Reading half books.

[Animavore]

Is anyone else here guilty of it?

I'm reading Virolution by Frank Ryan again as I realised I had only read half of it then forgot it as I started reading other stuff. I went through my shelf and found a whole pile I done the same with.

Earth - Richard Fortey
Collapse - Jared Diamond
Why Does E = MC[sup]2[/sup] - Brian Cox and some other guy.
Supersense - Brian Hood
China; A History - John Keats
The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene
Human, All Too Human - Nietzsche
Being and Nothingness - Sarte

Some others...


Right. That's it. No more buying books every week if I'm not going to be reading them all. I'm going to knuckle down and read all these ones I have first.



Oooh but the books always look so tempting with their slick covers and rigid binding. And the smell - mmmmm.

I need help. Tell me I'm not alone...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ani, this is Ayaan. Ayaan, meet Ani.

[Bella Fortuna]

I try not to do this because I end up frustrated with myself for wasting time - if I'm going to give up on a book I'd prefer to do it earlier on, otherwise I feel obligated to see the horrible thing through to its dull and unsatisfying conclusion.

[anna09]

I always tend to finish mine.

The only time I don't finish them is if they're boring but I usually figure that out early on.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I never bought a half-book. Are they any good?

[anna09]

I try not to do this because I end up frustrated with myself for wasting time - if I'm going to give up on a book I'd prefer to do it earlier on, otherwise I feel obligated to see the horrible thing through to its dull and unsatisfying conclusion.

I hate that! It's torture!

[Animavore]

Don't get me wrong, boring books are ditched really quickly for me, too. I just have a habit of buying more books and forgetting about some of them.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Don't get me wrong, boring books are ditched really quickly for me, too. I just have a habit of buying more books and forgetting about some of them.

I'm betting you put them down somewhere and forget about them, then go looking for something to read from the "new" pile. The previous book is not in plain sight, so it doesn't figure into your "watch shall I read" mode.

[Azathoth]

I don't forget them but I can often have 3 or 4 on the go at the same time

[Ayaan]

You are not alone, Ani. Booooks...... I have far too many now and it's never hard to find more. However, my Nook has helped but down on the amount of money and space I spend on books - my Nook is full of fiction and I buy physical copies of the nonfiction books. Although, like you, Ani, I have a habit of buying more books and forgetting about some of them.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You are not alone, Ani. Booooks...... I have far too many now and it's never hard to find more. However, my Nook has helped but down on the amount of money and space I spend on books - my Nook is full of fiction and I buy physical copies of the nonfiction books. Although, like you, Ani, I have a habit of buying more books and forgetting about some of them.

I can PDF your hardcover books if you want.

[Animavore]

Don't get me wrong, boring books are ditched really quickly for me, too. I just have a habit of buying more books and forgetting about some of them.

I'm betting you put them down somewhere and forget about them, then go looking for something to read from the "new" pile. The previous book is not in plain sight, so it doesn't figure into your "watch shall I read" mode.

I find them under the bed or down the side of the sofa etc...

[Azathoth]

There is plenty for you to read in the mafia thread too

[Millefleur]

Ack, I've done this a few times this year too, got half way through, put it down and realise a week later I've 'lost' it..

[Clinton Huxley]

Do it all the time. I'm a literary gadfly, a bibliophilic slut.