Posts Tagged ‘Saturday Situation’

I woke up at the godawful time of 7am this morning, on a Saturday for crying out loud, to pick up some fruits and vegetables from a co-op. It is worth it, but by afternoon my behind is draaaaaging, which is why this post is so late. Oh and because I had to bake hamburger buns…. and I kept losing track of time. Blame the buns. Actually, this post is going to deviate from the plan in general because I clicked over to g-reader and had 850+ new posts…. I had to hit “mark all as read” so I have no nifty around the blog world stuff to share because I simply haven’t had time to read any! So instead, I have a question for you….

Do you ever give up on a book, and if so, when?

I faced this question myself a couple of times this week. Usually I would say, no, I never give up on a book. I have a few OCD tendencies (none in the cleaning department much to the hubby’s dismay) and I really hate to not finish a book I have started. I have the same problem with a book series, I can’t stand to not read every book no matter how bad they are. If I start it, I must finish.

Yet, this may have changed for me the last week or two simply because there are too many books and not enough me to go around. More specifically there are too many GOOD books and not enough time for me to read them. So I ask myself, when is it ok to say this book doesn’t work for me and I don’t want to finish it? Over the last week I struggled with 2 books (one of which I posted the review yesterday)…. each time I sat down with them I sighed. I even found myself finding other things to do(cleaning!) so I wouldn’t have to read…. blasphemy! I think for my own sanity I have to realize that I am not going to love, or even mildly like, every book and sometimes it is ok to shelve it.

So my question to you, as a reader, do you finish every book your start? If not, how much of a chance do you give it? Part of me says that if I don’t like a book by page 50, its fair game to say it isn’t going to grab me…. but it seems like such an arbitrary number! For my book blogger buddies – do your standards change for books that are sent to you specifically to review?

And this has been your weekly installment of KindleVixen’s Saturday Situation….. (blame WickedLilPixie for that bad alliteration, she started the trend )

Books Read This Week (review linked if available)

Music listening to while writing this blog entry…Battlefield by Jordin Sparks….. just don’t ask LOL