RE: Your favourite books/author
April 27, 2021 at 9:03 am
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2021 at 9:03 am by zwanzig.)
(April 27, 2021 at 8:36 am)Eleven Wrote: When it comes to reading, I have not read anything in years. Just can't find the time, plus not interested. I did all of my reading in my youth. Maybe one day in my old age I will return to it.
It's off and on irritating to find good ones available. My local library is a dinky little country place so the selection sucks. So, I mostly read from Kindle Unlimited selection or I look for deals on other books. It might sound entitled and stuck up, but I'm not paying $8-$15 for a book I haven't read. I did that quite regularly in my youth and ended up with a bookshelf of expensive books that I never finished because they sucked. Who wants that? *friends come over and give them a tour of my house* "And over here is the shelf full of books that I don't like but won't give away because they're horrible."
I mostly stick with a strategy of not forcing myself to finish books I don't like. An author has to earn my attention. If they haven't done so within the first 50 pages or if they have annoyed me something awful in the first 10-20, I drop it and move on.