Have you ever started a book, and finished it years later?

[hnm216]

Once. I started a book last year, then went through some personal issues, and ended up with too much going on to even concentrate on anything. I did however recently finished it and read the rest of the series.

[Cole_K33]

I usually start a book, and cannot put it down. But about a year ago, I started reading Mockingjay, but I could never finish it. So I need to start reading it again from the beginning so I can really get into it and finish it.

[Lisalovecraft]

I started reading "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell"," and then I stopped reading it. I don't even remember why, I think it just became a little tedious. On a whim I picked it up a year later. When I started reading it again, I could not put it down! It's a 784 page book so maybe I just needed a break.

[angelbeats1]

I have to finish a book when I start reading. That is at the same time, horrible and a blessing. If the book is for school, then I am glad I was able to get through it fast. On the other hand, if the book is like gone with the wind. It is a very slow terrifying read.

[mtnhicks]

Drood by Dan Simmons. I loved it, but it was so heavy and followed Dickens' writing so well in imagery and language of the period. I was also working 2 jobs at the time, in addition to being a full time mother. I did finally read it, but it followed me to soccer games, basketball games and ballet! One day I showed up without it and with a different book--all the parents were asking questions. They were almost as happy as I was I finally finished Drood. I moved on to lighter reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin....

[StarLight365]

Yes. there are several books which I have started earler and finished much later. I do not remember the names of all those books, But I clearly remember one book 'Autobiography of a Yogi' by Paramahamsa Yogananda, which I had started reading in 1887, bit ended in 2008.

[mtnhicks]

Wow, 121 years of reading StarLight365.... How old were you when you began reading?

[lucy_borland]

If I start a book, I have to finish. There is no turning back after page one.

[icerose92]

I think I took about a year to read the 5th Harry Potter book, but that was because I had to read a lot for my English class that year. And I recently took several months to read one book, but that was because I just didn't like it, but it was from a favorite series, so I felt compelled to finish it, no matter how terrible it was.

[zeldas_lullaby]

I made it halfway through The Thorn Birds and bailed because it was a tad bit too difficult for me. I was maybe 15. I tried again and made it through all the way at around 18 or 19. It's my favorite book!

Same with Jane Eyre, my second favorite book. I tried it at 14 but it was just too hard, I think from a reading comprehension angle. I just couldn't grasp the images in the opening chapters. Then I succeeded in reading it as a late teen.

When I hear of people who read classics with ease at a young age, I get a bit jealous. However, I went on to teach reading comprehension for over three years. That may have helped a little, since I was trained in it before I taught it! (You'd really think they'd teach that in school.)

[Janiac02]

I've done that. Sometimes I start a book and I just can't get into it for whatever reason. Instead of completely abandoning ship I usually put it aside for a while-occasionally that means years. War and Peace will probably be like that. I've had several false starts so far.

[Rachaelamb1]

Yes, sometimes there are really good books that you have to be in the right mood to read.

[kateuan]

Yes, "Inferno" David Brown

-- 26 Apr 2015, 06:05 --

Yes, "Inferno" Dan
Brown

[Lilapo9]

I am also guilty of putting a book down and starting it later. Often I do it when I realize that the book I am reading is better used later in the year. For example when I am reading some of my nonfiction books that have to do with teaching. If a book is one that I might want to use in the fall for the beginning of the school year I will put it off until August so that the material is more fresh in my mind.

[Hendmosaad89]

No I don't think I did that with any book. I'm the type of reader that when I start a book I must finish it or if I hate it I return it. I dont consider dropping the book for awhile and then read it again.