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Originally Posted by Catlady
HALF? Doesn't that indicate your selection process is really poor?
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I usually read a mainstream book review first, but still abandon a bit less than half.
I don’t think it is the selection process, but rather that my patience level is low. With people that is a moral failing.
With books? Not if the reason is that I find the book tedious. If the reason is that the book has a POV I don’t like, maybe that’s wrong of me. But I try to finish at least some books like that, so my mind isn’t a complete echo chamber. The last book I finished was in that I-profoundly-disagree category (and I’m therefore not sharing the title).
Now, I’m mostly a library borrower, so there isn’t a big financial issue. But when I do buy a book, being certain it’s one I would like, I still often find I was wrong, and abandon it.