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If you start reading a book and it’s not grabbing you, how long do you give it until you give up? Or do you always read through to the end once you start?

@MitchWagner 50 pages. If it doesn't have me by then it's time to move on. Too many great books out there waiting.

@Cheri @Mitchwagner eventually I will finish Dracula 🧛🏻‍♂️; I’ve read Frankenstein, and Moby Dick 🐳

@stevepbrady A generous figure!

@Cheri I'm thinking since I do all my reading on the Kindle the Kindle sample would be a good figure.

@cn I loved Moby Dick in college. Many people find it dry but not me.

@MitchWagner To be fair I am a pretty quick reader. I think bottom line is that it is fine to quit books that are not doing it for you. Read if you are learning something or if you enjoy it. No one is passing out awards for finishes. 😁

@MitchWagner I mainly find 19th first–person literature, long 🙃

@stevepbrady I'm a slow reader but nonetheless I read a lot.

@cn They were paid by the pound. Heh.

@MitchWagner It depends, I don’t have a formula for it. Until I can’t stand it anymore and figure some other book is worthy of my time.