Book Blogger Hop: From Beginning to End?

Book Blogger Hop

 

This prompt was submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver’s Reviews:

Do you finish reading every book that you have slotted for a review?

Step One in answering this is determining what the question means by “slotted.” Really, every book I pick up I plan on blogging about—the whole point of this endeavor is to keep me from treating books like disposable items and to think about them.

Once or twice a year, though, I just can’t finish a book because of time or interest. But those are books that I’ve told myself I’d blog about, so I’m not sure that counts as “slotted” (I don’t count them like that).

On the other hand, there are books that I’ve told others I’d blog about. If we’re talking about a NetGalley or Book Tour book, then yes, I finish it (sometimes I sacrifice sleep or mood to do so, but yeah, I’ll finish it). If it’s a book I agreed to blog about that an author/publisher/publicist sent me, then yes—that’s the deal I make with them: if they provide it, I’ll read it and talk about it. No matter what I think of it.

There’s been one exception to that—an author sent me a Space Opera trilogy. I read 2.3 (or so, I don’t remember exactly) of the books, and had pretty positive things to say about the first two. I wasn’t crazy about the third, but I was curious about where the story was going to end up and had faith in the overall plot. Then everything fell apart and I just had to stop, I couldn’t force myself to continue.

That was almost five years ago, however, and I’ve been doing this for about 9 years. I figure I can make one exception to my rule. I don’t have real numbers, nor do I have time/inclination to get them–but I figure I’m north of 99% on completion.

This, I guess is just a long-winded way of answering, “Yes.”

What about you?