Life's to short to read shit books... Or...

Some books I know within a couple of pages I won’t finish - the writing style.

Don't you read a bit of a book before buying it? I wouldn't even consider that to be starting a book. I usually read a couple of chapters a bit in the bookshop to check I'll enjoy it. Or these days download the kindle sample and if I enjoy it I'll get the book from a proper bookshop.

I give up on books, and have no guilt about it. But I try to do so before I have got half way through, because by that point I feel like I have invested so much time I need to try to finish.

Hate those books that start off great, and then get progressively worse, so you feel obliged to finish - The Starless Sea, I am looking at you.

If you aren't enjoying, move on.
I sometimes enjoy crap books. At the weekend I was reading some of my book out loud to DH because of the crap in it... (The book overall was enjoyable, but the meal descriptions definitely made it sound like the author had never visited the UK, so I was sharing the rather odd menus). But some books are just crap overall. Other books just aren't what I enjoy.
One of the joys of kindle unlimited... If I don't like it, I forward to the end then return it.

Nope don’t feel guilty, sometimes they sit under the bed for a bit if I fancy trying again. But usually I know after a few pages in if I want to continue.

There are thousands of books out there to be enjoyed. So don’t waste your time when you could be reading something rewarding. It’s the job of the author to engage with you and if it doesn’t work then it’s not something to be guilty about.

I used to read while walking all the time when I was teenager then boring adulting happened - I used to read bad books now I free myself to stop

I once binned a book while strolling down the Kings Road. Yes, I was reading while walking! In a time before smartphones... (before mobiles, even!)

I am all for giving up!

Some books I know within a couple of pages I won’t finish - the writing style.

Some just take so long for anything to happen, or they don’t make any sense. Some are great, but the ending ruins it all and they’re put on the ‘never open again’ shelf.

Books are books, they’ll be read by someone. It doesn’t have to be you.

I use Audible, I don’t like it I return it.

I have a firm policy of giving up. Admittedly, of late, I’m reading mostly genre fiction, so have no guilt at abandoning books - I’ll try harder with some books than others. But there are so many books and I have a finite amount of time left to read, I’m not wasting it on books I don’t like.

I’ve given up on books after the first page; given up on authors after the first book, or abandoned books a few chapters from the end because I just don’t care any more.

I have no shame about this.

I rarely 'officially' give up on a book, and usually it just languishes sadly unread on my bedside while I flirt with more attractive books until it realises I've ghosted it and it goes back to the TBR bookcase with the bookmark still showing.