What do you do if a book isn't interesting?

[Sonie Daniel]

I keep on reading but it will take me a longer than usual time to finish it.

[Ash Subra]

I try to finish the book. Sometimes I read another book. Than I come to the unfinish book. Somehow I try to finish reading. Still I can't read means I will leave the book.

[Carlos Mata Saenz]

I use to give it a really good try, sometimes authors want to give it a good introduction before things happen. Usually, I wait at least until half book to think about stopping. Only once I did it earlier.

[McAlpine]

I can read only so many books in my lifetime. Therefore, I am very selective about which books to read. I use my experiences from selecting books to select the next one. However, I sometimes take risks. I might want to read a book that came from an eccentric author or a narrow genre. There are times when I want to read a bestselling thriller, too.

I always read at least 50 pages of a book before I make a judgment about the book's quality. When I do not like the book after 50 pages, I rationalize what to do with it. I try to learn from the mistake and increase my expertise to select books. Sometimes, I discover that I am being judgmental. If so, then I continue to read. Other times, I find that I really do not like the book.

I try to discover what happened. Was I ripped off by advertising, or was I fooled by the beginning of the story? Was there an even deeper flaw? Unfortunately, there have been books that I had to stop reading. I was not getting what I had expected from the stories.

[Paul Link]

The minute I find a book to be boring, I give it the entire next chapter to become good. If it doesn't, I stop reading it.