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Aug 26, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Why would you, as an author\/reader, abandon (stop reading) someone else’s book?<\/strong><\/p>\n As I mentioned in a comment a few weeks ago, I take pride in reading\u00a0 completely almost every book I start. Almost is the key word here. Every now and then, I run into a book I just can’t handle, it’s so bad.<\/p>\n I won’t be naming any names. Most of them are wiped from my memory. But because of the bad books I’ve run into, I’m pickier about what books I buy. I’ll even take the time to read the reviews for freebies to escape my pet peeves.<\/p>\n The first and biggest reason is bad grammar. Typos, words spelled wrong, the wrong form of a word used, incorrect punctuation. Sure, a few errors here and there happen, even in books by traditional publishers. But when I pick up a book that has several a page, it makes it hard to slog through the entire story. If it’s a terrible, horrible,\u00a0 no good, very bad book, I’ll erase it from my ebook reader. (Thanks, Judith Viorst)<\/p>\n Next up would be boring characters and a boring plot to match. Ever run into a book where you ask yourself why the author even bothered to write it? The characters are flat and nothing happens. The main characters go to work everyday and that is somehow an existential crisis. I’ve never read one of those books the whole way through.<\/p>\n Image by Gerhard Gellinger<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How about unrealistic story line? Let’s say in the story it takes an hour to get from point A to point B and you know in real life it would take three or four. Or it’s a mystery and the author has no idea of police procedure. I’ll let one instance pass, but if the book is full of similar mistakes, I can’t finish it.<\/p>\n What do I do with really bad books? It’s easy to get rid of an ebook. It’s a little harder to get rid of a paper version. I feel guilty passing it on to a charity and inflicted the pain on someone else. And it breaks my heart to put any book in the garbage. I have to weigh the end results and usually the garbage can wins.<\/p>\n I did a quick poll on Twitter to see what would cause other people to stop reading a book. I only got a few responses, but the clear winner\u2014or is it loser?\u2014was bad editing.<\/p>\n I’m curious-what’s your number one reason for not finishing a book? Even if it’s already been mentioned, feel free to chime in. Consider the comments section as an informal poll. I suspect there will be a lot of repetition in the blog hop posts this week.\u00a0 But I’m going to go check, anyway. Follow the links below to join in.<\/p>\n Aug 26, 2019<\/p>\n Why would you, as an author\/reader, abandon (stop reading) someone else’s book?<\/p>\n Rules:<\/p>\n 1. Link your blog to this hop.<\/p>\n 2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop.<\/p>\n 3. Promise to visit\/leave a comment on all participants’ blogs.<\/p>\n 4. Tweet\/or share each person’s blog post. Use #<\/span>OpenBook<\/span><\/span><\/a> when tweeting.<\/p>\n 5. Put a banner on your blog that you are participating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pjmaclayne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/book-1659717_1920-1024x587.jpg?resize=920%2C527\")
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