Do You Always Finish A Book

[dinger]

If you begin reading a book do you always finish it or if you can't get into it cast it aside. I find once I start even if this happens I plod on hoping it will get better as the story goes. Often it does'nt but I don't give in untill the last page has been read. Anyone else as daft as me .xx

[cindy]

I do sometimes give up after struggling for a while. Usually tell myself that reading should be an enjoyable pastime and not a chore:)

[eleanor2]

I think i have finished every book i have started.I am much to nosey not to finish.I do tend to only read books i am interested in reading at the outset.I think Portrait of a lady was my hardest read.

[souter girl]

I used to feel I had to - throwback to school/university but over the last couple of years I have decided that I will give a book my best shot, but if I really don't like it, well, life is too short and there are so many books to be read! Occasionally I will pick up a book previously rejected and like it - I think it can also depend on your mood and circumstances at the time.

[Crocus]

If the first chapter doesn't interest me, I would rather give it up.

[Ivy]

No I don't if I find a book is a waste of time I just drop it. Recently I have even taken to writing to an author for I found her book so incredibly badly researched that it really made me cross.+ some of the characters changed name half way through the book!!!!
The book was a kind of family saga and it played in my home town . For example she mentioned buildings in the 1920's that were not built before 1948 also she made a 100 year old granny walk a 30 km walk on her way to go shopping. Further she cited a law that wasn't even made by the time . All things and facts that can be easily checked on the internet these days.

[souter girl]

Well done Ivy! That sort of thing can drive you mad - I even get cross at wrong use of words, inaccurate French or German (you can take the woman out of the school, but ......) or factual inaccuracies. I have once written to publishers but got no response.

[Ivy]

I actually got a response from the author thanking me for being an observant reader ... (blabla...) but I sold the books on an internet market place because they really annoyed me!

[dinger]

That is so bad to print incorrect information as after all we all hope to learn something from what we read and if it is wrong what good is that ? I thought books were checked for this type of thing .x

[dragonfly]

If I can't get into a book after a couple of chapters I leave it and move to something more interesting. I once got half way through an Alan Titchmarsh novel then threw it in the bin.

[souter girl]

Not TNAT?? :D

[dinger]

Explain S G you have confused me there or am I thick . {don't answer that } Lol xxx

[souter girl]

See my thread on "texting for seniors " Dinger! (LOL as they say!!!):D

[dinger]

Oh I get it now S G xxx

[Primrose]

I used to think I should finish a book even if I was not enjoying it. But Cancer changed that habit and now if I can't get into it after a few chapters it is on to the next one. I do agree though it can depend on your mood. My brother seems to manage to have several on the go - maybe - it is so that he can adapt his reading to his mood.