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Fiction

madaboutharry

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1. I usually give a book 75 pages.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 08:17 AM

Jul 2019

There are several goalposts for me. When reading fiction I need to find a character I care about. Non-fiction needs to be written well and the topic explained in a way I understand. Dry and boring may result in an adjustment to my page limit!

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I usually give a book 50 pages before I give up. How about you? [View all] bif Jul 2019 OP

I usually give a book 75 pages. madaboutharry Jul 2019 #1

Same for me.... Zoonart Jul 2019 #4

Max of 5 pages, but usually just a few paragraphs. The only fiction I've found worth in2herbs Jul 2019 #2

51 pages True Dough Jul 2019 #3

Funny! bif Jul 2019 #6

Forty for me. Polly Hennessey Jul 2019 #5

No set number of pages. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #7

I've given up on page 5. Tracer Jul 2019 #8

I give it to the end of the Amazon sample yellowdogintexas Aug 2019 #9