Stop Reading

After chatting with a friend over Christmas about how hard it is to NOT finish a book even though you're not quite enjoying it, I came across this timely advice from Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust, via Austin Kleon's Blog:

The Rule of 50
Nobody is going to get any points in heaven by slogging their way through a book they aren’t enjoying but think they ought to read. I live by what I call ‘the rule of fifty,’ which acknowledges that time is short and the world of books is immense. If you’re fifty years old or younger, give every book about fifty pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you’re over fifty, which is when time gets even shorter, subtract your age from 100. The result is the number of pages you should read before deciding.

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Blog: Lists Of Note

Einstein' s CONDITIONS for his Wife and other great Lists of Note

1. You will make sure:
1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
2. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, You will forego:
1. my sitting at home with you;
2. my going out or travelling with you.
3. You will obey the following points in your relations with me:
1. you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;
2. you will stop talking to me if I request it;
3. you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.
4. You will undertake not to belittle me in front of our children, either through words or behavior.

Trailers

Twice Born

Star Trek Into Darkness

The Great Gatsby

No

Zaytoun

This is the End

The Place Beyond The Pines

John Dies at the End

Dead Man Down