what if you don't like what you're reading?

hofdog

I think someone said this too. I put it down for a while, maybe and week and try again. If I still don't like I am done and move on.

marywanoKC

You know, I typically finish it, but the one book that I absolutely could not take another word of was Stephen King's "The Long Walk" - At my breaking point I just tossed the book across the room in disgust and then buried it in a box. *laugh*

AtticusFinch

Usually if it's not ticking boxes by the middle section I'll bail or skim read the remainder.

The only exception to this rule, and it was years ago, was Frank Herbert's 'Dune'. That took 3 attempts to read, at different times, but I'm glad I persevered - it was an excellent story and much better than the David Lynch film, (which was also good btw).

jaxCarrie

I usually give it 100 pages...if it doesn't get me by then, I am put it down and start another one without thinking twice. Two books I would have put down before 100 pages (and I'm so glad I didn't)....Wicked and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (but to be fair I had a hard time keeping the characters straight on this one...not writing style).

christine24t

I say just skip to the end.

ScatteredThoughts

I used to read a book all the way to the end, no matter what. Now I just put it aside if it is truly uninteresting/boring/uninformative. I can always find other books which do keep me interested.

ka_bateman

Put it in the freezer

ka_bateman

I usually give it 100 pages...if it doesn't get me by then, I am put it down and start another one without thinking twice. Two books I would have put down before 100 pages (and I'm so glad I didn't)....Wicked and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (but to be fair I had a hard time keeping the characters straight on this one...not writing style).

I really wanted to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo....I just couldn't get into it! So frustrating not to be able to keep the characters straight..

megsmom2

I used to slog through books I had stopped enjoying. Then I figured out....why? If I think I may have just misjudged it, or it might have some value later, I'll save it, and try again some other time. But if I just don't like it....onto the trade in pile it goes. I have so many books waiting on my to be read pile, I can just move on, with a clear conscience.

princeza9

I try skipping ahead, and when that doesn't work- I just put it down and walk away. Or sell it. Or send it to someone who wants it on paperbackswap.com.

I did that with Philippa Gregory's "The Virgin's Lover". I just could not finish that book. It was a cure for insomnia.

askme12

I stop, then go to the next one!

Pebble321

I'd usually flick through it a bit to see if it gets more interesting... then put it on the shelf and forget about it until next time I havea bookshelf purge.
Or give it to someone I don't like to read!!

skir927

Good books are like a package of Oreos to me - I open it, I empty it within a day. :happy: But I won't waste my time on a book (or my calories on a food, for that matter) that I don't love. "Room" and "Pillars of the Earth" - I wanted to like them, but I just couldn't, so they sit in my book donation box.

tinkermommc

Life is too short to read a bad book or drink bad wine...

^ This!

I say you've given it more than enough! I have a 60 page rule. I made that rule after falling asleep every day for a week on pg 60 of Twilight...I can read a whole book in one night but I couldn't read a page in 4 days!

marie_2454

I'll stop reading it the minute I start getting bored or hating it. I love reading, but don't have time to do it very often, so when I do I make sure it's something I enjoy. I also listen to audiobooks at work and if I'm not hooked within 30 minutes or so I just forget about it and move on to the next book. If you're looking for a good book, you should seriously read the Hunger Games trilogy I'm re-reading them for like the 6th time and I swear they just keep getting better.

Trail_Addict

I'm in the middle of a book that's really long and getting unbelievably boring.. I'm about halfway through it, so my question to you is if you don't like the book do you stop reading or finish to see how it ends?

Is this a metaphor for your life? :ohwell:

Rollercoasters must go up before they can go down.

Lissakaye81

I have a friend whose mother will give her lots of books to read then they will talk about them later. Christy would say " I really hated this book by so and so it was awful" and her mom would say " I know wasn't it terrible?" Haha soo funny her mom gave em to her just to torture her.

smae1980

Good books are like a package of Oreos to me - I open it, I empty it within a day. :happy: But I won't waste my time on a book (or my calories on a food, for that matter) that I don't love. "Room" and "Pillars of the Earth" - I wanted to like them, but I just couldn't, so they sit in my book donation box.

Oh! Pillars of the earth is one of my all time favorite books!!
Anyway, last night I skipped toward the end and read a couple of pages and I thinks some interesting stuff happened. "Sigh" I think I'm just going to make it through to the end or else I'll always wonder what happened...thanks guys..