Rick Robinson:
>I'm a 40-page-and-out guy myself. As
someone
> here said, too many books to fool with something I'm
not
> enjoying reading. There have been times when someone
has
> convinced me that a later book by an author is so
good I
> ought to him that author second chance, but I can
count
> those instances on a hand and have the thumb
free.
In a science fiction con I was at ince someone suggested
reading page 1117 before you buy a book. Of course it doesn't
have to be that exact page, but if you read a book in the
middle you won't miss authors whose books start very slowly.
If I want to turn to the next page I buy the book.It's not
infallible, but I've found it helps keep my tbr pile down
somewhat because I reject books that aren't compelling at
that point. Mark
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