November Group Read: Check in the First

[glinda]

The first week of the challenge has reached an end. Time to share with the class your triumphs and tribulations. Finish a book? Make a start on something that you've been meaning to get round to for ages? Or finally accept that that one book everyone recommended you is just not your thing and you're never going to get past the second chapter?

New participants, what obstacles have you faced? (Other than the umm...elephant in the room that is current affairs...) Regular participants, what tips and tricks do you have to offer? Are you a break yourself in easy with a short book person? *raises hand* Or perhaps you prefer to start with something chunky while you're full of enthusiasm?

Successes and failures below the line please!

Comments

[blueswan]

I gave myself a goal of finishing all the almost done books I've been planning to get back to. There were six books in the pile. I finished to first book in the pile. I literally only had the last three pages to go. If they are all like that i will be done by tomorrow if I don't get distracted. Two of the books are the comic trades for The Old Guard, I started book one and then realized i should wait until I had book two so I set it aside and surprise, never picked it up again. I'm about 75 pages into All is not forgotten, but I may not finish it, I had a pretty strong feeling that it wasn't a book for me which is why it got set aside. Beoewulf needs to be read aloud, so I just need to pick times when I'm alone in the house. I really dislike reading and having people hear me. Bury my heart at wounded knee. Yes, that one. I've been meaning to read it for literally decades, but it is a hard read, so I need to take breaks in order not to over react.

After looking at what I have to read, I realize it will take me a week or more to get thru them, but I will just stick with these until I finish them or decide not to in the case of the one book.

[glinda]

Almost done/half-read books is a really satisfying target to have! You get the satisfaction of finishing more things, plus I find it’s easier to abandon books in that category because if I’ve given it a second attempt then I’m really sure it’s not for me.