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Vent: my buddy in Austin says finishing a book you hate is a waste, and I half agree
Last Tuesday my friend Marcus and I got into it at his kitchen table in Austin over whether you owe a book club pick a full read if you voted for it. He says life is short, 50 pages is a fair try, and he quit our last three picks before the halfway mark. I argued that dropping it early is how you miss the payoff, since I almost quit on a 480 page novel at page 120 and it ended up being my favorite read of 2023. He shot back that for every one of those there are ten books that never got better. So now I'm stuck: does the club respect a member who bails at page 50 with a clear reason, or is showing up to talk about a book you never finished kind of rude? Curious how other clubs handle the DNF rule, and whether you let people keep their voting rights after they quit a pick.
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