How comfortable are you with not finishing a book you have started reading? I used to think that if I started something I needed to finish it. I’m not sure exactly why? I wonder if a teacher instilled this in me, or was it just because I didn’t want to be a “quitter.”
However, things are different now that I’ve gotten older, and I’ve changed my mind about the necessity of having to finish each book I start. Life seems too short spend time reading something you don’t really enjoy.
What is that old adage? “So many books, so little time.” I say I have to agree.
Over the last three months I’ve stopped reading three books. One was actually not too bad, but I just never found myself drawn back toward it. It was a nonfiction book, and I think I may return to it another time.
Not to be a prude, but one had language that I really don’t like to read, so I put it down, and finally the last one was just a little too weird for my tastes. I began another book in my collection, and was happy I did.
So far I’m really enjoying it, and I’m glad I moved on.
What about you? Do you finish every book you begin reading or do you start a new one?
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