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This week's question: 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?
Usually, I give a book about 100-150 pages to "grab me". If that doesn't happen, it depends on whether I borrowed it or bought it. If I borrowed it (from a library or a friend), I simply stop reading it and return it. If I bought that book, then I try to read it until the last page even if I suffer. It may sound ridiculous, but if I spent money on a book, I want to at least read it. It gives me a false feeling that I didn't entirely waste my money.:)We cannot like all books as readers, which is completely natural. Luckily, it doesn't happen often that I hate a book, but when it does, well, that is my policy.
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Hopping by to visit and follow! I used to try to stick it out with tougher books I'd bought, too. These days, I'm more prone to just quitting. :-) I love your blog header! The illustration reminds me of my mental image for Katniss from The Hunger Games.
-Tiger
http://tigersallconsumingbooks.blogspot.com
You're a more patient reader than I am. I usually give a book 50 pages (and that's if I'm feeling generous) to thrill me. If it fails, it gets passed on, donated to the library or, in the case of ARCs, tossed in the recycle bin.
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I stop reading a book after 50 to 100 pages. Thankfully, I don't buy a lot of books, and when I do buy a book, it's one I've been wanting to read for a while and will probably end up liking. The only book I remember buying and despising was Robinson Crusoe. I'm pretty sure it's been thrown in a corner somewhere and will stay there for eternity!
Hi, Irena!
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Have a nice weekend!
-Len-
Musings of a Reader Happy
I love your header picture! I would give up on a book way before 100 pages....Often I will begin reading a book in the bookstore before I decide to buy it. It is a disappointment to buy a book and then really hate it. Stopping by on the hop--have a great weekend.
Hi Irena,
I generally put a book aside for later if I don't like it. Then I pick it up and read it later on. Sometimes it's not for me at that time.
I know what you mean, I'm stubborn about insisting on finishing. Somehow it feels less like bailing.
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I do the 100 page thing too, although if I *know* it's a book I'm not going to like, and not just me being moody, I'll put it on paperback swap, then I still feel I got my money's worth, lol!
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