I started reading for fun a few years ago and started with the top 100 classics as voted by the readers of penguin books.
While I’ve loved some of them, and enjoyed others even if they weren’t my cup of tea, there have been some that I’ve had to grind them down page by page until they are finish.
I want to finish all 100 as it’s the challenge I set myself, so what do you do get through a book that you aren’t enjoying/connecting with?
Sorry if this had already been asked, I only joined yesterday!
I don’t think there’s really any kind of silver bullet for ensuring you finish every book you start and tbh if you genuinely don’t like a book there’s nothing wrong with not finishing it. That said… taking a look at that list… if you’re new to reading then trying to read everything on that list is a surefire way to burn yourself out. Ulysses, War and Peace, and Moby Dick just to name a few of the behemoths on that list… are not easy books to read and should probably be tackled individually and with some amount of prep work.
Ulysses is sat there waiting, I didn’t enjoy moby dick but I totally understand why it’s on the top 100 classics list, war and peace I really enjoyed!
I’m on 44/100 so far and I want to say I’ve done it as a personal achievement