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New Year New Blog

Posted on February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 by K M Tanner

As you’ve likely noticed it’s been a long time since I wrote here. A really long time. I’ve been thinking a lot about this blog over the holiday period and I’m feeling refreshed now after a new year, a wedding and honeymoon in New Zealand. ?

So unlike my first ever post where I said I would never do reviews, I’ve changed my mind and I’m going to start with the first book I finished this year. So there will be a lot of reviews (though I’ve set my Goodreads challenge at just thirty this year as I’m tackling some longer books like War & Peace which has been on my TBR forever).

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When do You Stop Reading a Book?

Posted on September 22, 2017June 30, 2019 by K M Tanner

When do you stop reading a book? As soon as it becomes too boring, when the pace starts to slow, at the first page when you don’t like the opening line or do you dig a little deeper, trying desperately to hold on and finish what you started?

I’ll admit, I’m definitely the latter type. I will try to finish every book I start until that little voice in my head that tells me I’m wasting time on a bad or boring-to-me book when I could be reading something I really love, or at the very least like. I know it’s illogical.

When I don’t like a television show that’s on, I’ll immediately change the channel
When I don’t like the song that’s playing, I’ll immediately skip it

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