What Makes You Stop?

[Guest]

Thank you.

*provides a choice of cinnamon or vanilla ice cream*

And you are the most amazing horsie ever.

*more scritches*

Ahhh I so enjoy seeing peace, harmony and ice cream in the stable...

 

[HappyLlama]

The last page always seems to me to be a good place to stop.

 

[Guest]

The last page always seems to me to be a good place to stop.

it's true, but it is amazing to me how many people don't understand that.

There's also a problem with some people not knowing to start on the first page.

 

[HappyLlama]

You're meant to start on the first page?
That's where I've been going wrong!

I'm so used to watching films from half way through, it seemed like a good idea to do the same with books.

 

[Guest]

You're meant to start on the first page?
That's where I've been going wrong!

I'm so used to watching films from half way through, it seemed like a good idea to do the same with books.

Reading them or writing them, it's good policy either way.

Of course, when the book falls open and the words are underlined, sometimes you can just skip the rest...

 

[cantdog]

I suppose I should add in that "I just don't like it" is a valid reason not to read a story. It might not be something you bother to analyze (the narrator's voice, word choice, sentence style, etc.) but you know it all the same.

A book I read recently called "The Little Guide To Your Well-Read Life" states that we should give ourselves permission not to read what doesn't appeal to us quickly, because there is so much GOOD writing (good being subjective) that we waste time reading what doesn't appeal to us just because we started it -- that readers should not feel forced to belong to the "clean plate" club.

This is the shit, people. We lost a good one when we lost Mal.