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Originally Posted by issybird
End of the first quarter assessment:
The Good: According to Goodreads, I've read 39 books (and abandoned two, which I don't count), putting me 10 books ahead of my goal pace. However, this is because I've made some cheesy choices, hence
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FWIW, I count abandoned. Since I inevitably have invested more time trying to read them than it would have taken to read a good book.

The exception would be a book I start and clearly see in the first 50 pages or less that it is not for me. Usually because of excessive and lingering violence, or an author promoting an offensive agenda with a baseball bat.