I am on page 220 of Pillars of the Earth. It has taken me a month or longer to get this far. I had to renew it at the library cause I wasn't done. Normally, I wouldn't give a book this long to get good. Normally, it only takes me a day to read 220 pages.
The only reason I keep trucking along is a teacher once described this book as one of the best books ever! She said it makes all other books you read less than. I am starting to care about the characters. Maybe I will give it some time over the weekend. But I am starting to feel like I should give up on it.
How much time and pages should you give a book? When do you give up on a book?
Does skipping to the end or skimming count as giving up?
ReplyDeleteKelly
http://tearinguphouses.blogspot.com
100 pages. That is all a book gets. If you want to know why go back and look at my blog. Click on the books link and read my 100 page rule.
ReplyDeleteI started reading the Count of Monte Cristo in May. It's 1000 pages and I read the first 500 in 2 weeks and can't pick it up again. But I can't just give up because then its like I read the first 1/2 for nothing. But yeah, generally speaking, the 100 page rule is good!
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