Top 10 Tuesday: Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn't

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1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - To be perfectly honest, I did put this one down, but then I picked it up months later, so I think this totally counts.
2. Room by Emma Donaghue - This was a hard read. Child abuse really hits me, and as this one is narrated by the kid, it was downright painful to read.

3. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink: I just had a really, really hard time getting into this one; although it did grow on me a bit after I let the whole thing percolate.
4. No Touch Monkey and Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late by Ayun Halliday: I feel so bad saying this, but I just didn't like this one. Too much about the traveler and not enough about the travel. I did make i all the way through though.

5. The Vampyre by John Polidori: This was more like a summary than a story, but it's importance to vampire mythology had me sticking to it.
6. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: This was one I almost put down pure and simple because I did not want it to end. I loved it so much that I actually considered stopping about 3/4 of the way through just to prolong the pleasure.

Okay, so I only came up with six, not ten, but well, that's the way it goes sometimes.