This weeks discussion is...
At what point do you abandon a book?
My answer:
Uh, what?
People abandoned books?
This is a thing?
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!
Okay. I'll admit I have like less than a handful of books that I haven't finished, but honestly, I'm usually very vigilant about finishing books, because most of the books I have, I buy with my own hard-earned money. I just can't justify not finishing a book that I spent money on. I will force myself to read every single word, no matter how much I hate it, because I know if I don't I will let the guilt of not reading it completely stress me out. Does anyone else have this problem, or *gasp* am I the only one?
What about you?
At what point do you abandon a book?
Let me know in the comments!
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Hmmm, well I have been known of abandoning or DNFing some books on occasion. I find it very hard to not finish a book but sometimes I just cannot... if I take a break from a book because I don't care about it or cause it's irritating me and the thought of going back to it not only feels like a chore but I dread going back to it... I'm gonna give up on it. I love reading and I love books but if a book makes me feel like that... I'm giving up on it!
ReplyDeleteIn the end it's a case of too many books too little time to spend it suffering through a book I don't like at all!
It's pretty rare that I abandon books, they have to be dreadful for me not to finish
ReplyDeleteWHAAAT!! ABANDON BOOKS!! Your not alone, if I've bought them then I'll never condemn them to such cruelty, I just couldn't.
ReplyDeleteReading isn't my job so I don't feel like I have to finish books I don't like. I don't like to torture myself. I'd rather read a book I will like, and if I don't like that one, I'll DNF it too. I do hate wasting money, but I'd rather waste just the money than the money AND the time.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I do go back and try again later, but most of the time if I DNF a book, I'm done with it.
I'm the type of person who doesn't like to give up on books, so I also really try to finish them. However, that is not always the case... Sometimes I just don't get what is going on in the story and it gets me frustrated and I just stop. This mostly pertains to review books, so I don't actually pay for them. Like right now I'm reading a book called Insanity and I haven't picked it back up in a while... I am this close to giving up on it!
ReplyDeleteI have learned to put down a book if I'm just really not enjoying it. There's no need to put yourself through something similar to torture. That doesn't mean the book isn't for someone else--I will typically use that DNF book as a giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't abandon books either. I might skim if I really hate the book but I never abandon it.
ReplyDeleteI always finish the books I start reading. Even if it's bad I will just keep on going and roll my eyes at the main character the entire time. Maybe I'll stop reading a book if I have to return it to the library but I usually pick it up the next time I can get it.
ReplyDeleteMy thing is finishing series. I like finishing things but some books were just SO BAD that I can't stand the idea of spending time reading the next books in the series.
And example of this is Matched. It just wasn't worth it.
I finish most books nowadays. I typically don't call books DNF, I just put them on the back burner forever. :)
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