My rule for reading a book is, if after 100 pages more or less, I’m bored/irked/appalled, I quit. This, however, is just me. (For TV shows, it’s watch at least three episodes.) My best friend believes if she starts a book, she has to stick with it to the end. And while I support her in this (fruitless) endeavor, I struggle to see why we should give our time to words that, after a good effort, don’t work for us.

What do you think? Do you finish every book you start? If not, how much of yourself to give to the story before you bail? Are you more likely to finish some genres than others? Do you feel badly if you quit?