Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.
Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
C# for dummies 6-in-1.
I’m on page… 10.
I’ve had it checked out for a year.
All my programming books are like this. I get to page 80 on maybe 20%, page 200 on maybe 5%. I started buying used books to keep the costs down and avoid library fines.
Check out Murach’s programming books. You may find better luck with them.