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The question for this week's Book Blog Hop comes from The Paperback Princess, who asks:
"When you read a book that you just can't get into, do you stick it out and keep reading or move to your next title?"
Since I very rarely abandon a book, it would be an understatement to say I "stick it out." In general, I have a funny, personal rule that I won't even look to see how many pages a book has until after I get past page 100. By then, I'm either interested, or have so much time and effort invested in the book that I finish it.
However (with lawyers, there's always a "however"), since I started blogging and sometimes get books I didn't ask for and am not particularly interested in to start with, I have gotten better about abandoning a book if it too much of a slog to get to page 100. I can think of a particularly dry economic history of India and a biblical history textbook that I jettisoned early on. It was freeing.
Hmm I think I would have jettisoned books with those subjects too :)
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I like your rule about getting to page 100. I'll often give myself targets - I have to read to a certain page before I can put it down for the day.
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Bookdout -- Yes, they were both pretty dry.
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Shan -- My 100 page rule is a little neurotic, but I've done it for so long that it's an ingrained habit. Thanks for leaving your link.
I need to get better about abandoning books!
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Bermuda -- I can count on one hand the books I stopped reading before the end. It is a rare occurrence for me.
ReplyDeleteHeather -- No, if I don't finish, I don't do a real review, just notes about my impression. Thanks for leaving your link.
I usually give a book about 100 pages before abandoning it :)
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I toss faster and faster these days if I'm not loving a book. oy.
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ReplyDeleteI cannot under any circumstances completely abandon a book I've started...I may lay it down for a while and start something new but I always come back.