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>tfw can not finish any book i start


am i doomed?

any advice

>> No.4584266

You think that's bad? I can't even finish my

>> No.4584269

Throw computer against wall. Problem solved.

>> No.4584270

You will not
Not 'you can not'

>> No.4584274

Maybe you should try reading interesting books.

>> No.4584278

>>4584261
>>tfw can not finish any book i start
god dammit I know.
And I have tons of good books.

>> No.4584285

>cannot finish any vidya i start
>play for like 30 min or say then get fed up when it gets too hard
>spend the next 20 min figuring out funny ways to commit suicide
>become odd one out among my peers for not being well versed in pop culture esp when they expect to be able to bond over "shared vidya experiences"

>> No.4584293

>>4584261

if you enjoy what you do read, then just keep reading and you'll eventually find a book you can finish.

there are many books i've abandoned for whatever reason but i can always go back to them if i want.

>> No.4584309

>>4584285
I don't know if you're being sarcastic but this was my life during high school
A constant struggle to keep up to date with totally mediocre people

>> No.4584521

>>4584261
>mfw I only drop books that I really like because I don't want them to end

>> No.4584526

>tfw such a slow reader that the due date comes up before you're finished and then you forget about the book after you return it
oh well. the first half of it was good.

>> No.4584578

>tfw you have 20 books on the line and reading 4 books at the same time, slowly

>> No.4584596

read something you enjoy

>> No.4585499

>>4584261
on a scale from one to ten I'd say you should stop being a bitch and read the books you started you inane twat

>> No.4585530

Read shorter books

>> No.4585539

/lit/ casual here, my problem is finding a book I will enjoy.

I'm real picky with books as I don't want to invest a lot of time into something and it be a waste.

With movies though I will watch basically anything. But if a book isn't good I will drop it half way. I end up dropping a lot of books.

But when I do find that book I enjoy I read it in a day or two depending on size and finish it. Maybe you just are picking the wrong books OP.

>> No.4585547

>>4584578

I have a problem doing this, if I read more than one book at a time I will get tired of one book, drop it and focus just on the other one.

Also I really hate 500 paged novels unless they are really good. I fucking hate filler and wasting time.

>> No.4587905

Simple solution: read short stories. Duh.

>> No.4587911

>tfw can only read short stories and 300 pages books because of short attention span

>> No.4587929

Just read up to a certain point and convince yourself the book ended after that

Then tell your friends about the 'outstanding achievements in postmodern storytelling' you experienced

Enjoy being seen as knowledgeable about literature.

>> No.4587933

Just...finish a book you start?

It's not a brain buster, this problem of yours.

>> No.4587937

>>4587933

Useless fool.
Here's the answer, OP: Crocodile tongues. One thousand long, slimy crocodile tongues boiled in the skull of a dead witch for 40 days and 40 nights. And, the gizard of a pig, the fingers of a young monkey, the beak of a parrot and three spoonfuls of sugar, and then, let the moon do the rest.

>> No.4587989

Read Proust

>> No.4588764

>>4587937
Chill out Roald Dahl

>> No.4588772

>>4584261

same problem OP, but it's not our fault, it's the books'.

Humans are terrible at writing books it seems, only a couple are worth finishing. Im not joking.

I prefer short stories and poems. No one needs 400pages to tell a story.

>> No.4588796

>>4588772
Ignoring that this is a joke, short stories is actually a good idea. Get some good collections of short stories and at some point you might start wishing the stories were longer, then you can get some of the author's novel material.

also novellas

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>>4584266