CPL's Book a Week Challenge discussion

How many times was Dr. Seuss' first book rejected by publishers before someone picked it up? 27 times. Dr. Seuss was ready to burn the book when a childhood friend, who was now a publisher, purchased the book. Seuss was 33 years old when it was published in 1937. You can read the story here!

Do you know which children's authors, next to Rowling, have sold the most books? Take a look at this week's Book Trivia Poll to take a guess!

I am feeling a bit guilty at the moment. I've had to abandon a book which never sits well with me. It's not because I don't want to read it; I still do! But I've run out of time and there are other books I want to read more. But I hate giving it up (the book's A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain, in case you were curious). What books have you had to abandon, for any reason? Did you ever go back to them?

I guess I've finally come to the conclusion that there are SO MANY BOOKS in the world to read, if I'm not enjoying one it is okay to stop reading it.

Not every book will sit well or be interesting to every person, and that is alright. I still struggle with it too, but if it's boring you or you aren't enjoying it, MOVE ON!

I agree with Julie - I used to push through every book that I picked up even if I didn't like it - but now if I get 100 pages in and I'm not feeling it - I CAN it... but if I do have some interest and I'm just not sure about it - I will come to goodreads and read the reviews - maybe I have just not given it a long enough chance - who knows

I have started a list on goodreads of books abandon that weren't to my liking and one that I have abandoned but may return to

Most of the books I haven't finished lately have been nonfiction, and not because they weren't good, but because I thought they sounded interesting but lost momentum when I started reading them. Some of them I might go back and reread.