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It’s only in the last few years I’ve been able to set a book down if I’m not into it/hate it /at the wrong time & place for it. Previously I felt almost guilty not to finish a book - like I was letting myself & the book down!
#BookClub choices I really try to finish, but hanging on to the grim end can often leave me with a reading block.
There are some books that I still finish as a bit of an endurance exercise - usually when they are beautifully written but just not for me.
My bestie & I do a weekly readalong and we found #YoungMungo a really hard slog. At times we contemplated #DNF as it’s so tense, such a toxic set up and unrelentingly miserable - but the writing allowed us to finish it and then - vitally - reach for another read with delight. Flying through #OurWivesUnderTheSea.
What about y’all?
Do you abandon a book or cling on by your fingernails to the bitter end?
@mjjzf Oooh, I’ve been attempting an ‘unread’ challenge so I can clear some space.
But I do find myself keeping ones I know I’ll never read again as loaners.
But then to my mind book reading and book collecting are two entirely separate hobbies!
@h5e @drneevil Yeah same! I've actually made a separate Goodreads shelf for "paused" books - where I know I do want to continue reading, but my headspace or whatever doesn't allow for this one right here right now.
And I also have an "abandoned" shelf for books where I do just decide they're not worth even my future time, but only a handful of books hit that.
@aishasie @h5e I have the abandoned shelf but paused is a brilliant idea!
Going to tell my friend about it on Thursday because I think we’ll both find it useful! We are using both goodreads (for years) and StoryGraph (more recently).
And then I can remove the ones in my currently reading list that have been sat there for years!
@drneevil well, if its a good book, I will not sleep before I finish - even if I know I should rather go to sleep.
if its dragging, I might let it go. but its tough for me to not finish a book before I start the next one.
@cy It’s my preference too.
And I’m absolutely the same - I’d happily stay up till the early hours finishing a particular tome…though morning me might rue it, I rarely ever regret it!
How to lose the time war was one I had to read in a near single sitting!
@sierrakim I LOVE THIS!
What a great way to look at it! See brain, it’s a good thing!
@Oozenet They are!
Language is so tricky sometimes - am hoping that the thread above helped contextualise that I was looking more for the emotional sense of it. As a reader, in your mind do you tend to finish or not… but yes, I totally messed that up semantically 😱
@ariaflame Oooh thank you!
Excellent technique!
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