You're already way better off than me. I barely got thirty pages INTO it and shelved it. In contrast, John read them all straight through in high school. He devoured them. I can't get into it. It is dreadfully hard to walk away. I usually slog through the book until the end out of duty/persistance/respect. (none of those words are the right word. I'm shouting to Ben --he's in the dining room taking a test --and we both can't come up with the word I'm looking for. Protocol? Ugh. It's on the tip of my tongue.)
Oh, Lord of the Rings. Drop it now. I slogged through, and I mean sloggged, in high school. And why? To see more impossible battles against goblins or dwarves or whatever... Just stop now.
Chiming in late, but I read them early. 6th grade. Straight all the way through back to back. I like the librarian's advice, but it seems that at some point between 1 page in and 30 pages left, you reach the point of diminishing returns for stopping - the accomplishment (or my competitive nature) would outweigh the 30 pages for me.
You're already way better off than me. I barely got thirty pages INTO it and shelved it. In contrast, John read them all straight through in high school. He devoured them. I can't get into it.
ReplyDeleteIt is dreadfully hard to walk away. I usually slog through the book until the end out of duty/persistance/respect. (none of those words are the right word. I'm shouting to Ben --he's in the dining room taking a test --and we both can't come up with the word I'm looking for. Protocol? Ugh. It's on the tip of my tongue.)
Oh, Lord of the Rings. Drop it now. I slogged through, and I mean sloggged, in high school. And why? To see more impossible battles against goblins or dwarves or whatever... Just stop now.
ReplyDeletei will not be picking up the other two for a good long time. ugghh. it's not like i don't already know what happens. good wins. good always wins.
ReplyDeleteChiming in late, but I read them early. 6th grade. Straight all the way through back to back. I like the librarian's advice, but it seems that at some point between 1 page in and 30 pages left, you reach the point of diminishing returns for stopping - the accomplishment (or my competitive nature) would outweigh the 30 pages for me.
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