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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 1919 Views
There have been plenty. j-whitt987 - 31/03/2012 01:40:56 PM 1705 Views
Well when you put it like that Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:45:14 AM 1778 Views
Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Legolas - 31/03/2012 01:45:52 PM 1529 Views
Re: Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:49:56 AM 1925 Views
Yup. GRRM's stuff *NM* Wibble - 31/03/2012 02:53:47 PM 815 Views
Me too. I tried twice. Rebekah - 31/03/2012 04:18:50 PM 1650 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 719 Views
Cor Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:51:49 AM 1936 Views
I gave The 120 Days of Sodom a try. Yuck. kHz1000 - 31/03/2012 03:45:55 PM 1535 Views
Many times DomA - 31/03/2012 04:12:34 PM 1626 Views
More out of boredom than dislike, but there have only been a handful. *NM* eromreven - 31/03/2012 04:12:32 PM 761 Views
Rarely. Stephen - 31/03/2012 04:59:50 PM 1501 Views
As a conscious decision, only Moby Dick A Deathwatch Guard - 31/03/2012 09:57:11 PM 1500 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 1549 Views
Page 1? That is impressive. *NM* Legolas - 01/04/2012 11:26:09 PM 731 Views
You can laugh all you want Legolas, but I agree Artsapat - 02/04/2012 06:42:36 PM 1513 Views
Reading anything Victorian or older in Dutch translation tends to be a bad idea, agreed. Legolas - 02/04/2012 10:24:54 PM 1552 Views
Dicken's Hard Times bored me senseless, so I stopped ironclad - 01/04/2012 06:31:44 PM 1898 Views
Get out *NM* Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:19:34 AM 850 Views
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Heehee Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:22:13 AM 1854 Views
Of course! All the time! Vivien - 02/04/2012 11:28:58 PM 1596 Views
Re: Of course! All the time! Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:24:10 AM 1815 Views
Definitely try- give yourself permission to stop/quit. Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:47:07 PM 1527 Views
All the fucking time. rebelaessedai - 10/04/2012 04:28:13 AM 1580 Views
Great minds... Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:41:33 PM 1478 Views
I know right? rebelaessedai - 16/04/2012 04:53:19 AM 1641 Views
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Hell yes MikeyMikeyMikey - 11/04/2012 09:37:55 PM 1511 Views
I'm sure I have... nossy - 12/04/2012 02:32:44 PM 1474 Views
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