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Catherine Baab's avatar

Good stuff as always, Ashley! :)

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Thanks, Cat!

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Ibrahim Khan's avatar

Great ideas 💡 Thank you 🙏📚🙏

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Thank you!

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Daniel G's avatar

What if it's a book in a series? That's what kills me: when I've read and loved the first few, then I hit one that just doesn't do it for me. At that point, I'm invested in the characters and the world the author has built, and I don't want to miss out on important plot points, or more great books coming down the pipe, but I also don't want to suffer through, especially if it's not just a one-off but more a case of, "this series jumped the shark."

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

That's a tough one! I think I'd power through in that case—a lot of series have a dud among them, or one that just doesn't vibe like the rest do, and the payoff of reading the entire series is usually worth it.

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Laura W.'s avatar

Great ideas. Thanks. I'm in a book right now *10% through * that I'm not going to finish now even though I thought I was ready for it. I'll come back to it though. Going to read something else though. I'm on book 11 of the year. Can't seem to find my footing. I read 3 last week so I'm maybe just tired and busy catching up on other things. Another thing, I can't force myself into reading when there's a moment I really need to be doing other stuff, but as you said we should be enjoying reading! 📚🙃😉♥️

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Eleven for the year so far is incredible!

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Marg Moon's avatar

These are great tips and I couldn’t agree more. Life is short, do not waste it reading books you aren’t enjoying or learning something from.

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Yes!

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Meredith Rankin's avatar

This is really useful for me, both as a reader and as a writer. I once DNF a book after 500 pages. The thought of slogging through another 100 pages of the story made me want to poke my eyeballs out.

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Ashley Holstrom's avatar

Oh my goodness, FIVE HUNDRED PAGES! Proud of you.

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