Rob H.
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Thu Aug-25-11 04:35 PM
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| 34. Used to but not any more |
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The one I most recently gave up on was Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age because after a very promising start it got impossibly boring. I just told myself that all the characters died in a nuclear apocalypse and called it done.
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| -Do you finish every book you start reading? |
JitterbugPerfume |
Aug-08-11 04:47 PM |
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fiction? |
melm00se |
Aug-08-11 04:49 PM |
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i agree--to a degree |
JitterbugPerfume |
Aug-08-11 04:53 PM |
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nonfiction |
melm00se |
Aug-09-11 10:46 AM |
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w8 that almost doesn't make sense, you don't often need to read an entire work of nonfiction |
pitohui |
Aug-09-11 03:51 PM |
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while it is true that |
melm00se |
Aug-09-11 06:52 PM |
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in well written nonfiction you can go out and use the first chapter |
pitohui |
Aug-10-11 11:32 PM |
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maybe it's because I approach non-fiction |
melm00se |
Aug-11-11 11:09 AM |
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Most of the ti........ |
TheCowsCameHome |
Aug-08-11 05:00 PM |
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sometimes |
demguy72340 |
Aug-08-11 05:02 PM |
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Sooner or later. I can't stand not finishing what I start. |
Little Star |
Aug-08-11 05:02 PM |
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If the first 2 chapters are boring, I peek into the rest. If it's boring too, I don't continue nt |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Aug-08-11 05:15 PM |
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I don't read books anymore. n/t |
elocs |
Aug-08-11 05:29 PM |
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why? |
Little Star |
Aug-08-11 07:07 PM |
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These eyes only have so much reading in them and it goes to reading online. |
elocs |
Aug-08-11 07:59 PM |
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Books I Have Abandoned |
Demeter |
Aug-08-11 06:12 PM |
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Totally agree, but 100 pp I don't have - too old |
fadedrose |
Aug-08-11 06:18 PM |
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so many books==so little time |
JitterbugPerfume |
Aug-08-11 09:10 PM |
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Usually. |
Louisiana1976 |
Aug-08-11 07:22 PM |
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I usually read it all |
MaineDem |
Aug-08-11 09:24 PM |
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I was raised to believ that if I didn't clean my plate |
pscot |
Aug-08-11 11:19 PM |
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I usually know in the first 50 pages if I like a book. I usually finish a book |
applegrove |
Aug-09-11 12:01 AM |
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It took me about 3 tries to get through Dune |
YankeyMCC |
Aug-09-11 07:38 AM |
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I endured DON QUIXOTE for about 7 chapters, than I gave up. Boring....nt |
raccoon |
Aug-09-11 08:02 AM |
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well actually i do |
pitohui |
Aug-09-11 03:47 PM |
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I used to...because once I started I felt and odd sense of obligation to finish. |
AngryOldDem |
Aug-09-11 04:57 PM |
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I have several half-read |
TheCentepedeShoes |
Aug-09-11 06:57 PM |
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Almost always....nt |
Enthusiast |
Aug-10-11 07:11 AM |
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I used to feel obligated to finish books. |
SheilaT |
Aug-10-11 04:19 PM |
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Almost always. |
LWolf |
Aug-12-11 01:14 PM |
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I alwatys read all Dean Koontz and Stephen King books |
RebelOne |
Aug-12-11 04:57 PM |
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the last 8-10 i could not get into at all |
benld74 |
Aug-13-11 09:24 PM |
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I try to, unless the book is dry and boring. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-14-11 01:40 AM |
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gosh no. This is a bad habit of mine. I start interesting books, |
closeupready |
Aug-24-11 10:20 AM |
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Used to but not any more |
Rob H. |
Aug-25-11 04:35 PM |
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No |
elfin |
Aug-25-11 08:09 PM |
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Wrong place |
lovelaureng |
Aug-27-11 02:53 PM |
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Definitely no, |
lovelaureng |
Aug-27-11 02:57 PM |
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Pretty much most of them... |
WCGreen |
Aug-28-11 04:37 AM |
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No, I never finished "The Wasp Factory" and a few others. |
Fire Walk With Me |
Aug-31-11 04:54 PM |
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you didn't finish the wasp factory!!!!! |
pitohui |
Aug-31-11 07:49 PM |
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Not a chance. The only thing that kept me from throwing the first Sookie Stackhouse book across the |
iris27 |
Sep-01-11 09:40 PM |
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LOL |
BookSavoury |
Oct-03-11 02:12 PM |
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welcome to DU, BookSavoury |
JitterbugPerfume |
Oct-04-11 11:52 PM |
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I had to look up "Sookie Stackhouse" because I had no |
SheilaT |
Oct-05-11 02:29 PM |
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Well, I left one book a long time ago that I started reading about 3-4 years ago |
Frank Coffin |
Oct-12-11 09:59 PM |
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Mostly yes because I don't like reading a novel without finishing it |
The Northerner |
Oct-18-11 01:58 AM |
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Usually. I am a fan of Stephan King and Dean Koontz. |
RebelOne |
Nov-01-11 02:30 PM |
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Nah, sometimes I just forget I was reading them, they sit so long. |
Moe Shinola |
Nov-06-11 09:52 PM |
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