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Finishing books that suck
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lizandrashaw wrote: »I give a book 75 pages. If it hasn't grabbed me by then, goodbye! Life is too short to waste on bad books!
My sentiments, exactly.
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That series didn't hook me even though I normally love books like that, I read the first one and enjoyed it but just not enough to continue it for endless amounts of books there after... if it was a trilogy I would have read all of them but since it was a bigger commitment I cut my losses.
I try my very hardest to finish a book even if I don't love it, and I've only given up a few times in my whole life.
I do agree with what another person said, audiobooks are great for this type of book, since your usually doing other things while listening, and it's not a complete waste of time. If it's a boring book I actually purposely listen to it before bed so that I fall asleep quickly haha!1 -
If I have a goal (like on Goodreads) I'll finish a bad book. But otherwise, I'm taking Nancy Pearl's advice and stopping. Life is too short!0
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On Goodreads, I'm trying to finish a challenge of "books read on the Gilmore Girls" and I have tried to read some of them and for me they suck. Like Charles Dickens book, I'd rather have a root canal. I didn't finish it. I call some out of my comfort zone. But I have like theowlbox said life is to short.1
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I will give up if I am still struggling at around 20% but if I get past that point I have put too much time into give to five up.1
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Sorry to necro an old post, I do that from time to time...
Generally, this is why I don't join Book Clubs where there are assigned books. I did that in college classes enough to get a bad taste in my mouth (being assigned to read Wuthering Heights in less than a week for a literature class burned me out). I don't want to be forced to read something that I am not enjoying just because. I get a lot of recommendations from Book Clubs and sometimes read the books, and I know I miss discussions of them, which I might really enjoy, but I'd rather pick (or quit) the books I choose, even in my favorite genres.
I do DNF books I hate. There just aren't that many that I start in the first place that I end up hating, I know my tastes and seem to choose pretty well for myself.2 -
Life is too short to finish books you don't like. I used to do that, but now I'm old enough to know better!
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