Currently reading: Just started Stephen King’s Later and I’m in!
Last week, as you may recall, I had started reading a book that I wasn’t sure I had read yet – Johnathon Bellairs The Best of Bellairs 2, The Johnny Dixon Mysteries (3 stories – one book). And I had plenty of time to finish before this week’s new releases that I had been anxiously awaiting to pick up yesterday. But I just couldn’t get into it, so I put it down (it was quite a lovely ceremony – the other juvenile section books attended 🤪). I have always loved The House with a Clock in It’s Walls and have read the first four in that series several times over the years (I like to reread some of my favorite books/authors from my childhood from time to time 😊). This series just isn’t doing it for me at the moment, so into the packing box it will go.
However, I began to wonder how other bibliophiles felt about the idea of putting a book aside to either try again later or, in some cases, get rid of it all together instead of pushing through. I will say there have probably been between 10-15 books in my life that I have just set aside when I wasn’t in the mood to read it. Some I’ve gone back to, some I’ve returned to the library that I (thankfully) got it from, some I got rid of and one or two I debate trying again (the first on this pile is Stephen King’s Eyes of the Dragon).
I have come to a point in my loooooonnnnnggggg years of reading that if the story isn’t begging me to read it, I won’t. There are too many other books out there to waste my time on something I’m not enjoying. Now I do consider factors in my that may be tainting my reading experience and if it’s a case of “it’s me not you” I will likely come back to it in the future. However, if it’s “You, totally you” then that book is toast.
Sound off – I really want to know where fellow readers stand on this issue because I have known some people that will power through no matter what. If that’s your preference, could you please explain the logic?
Until next time – happy 📖!
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