not hitting that sweet spot for me. It's heavier than I was expect and I want heat, passion, hot yet tender moments. Oh no, am that gif from Grey's Anatomy.

What annoys me is I have several preorders on Audible and Amazon (I know, am a monster) and this is making me second guess myself. Do I still trust myself over my upcoming preorders (Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth, Massif by Garth Nix, The Open Era by Edward Schmit, Andromeda by E.S. McLeod and The Shadow Friends by Tess Gerritsen)? Hopefully not as most of these are from authors I trust, but when you go through a lot of quitting reads/audiobooks, it makes you doubt yourself…

Hopefully, over the next few weeks, I will get my groove back. I do want to try A Court of Thorns and Roses but might hold fire for a niceness in deep with my crime reading… I shall report when I do a reading wrap-up/update!