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TimRuns
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 Posted: 08/26/03 - 01:33 Post subject: Question for Book Enthusiasts..
How many of you, while halfway or 3/4-way through a really good book, have the temptation to flip to the last 1 or 2 chapters and spoil the ending by reading it? I sometimes have this really bad habit and it sucks once I spoil the ending for myself b/c the book doesn't seem worthwhile to read after I do it.
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airehead
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 01:46 Post subject:
I'll do this if I have figured out who the murderer is or how the murder was committed. Or, if the book begins to drag and I still want to know how the author could possibly ever tie up all the loose strings.
*I did this with the Bible--it really didn't ruin reading it again, though. 
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prohemp
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 06:49 Post subject:
never me - I think it would ruin it - even if you only find out what characters are remaining at the end....
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brie k
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 07:04 Post subject:
The last time I did that was probably when I was reading Nancy Drew, when I was about 11... I don't do that anymore (skip to the end. I have read ND lately).
Of course, you have to keep in mind that I read mostly textbooks and books by Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, and Leo Lionni...I'm about however, half-way through Atlas Shrugged and The Odyssey, and my goal at this point is to finish those someday. Maybe my next semester break.
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copteacher
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 07:04 Post subject:
not me...I get so keyed up though I want to know the ending right quick though.
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akern
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 07:11 Post subject:
The thought has never crossed my mind. I just read faster!
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 07:57 Post subject:
I rarely read fiction. Most of my reading is history or biography, so I don't have reason to go to the tail end early.
I have done that with books of poetry, but for some reason the effect just isn't the same...
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 07:58 Post subject:
Not me!! read it through
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 08:00 Post subject:
ill try to only read the first few sentences of the last chapter, or on the top of the last page; i dont want to spoil it completley!
its usually because whatever im reading is so good that i am too impatient to get all the way thru it first and i want to get an idea of what is to come. you know like if something bad is hapening to a character, i want to know if they are gonna make it thru or if something more disasterous is gonna happen.
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Dancer
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 08:38 Post subject:
I have to admit I do it!! Only on mysteries. I can't stand the suspense!
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 08:47 Post subject:
| brie k wrote: | | The last time I did that was probably when I was reading Nancy Drew, when I was about 11... |
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 08:51 Post subject:
Not me. If what i'm reading is that good, i don't want to skip ahead and miss anything. If what i'm reading isn't very good...i might start skimming a little, but i don't really ever skip chapters ahead.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 09:05 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | The thought has never crossed my mind. I just read faster! |
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 09:12 Post subject:
Although I am sometimes tempted...I will not do this...It's a matter of principal.
Mrs. Coach, however, always does this. In fact she's reading the new Harry Potter, and about 1/3 of the way through, had to read the last two chapters to see how things turned out.
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Posted: 08/26/03 - 10:44 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | brie k wrote: | | The last time I did that was probably when I was reading Nancy Drew, when I was about 11... |
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Jrjo! You read Nancy Drew mysteries? Ack! You were supposed to be reading the Hardy Boys mysteries and some other mysteries featuring Jupiter Jones and The Three Investigators....
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