Hello and happy Saturday. Today I will tell you about the books I’ve been reading, but I’m not going to formally review them and I’m not going to share any links like I usually do. The reason why I won’t review the first book I started this week was that it was a DNF, which means that I didn’t finish it, so I don’t feel like investing a lot of time and effort on it. The book is titled Chick Lit and Other Formulas for Life, and despite this being a super alluring title for me, the novel itself did not meet the expectations that I had. Now, I want to be fair and say that the problem was mine; like I mentioned, I had high expectations and in my mind I had this idea of how the story would go, which didn’t match the reality of what I was reading. And since I’m no longer enduring things I don’t have to endure, I simply moved on to the next book.

The next book, the book I am currently reading, is The Book of Enoch. If it sounds like something religious to you, it’s because it is. I first read about The Book of Enoch in Where Things Go Back by John Corey Whaley, which is a novel that changed my life, and because it changed my life I was intrigued by this part of the Old Testament that is only part of the Ethiopic Bible. That sounds like enough to write a whole novel about, if you ask me. I wanted to know what this book was about, I was also super drawn to the name Enoch, and so, years ago, I added it to my TBR list.

The reason why I’m not formally reviewing this book is not that I haven’t finished reading it, because I could have just waited a couple of hours or even a day to write this post. It is more of an ethical reason. You see, as curious as I am by religion, especially the study of Judaism, which is the religion of some of my ancestors, I am no theologist, and I don’t feel like I know enough to form an opinion on a piece of scripture. I have been taught that these books, which are considered sacred to many, are full of metaphor and allegory, and they are meant to be interpreted. From what I have read, I have also gathered the obvious: that the “religions of the book” (as well as many others, I’m sure) are essentially mysoginistic, which is one of the reasons why I don’t ascribe to any.

What kind of books do you refuse to rate or review? What’s your reasoning behind this?