You’ve got to abandon this book. There’s no shame in a DNF.” “A DNF? Is that some sort of sex thing?” Elsie laughed. “I hope not. It means did not finish. If a book’s not for you, you can just stop reading it.” “But I’ve already read a third of it.” “And that’s exactly why you should stop reading it. You’ve invested too much time already, it’s a sunk cost. You know you can check something off your to-do list by simply deciding not to do it, right?”
