How do you read …
Note: I posted this over at Magical Musings last week and wanted to share it here as well. How do you read? Do you start at the beginning and read straight through a book, with no skipping ahead at all? Do you flip through a book, stopping here and there to skim a few pages before you start reading in →
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Mar 23, 2015 06:18PM
Noooooo. No peeking!! No excuses. Books are like theater - the author is creating an experience. It is a mark of respect to let that experience unfold as the author intends. I only skim business books (there the first and last chapters are basically all you need and sometimes the whole book is in the title anyway. I can say that because I write them). But fiction deserves more respect. I only skim if the writing is just so awful I can't bear it. But usually if it is that bad the end is totally predictable anyway.
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It's cheating, I know. But sometimes, I just can't help myself from taking a sneak peak at the end. LOL. I don't do it nearly as much anymore, though. I've spoiled too many mysteries/thrillers that way.
I've done it with some books in the past LOL. For the most part now days I don't.
Yeah, I might sneak a quick look at the page count, but that's about it.
