I am very picky about what I read, so if I start to read a book then I go till the end. Sometimes I choose a wrong book
From the last year:
Earthsea series by
Ursula Le Guine,
Black Man by
Richard Morgan,
American Gods by
Neil Gaiman...they are the worst books I have read in 2007. These books were prised so much on fantasy forums that I absolutely had to read them to form my own opinion.
All that said, I do not read classics at all, since I have discovered fantasy gengre at age 21. I have had more than enough of Russian classics in school and I hate all of them,
no exceptions. I liked some "foreign" classics when I was studying at University, such as
Theodore Dreiser and
Victor Hugo but since then - nothing. Much too boring for me. Too realistic. I have enough of real life around me, so when I read I like to be elsewhere...
I gave up on a couple of books/series before. I never feel guilty about it. I do feel frustrated because I wasted
my time and money on it (but time is more important because I am a slow reader).