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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 1878 Views
There have been plenty. j-whitt987 - 31/03/2012 01:40:56 PM 1678 Views
Well when you put it like that Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:45:14 AM 1740 Views
Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Legolas - 31/03/2012 01:45:52 PM 1487 Views
Re: Hm. Rarely as a conscious decision... Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:49:56 AM 1880 Views
Yup. GRRM's stuff *NM* Wibble - 31/03/2012 02:53:47 PM 791 Views
Me too. I tried twice. Rebekah - 31/03/2012 04:18:50 PM 1625 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 701 Views
Cor Zeeb - 04/04/2012 08:51:49 AM 1890 Views
I gave The 120 Days of Sodom a try. Yuck. kHz1000 - 31/03/2012 03:45:55 PM 1501 Views
Many times DomA - 31/03/2012 04:12:34 PM 1595 Views
More out of boredom than dislike, but there have only been a handful. *NM* eromreven - 31/03/2012 04:12:32 PM 745 Views
Rarely. Stephen - 31/03/2012 04:59:50 PM 1469 Views
As a conscious decision, only Moby Dick A Deathwatch Guard - 31/03/2012 09:57:11 PM 1461 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 1521 Views
Page 1? That is impressive. *NM* Legolas - 01/04/2012 11:26:09 PM 713 Views
You can laugh all you want Legolas, but I agree Artsapat - 02/04/2012 06:42:36 PM 1476 Views
Reading anything Victorian or older in Dutch translation tends to be a bad idea, agreed. Legolas - 02/04/2012 10:24:54 PM 1507 Views
Dicken's Hard Times bored me senseless, so I stopped ironclad - 01/04/2012 06:31:44 PM 1849 Views
Get out *NM* Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:19:34 AM 830 Views
Several Artsapat - 02/04/2012 06:47:27 PM 1535 Views
Heehee Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:22:13 AM 1813 Views
Of course! All the time! Vivien - 02/04/2012 11:28:58 PM 1560 Views
Re: Of course! All the time! Zeeb - 05/04/2012 08:24:10 AM 1782 Views
Definitely try- give yourself permission to stop/quit. Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:47:07 PM 1486 Views
All the fucking time. rebelaessedai - 10/04/2012 04:28:13 AM 1536 Views
Great minds... Vivien - 11/04/2012 08:41:33 PM 1444 Views
I know right? rebelaessedai - 16/04/2012 04:53:19 AM 1604 Views
Once Camilla - 11/04/2012 04:28:43 PM 1333 Views
Hell yes MikeyMikeyMikey - 11/04/2012 09:37:55 PM 1474 Views
I'm sure I have... nossy - 12/04/2012 02:32:44 PM 1438 Views
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