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A guy at my local bookshop in Boise said 'life's too short to read boring books' and I walked out with a whole new attitude
I was in this tiny used bookshop in Boise last month, just killing time, and I overheard this older guy talking to the owner. He picked up a fat novel, flipped through maybe 15 pages, and put it right back. The owner asked if he wanted it and he said 'nope, life's too short to read boring books.' That hit me weird at first because I always felt guilty about quitting. I used to force myself through stuff, like I spent 3 weeks grinding through a 600 page fantasy book that everyone raves about and I hated every page. Now I quit books way faster, usually by page 50. If the writing doesn't grab me or the story feels like homework, it goes back on the shelf. My friend thinks I'm crazy and says I'm missing out on slow burns, but honestly I've read more books this year than in the past 3 combined. Has anyone else changed how fast they bail on books after hearing something like this?
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shah.shane21d ago
Wait, you actually made it 3 weeks and 600 pages into a book you hated? That is wild to me. That is basically a part time job you were paying to suffer through every night. No book is worth that kind of punishment, even if the whole internet swears it gets good at page 400.
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