It’s Okay to Stop Reading Your Book
Getting a new book is one of life’s simple pleasures. After wandering around the aisles of your favorite, rustic bookstore, you thumb through the pages and admire the cover art. Once you made your decision, the excitement awaits.
The perfect book isn’t easy to find, and as readers, we often find ourselves meticulously evaluating our literature.
So, after committing to a book and placing it on our nightstand, we begin the familiar cycle of entertainment. We explore a world of twists, turns, conflicts, and resolutions.
However, our expectations aren’t always met, and it goes from entertainment to work.
Have you ever read 100 pages of a book and couldn’t finish your novel?
I have, and it’s frustrating.
It’s frustrating that I spend a few hours investing myself in the people, places, and storylines of the characters. The author — or topic — couldn’t keep my attention.
It’s something we’ve all dealt with. Even movie buffs encounter the same let-downs that readers experience.
Yet, there’s something to be said for readers who know when to put a book down. It shows that it’s okay to walk away.
I recently read 200 pages of a 375-page book. It felt like torture. Every scene and footnote…
