Cultivating Taste: Knowing When to Put Down a Book

Knowing whether you like a book can be determined within 10 to 20 pages. Signs that indicate disliking a book include feeling sleepy, frequently checking your phone, wanting to do anything else but read, and rolling your eyes while reading. It's okay to put down a book you don't like and save yourself, as there are too many books in the world to read ones you don't enjoy. Not finishing a book can also be seen as cultivating taste. Setting achievable reading goals, such as a specific number of books to read in a year or committing to read a minimum number of pages per day, can help develop a reading practice.