Are you a quitter?

We are always taught once you start something you really need to finish it. While, in theory, I completely agree I will admit there have been times that I walked away from a movie that was just too dumb or too bloody for me. I have also not finished some books. Here are the books that I've just never been able to get to the end on and the reasons why. Which books have you quit on?

1. Wayside School is Falling Down: I used to hide books everywhere to sneak in a little bit of reading when I was a kid, between towels in the bathroom, in my pillow, between the mattress and wall of my waterbed, really any place where I might be able to get away with a little reading when I should have been doing something else. This book busted me once. I was reading it by the hallway light when I was supposed to be sleeping. I read to the chapter that talked about the mysterious 13th floor that didn't really exist but kids got lost on, and I got scared. I was in elementary school. I remember having to rat myself out to my mom and dad about why I was crying and why I couldn't sleep. That just about cured me of my nighttime sneak reading ritual.
2. Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry: This is another book from my scary elementary school reading days. I got about 2/3 of the way through the book when the main character was trapped in her house with KKK members burning crosses in her front yard. I was too worried for her and her family and what was going to happen for them. I again went crying to my mom. She finished the book for me to see if my fears had merit. She said I would be fine to finish it, but I still can't bring myself to finish that book 20+ years later.
3. Anne of Avonlea: This wasn't a case of being too scared. I LOVED Ann of Green Gables books, and still do. I've read all the others in the box set, but for some reason that I can't explain the end of this book has eluded me. This book is actually the roughest looking of all my Anne books, but it is only because my squished bookworm book mark spent so much time trying to get me to the end.
4. 1984: This is a very good book that I think everyone should read. It really amazes me the warnings that are in this book for us, and it is scary who small choices can change our life for the worse. I still have never finished it. I got to the last chapter when I was reading this in 10th grade and just stopped. Again, I was worried for the main character, I could envision all the beatings he was taking and was going to take. I predicted what was going to happen and didn't want to find out if I was right, because I didn't like that ending.
5. 50 Shades of Grey: I started this book because everyone was buzzing about it, but I quickly put it down. I had heard enough about it that when I started reading it I didn't want to waste any more time. The main character was annoying to me. She kept going against what she thought was right, she thought she could change Grey, and she whined about it for the few chapters I read. I couldn't stop rolling my eyes at this dumb girl long enough to clearly read her story.

There are some books that I should go back and finish, but I suppose I'm a little stubborn. I made me decision and for now I'm sticking with it.

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