> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 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.)
I, also, almost never give up on a book. I don't think there's been more
than a handful of them. And in several cases, I eventually came back to
them when I got older and tried again and it worked better. (Or I
discovered I was reading a series out of sequence which is why it made no
sense.) I can remember trying to read Heinlein's "Methuselah's Children"
without having read any of the future history stories. It made no sense and
I gave up. After reading many of the others I tried again and I made it
through it.
Ironically, one of the few books I tried and gave up on and never went back
to was "1984". I wonder if I should try now?
- John
