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Starstruck
Starstruck | Brenda Hiatt
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Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict “aunt,” she’s not even sure who she is. M’s dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly—literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly humdrum life forever . . . and expose her to perils she never dreamed of. Yes, the middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!
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This BookRiot article by Danika Ellis has me thinking about the DNF!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bookriot.com/im-breaking-up-with-3-star-reads/amp/

Lindy I will abandon a book if I‘m not enjoying it, which is why I rarely have 1- or 2-star books on my goodreads shelf. If I give a book 3 stars, I can confidently say that I‘m glad to have read it, that it was worth my time. And I love the experience when a book that seemed like a 3-star read suddenly shifts up to 4 or 5 stars as I get further in. 3y
Kristin_Reads Good article! I count DNFs toward my pages read total but not book count total. That has freed me to put down a book at any point and not feel bad about it. (edited) 3y
Well-ReadNeck @lindy @Kristin_Reads Oooooh! It‘s so interesting to hear different ideas about this!!! 3y
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marleed Oh interesting. I‘m typically interested in what I pick up to read and for a variety of reasons. I usually want to finish them but if tempted to DNF, I‘m curious to consider what it was about me or my mood that didn‘t connect so I keep reading on. Every once in a while I fall into something I‘m offended by and those I really need to DNF because they crawl into my psyche in a creepy way. 3y
rwmg Yhere are some books I realise are just not for me in the first 20 or 30 pages, there are others where at some point I will realise it's taking forever to finish because I would rather do almost anything than go back to it. 3y
Laughterhp I love this! Sometimes I know I‘m not going to love a book and I‘ll put it down. Other times I force myself to read books and it takes forever! I have a shelf on my goodreads to DNF books and it doesn‘t go towards my book count. 3y
JoyBlue Thanks for sharing! I have started DNFing much sooner and more often, myself. I still occasionally read too long into a book that's not cutting it for me. I think I'll take this to heart.

I do the same thing as @Kristin_Reads in terms of keeping track of my DNF pages even though I don't count those books in my total books read count. It doesn't show up on Goodreads, but at least *I know* the truth.
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