DoreenTangerine
Age 44
Joined Friday, July 23, 2010
Recent Book Activity
Unstuck: A Tool for Yourself, Your Team, and Your World
The Sociopath Next Door
Never Let Me Go
How to Be Your Own Therapist: A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Back Your Life
Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 1
The Procrastinator's Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing It Now
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American
Don't Say Yes When You Want to Say No: Making Life Right When It Feels All Wrong
girls: A Paean
Fat Is a Feminist Issue
Good in Bed
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Extended Profile
I love books and reading. I now live by Nancy Pearl's Rule of 50:
Life is too short and the library is too large to ever read a book that you're not thoroughly enjoying (except if it's for your bookclub or a school assignment). I'm ruthless. I give every book I begin about 50 pages, then decide if I want to continue. (Mostly I don't -- I figure that I read 1 book for every 12-15 I begin. There's a lot of dreck out there masquerading as literature.) I've devised what I call The Rule of 50: if you're under 50 years old, read the first 50 pages. If you're not loving the book, GIVE IT UP and try something else. Nobody is going to get points in heaven for gutting out a book they don't like. If you're over 50, subtract your age from 100 -- the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to continue on. This rule has served me very well.
Life is too short and the library is too large to ever read a book that you're not thoroughly enjoying (except if it's for your bookclub or a school assignment). I'm ruthless. I give every book I begin about 50 pages, then decide if I want to continue. (Mostly I don't -- I figure that I read 1 book for every 12-15 I begin. There's a lot of dreck out there masquerading as literature.) I've devised what I call The Rule of 50: if you're under 50 years old, read the first 50 pages. If you're not loving the book, GIVE IT UP and try something else. Nobody is going to get points in heaven for gutting out a book they don't like. If you're over 50, subtract your age from 100 -- the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to continue on. This rule has served me very well.
