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Monday, August 17, 2009

Stickin' with it.....

How long do you give a book before you throw in the towel?

I've been reading this book, Best Intentions by Emily Listfield. I could have sworn that I read on other book blogs that it was a mystery/suspense book. So I got this book from the library and so far, I'm not feeling the mystery part.

Earlier tonight, I'm out roaming the streets in Blogger world and I come across a blog that has reviewed this book that I'm reading. I decided to stop in and read her review, hoping that one way or another I would get some input on what to do about this book.

I'm glad I did. The blogger gave the book a very good review and filled me in on a little secret. It is a mystery.....the mystery is in the last third of the book.

Okie dokie then......I'm stickin' with it!


4 comments:

  1. My rule is 100 pages or four chapters...if it hasn't sucked me in by then...it's gone. Life's too short...lol!

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  2. I hate to give up on books but sometimes you just have to. If I can't get into a book by about 50 to 100 pages I usually quit it.

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  3. I'm almost done this book and I really am glad I stuck with it. See, once in a while you just have to hang in there with a book. It wasn't that it didn't draw me in but I was waiting for the mystery, I'm too used to them being right in the beginning

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  4. I like a book to grab me on the very first page, but will usually give it 25 pages or so before I give up. If a book has gotten rave reviews, I'll give it a little longer to see what everyone is talking about, but that's rare. There are just too many good books out there to waste time on a book that isn't holding your interest.

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So, whatcha thinkin?