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jordan464•1d ago

Why does nobody talk about skipping chapters 3 through 11 in nonfiction

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dylanbell•1d ago

TIL quitting a book at page 50 is fine, a guy at a used book store in Tulsa showed me his method

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emma_hayes80•2d ago

My buddy in Tulsa swore Dune was worth it after 100 pages, and I told him that was nuts, then I got to page 100 myself last month

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wilson.jesse•2d ago

A librarian in Akron asked why I was forcing myself through book 3, and it changed how I pick what to read

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angela191•3d ago

Finally hit my goal of quitting 10 books in 12 months, and the weird part is I feel great about it

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eva243•3d ago

PSA: A librarian in Tulsa told me my DNF list was a reading log, and now I finish way more

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pat954•3d ago

Gave up on Dune 40 pages from the end after 3 months of pushing through, and I feel weirdly free

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green.jessica•4d ago

Vent: spent 4 years speed reading novels until I hit page 12 of Blood Meridian

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mason_murray•5d ago

I quit The Da Vinci Code on page 88 after reading the same paragraph twice and feeling nothing

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williamprice•7d ago

Gave up on Dune at page 150, then finished it on audio in 9 days

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robinson.quinn•7d ago

Gave up on Infinite Jest after 3 months and only 400 pages, was it the book or me?

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dakotaknight•7d ago

Got 200 pages into a 900 page fantasy novel and realized I had no idea who half the characters were

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chen.phoenix•9d ago

Gave up on Infinite Jest after 6 weeks and 240 pages, then found out my dentist quit it at page 90

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stellahayes•10d ago

I gave up on 4 different copies of Moby-Dick before page 30, then a friend suggested I try it with a bookmark and a calendar and I got to page 200 in a week

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green.jessica•10d ago

Gave a novel 57 pages and it pulled me in, so I finished it and hated it more

Books We Quit

c/books-we-quit

A place to share and discuss books you started but couldn't finish, and why you gave up on them.

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