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  1. 01-15-2009, 12:49 PM #1
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    Question Once you've started a book, will you continue to...

    Read it even if you don't like it.

    I won't. I always figure there are thousands of books to read so if I don't like it or can't get in to it after the first chapter or two, then it's gone.
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    I don;t read too much for pleasure (I mostly read for knowledge and information), but even still, if I cannot get into a book (like the one that I started yesterday that was so DRY) I will not finish it. I'll just go on to another one.
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  3. 01-15-2009, 12:52 PM #3
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    I usually keep reading just because I like to finish stuff...lol
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  4. 01-15-2009, 01:17 PM #4
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    I will finish reading it......Books cost too much to not finish it.....
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    Yes I'm out of my mind. It's a dark and scary place in there.
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  5. 01-15-2009, 01:26 PM #5
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    No, but I don't buy books. I either borrow or get them from the library. I'm the same with movies. My husband will watch the entire thing even if it's awful. I go do something else if I don't like it within the first 15-20 minutes.
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  6. 01-15-2009, 01:34 PM #6
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    Usually yes....but I tend to skim it.
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  7. 01-15-2009, 01:45 PM #7
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    I tend to yes. Hoping that it'll get better, lol.
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  8. 01-15-2009, 01:55 PM #8
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    If I can't get into the book after the first few chapters I will not finish reading the book. There have not been to many books I haven't finished reading though.
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  9. 01-15-2009, 02:38 PM #9
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    Yes, usually. That said, if I don't like it, it may take me months to finish it there is only one book that I can think of that I didn't finish and that's only because it made me sick to my stomach.
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  10. 01-15-2009, 02:57 PM #10
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    No, I won't finish it...
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  11. 01-15-2009, 02:57 PM #11
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    Absolutely not. Life's too short to waste my time doing something i don't enjoy.
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    I won't finish it either - as you say there are thousands of other books waiting to be read.

    As for non-fiction, sometimes I just pick out the chapters that interest me and read them.
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  13. 01-15-2009, 03:29 PM #13
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    No. My limit is about 50 pages or so, and then I give up and pick up something else.
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    I won't finish it if I don't like it but I will give it at least 50 pages. I have read some books that I did not think I was going to like but by the 50th page I had changed my mind and they ended up being good books.
    “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” --Henry David Thoreau



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    Usually no. I don't buy books normally, but borrow from the library. So if I don't like it, I just bring it back - no money lost. If I do buy a book though, it's usually a book I LOVE or think I will love at least... and if I own them I usually end up reading them multiple times. Like the Harry Potter series - I've read the entire series 2-4 times. I go through books too quickly to buy all the ones I've ever read.
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