I struggle with not finishing books. I always want to push through, sometimes a book starts really slow and picks up. But then sometimes it doesn’t. I always want to give every book the benefit of the doubt, especially fiction.

I’ve been able to quit nonfiction books in the past. Some get put aside for later, others are just removed. It’s easier for me to put aside non-fiction, especially when it’s something that is out of date, or just plain wrong.

But fiction is so hard! I’ve pushed through a lot of books that I didn’t really connect with in the past. Most of these have been books for review, because I feel like I need to finish a book to accurately review it. But other times I just felt like I had to finish for one reason or another.

But time is so short and my TBR is so long. I can’t keep devoting time to books that just aren’t doing it for me; even when I am consumed with guilt for calling it quits. So this weekend, I did it. I stopped a book that I have been trying to read for months, returned it to the library and removed it from my lists. It was a popular book that was recommended to me, but I just couldn’t bring myself to want to read it, and every time it came up in my rotation, I cringed. I made only made it through 20% of the book since October, and it was an audiobook!

So now that I’ve done it, and survived, I’m hoping that I will be better at letting books go.