Fowlerville District Library's video! #TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJQakc6m/
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?
@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 😱
Niamh (LeedsBookClub)
Thaiis Thei 𓁟