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I always do my best to finish the book, including the foreword and any other additional texts that the book may have. To me, it feels disrespectful to the author to not read the whole book, even if they've been dead for 2000 years, they still deserve respect for the work that they've done.

To me, not finishing a book is like looking at only half of a painting - you can't see the whole picture. ^^

But I do understand that these days people are obsessed over not wasting time, even though I disagree with the "must not waste time" mentality.

You know, sometimes I quite enjoy pressing the Snooze button and just taking in the cold fresh morning air while enjoying the warmth of my blanket.



I used to think this way, but think about all of the amazing books that you didn't experience because you were stuck on a book that didn't click with you. There are a bazzilion books, you aren't going to read them all, you might as well read what clicks with you.


But the problem is that you don't know if the book will click for you later, and click in such a way that it might change the way you look at life.

I don't know, what I don't know.


You might also not yet be at a point in your life where you'll be able to appreciate a book. You can't force these things.


But based on the first 50 pages, statistically, the chance of this book clicking for you is lower than the chance the next book will click.


isn’t the really interesting argument here about the next word?

edit: should i read the next




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