ohioana t1_ja7y8ug wrote
As a librarian, I officially give anyone permission to give up on books they’re not clicking with.
Do you know how many books are published each year? Over 300,000! That’s like 800-ish a day. Even if only 1% of those are great, that’s eight great books per day. Not even counting the ones that are already out there! There are too many amazing books out there that will light you up and connect you with why reading is amazing. Give books a chance, whether that’s 50 pages or two chapters, or whatever your metric is. But after that? Ditch it.
AbbyM1968 t1_ja805hx wrote
Thank you! So many times in the past, I powered through books I wasn't impressed with. Because I was a "Finish every book you start!" weirdo. I used to finish-a-book-in-1-sitting as well. Now, I might read a paragraph or a page & have no problem putting it down. (Auto accident in 2009)
I would have loved hearing, "You don't Have To Finish any book you don't Click with."
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