tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post8763896459603544279..comments2024-01-03T09:14:36.282+00:00Comments on Reading in Reykjavík: Multiple books syndromeBibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-21806464799896746992010-08-13T08:46:24.923+00:002010-08-13T08:46:24.923+00:00Nomad, I don't always finish the books I start...Nomad, I don't always finish the books I start reading, although if I own them, I usually give them another chance (or two) before I cull them. In my experience, any story that hasn't taken off after you've read 20% of the pages isn't going to improve.<br /><br />To quote Sara Nelson:<br />"Allowing yourself to stop reading a book-at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-48515828787994821702010-08-13T03:27:54.572+00:002010-08-13T03:27:54.572+00:00I have discovered that I don't have a pattern ...I have discovered that I don't have a pattern for reading! Sometimes I'll devote myself entirely to a single book while at other times, I'll have a few on the go at once. Do yuo always like to finish a book you start? I have read varying opinions on this but I am still one of those who feels I have let myself down if I don't persist until the end. I think this is particularly The Literary Nomadhttp://www.theliterarynomad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-27209298486655271942010-07-02T04:28:57.863+00:002010-07-02T04:28:57.863+00:00I'm so pleased to see there's someone else...I'm so pleased to see there's someone else out there with as big a TBR pile as I have! I'm not all that confident I'll ever make my way through all mine, plus library books and loans from friends, but it's fun trying. I do read several books at a time, but there's no special plan to it. Sometimes I can have up to 6 books on the go but eventually that will bug me and I&#Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921296446983555254noreply@blogger.com