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Was just talking to an old friend of mine about this. LOVE these message boards, always seem to somehow - sometimes a bit creepily - match conversations I have with friends and family at around the same time.
For me, while I do love my fiction, I can say that the only books I don't push through on are in that genre. I've never put an autobiography down though, and I read quite a few of those. What's funny is I've read some really boring autobiographies, but unlike fiction, I think I'm struck with the notion that at some point, somehow, the bio MUST get interesting.
My friend, however, was notorious for buying upwards of 5-6 books a month (these of course are the prehistoric days when only bulky print works roamed the land), but maybe finishing one, if that. I never wanted to intrude on his habit, but recently I knuckled up and just asked him why it was that he did that with his books.
He really didn't have an answer, just said he would go out to his bookstores and find whatever looked interesting - he was a big horror/thriller guy - and bring them back. It's not that he was ever into creating some impressive looking bookshelf, either.
While he may be the extreme, I do know a whole bunch of folks that'll do the same. Some of them with 30 dollar hardcovers!
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