The two I started and never finished are William Gibson's Pattern Recognition and Eric Brown's Helix.
Pattern Recognition I picked up on a recommendation, Helix had a cool-sounding blurb on the back. I started them, got a little ways in, and lost interest. But that typically doesn't happen with books. Normally, I'll get a book, and slog my way through, no matter how long it takes. I typically don't give up halfway (or less) through.
Now, I do have a lot of books I've bought and for some reason, never started. Usually those are books I've picked up at garage sales, or larger purchases from the bookstore. I'll put those on my "to read" list, and every time I finish one book, another one I want to read more will force its way to the top. So I have a lot of books that are just lying on my shelves unread.
Pattern Recognition I picked up on a recommendation, Helix had a cool-sounding blurb on the back. I started them, got a little ways in, and lost interest. But that typically doesn't happen with books. Normally, I'll get a book, and slog my way through, no matter how long it takes. I typically don't give up halfway (or less) through.
Now, I do have a lot of books I've bought and for some reason, never started. Usually those are books I've picked up at garage sales, or larger purchases from the bookstore. I'll put those on my "to read" list, and every time I finish one book, another one I want to read more will force its way to the top. So I have a lot of books that are just lying on my shelves unread.
How many unfinished books do you have laying around?
- 28/07/2010 03:09:29 AM
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oh my gosh. I just realized I don't have any.
- 28/07/2010 03:12:23 AM
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A lot.
- 28/07/2010 03:35:05 AM
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Plenty of foreign books I see. I can't even finish books in English! *NM*
- 28/07/2010 03:39:38 AM
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Oh come on. L'Etranger is short, and interesting.
- 28/07/2010 10:27:33 AM
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- 28/07/2010 10:27:33 AM
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It's not as short when you read it in a foreign language
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- 28/07/2010 12:18:47 PM
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- 28/07/2010 12:18:47 PM
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True, but it's not too hard French either, as I recall. *NM*
- 28/07/2010 01:10:21 PM
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Ça, c'est vrai. Mais c'est bien plus difficile que la langue maternelle du lecteur. *NM*
- 28/07/2010 03:10:50 PM
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Vraiment, et j'étudiais ce langue pour juste deux ans.
- 28/07/2010 07:34:00 PM
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- 28/07/2010 07:34:00 PM
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I still think it's ridiculous to claim you're bad at languages.
- 28/07/2010 07:50:06 PM
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- 28/07/2010 07:50:06 PM
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Bull-headed perserverance isn't the same as skill.
- 28/07/2010 09:27:06 PM
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- 28/07/2010 09:27:06 PM
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Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either.
- 28/07/2010 09:46:02 PM
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Re: Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either.
- 02/08/2010 03:51:52 AM
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I guess you're an exception to what we were saying about people not knowing their own grammar.
- 02/08/2010 12:29:15 PM
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- 02/08/2010 12:29:15 PM
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Unfinished? 2. Never Started? Quite a few
- 28/07/2010 04:04:31 AM
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Just the ongoing ones, none I have given up on.
- 28/07/2010 03:13:19 PM
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Speaking as someone with a Masters of Accountancy I feel your pain *NM*
- 28/07/2010 04:12:19 PM
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Also, because this is really bugging me, "lying."
- 28/07/2010 09:50:30 PM
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OK
- 29/07/2010 05:15:28 PM
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Maybe a dozen but many of them were sources for school. I plan to read them because they...
- 30/07/2010 06:17:14 AM
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