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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 1148 Views
oh my gosh. I just realized I don't have any. - 28/07/2010 03:12:23 AM 824 Views
Quick! Buy one and leave it on your shelf! *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:21:32 AM 529 Views
Oh. That's why. - 28/07/2010 03:52:25 AM 861 Views
A lot. - 28/07/2010 03:35:05 AM 927 Views
Plenty of foreign books I see. I can't even finish books in English! *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:39:38 AM 470 Views
Heh. Not so many, considering. *NM* - 28/07/2010 07:16:38 AM 434 Views
considering? *NM* - 29/07/2010 01:22:57 PM 487 Views
Oh come on. L'Etranger is short, and interesting. - 28/07/2010 10:27:33 AM 876 Views
It's not as short when you read it in a foreign language . *NM* - 28/07/2010 12:18:47 PM 412 Views
True, but it's not too hard French either, as I recall. *NM* - 28/07/2010 01:10:21 PM 491 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 536 Views
Vraiment, et j'étudiais ce langue pour juste deux ans. - 28/07/2010 07:34:00 PM 823 Views
I still think it's ridiculous to claim you're bad at languages. - 28/07/2010 07:50:06 PM 962 Views
Bull-headed perserverance isn't the same as skill. - 28/07/2010 09:27:06 PM 831 Views
Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either. - 28/07/2010 09:46:02 PM 1308 Views
Re: Eh. Easily learning vocabulary isn't the same as skill, either. - 02/08/2010 03:51:52 AM 1509 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 866 Views
Not really... - 04/08/2010 02:02:12 PM 1167 Views
no but it is often superior - 29/07/2010 02:30:05 PM 811 Views
Well, here's to hoping. *NM* - 31/07/2010 10:20:26 PM 403 Views
Unfinished? 2. Never Started? Quite a few - 28/07/2010 04:04:31 AM 967 Views
I have a lot I haven't started either *NM* - 28/07/2010 04:20:02 AM 536 Views
Describes me as well. *NM* - 31/07/2010 03:25:53 PM 585 Views
unstarted yes, unfinished no.... *NM* - 28/07/2010 05:35:43 AM 598 Views
Because of the way I read, quite a few - 28/07/2010 08:46:28 AM 775 Views
Oh, tons. - 28/07/2010 10:30:26 AM 917 Views
Just the ongoing ones, none I have given up on. - 28/07/2010 03:13:19 PM 843 Views
Speaking as someone with a Masters of Accountancy I feel your pain *NM* - 28/07/2010 04:12:19 PM 475 Views
the borque series by stephen niall and war and peace *NM* - 28/07/2010 03:50:08 PM 550 Views
A few - 28/07/2010 04:51:33 PM 1001 Views
I don't have any - 28/07/2010 05:17:48 PM 910 Views
at least a dozen - 28/07/2010 05:26:07 PM 992 Views
Also, because this is really bugging me, "lying." - 28/07/2010 09:50:30 PM 992 Views
Heh. *Fistbump* for a fellow grammar nazi. *NM* - 29/07/2010 03:05:24 PM 562 Views
OK - 29/07/2010 05:15:28 PM 928 Views
For grammar nerds, it's probably wishful thinking. *NM* - 31/07/2010 10:19:26 PM 427 Views
Hah! Speak for yourself. *NM* - 31/07/2010 11:02:17 PM 423 Views
None. I don't believe in it. - 29/07/2010 06:53:27 AM 1079 Views
Seven unfinished. Two unopened. - 29/07/2010 03:09:18 PM 931 Views
Remember them all will be tough, lol! - 30/07/2010 04:42:45 AM 871 Views
This is just the ones sitting on my To Read shelf... - 30/07/2010 04:06:58 PM 968 Views
Coldfire Trilogy - 14/08/2010 07:20:51 PM 895 Views

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