Comments on: When Do You Stop Reading a Book?

By: What Makes You Stop Reading a Book? | The Critical Condition

What Makes You Stop Reading a Book? | The Critical Condition — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:32:18 +0000

[...] fought because I feel this weird guilt about not finishing books. As Michael Lundin writes, it makes me feel like a quitter. It makes me feel like I might be giving up right before the book [...]

By: Mindy Boyd

Mindy Boyd — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:05:36 +0000

Honestly, that is one of the reasons I am hesitant on starting a book that is a part of a “series”. I recently read a series that was three books…the first two were so good I couldn’t wait to read the third and then the disappointment! The third was okay but not great and felt I had to finish it to find out what happens. I think if your satisfied with what you have read of the series so far and don’t feel a longing to know how it ended then put it down and don’t give it another thought. If you are left feeling like you would really like to know the end then in that case I say finish it. Hard question…

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:10:17 +0000

Mindy – I do my best to finish any book I start reading, too, but there are exceptions. You also bring up another interesting topic, which is when do you stop reading any author or a series? There are a couple sets of series that I’ve gotten into that started out strong and then really became almost unreadable. When do you give up on that? Or do you?

By: Mindy Boyd

Mindy Boyd — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:24:51 +0000

Usually if I start a book I finish the book. I mostly read books that my friends loved so I keep reading to get to the good stuff. Sandra Brown is an author that I read often and almost always have a hard time getting started on her books. For whatever reason I have to force myself to read the first 5 or 6 chapters, and then after that I find myself so wrapped up in them I can hardly stand to put the book down.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:14:02 +0000

J. Kaye – Thanks very much for the kudos. I discovered yours after I started this one about two months ago, and I’ve really enjoyed reading it.

Glad to hear that the book you were reading picked up again. It’s always nice when they get over that “hump”.

By: J. Kaye

J. Kaye — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:39:09 +0000

Sorry, forgot to subscribe to this post.

By: J. Kaye

J. Kaye — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:38:26 +0000

First, I love your blog! Second, I usually read them so quickly boredom doesn’t have time to settle in. However, there is always that one book to break all the rules. It was a book I just finished. About a third of the way through, it stopped being interesting. That’s when I started skimming. I’m glad I did. Two-thirds through and it picked up again. Had a powerful ending and was well worth the time.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:37:09 +0000

Marg – So what books have you put away and not picked up again? What books did you put down, but pick up that turned out to be worth picking up again? Were there any that were not? I have the same feelings of guilt that you have when I put a book back on the shelf.

By: Marg

Marg — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:14:20 +0000

I am one of those people who just has to keep going to the very end. VERY occasionally I will put up a book down with no intention of picking it up again but I hate doing that, and I will often keep thinking about picking it up again just in case it got good 10 pages after I put it down!