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CRussel · 12-12-2018, 04:44 PM

I confess to avoiding the Russians almost completely. I did read both Anna Karenina (in high school), and Doctor Zhivago after the movie came out. But otherwise, I'll pass.

I used to be of the "if I started it, I must finish it" school of readers. But as I've gotten older, and as my Kindle Oasis holds hundreds of books I haven't read, plus a hundred or two I have and wouldn't mind re-reading, I've gotten quite hard about reading dreck I am not enjoying. I abandon them at 25%. Unless the book is for the New Leaf Book Club, and then I give it 50%, at least.

12-12-2018, 04:44 PM	#33
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,298 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I confess to avoiding the Russians almost completely. I did read both Anna Karenina (in high school), and Doctor Zhivago after the movie came out. But otherwise, I'll pass. I used to be of the "if I started it, I must finish it" school of readers. But as I've gotten older, and as my Kindle Oasis holds hundreds of books I haven't read, plus a hundred or two I have and wouldn't mind re-reading, I've gotten quite hard about reading dreck I am not enjoying. I abandon them at 25%. Unless the book is for the New Leaf Book Club, and then I give it 50%, at least.