Do you finish books you don’t enjoy?

For years I would finish a book even if I hated it. Once I started a book I had to finish it. I know this is common among book enthusiasts, though I’m not quite sure why. Regardless of why I felt compelled to finish every  book I started even if it felt like torture, it was something I did ever since I was a kid.

I am happy to say I am no longer in bondage to the “having to finish” syndrome. In the past couple years I have come to the conclusion that life is too short to read bad books. There are hundreds if not thousands of books I would like to read, why waste time reading a book I hate?

So if every turn of the page feels like a tedious chore. Stop, put the book down, and go read something else. No reason to feel guilty, your not a failure, in fact I think you might be smarter than most in doing so.