From time to time, some of you "confess" at meetings that you just couldn't get into the title we're discussing that evening. A few of you admit you can't imagine trying again, but most of you indicate you feel the call of duty to finish the book, or at least make a good-faith effort to do so. (A Little Life is one recent example of this phenomenon.)
If you've ever wondered about the psychology of the decision to keep reading a book you don't enjoy, I commend the following short article to you: "Why It's So Hard to Stop Reading Books You Don't Even Like."
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An interesting and amusing article. The bright side—increasingly brighter to us all—is that age enables us to let "sunk costs" sink. We jettison so that we may float! And some books read with pleasure but in an accident of life set aside we are never called back to again (still floating around somewhere in a dim past or some imagined future).
Well said, my friend!
Cheers, Steve
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