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Book Blog Hop (7)

The Book Blog Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Jen at Crazy for Books and is a way for book bloggers to meet new people and view awesome blogs.

This week's question is:  What keeps you reading beyond the first few pages of a book, and what makes you want to stop reading a book and put it back on the shelf?

If I am not sucked in to the story in the first few pages, I will stop reading.  I very rarely stop reading a book in the middle and put it back on the shelf.  I always feel like if I can make that far into a book, then I should just finish it.  The times that I have stopped and not finished a book have occurred when the book is so bad that I just don't want to read it and will find anything to do besides reading (which is normally not how I roll).  Currently there are two books on my shelf that I plan to finish but that I couldn't get through the first time.

What do you all think?
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  1. LesleyJuly 1, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I'm the eternal optimist and keep telling myself it will get better, I need to be tougher!

    New follower!

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  2. Beth D.July 1, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    I always try to stick with it also.

    Returning the following!! ^.^

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  3. RebeccaJuly 1, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    hopping by. I'm currently reading In the Garden of Beasts. It's taken me a while to get through it. What do you think of it so far?

    new follower :)

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  4. Hannah MariskaJuly 2, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    If I'm already into a book, I will try and finish it too.
    Hopping through - have a great weekend!

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  5. Alison Can ReadJuly 2, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Hopping through. I rarely give up books because I don't like the beginning. I'm usually assuming it will get better. But the middle is the time when I'll give it up.
    My Hop

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  6. Pedantic PhookaJuly 3, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    Stopping by via Crazy-For-Book's Blog Hop. I'm following your blog.

    I'm having a giveaway on my blog this weekend so please stop by!

    Holjo @ Pedantic Phooka
    www.pedanticphooka.com

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  7. DeniseFJuly 3, 2011 at 7:19 AM

    Rebecca, "In the Garden of Beasts" is taking me forever to get through. The premise is really interesting but it's a pretty slow moving book.

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