Friday OT - Under the Covers

[Angie]

Reading is a huge part of my personality. And I've started to do it even more to avoid doom scrolling.

This is also me. I read on my phone via the Kindle app, but it accomplishes the same thing - I am not tempted to doom scroll.

I have always been a huge fiction reader - primarily classics, both regular and modern. There are some additional current authors I enjoy because they are funny - Christopher Moore is a big one.

 

[Angie]

If you get into a book and you don't like it, do you hate-read the rest of it, or are you ok stopping, even if you're a quarter or a half way through it?

I used to hate-read it to see if it got better, but as I've gotten older, I'm perfectly fine stopping and not wasting any more time on something I don't enjoy.

I've found that two things that will kill my enjoyment of a fiction/fantasy book are:
1) badly written dialogue
2) poorly written battle sequences

I am usually a completionist - a word I think I made up. But if I start a book/TV show/movie, that usually means I am in it until the end, unless it is just the worst. Much more likely to be willing to ditch a TV show or movie than a book. However, I dropped a book last week because I just could not. Returned it immediately to Kindle Unlimited.

 

[Gonzo]

If you get into a book and you don't like it, do you hate-read the rest of it, or are you ok stopping, even if you're a quarter or a half way through it?

I used to hate-read it to see if it got better, but as I've gotten older, I'm perfectly fine stopping and not wasting any more time on something I don't enjoy.

I've found that two things that will kill my enjoyment of a fiction/fantasy book are:
1) badly written dialogue
2) poorly written battle sequences

I finish. The worst novel I've ever read is Strobe Life. It is truly awful. Contrived. Trying too hard. You name the typical characteristic of a horrible book, this has it. To this day I keep it displayed on one of my bookshelves alongside books I love. Bad books are a part of life.

 

[MeadForMyHorses]

I am usually a completionist - a word I think I made up. But if I start a book/TV show/movie, that usually means I am in it until the end, unless it is just the worst. Much more likely to be willing to ditch a TV show or movie than a book. However, I dropped a book last week because I just could not. Returned it immediately to Kindle Unlimited.

I too am a 'completionist' (love that term!). If I really don't like something, I'll start skimming to get the gist but get through it quickly.

TV shows and movies, though, I will drop on a dime and not look back. I just watched the first 3 seasons of Vikings and liked it a lot, but I'm done with it and probably won't ever go back.

 

[exCYtable]

If you like sports books, biographies, leadership styles, and history, "Shoe Dog" is an absolute must read. Fascinating story of Phil Knight and Nike.