No reading regrets

Have you ever regretted reading a book — which one and why?

There may have been books that I started and couldn’t be bothered to finish. Bit I don’t regret any of them.

Well, there was one

I started reading a sample but it wasn’t the sort of book that I like to read. So, I didn’t get the full version. The fact that it turned into a well-known, successful movie is irrelevant. It wasn’t for me. I don’t regret reading some of the sample, and I don’t regret not reading the rest.

The reality is that most of the time, reading the blurb on the back cover will tell you if you’re going to like the book or not. Went would you read something that isn’t your style? Weird.

But what did you learn?

The other aspect of this is what we learn. There’s something to learn from anything you read.

For example, with the sample that I mentioned earlier I learned that I didn’t want to read that book.

It’s also true to say that we often have to read material that we wouldn’t normally choose to. School is a good example of this. We may, far example, not like history. But we read the material even if it’s just to pass the exams. And yet we then refet to that material throughout our lives, in various ways, even if it’s just helping our own children.