📖 **When The Solution Is Worse Than The Initial Problem**
I was advised by a friend to intersperse fiction books in between my reading of non-fiction material. He said that it would help with concentration and removing boredom. Taking his advice to heart, I have started doing exactly as advised. This has led me into a quandary. The latest fiction book that I chose is over one thousand pages of historical fiction. The choice of book came from an online recommendation. I am currently on page two hundred and eighty-eight and it has been a struggle getting this far. Ostensibly a 'palate cleaner' my current choice is boring and can in no way be described as a page turner. The easiest solution would be to stop reading and move on; however, I find that really difficult. I know it is a personal flaw and something that I need to address and change. In the meantime, I will continue to struggle and hope the thousand-page mark comes quickly.
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Most definitely there are books not worth reading even once.
The problem is one doesn't really know which they are until one starts reading them.
One thing I would try to do is to (pretend to) merely suspend reading the book.
@vnikolov @bibliolater @bookstodon being unable to finish a book is not your failure. Sometimes it's the wrong book for you, sometimes it's the wrong time for you, and sometimes the book is just bad but if the Emporer thinks it's the finest book in all the land then anyone who thinks it's just a yarn of nothing must be a fool, right?
@craignicol @vnikolov @bookstodon
You are right on all three points. Letting go for some is difficult.
