Breaking up with a book (LIP)

babystinkbreath

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-5-stages-of-breaking-up-with-a-book/

I think we have all been there.

I broke up with Atlas Shrugged after making it more than halfway through.

Skeezon

There have been a few... Life is too short to read bad books!

jackiback

It really only bums me out to ditch a book when it is when it is one that someone I know & like has really highly recommended them- I feel like I must be letting them down by not liking it  

RiverPlate

Ugh.  I keep picking up Moby Dick.  I swear I've been reading it for about 10 years.

PhoenixRising11

I tried reading Atlas Shrugged in high school because I was trying to be "deep." And then I realized I prefer MUCH shallower reading.

I regularly put down books and give up on them. I don't feel AT ALL like I have to finish every book I have started.

ThisModernLove

RiverPlate said:

Ugh.  I keep picking up Moby Dick.  I swear I've been reading it for about 10 years.

I had to read this for a class once.  It's one of those books I would have definitely put down had I not had to read it.

I only feel guilty for breaking up with a book if it's for a book club.

booknerd226

The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Tenth Circle come to mind. They aren't classics, but they were highly recommended to me and I couldn't finish them.

ashleybunny8

I feel like I am at Stage 4 with Horns. I feel like it is never ending and just got realllllly slow and boring.

Menrandes

If I'm not into a book by the 2nd or 3rd chapter, chances are I'll put aside the book.  I always try again at a later date, and most of the time my mood or something is different and I'm able to get through it. 

Geekywife

The Memory Keeper's Daughter and The Tenth Circle come to mind. They aren't classics, but they were highly recommended to me and I couldn't finish them.

That does not sound good. I just picked up The Memory Keeper's Daughter at a used book sell.
:-S

jenndawnp

This is how I am with War and Peace, I've started it probably 5 times in the last decade.  I have almost given up on it completely.

Jen748

I suck at putting down books, especially if I've paid for it!