So I made the mistake of buying around 35 Alien tie-in novels (as in, the movie franchise) before having read a single one.
I've read 22 so far, and the majority have been SO BAD.
However occasionally I'll actually read one which is amazing, which is why I've not given up altogether. Probably 5 or 6 I really enjoyed.
I don't think I wanna take the time to properly read the remaining books, but equally I don't wanna give up altogether incase a miss a good one.
Is it better to just skim through as fast as possible?
I also heard about reading just the first and last sentences of each paragraph? Has anyone else tried this?
by Weekly_Frosting_5868
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Umm, maybe…its not worth it? 5/6 out of 22 really means its not worth it…so just sell it or return it..
i forced myself reading the sword of truth series, not worth it!!! turned me off reading for about 15 years
Super easy hack:
1) start the book.
2) realize you don’t like the book.
3) stop reading the book.
You’re finished!
Pick based on the authors who are good, whether you liked the first chapter, if the blurb looks good, what other fans sayor any of the usual ways you screen books.
You’re gonna force yourself to read 22 books you don’t like? Just list them on thrift books or donate them. Time is to precious to force yourself to read books you have to force yourself to get though when so many books you’d love exist.
Is there an audio book available? You could listen at 1.5x speed.
Are you sure you didn’t mean to post this in the circle jerk sub?
This is literally why book reviews exist. And sites like Amazon and Goodreads.
I would give them a go by reading the first 3ish chapters and see if your interest is piqued or not. Also are they all written by the same author? Who wrote the ones you enjoyed if they aren’t and do you have anymore by that author.
I did this same thing with a series a few years ago – I liked the first 2 books and so then gathered more of the series up to book 13… only other one I ended up liking was book #7. What ended up happening for me was I forced myself through a couple and finally just gave myself permission to DNF all the rest without trying them. I felt relieved when I put them on my donate pile.
You just have to be honest with yourself – do you really want to read them?
Which are the good ones? I love the Alien franchise and there’s no way I am going to read 20 terrible books to find the few good ones, but since you’ve already done the work…
Yeah, I would try and search for reviews of the remaining books and then decide which ones to read. Life is too short to force yourself to read books you hate. And skimming doesn’t really serve any purpose.
Start with reading only every other sentence. Do you find yourself only reading every other third sentence after a while? And then it increase to every other fourth? If so, then it’s probably time to put it down.