Oh yes. I have been known physically hold the book/e-reader farther from my face and kind of squint while I read when that happens. I don't have a coping mechanism for audiobooks other than letting my mind wander and not rewinding.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Feb 09, 2022 12:01:44 pm PST #27291 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Feb 09, 2022 2:46:11 pm PST #27292 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Once, when I was young, a story in a book scared me so much that I took the book and hid it under some things in the bottom of my closet.
sj - Feb 09, 2022 3:39:19 pm PST #27293 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is a romance novel from an author I have liked in the past, but this book is just so bad that even being set in London cannot save it for me.
Dana - Feb 09, 2022 4:00:44 pm PST #27294 of 28067
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Put the book in the freezer.
-t - Feb 09, 2022 4:19:17 pm PST #27295 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Or throw it across the room. That’s always an option.
Consuela - Feb 09, 2022 8:12:12 pm PST #27296 of 28067
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Or just skip forward.
meara - Feb 09, 2022 8:42:13 pm PST #27297 of 28067
I definitely have been known to stop reading a book and come back to it later when I feel like I can handle the awkward or bad, and have to do that a few times and/or lightly skim for several pages.
I’d put the book in the freezer but I pretty much exclusively read on kindle or iPad these days so not a great plan.
sj - Feb 10, 2022 7:51:59 am PST #27298 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Put the book in the freezer.
I’d put the book in the freezer but I pretty much exclusively read on kindle or iPad these days so not a great plan.
It's an audiobook on my phone. So, not an option. I have to know how it ends because that's just the way I am. However, I may have to fast forward through some of it.
Toddson - Feb 10, 2022 7:57:04 am PST #27299 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
That's one good thing about hard-copy books - you can easily flip forward. Also, if you really dislike them, they make a satisfying "thwack" when you throw them against the wall.
sj - Feb 10, 2022 7:59:04 am PST #27300 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I haven't been able to properly hold a book open while lying down for very long since I injured my neck a year ago. So, I mostly read on my tablet/kindle, which are much easier for me to hold without pain or weakness.