Permission Granted: You Don’t Have to Finish That Terrible Book You’re Reading
Do you feel compelled to finish a book, even if you’re not enjoying it? I used to, but no longer. I got angry with books I didn’t like because I felt that once I started reading, I was committed to reading until the bitter end. Talk about pressure–pressure on myself, and pressure on the poor book. Maybe it’s because I was born into one of the last generations in which we were required/shamed into finishing all the food on our plates. Finishing was a big deal so there wasn’t any waste, and the...
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Leona
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Mar 28, 2017 05:30AM
Thank you. I have done just that because at my age, life is getting shorter and I have lots of good books to read and re-read. My mother was in her late 80s when we lost her and still re-reading her favorites.
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Good for you, Leona. There are SO many wonderful books out there--I do wish we could read them all. That's so cool about your mother continuing to read for so long. My parents are both avid readers, and they're in their mid-70s. I can't send them books fast enough!
