There has been the odd book throughout my life I have not finished. Years ago I was one of those people who would start a book, stop, then start another, thus leaving a great variety of books half-read on my bookshelf (which I carried with me from house to house when I moved).
I have gone back and finished reading (in most cases started the book again) most of those books. The odd exception has been where my reading tastes have changed dramatically and the genre of book just doesn't interest me anymore. One tactic I have used to stop the collection of half-read books is to limit the number I will buy. I worked hard at restricting myself to no more than 2 unread books on my bookshelf at any one time. Worked fine for me....until now when the e-reader came along. I now have a HUGE collection of ebooks. I think I have enough there to outlast the life of this e-reader.
