Musing Mondays May 31
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about sticking with it…
How much time (or how many pages) do you give a book that you aren’t really enjoying before you’ll set it aside? If you’re reading it for a book group discussion, or for review, will you give it more of a chance then, say, a book you’re reading for your own interest? Why, or why not? (courtesy of MizB)
I rarely ever not finish reading a book once I start. I think the three books I did give up on were The Time Traveler’s Wife, Age of Orphans and a Robert Jordan book. I think I gave them about 50 pages or so before stopping. Other than that no matter how painful I’ve usually made it through the end of the book. I will admit a few of the ones I did read through to the end were for review and that was the only reason I did not put those down. Sometimes I debate whether or not I should push on reading something since there are so many books out there that I have on my TBR list. But then I think about the ones that got really good about halfway in and I would have missed out on those if I gave up in the first few chapters.
What about you?
Posted in Books
May 31st, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I’m much the same as you and thank goodness there is someone else in the world who didn’t like The Time Traveler’s Wife. I did finish that one and it didn’t get any better than the beginning!
May 31st, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I’ve decided that there are too many great books out there waiting for me to read them to waste my time on books I don’t like.
Here my Monday post
June 1st, 2009 at 9:36 am
Everyone raves about Time Traveler’s Wife that I’ve tried 2 or 3 times to read it and still can’t get into it.
June 1st, 2009 at 9:39 am
I usually finish, especially if it is an ARC. Here is Musing.
I also wanted to invite you to join Cafe Blue which is the new book discussion forum I started on my blog.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Life’s too short – if the book isn’t engaging in the first 75-200 pages (depending on the size of the book), it’s pretty much shelved by me. I haven’t read any of the books you’ve mentioned. By the look of it, lucky me!
June 1st, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I don’t have any set rule, but if I’m really having a hard time with it, will quit before page 100. My post is up now here
June 1st, 2009 at 3:38 pm
There have been few books that I did not eventually finish.