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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9340038" data-attributes="member: 508">When I was in high school (class of 1982 - yeah, I'm old), I joined the Science Fiction Book Club, and one month I didn't return the order sheet in time and as a result was shipped (and billed for) the two featured selections for the month.&nbsp; One was a book by C. J. Cherryh and the other looked halfway okay, so I let laziness win out and just paid for them.&nbsp; I started reading the Cherryh book...and it was a slog.&nbsp; So much so, in fact, that I broke my standard rule and started reading a second book at the same time, forcing myself to read a chapter of the Cherryh book and then &quot;rewarding&quot; myself by getting to read a chapter in the book I was really interested in reading.I finished both books over the weekend, and on Monday was complaining to my friend Neil about how hard it had been to finish that Cherryh book (I can't recall which title it was - it was one of the few books I happily gave away after having read it).&nbsp; Neil expressed disbelief, asking, &quot;Why didn't you just stop reading the book you didn't like?&quot;I was literally dumbfounded.&nbsp; That perfectly obvious solution had never even crossed my mind.&nbsp; Not read a book I owned?&nbsp; Pure craziness!(Fortunately, in the years since, I've accepted there are only so many books I'll ever get to read in this lifetime and it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time on books you're not enjoying.)Anyway, that one experience has had me avoiding Cherryh ever since, so it's possible I've missed out on some really good stories.&nbsp; But once bitten, twice shy.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 9340038, member: 508"] When I was in high school (class of 1982 - yeah, I'm old), I joined the Science Fiction Book Club, and one month I didn't return the order sheet in time and as a result was shipped (and billed for) the two featured selections for the month. One was a book by C. J. Cherryh and the other looked halfway okay, so I let laziness win out and just paid for them. I started reading the Cherryh book...and it was a slog. So much so, in fact, that I broke my standard rule and started reading a second book at the same time, forcing myself to read a chapter of the Cherryh book and then "rewarding" myself by getting to read a chapter in the book I was really interested in reading. I finished both books over the weekend, and on Monday was complaining to my friend Neil about how hard it had been to finish that Cherryh book (I can't recall which title it was - it was one of the few books I happily gave away after having read it). Neil expressed disbelief, asking, "Why didn't you just stop reading the book you didn't like?" I was literally dumbfounded. That perfectly obvious solution had never even crossed my mind. Not read a book I owned? Pure craziness! (Fortunately, in the years since, I've accepted there are only so many books I'll ever get to read in this lifetime and it doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time on books you're not enjoying.) Anyway, that one experience has had me avoiding Cherryh ever since, so it's possible I've missed out on some really good stories. But once bitten, twice shy. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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