- The Hobbit, for instance. I've had a bookmark in that thing since 2005, and I only ever made it to the wine barrel scene. I never made it to Smaug!
- Then there's the Da Vinci Code, which I'm about four pages in. I think I started it back the same year the movie came out -- when was that? Cripes, 2006! I must've started the book at the beginning of 2007, then.
- Micah is a book by Laurell K. Hamilton that fits into her Anita Blake series -- I bought it, but I never read it because I didn't consider it part of the series (I thought it was only a stand alone). I found out a few years ago it is part of the series. Whoops.
- The complete short stories of H. P. Lovecraft -- love those. I read them before bed because they're nice and short. I'd been reading those in the order they were written, and I left off at The Outsider. Next on that list will be The Music of Erich Zann. That puts me close to halfway through his list of short stories. After that, it'll be the novels.
- I started Around the World in 80 Days two years ago while working for a utility company, but I only made it 6% through (according to my Kindle).
- Then there's Black Beauty, which I'm halfway through.
Ranting aside -- how about you folks? Any unfinished reading you've been itching to complete? Is there a reason you want to finish reading those stories, or did you abandon them because of how bad/boring/whatever they were?
I'm bad for starting books, and putting them down for a year. I hate starting from the beginning, so I attempt resuming the read from where I left off. It never works. lol
ReplyDeleteYup. I think it may be contagious to writers ;)
DeleteI'm thankful that I read a lot of the classics, because most of the time, I can find chapter synopses online, and catch up to where I left off, so I don't have to do hours of rereading. That's what I did for Watership Down, anyway.
On a side note, I just soldiered through The Hobbit, so I can officially say I've completed that book now! Yay! *happy dance*