I logged on to Shelfari today and looked over the books I have listed as books I'm currently reading. Actually, I'm not currently reading any of them. :(
Master of Dragons and Nefertiti are both books that I got really far in reading but didn't complete before they had to go back to the library. I had renewed them a couple times already and they were starting to accrue fines. So I had to return them unfinished. Those are only two of quite a few that I've done that with. I actually have a small list somewhere with books I had to return to the library before I finished. I have the title, author and page where I left off written down.
I guess I just get distracted with life or other hobbies. Maybe it's because those books weren't well written. Or perhaps it's because I start worrying that it wouldn't have a good ending. I usually end up getting mad at myself for not finishing it and think it's a flaw with me and not the author.
Another book I have listed on that site is Woman in White. I saw the movie a while ago and thought the storyline was good. The way it is written is a little slow to me but I stuck it out to see the "mystery" revealed. (I had forgotten what the "mystery" was in the movie.) It is a long book and I only have about 20 pages or so left to read to complete it. But I was disappointed with what the "mystery" was and I am no longer as excited to see how it wraps up. I still want to finished it since I own the book. I'm just more interested in reading something else.
My goal is to one day finish the dozen or so books that I've started and not finished. :)
Actually, I do currently have 3 books from the library that I'm trying to read. I haven't listed them on Shelfari because I'm not sure if I should be embarrassed by my choices yet. >_<
Have to laugh at your last line about not listing books on Shelfari as I too have some like that. I think its ok to not list everything so don't feel bad about it. As to not finishing a book, been there too - especially when (like you said) its not turning out the way I hoped it would and/or the writer gets bogged down in to many details. Right now I found a new book that I started reading at Books A Million but have decided to not let myself go back to it UNTIL I finish the Leviathan series I'm in the middle of. Its hard 'cause I really like the book AND I bought it for my NOOK. *Sigh* So goes the lives of us who love to read ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I've ever purposly not finished a book because I didn't like how it was it was going but I know what it's like to lose interest in a story. The other night I made myself continue reading a book I had started but wasn't grabbing me instead of starting another one that looked intersting. I also have books I've bought because I wanted to read them then gotten side tracked reading or re-reading something else. Wow, I had no idea reading was so complicated. (Actully yes I did)
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