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I abandon books. Even books I'm quite far along in
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I abandon books. Even books I'm quite far along in

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Naomi K
Aug 12, 2016
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So...I'm no longer reading Dombey And Son. It's not any issue with Dickens. It would've been something like my sixth Dickens novel. It's just that, after starting strong, the book gets really boring, really fast. And life's too short.

It's not the first book I've abandoned. I have a whole collection in my Kindle entitled "Abandoned." Notable abandonments…

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