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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:47 PM Original message |
Do you finish every book you start reading? |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. fiction? |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. i agree--to a degree |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. nonfiction |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. w8 that almost doesn't make sense, you don't often need to read an entire work of nonfiction |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. while it is true that |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. in well written nonfiction you can go out and use the first chapter |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-11-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. maybe it's because I approach non-fiction |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most of the ti........ |
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demguy72340 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. sometimes |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sooner or later. I can't stand not finishing what I start. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. If the first 2 chapters are boring, I peek into the rest. If it's boring too, I don't continue nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't read books anymore. n/t |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. why? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. These eyes only have so much reading in them and it goes to reading online. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Books I Have Abandoned |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Totally agree, but 100 pp I don't have - too old |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. so many books==so little time |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Usually. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. I usually read it all |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was raised to believ that if I didn't clean my plate |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. I usually know in the first 50 pages if I like a book. I usually finish a book |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. It took me about 3 tries to get through Dune |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. I endured DON QUIXOTE for about 7 chapters, than I gave up. Boring....nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. well actually i do |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I used to...because once I started I felt and odd sense of obligation to finish. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have several half-read |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Almost always....nt |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-10-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. I used to feel obligated to finish books. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Almost always. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-12-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. I alwatys read all Dean Koontz and Stephen King books |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-13-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. the last 8-10 i could not get into at all |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-14-11 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
32. I try to, unless the book is dry and boring. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-24-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. gosh no. This is a bad habit of mine. I start interesting books, |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. Used to but not any more |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. No |
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lovelaureng (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Wrong place |
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lovelaureng (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. Definitely no, |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. Pretty much most of them... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. No, I never finished "The Wasp Factory" and a few others. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. you didn't finish the wasp factory!!!!! |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not a chance. The only thing that kept me from throwing the first Sookie Stackhouse book across the |
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BookSavoury (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. LOL |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. welcome to DU, BookSavoury |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I had to look up "Sookie Stackhouse" because I had no |
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Frank Coffin (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Well, I left one book a long time ago that I started reading about 3-4 years ago |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
46. Mostly yes because I don't like reading a novel without finishing it |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. Usually. I am a fan of Stephan King and Dean Koontz. |
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Moe Shinola (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nah, sometimes I just forget I was reading them, they sit so long. |
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