📝You don’t have to finish books

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Jorgenson₂₀₂₀

There is not obligation to finish any book, or read it cover to cover.

If it’s not interesting, start speed reading or skipping, skim through it and find something interesting. If there is nothing that catches your attention, it’s fine to drop the book.

See also

• It does not matter whether you finish books as long as you read regularly

• The number of books completed is a vanity metric

• Treat books as throwaway blog posts

• The reading is less effective if you’re not interested