when I can't put it down. I wish I could say the same for the book I am reading at the moment.
"Yours is the Night," by Amanda Dykes
I guess it doesn't help it is set in World War I; I'm not a huge fan of books set during World War I & II. Add in the fact that each chapter is told from a different character's view point, I am finding it hard to immerse myself into the story.
I am so lucky I get to chose 4 books every other month to review, so it's not like I am given whatever the company tells me to read. They are my choice; but for some reason this time my choice of books has been way off!!
When reading a book I don't want it to feel like a chore, this book is feeling that way. I will say I can count on one hand the times I have not finished a book for review. I always send in an explanation if I don't want to read it.
Sometimes I guess what a book sounds like on the preview and what it's actually like doesn't match?
When reading a book do you carry on reading it, if you don't like the book regardless? Personally life is too short to be wasting my time on books I don't like; but in this case I will finish it off, as I would like to know the final outcome.
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I tend to speed up and skim read, or just set it aside and make a mental note not to try any more by that author. That might mean I miss some good reads, mind you.
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If I find myself struggling to read a book, I give it the first 100 pages. I figure if it hasn't gotten any better by then, then it isn't going to.
I give a book 10% of the total pages. If I don’t feel like I care about the characters or the story, I put it down.
I've occasionally given up on a book.
At the moment I'm reading a novel about the Battle of Midway.
I don’t read the rest after a couple of chapters if I don’t like it. There to many other books I could be reading. Hugs,
I finish what I start. Maybe I should not.
If a book doesn't grab me in the first few chapters I give up. lol
Just read'American Dirt' and loved every page.
Briony
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I used to finish what I started...say 99% of the time. No more. There are too many good books to waste time on something I dont enjoy.
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