tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post2169347540142641012..comments2024-03-29T08:13:34.222-07:00Comments on Musings of a Bookish Kitty: Booking Through Thursday: Read With AbandonLiterary Felinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-87182657860621715162007-11-01T18:55:00.000-07:002007-11-01T18:55:00.000-07:00Alice - Some books are definitely worth savoring. ...Alice - Some books are definitely worth savoring. :-)<BR/><BR/>Julie - Sometimes you just have to give up. There are so many other books to get to, right?Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-60688154276378342262007-10-31T22:56:00.000-07:002007-10-31T22:56:00.000-07:00Anna Karenina is my abandoned book. I just couldn...Anna Karenina is my abandoned book. I just couldn't stay with it.<BR/>I nearly abandoned Kate Elliott's The Gathering Storm but, finally, after 12 months I finished it. It was a struggle! Crown of Stars is proving likewise but I'm determined to finish it. I doubt I'll ever pick up another of her books once I'm done with this series.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423616016399334179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-75374768192951808522007-10-31T08:42:00.000-07:002007-10-31T08:42:00.000-07:00I echo your thoughts, Wendy. For example, the way ...I echo your thoughts, Wendy. For example, the way I read LOTR and some light-weight novels are definitely different. With LOTR, I really took my time to study it and savor the details...Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623394887320093229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-88069178140702465932007-10-28T18:13:00.000-07:002007-10-28T18:13:00.000-07:00Teach - I run into that sometimes too. Just like ...Teach - I run into that sometimes too. Just like my cleaning out the closet moments. Sometimes I'm in the mood to throw everything out and other times, I can't part with anything no matter how unlikely I will be to use it again.<BR/><BR/>Clea - Yes, I have found that too. Sometimes a book will speak to me when I first read it, but then later in life, it doesn't quite have the same impact. Or vice versa. I think where we are in life plays a part in that. Our reading tastes go in phases just as life does.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-50867638619890756392007-10-28T11:16:00.000-07:002007-10-28T11:16:00.000-07:00Do you ever find it depends on where or when you a...Do you ever find it depends on where or when you are in life? I got into "The Golden Bowl" at one point and just devoured it. I'm a big re-reader, but I've never been able to get back into it, have abandoned it several times.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I was younger or smarter or had more powers of concentration then. Of if it was because I was in a bad romance and the book is, essentially, about a bad relationship. But in general sometimes I find that yesterday's loves are today's abandoned reads - and vice versa, too.Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-11264096581706986762007-10-26T20:06:00.000-07:002007-10-26T20:06:00.000-07:00Sometimes I find I tend to give books too much tim...Sometimes I find I tend to give books too much time and then I go through stages where if I don't like the book I have a "Life's too short" attitude and move on.Helen/Spike and Drusilla OK Citizenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300294508816265173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-76713777411557560872007-10-26T17:47:00.000-07:002007-10-26T17:47:00.000-07:00Melody - Thank you! Sometimes it is hard to retur...Melody - Thank you! Sometimes it is hard to return to books I mean to pick up again. I admit I've struggled through some that I liked on some level but wasn't thrilled on another. I tend to enjoy most of what I read overall though. I'm not quite a critical as some. :-)<BR/><BR/>Gautami - Yes, that's exactly it! <BR/><BR/>BookGal - Thank you. I find that too. Mood and mindset do play a part in our perceptions of what we are reading at any given time.<BR/><BR/>CJ - There are some books I can tell I will never pick up again, but others I can tell might interest me under different circumstances. I hate to deny a book its day of reading just because my mood wasn't right. <BR/><BR/>Crafty Green Poet - I haven't read Ulysses, but I imagine it is one worth reading all the way through eventually. <BR/><BR/>Ladytink - I did that with a couple of books I read for review. I decided then that it wasn't worth it. I read and write reviews for the fun of it and forcing myself to read books I cannot get into is not how I want to spend my spare time.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-70978422823439811132007-10-26T14:30:00.000-07:002007-10-26T14:30:00.000-07:00I've forced myself to keep reading a book a couple...I've forced myself to keep reading a book a couple of times before even though I really didn't want to but here recently I give a book a couple of chances and if I'm just not into it I'll put it down. There are too many books in my TBR pile for me to have to suffer through a book!Ladytink_534https://www.blogger.com/profile/14317480621483829078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-19081144987444775812007-10-26T07:26:00.000-07:002007-10-26T07:26:00.000-07:00Well my big abandoned book is Ulysees and I'm cert...Well my big abandoned book is Ulysees and I'm certainly intending to try again... You're definitely right - boring and slow are not the sameCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-66545233088918732902007-10-26T03:44:00.000-07:002007-10-26T03:44:00.000-07:00I'm with you. I rarely ever completely give up on...I'm with you. I rarely ever completely give up on a book. I'll set one aside and pick it back up later but rarely completely abandon one.<BR/><BR/>cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-10250697337936148092007-10-25T21:21:00.000-07:002007-10-25T21:21:00.000-07:00Great points. Sometimes I find I'm just not in th...Great points. Sometimes I find I'm just not in the mood for a certain book but end up loving it another time.BookGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137723640145816276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-44670384818136949852007-10-25T20:07:00.000-07:002007-10-25T20:07:00.000-07:00Rebecca is very boring initially but it is a very ...Rebecca is very boring initially but it is a very good read. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand has a somewhat boring start but I loved reading it. I still read it. <BR/><BR/>I do agree, a book might have a slow start but might have great potential if one plods through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31552114.post-27932352878847120502007-10-25T19:43:00.000-07:002007-10-25T19:43:00.000-07:00Well said, Wendy! I agree that timing does play a ...Well said, Wendy! I agree that timing does play a part in my reading too. Most of the times I don't go back to reading the book again if I find it boring or uninteresting in the first place because there are too many books in my TBR pile. Nowadays I tend to be more choosy so that I won't waste my time reading something which I don't enjoy, especially when my reading time is so limited, hehe.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967837585961009598noreply@blogger.com