I mentioned recently that I am enjoying my newly discovered
permission to read all I want. Now I just need someone to give me permission to walk away from a book that I'm not enjoying. If you read enough books, you're going to get some stinkers eventually. I think I most appreciate the books that are horrible in the first two pages. Then I don't feel quite so committed.
Yeah. I wish I had a dollar for every book I continued reading 'cause I thought eventually something would happen, and then it never did.
ReplyDeleteSo here's your permission: by now you have read more than enough to have developed your own taste you can trust. If it begins to smell like a loser book, feel good about saving some reading time for something worthwhile!
Yes. . .I tell my students to give it two chapters. If it's not good after two chapters, it needs to go away.
ReplyDeleteI also give you information to stop when you're not enjoying a book/or it's not any good. This is not exactly the same thing as a not-good book, but people make fun of me because I read the end of a book (last 1 to 2 pages)first. Through the years, especially before I retired, I had so little time to read that I didn't want to waste my time reading something that didn't end well.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's been a long day -- and I mostly lurk and not comment on blogs. I meant, give you "permission", although I guess if you need information, I could find some for you.
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