Candy Bunny Reader

  This year, I am just going to repost what I posted on Instagram. Please note: I still like the movie version of Howl's Moving Castle.  

  Luckily, there is only one book I gave a low rating to this year, but it wasn't even that bad. But it was still disappointing! In other words, it was 3 stars . That book is... Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I still love the Studio Ghibli movie this book is based off of! Just not the book. This is a case where I found the movie to be waaay better than the book.    But there are lot of books I DNF'd so far.    Here are the ones I DNF because I found them boring/couldn't get into them: 1. Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith 2. The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech 3. Honey Lemon Soda Volume 1 by Mayu Murata 4. Act Cool by Tobly McSmith 5. Mitch and Amy by Beverly Cleary 6. Dear Mr. Earnshaw by Beverly Cleary 7. Save the Date by Morgan Matson 8. A Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne Valante 9. Hold Still by Nina LaCour 10. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale 11. Mao Vol 1 by Rumiko Takahashi  12. Blue Flag Volume ...

  There weren't many books that I gave a low rating, but there are waaaay more books that I DNF (did not finish). I guess you can consider this an unpopular opinions post. Luckily tomorrow I will post the best books of the year which includes new favorites! Worst Books (all 2 stars): 1. Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 2. To All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han 3. Magic for Marigold by LM Montgomery I decided this year to split the DNF list into 3 categories. From books I thought were boring,  books I thought were bad, and nonfiction books that were actually pretty interesting, but made their points very early on and could've been shortened down.  Here are the books I DNF because I found them boring/couldn't get into them: 1. Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman 2. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 4. Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth 5. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 6. Rickety Stitch Volume 1 by Ben Costa a...

I swear at least one of these will really shock you.  Well, have fun looking at my unpopular opinions! Luckily I have only three books that I read that I disliked, but not because they were objectively bad, I was personally just disappointed with them. Here they are: Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson -3 stars Serafina and the Seven Stars by Robert Beatty -3.5 stars Frieren Volume 5 by Kanehito Yamada -3 stars And here are all the books I DNF'd... 😬 Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman Unbowed by Wangari Mathai Hurricane Child by Kacen Callendar  A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchison Apollo's Angels by Jennifer Homans To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Spellbound by Bishakh Som Rickety Stitch Volume 1 by Ben Costa and James Parks Replay by Sharon Creech Purple Cow by Seth Godin The ...

  You are seeing this post now because I forgot to make one in December! Luckily the "worst books" were all 3 star books. Not the worst things I ever read, but they could've been better. I will have links to their reviews if applicable. I DNF'd a total of 30 books last year. But it was worth it. Life is too short to read things you don't like/find boring. Here are the worst books of 2023: Given Volume 4 by Natsuki Kizu Given Volume 6 by Natsuki Kizu Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman Our Dreams at Dusk 2 by Yuhki Kamatani Our Dreams at Dusk 3 by Yuhki Kamatani Sheets by Brenna Thummler All of the books I DNF: Anne of Windy Poplars by LM Montgomery You're Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner Take me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson Monday is Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson Nancy Drew and the Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene Lunch Money by Andrew Clements American Panda by Gloria Chao The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford Spinning by Tillie Wald...

Warning: Potentially unpopular opinions ahead. Unfortunately, yes, we are going to be a little negative today. These are the worst books I read so far this year. I rated these either 3 stars or lower. Well, this particular list is all 3 stars .  These are not books I DNF (aka 0 stars). That will be the next post. The books you see here are all books I read from beginning to end. I do not personally recommend them, but I not discouraging you from checking them out either. Maybe you might like them more than me, but if your reading tastes are similar to mine and you trust me for recommendations, you might not like these.  Anyway, here is the list (and links to reviews if applicable): Our Dreams at Dusk Volumes 2 and 3 by Yuhki Kamatani Given Volumes 4 and 6 by Natsuki Kizu Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman   Sheets by Brenna Thummler Well, that wasn't too long! What disappointing books have you read so far?

  These are books I read in their entirety this year. These are not books I DNF (did not finish). That will be it's own separate post. The best books of the year will come later this week. That will be more in list format since I read so many good books this year. This post and the DNF post which will also come later will be more detailed since I read very few books I didn't like this year. 1. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (pictured above) This book is about a girl named Mary Lennox who grew up in India and has been spoiled her whole life, but is also really lonely and craving company. After her parents die, she is sent to live with her rich Uncle Craven in the UK. There she meets a ton of new, friendly people and starts forming real human connections, and discovers a hidden garden that belonged to her late aunt that her uncle closed up after she died. Mary starts a mini project to tidy up the garden and make it look good, and forms more human connections thro...