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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?
@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!
Niamh (LeedsBookClub)
cyborg