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Definitely try- give yourself permission to stop/quit. Vivien Send a noteboard - 11/04/2012 08:47:07 PM
If I had to commit to finish it before starting a book (or anything!) I'd read a lot less books overall (or try new things). This applies to a bunch of other things too. If I'm taking a class at the gym and I'm just not feeling it, I reserve the right to walk out at any time. And I totally do! If I had to commit to exercising for an hour or whatever I'd most likely wind up exercising *less*, not more. I'm only really comfortable going to a party if I know that I can leave at any time. I've let a hobby practically take over my life and then just stop. Maybe someday I'll return to it, but I don't know. I'm such a quitter.


When you put it like that, it makes perfect sense. I feel a bit too British at times so put up with things I'm not having such a good time with just because it'd somehow feel it wasn't the done thing to stop. All in my head, I'm sure. Maybe I'll be better at stopping reading books I'm not enjoying from now on, who knows.


Try to fight the british in you if you can, then. I recently saw an episode of the ukrainian bachelor where the bachelor is english. The (ukrainian) women were interviewed by the sister and best friend and one of the women later described them as "very, very english".
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Have you ever stopped reading a book because you really don't like it? Zeeb - 31/03/2012 10:47:46 AM 1953 Views
There have been plenty. j-whitt987 - 31/03/2012 01:40:56 PM 1732 Views
Well when you put it like that Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:45:14 AM 1810 Views
Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Legolas - 31/03/2012 01:45:52 PM 1592 Views
Re: Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:49:56 AM 1963 Views
Yup. GRRM's stuff *NM* Wibble - 31/03/2012 02:53:47 PM 828 Views
Me too. I tried twice. Rebekah - 31/03/2012 04:18:50 PM 1699 Views
i sometimes can't believe i managed to read those books... so much vile stuff in there *NM* temeraire - 01/04/2012 06:53:50 AM 727 Views
Cor Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:51:49 AM 1975 Views
I gave The 120 Days of Sodom a try. Yuck. kHz1000 - 31/03/2012 03:45:55 PM 1589 Views
Many times DomA - 31/03/2012 04:12:34 PM 1673 Views
More out of boredom than dislike, but there have only been a handful. *NM* eromreven - 31/03/2012 04:12:32 PM 769 Views
Rarely. Stephen - 31/03/2012 04:59:50 PM 1548 Views
As a conscious decision, only Moby Dick A Deathwatch Guard - 31/03/2012 09:57:11 PM 1530 Views
yes. mostly when i was in high school... couldn't read erikson, i got to p100 and still didn't care temeraire - 01/04/2012 06:49:45 AM 1579 Views
Page 1? That is impressive. *NM* Legolas - 01/04/2012 11:26:09 PM 746 Views
You can laugh all you want Legolas, but I agree Artsapat - 02/04/2012 06:42:36 PM 1545 Views
Reading anything Victorian or older in Dutch translation tends to be a bad idea, agreed. Legolas - 02/04/2012 10:24:54 PM 1583 Views
Dicken's Hard Times bored me senseless, so I stopped ironclad - 01/04/2012 06:31:44 PM 1929 Views
Get out *NM* Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:19:34 AM 867 Views
Several Artsapat - 02/04/2012 06:47:27 PM 1608 Views
Heehee Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:22:13 AM 1884 Views
Of course! All the time! Vivien - 02/04/2012 11:28:58 PM 1642 Views
Re: Of course! All the time! Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:24:10 AM 1850 Views
Definitely try- give yourself permission to stop/quit. Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:47:07 PM 1567 Views
All the fucking time. rebelaessedai - 10/04/2012 04:28:13 AM 1614 Views
Great minds... Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:41:33 PM 1512 Views
I know right? rebelaessedai - 16/04/2012 04:53:19 AM 1672 Views
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Hell yes MikeyMikeyMikey - 11/04/2012 09:37:55 PM 1542 Views
I'm sure I have... nossy - 12/04/2012 02:32:44 PM 1508 Views
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