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!

  • stella3books@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I pick books where I want to know what’s in them, even if the experience of reading them isn’t fun. I want the information contained in them, so I power through.

    Also don’t feel bad about using “support literature”. If you aren’t understanding the themes of a book, look up what people say are the important themes, read some analysis by experts. Other people have already broken the path, make use of it.