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Unfinished? 2. Never Started? Quite a few Tavi Send a noteboard - 28/07/2010 04:04:31 AM
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.
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How many unfinished books do you have laying around? - 28/07/2010 03:09:29 AM 907 Views
oh my gosh. I just realized I don't have any. - 28/07/2010 03:12:23 AM 644 Views
Quick! Buy one and leave it on your shelf! *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:21:32 AM 425 Views
Oh. That's why. - 28/07/2010 03:52:25 AM 641 Views
A lot. - 28/07/2010 03:35:05 AM 718 Views
Plenty of foreign books I see. I can't even finish books in English! *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:39:38 AM 369 Views
Heh. Not so many, considering. *NM* - 28/07/2010 07:16:38 AM 327 Views
considering? *NM* - 29/07/2010 01:22:57 PM 387 Views
Oh come on. L'Etranger is short, and interesting. - 28/07/2010 10:27:33 AM 645 Views
It's not as short when you read it in a foreign language . *NM* - 28/07/2010 12:18:47 PM 316 Views
True, but it's not too hard French either, as I recall. *NM* - 28/07/2010 01:10:21 PM 388 Views
Ça, c'est vrai. Mais c'est bien plus difficile que la langue maternelle du lecteur. *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:10:50 PM 417 Views
Vraiment, et j'étudiais ce langue pour juste deux ans. - 28/07/2010 07:34:00 PM 617 Views
I still think it's ridiculous to claim you're bad at languages. - 28/07/2010 07:50:06 PM 730 Views
Bull-headed perserverance isn't the same as skill. - 28/07/2010 09:27:06 PM 612 Views
Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either. - 28/07/2010 09:46:02 PM 1023 Views
Re: Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either. - 02/08/2010 03:51:52 AM 1275 Views
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 636 Views
Not really... - 04/08/2010 02:02:12 PM 928 Views
no but it is often superior - 29/07/2010 02:30:05 PM 591 Views
Well, here's to hoping. *NM* - 31/07/2010 10:20:26 PM 314 Views
Unfinished? 2. Never Started? Quite a few - 28/07/2010 04:04:31 AM 732 Views
I have a lot I haven't started either *NM* - 28/07/2010 04:20:02 AM 439 Views
Describes me as well. *NM* - 31/07/2010 03:25:53 PM 494 Views
unstarted yes, unfinished no.... *NM* - 28/07/2010 05:35:43 AM 511 Views
Because of the way I read, quite a few - 28/07/2010 08:46:28 AM 566 Views
Oh, tons. - 28/07/2010 10:30:26 AM 697 Views
Just the ongoing ones, none I have given up on. - 28/07/2010 03:13:19 PM 627 Views
Speaking as someone with a Masters of Accountancy I feel your pain *NM* - 28/07/2010 04:12:19 PM 384 Views
the borque series by stephen niall and war and peace *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:50:08 PM 455 Views
A few - 28/07/2010 04:51:33 PM 780 Views
I don't have any - 28/07/2010 05:17:48 PM 695 Views
at least a dozen - 28/07/2010 05:26:07 PM 788 Views
Also, because this is really bugging me, "lying." - 28/07/2010 09:50:30 PM 781 Views
Heh. *Fistbump* for a fellow grammar nazi. *NM* - 29/07/2010 03:05:24 PM 453 Views
OK - 29/07/2010 05:15:28 PM 714 Views
For grammar nerds, it's probably wishful thinking. *NM* - 31/07/2010 10:19:26 PM 326 Views
Hah! Speak for yourself. *NM* - 31/07/2010 11:02:17 PM 322 Views
None. I don't believe in it. - 29/07/2010 06:53:27 AM 774 Views
Seven unfinished. Two unopened. - 29/07/2010 03:09:18 PM 715 Views
Remember them all will be tough, lol! - 30/07/2010 04:42:45 AM 654 Views
This is just the ones sitting on my To Read shelf... - 30/07/2010 04:06:58 PM 744 Views
Coldfire Trilogy - 14/08/2010 07:20:51 PM 677 Views

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