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People's comments on the "To Peek or Not to Peek" post earlier reminded me of another question I have been wanting to ask you guys: 

If you are reading a book just for fun - i.e., not for a school assignment - and you realize after a few pages that you are just not enjoying it very much, do you:

a) Quit that book and try another one because this is your free time and you deserve a FUN book?

or

b) Power on through to the end because something about the book attracted you to it in the first place and you want to see if it gets better?

or

c) Slog on through to the end because when you start a book, you always finish it, no matter what?

Feel free to go back and leave a comment on the "To Peek or Not to Peek?" post, too.

Hope

("Book Worm" photo, above, by BrittanyCulver and found in the Creative Commons section of Flickr.com)

PS - I know it's time for another Featured Review.  That will be next, I promise!

6 comments:

	I pick B! "i always try to finish every book i start. Even though i may not like it at first; it will probably get better." -- bubbles4lmnt06 from Indiana, July 1, 2009
	Check the ending "I read for a little bit and then check the ending. If it is a good ending then I keep reading. If the ending isn't worth it then I put the book down." -- JamieBeckman from Indianapolis, July 2, 2009
	Read Some More "A few good books I've read don't start to get interesting until fifty or more pages into them. If I'm still not enjoying the book by about a quarter of the way into it, I'll probably find a different one to read." -- lordofphi from Carmel, July 2, 2009
	depends... "My litmus test is the first 50 pages. If the first 50 pages are pretty worthless, I'll put the book away. Sometimes, though, boring isn't necessarily worthless. Boring can just be that it doesn't appeal to me at the time, but it might when I'm in another mood." -- shakespearegeek from Indiana, July 6, 2009
	A "It's very difficult for me to read a book that I find boring. If I don't like the book once I get it, I usually put it down and forget about it. However, if I feel unexpectedly ambitious, then I force myself to read an extra chapter." -- rocholo from Indiana, July 8, 2009
	??? "I always think the beginning of a book is boring... but you should still read through until you absolutely sure you don't like it!" -- jackandseth from Indiana, July 9, 2009

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