Do you waste your time

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » July 31, 2006 12:33 am

finishing a book if it just isn't clicking?
I"m reading a mystery by a major author who apparently has tons of books under her belt and it's just not clicking. In days passed I always finished a book i started. It would bother me to quit. This just might be the second book recently that I don't finish. I just don't seem to have the patience I used to.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » July 31, 2006 8:28 am

Nope. Life's just too short to punish myself if I don't have to.

Just curious what book is giving you this reaction?

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » July 31, 2006 8:43 am

Nope. If I'm not enjoying it, I just put it down and start another one. No need to waste time on a book you don't like.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » July 31, 2006 8:56 am

There's very few books I started that I didn't finish..eventually

I try to give it the benefit of the doubt...but there are a couple I was simply unable to finish..

Island_Lullaby · Post by **Island_Lullaby** » July 31, 2006 9:28 am

Yes, I have done that...so what's the book?

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » July 31, 2006 9:35 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:finishing a book if it just isn't clicking?
I"m reading a mystery by a major author who apparently has tons of books under her belt and it's just not clicking. In days passed I always finished a book i started. It would bother me to quit. This just might be the second book recently that I don't finish. I just don't seem to have the patience I used to.

No I don't. Life is too short.

Unfortunately, I have another way to waste my time although I've recently managed to cut back quite a bit.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » July 31, 2006 10:14 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:finishing a book if it just isn't clicking?
I"m reading a mystery by a major author who apparently has tons of books under her belt and it's just not clicking. In days passed I always finished a book i started. It would bother me to quit. This just might be the second book recently that I don't finish. I just don't seem to have the patience I used to.

I thought you were talking about the book you're writing. I started thinking, "Wow, how many books has she written!

No, if I'm not into a book, I don't finish it. I used to when I was in a book group, so I discuss it appropriately and tell people how disappointed I was in it, but now, time is too precious!

scubamyk · Post by **scubamyk** » July 31, 2006 1:14 pm

I will put away a book if it doesn't flow, I will pour a bad beer down the drain and I will throw away a good cigar if it is plugged.
I don't like to waste my time fixing things or hoping they get better.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » July 31, 2006 1:18 pm

Nope. If it's not keeping me interested, I'll find another one.

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » July 31, 2006 1:27 pm

scubamyk wrote:I will put away a book if it doesn't flow, I will pour a bad beer down the drain and I will throw away a good cigar if it is plugged.
I don't like to waste my time fixing things or hoping they get better.

I wouldn't go that far - I'd just swallow faster so I could more quickly get to a good beer.

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » July 31, 2006 1:34 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:finishing a book if it just isn't clicking?
I"m reading a mystery by a major author who apparently has tons of books under her belt and it's just not clicking. In days passed I always finished a book i started. It would bother me to quit. This just might be the second book recently that I don't finish. I just don't seem to have the patience I used to.

It really depends. I've put down books only to go back and start again and really enjoy them. (The most recent was P. Cornwall's 'Blowfly'. It was a very slow start...great book by the end of it.)

scubamyk · Post by **scubamyk** » July 31, 2006 1:39 pm

flyboy55 wrote: I wouldn't go that far - I'd just swallow faster so I could more quickly get to a good beer.

Point taken. I will adhere to this rule during my next beverage.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » July 31, 2006 1:44 pm

Soraya wrote: It really depends. I've put down books only to go back and start again and really enjoy them.

Ditto..... and sometimes that may be several months or years.... But if I pick it up the 2nd time and its a dud... I forget it and sell it on eBay.....

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » July 31, 2006 1:54 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:
Soraya wrote: It really depends. I've put down books only to go back and start again and really enjoy them.
Ditto..... and sometimes that may be several months or years.... But if I pick it up the 2nd time and its a dud... I forget it and sell it on eBay.....

Yeah, I've tried to read 'Bone Key' several times....I just gave up. All the trappings of a good book....and is sucked.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 31, 2006 2:25 pm

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Oh wait; what was the question? I didn't take the the time to read this thread.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » July 31, 2006 3:02 pm

It's by Margaret Truman, daughter of the late prez
Murder in Havana., and it's like her 15th book. I try to like it but there's just nothing in the characters that interests me. Like I said, I rarely never finish a book. It's usually a sign that i'm under too much stress or some such thing. I'm a bit obsessive/compulsive and can obsess over things unfiinished.
I went to the library and go tthree books.
This one, the latest Sue Grafton and Shadow Divers about the recovery of a german uboat off jersey shore. I pick the book I'll like the least to read first and save the best for last.

job41475 · Post by **job41475** » July 31, 2006 3:03 pm

Sadly, I rarely finish a book....

jackiesic · Post by **jackiesic** » July 31, 2006 3:41 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:finishing a book if it just isn't clicking?
I"m reading a mystery by a major author who apparently has tons of books under her belt and it's just not clicking. In days passed I always finished a book i started. It would bother me to quit. This just might be the second book recently that I don't finish. I just don't seem to have the patience I used to.

I either put it down and try again later OR
I start skimming as I did with that pathetic excuse for a book - Jimmy Buffett, Man from Margaritaville by Steven Erg (or some name like that)
I have a thing about finishing books.

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » July 31, 2006 3:46 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:It's by Margaret Truman, daughter of the late prez
Murder in Havana., and it's like her 15th book. I try to like it but there's just nothing in the characters that interests me. Like I said, I rarely never finish a book. It's usually a sign that i'm under too much stress or some such thing. I'm a bit obsessive/compulsive and can obsess over things unfiinished.
I went to the library and go tthree books.
This one, the latest Sue Grafton and Shadow Divers about the recovery of a german uboat off jersey shore. I pick the book I'll like the least to read first and save the best for last.

Sounds like you just need to set it down and have a go at it later. Have you ever read the JD Robb mysteries? Might be something new you can get into since you seem to like the genre.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » July 31, 2006 3:54 pm

I'll usually give the book the benefit of the doubt, and try to get at least halfway before jumping ship...

A lot of books I've read just start out slow, then I have a hard time putting them down as I approach the end...

Or maybe put it down and come back to it later... I had to do this with A Pirate Looks at Fifty, I just couldn't get into it the first time I tried reading it.

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