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For the longest time I felt like if I started a book, I had to finish it. Who knows why, it's not like the author will find out. So, in the last year or so, I've started to just *put the book down* if I'm not enjoying it and release myself from any guilt / weird feelings, and start a different book. I've read more books since I've started to mark books "did not finish" and move on. If you like short fiction, I love Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine, and if you like short, heart wrenching memoir I love The Sarah Book by Scott McClanahan
Jan 17, 2024

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I think about the scene from The Sarah Book where the husbands all hold hands in the hospital every week.
Feb 21, 2024
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Okay love this!! the invisible pressure of committing to a book literally gives me paralysis LOL
Jan 18, 2024
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I just got StoryGraph to track my reading for the year and they even let you track/mark things as DNF
Jan 17, 2024
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