tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post4141680383141764078..comments2024-03-07T11:38:48.622-08:00Comments on We Be Reading: Discussion: Choosing Your Own EndingKristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-53202296234053545662010-12-26T09:08:15.456-08:002010-12-26T09:08:15.456-08:00Nope! I could never NOT read the ending! If I ge...Nope! I could never NOT read the ending! If I get that far, I am definitely going to finish it. In fact, I tend to gobble it up, sometimes a bit too quickly, and may even find myself going back to re-read it to enjoy it more! When it comes to reading, at least on first reads, I'm totally into instant gratification! :)Tif Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015299390676538748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-25615731209956954252010-12-15T11:32:01.531-08:002010-12-15T11:32:01.531-08:00Sleepless - Exactly. Sometimes you just wish you ...Sleepless - Exactly. Sometimes you just wish you could take back finding out where the author took the story.<br /><br />Eva - I think I do some of that brain-wiping too. Which is sometimes bad for a re-reader because I forget that I hated it and then I hate it a second time! Now that I'm trying not to own books just for the sake of owning them, at least I'm getting rid of them after disliking them a second time.<br /><br />Tracy & Eva - I don't remember much of my Narnia reading from childhood. I'm not sure why. Maybe I blocked too much. :)<br /><br />Tracy - It sounds like a few of us are compulsive "need to know"ers. I guess even if I know that a death is approaching or something like that, I still need the closure of reading about it.<br /><br />Jenny - Sometimes when I'm checking on a page count, I will catch a character name or two on the last page and sigh a little bit, knowing that at least they make it. I guess it's a partial reveal!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-1893642074000391492010-12-05T07:46:00.831-08:002010-12-05T07:46:00.831-08:00Yes, you should become an end-reader. It makes you...Yes, you should become an end-reader. It makes your life better in every way, and you hardly ever have to worry about reaching the end and being shocked and disappointed. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-83469160953964429862010-12-04T11:39:55.500-08:002010-12-04T11:39:55.500-08:00If I get that far with a book I need to know how i...If I get that far with a book I need to know how it ends. But there are so many books out there with crap endings - <i>The Historian</i> and <i>Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow</i> are two that spring to mind.<br /><br />I could never read the ending of any book first - that really would be a spoiler.<br /><br />I found The Last Battle unreadable - I didn't get past the first chapter.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070070360087765540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-36849215629282072962010-12-03T05:59:43.498-08:002010-12-03T05:59:43.498-08:00I've been annoyed with how an author chooses t...I've been annoyed with how an author chooses to end a book, but I never read the ending first or stop before I'm done. Instead, my brain has the ability to simply wipe the actual ending from my mind, lol, so I can add my own imagined one in its place. ;)<br /><br />For example, I pretty much pretend The Last Battle (of the Narnia books) doesn't exist! I'm sure I could think of more, but that's the first that came to mind.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-17429407187392937862010-12-03T05:38:23.120-08:002010-12-03T05:38:23.120-08:00Never stopped because it might turn out differentl...Never stopped because it might turn out differently: I NEED to know how it ends. But sometimes I do get the feeling that I would be a happier reader if I stopped at a point where my preferred ending was still a possibility. Especially, as you said, if something bad happens... or when love triangles don’t go my way Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com