On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 12/13/00 9:44:21 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I haven't skipped to the middle of a book since I was about 9 or 10. (I
> > also don't give up on books in the middle, even if one seems to be a waste
> > of my time -- if I do that, I've admitted that the time I've put into it
> > already was a waste, and I hate doing that.)
> >
> >
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> I take that to an extreme... I can't pick up another book until I've
> finished the previous book even if I absolutely hate the book I am
> reading. It becomes a major hinderance in reading. I am far behind
> in reading, and stuck on Blue Mars (have been for a long, long time).
> Having been through Red Mars and Green Mars, I am disapointed with
> this book a great deal, but I will probably finish it in the near
> future, I only have about 100 pages to go (five hours of read time for
> me, I'll probably finish it off this weekend just to get it over with,
> and who knows, maybe it will redeem itself in the last 100 pages).
> Once I get done with this one, I can finally read the book Ishmael.
I can be in the middle of up to about 5 books at once, but I've been in
the habit lately of reading only 1 or 2 at a time. The non-fiction book
I'm reading (_The Making of the Atomic Bomb_ by Richard Rhodes) is dense
with information, but captivating. I'm going through that at a rate
slower than normal for me.
_Blue Mars_ was at least 20% too long, I thought. Good luck on it.
Let us know about Ishmael.
Julia
