tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post7869773074751383780..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: Why I Stop ReadingA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-18878533581166945422019-03-25T13:04:28.290-04:002019-03-25T13:04:28.290-04:00I used to read the last few pages. Now, I read the...I used to read the last few pages. Now, I read the entire last chapter first. If the ending is sad, I do not read the book. My family thinks I am odd, but I know what I wish to read. I also do not read books with swear words , violence or intimate scenes. It does limit my choice, but I manage quite nicely. <br />Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170986298013174197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-4304874729123617602019-03-20T21:38:41.837-04:002019-03-20T21:38:41.837-04:00Great Guidelines to follow! Lisa :O) Great Guidelines to follow! Lisa :O) Lisa in Texas = )https://www.blogger.com/profile/12885774764869707538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-27228996754591958572019-03-20T11:50:46.324-04:002019-03-20T11:50:46.324-04:00I'm so glad I'm not the only one who reads...I'm so glad I'm not the only one who reads endings. I'll read the end of a chapter if I'm getting stressed out. Drives my family crazy. I also re-read books. Sometimes I just need to revisit a character/friend or place. The last few years I have not done much reading due to moves, life changes...stuff. But since settling in here I am finding much comfort in returning to reading. Joyful Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605433538598120854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-35275751211580178812019-03-20T07:25:01.353-04:002019-03-20T07:25:01.353-04:00If it makes you feel any better, I've never ma...If it makes you feel any better, I've never managed to get all the way through Little Women, either. If a book just doesn't appeal to me my eyes glaze over and I've lost the thread. Required reading in school and college was torture! I do enjoy a "cozy mystery" - Agatha Christie and Ellery Adams are favorites. Carl Hiaasen writes funny mysteries set in Florida. He's &Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-50788090156775304142019-03-19T21:09:42.563-04:002019-03-19T21:09:42.563-04:00There are times when it is quite obvious an author...There are times when it is quite obvious an author doesn't know what they're writing about. With fiction, if the rest of the story is interesting enough I can keep reading, in non fiction … not so much.A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-51370647976698092122019-03-19T20:30:11.855-04:002019-03-19T20:30:11.855-04:00No, it doesn't ruin the books for me. I'm ...No, it doesn't ruin the books for me. I'm also the kind of reader who loves rereading books and thoroughly enjoying them for the 20th time.A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-31559728633523337422019-03-19T20:28:59.168-04:002019-03-19T20:28:59.168-04:00I have read Little Men … Jo's Boys has been wa...I have read Little Men … Jo's Boys has been waiting on the bookshelf for me for years already. I may have to give it a try.A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-33356389543280460202019-03-19T20:26:43.323-04:002019-03-19T20:26:43.323-04:00Reading the ending first isn't for everyone. :...Reading the ending first isn't for everyone. :)A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-31974863371177637042019-03-19T20:26:14.280-04:002019-03-19T20:26:14.280-04:00I'm glad to learn other people enjoy books eve...I'm glad to learn other people enjoy books even though they know the ending already.A Joyful Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-22118270560360863442019-03-19T18:52:26.597-04:002019-03-19T18:52:26.597-04:00Reading the ending does not spoil a book for me ei...Reading the ending does not spoil a book for me either, though I seldom do it. I have quit reading a book because it states something that I know not to be true...and it was just something sort of trivial...but still, it made me wonder how much liberty was taken with the rest of the book.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-24675506933876565332019-03-19T17:41:23.714-04:002019-03-19T17:41:23.714-04:00But doesn't that ruin a book to read the endin...But doesn't that ruin a book to read the ending first? I read Louise Penny and love them but if I read the ending first there would be no point in reading the book. <br />Cathyacorn hollowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503414190541111706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-1754007125609674062019-03-19T15:18:19.053-04:002019-03-19T15:18:19.053-04:00I like to read the first few chapters to get the s...I like to read the first few chapters to get the story line and then the ending. If I don't care how they got there, I quit reading. <br />Little Men and Jo's Boys are more interesting than Little Women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-63369919686228494792019-03-19T14:37:17.203-04:002019-03-19T14:37:17.203-04:00I too have quit reading books if there is a lot of...I too have quit reading books if there is a lot of swearing in them, who needs that? Also boring, boring books get put aside. I don't ever read the ending first though. I just can't do that :-) Wendy kruethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921074648456614644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-32496089310723220602019-03-19T11:54:10.719-04:002019-03-19T11:54:10.719-04:00 We agree on a lot of things that make books not w... We agree on a lot of things that make books not worthy of reading. I, too, read the ending a lot of the times. And I have favorite books that I have read over and over. Knowing the ending doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of the book at all. Have a great day! Blessings, Betsy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com