Suggested by JM:
“Life is too short to read bad books.” I’d always heard that, but I still read books through until the end no matter how bad they were because I had this sense of obligation.
That is, until this week when I tried (really tried) to read a book that is utterly boring and unrealistic. I had to stop reading.
Do you read everything all the way through or do you feel life really is too short to read bad books?
Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!
http://www.bloggang.com/mainblog.php?id=lmj&month=12-11-2009&group=11&gblog=8
I will definitely lose interest and stop right there. There are just too many good books waiting for me. So why not pursue them 🙂
http://christysbooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-111209.html
I have to finish, or it will bug me to no end.
I can’t not!: http://mealibris.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday-too-short/
Here’s mine.
Happy BTT!
Here’s my answer.
Here is my answer.
here’s mine 🙂
http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt/
Happy BTT 🙂
I’ve been so conflicted on this lately…http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-good-until-the-bitter-end/
Woops!… this is my link, now the above one: http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-good-until-the-bitter-end/
Here’s mine, Happy BTT everyone!
http://dot-scribbles.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
My first BTT! 🙂
http://cutlex.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday-11-12-09/
Here’s my answer!
http://the-bibliophiles-lounge.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-1.html
My answer:
http://mervih.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/too-short/
I wrote it and forgot to post my link!
Here it is:
http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-bad-books.html
Here’s mine! http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
short answer- yes!
for obligation or for love…?
http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2009/11/reading-for-obligation-or-for-love.html
Good question! Here’s my answer:
http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
What makes me put a book down:
http://www.yuletimereading.com/2009/11/the-bad-bad-book/
Mine is here
Mine is here
here http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/bad-blood/
I feel like I’m in the minority- there’s still something to get out of bad books. Very nice question this week.
I feel guilty, but I put it down.
http://wellreadreviews.com/booking-through-thursday-meme-2
Here is mine
errr. Here’s mine
Good question! Here’s my answer:
http://readintothis.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-17.html
My answer is here.
Life is to short. My full answer here.
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-to-short.html
Happy BTT Everyone!!!
http://missysbooknook.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-lifes-too.html
Happy BTT! It’s good to be back! Here’s mine!
http://wereadtoknow.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-a-readers-duty/
My BTT.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO READ BAD BOOKS!!
http://www.theburtonreview.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursdaylife-is-too.html
[…] What about you and your guilty conscience? Do you finish everything you start? Post your answer here or at Booking Through Thursday. […]
Great question! Here’s my answer: http://thecrowdedleaf.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday-november-12-2009
Here’s mine:
http://thestairlanding.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
Here is my answer:
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-too-short/
~MizB
It depends. My answer is here:
http://barbarah.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday-when-to-give-up/
Here’s mine:
http://amyreads.com/?p=740
Yep. Life’s too short.
Here’s my post. I can’t wait to see everyone’s answer to this one!
http://eveningreader.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-abandoning-bad-books/
Here is mine
http://readinginthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-bad-books.html
Yep, too short. My longer answer here.
I hate being a quitter!! LOL Here’s my answer:
http://southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
Today I’m #45. Tomorrow is my birthday and I’ll be 46.
Here’s my entry
http://readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com/2009/11/btt-life-is-too-short-for-bad-books.html
Here’s mine for the week!
http://almostcrazymommy.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-bad-books.html
I love this question! I definitely have strong opinions on this very topic.
http://www.michellesmastermusings.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
Definitely too short! http://amusedbybooks.blogspot.com/2009/11/too-short.html
I used to keep going. Now I stop. Find out why at http://yourlibrarycard.blogspot.com/2009/11/rotten-reads.html.
I got way too many books to stick with one I don’t like to read:
http://okbolover.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday1112/
here’s mine:
http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/booking-through-thursday-5/
Here’s mine!:)
http://alwayssomethingtoread.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
Sometimes I do read on when I shouldn’t.
This is a great question!
http://aliteratus.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
I was just thinking about this last night!
Here’s my BTT answer.
What an appropriate question for me this month.
I used to be “Lynne’s Letters” but now I’ve got a separate book blog. Come and “follow” me, wontchya?
Lynne’s Book Reviews
http://bookhooked.blogspot.com/2009/11/bad-books.html
Mine is here.
Life is too short, and I am too impatient.
http://readerlydiversions.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
I like this question. 🙂
My answer: http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-nov-12.html
I usually finish a book unless it’s vulgar. Breaking Dawn, the 4th book in the Twilight series was a killer for me. The first 100 or so pages were great but the last 500 or so I just about died. There’s been a few in book club I’ve had to force myself to read so that I could participate in the discussion.
Great question:
http://reviewfromhere.com/?p=513
I don’t read every book to the very end. See why here.
I do actually, but speed up reading something I don’t enjoy. Full answer is posted on my blog. 🙂
I try, but often fail!
http://www.jenrothschild.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
I won’t waste my time on a book I’m enjoying any more. 🙂
No time to waste on boring books.
Here is mine:
http://writesthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/11/btt-too-short.html
I’m definately one that will stop reading if I’m not enjoying the book. Why waste time on something you’re not enjoying?
http://bookwormnation.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2009/11/btt-for-1112.html
here we go!
Mine is here. Enjoy.
I live — and read — by that rule.
Gory details here:
http://unrulyreader.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
I just want to read….http://addlife21.blogspot.com/2009/11/are-there-really-bad-books.html
Hooray for Thursday!
http://baker-bookworm.blogspot.com/2009/11/btt-too-short.html
Fire & Ice Booking Through Thursday
from what I have understood
reading a bad book could
help you learn about your limit
to reading something so insipid
so does that make a bad book good?
I think I need to change my ways…
http://fictionfanatic.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/btt-too-short/
Not gonna waste my time on books that make me go zzz…
http://thebookresort.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday.html
Here’s my answer, late as usual: http://mylittlecthulhu.livejournal.com/7877.html
http://30ishgirlnextdoor.typepad.com/plottings/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
Better late than never 🙂
http://desertrosebooklogue.blogspot.com/2009/11/booking-through-thursday-too-short.html
Have to finish everything I start, else it hurts my OCD. I’d like to think this makes me more selective, but it probably doesn’t… *sigh*.
No guilt. I picked it up, I can put it down.
Considering that my tagline is “For people who don’t have time to read bad books,” I have to say that I have managed to overcome my reluctance to quit a book before I’m finished. I used to share “Dreadful Penny’s” OCD, but now I agree with “Vanilla” – I picked it up, I can put it down. I don’t have time to read all the great books that call to me – why would I waste time on those that don’t really pan out?
I have to finish, at least to make sure its a bad book all the way through, because then i’ll regret not knowing what happened…