tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post6864166004424932490..comments2023-07-06T11:06:53.714-04:00Comments on Fiction is so overrated: The Year's First DefeatChad Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-46794898118728191812011-03-28T17:12:30.100-04:002011-03-28T17:12:30.100-04:00I used to have that rule. I have since gotten ove...I used to have that rule. I have since gotten over it. I don't hesitate to put things down any more. You've got fifty pages to intrigue me in some way; past that, I'm moving on.<br /><br />I can't put a finger on my immediate problem with Slaughterhouse Five. (I probably could if I finished it.) I considered powering through it, but no.Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-23284760932090760572011-03-28T13:29:35.173-04:002011-03-28T13:29:35.173-04:00Two things: Do you have a personal rule about fin...Two things: Do you have a personal rule about finishing books? I have some friends who do. I don't. If I hate something, I stop reading it.<br /><br />You and I have discussed before whether things become so dated that they no longer carry the writer's message. I would have to re-read Slaughterhouse Five but I wonder if that's the problem.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849152901490157302noreply@blogger.com