Re:How To: Read more books
by bliss on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @04:30PM
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I'm in agreement with one point at least.
I used to force myself to complete books that I wasn't enjoying out of some misplaced sense of achievement on completing a "difficult" book.
I had the misfortune of reading "A Chancer" by James Kelman (otherwise, one of my favourite authors.) I was on a 4 hour bus trip, I was a captive audience. It was dreadful.
I stopped reading the boring story that I didn't care about and let my mind wander for 4 hours instead.
After that I now feel empowered to put down a book that I'm not enjoying, even one I feel is meant to be "good for me."
I used to force myself to complete books that I wasn't enjoying out of some misplaced sense of achievement on completing a "difficult" book.
I had the misfortune of reading "A Chancer" by James Kelman (otherwise, one of my favourite authors.) I was on a 4 hour bus trip, I was a captive audience. It was dreadful.
I stopped reading the boring story that I didn't care about and let my mind wander for 4 hours instead.
After that I now feel empowered to put down a book that I'm not enjoying, even one I feel is meant to be "good for me."