quirky qwestion

[Brian Collins]

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> From: RICHARD ROMEO <RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org>

> 1.  If you had to put a percentage on it, what would you say the ratio is

> b/w books you start and actually finish? (not including non-fiction as 
> one is allowed to skip here and there).  

I reckon about half - eventually. The Recognitions and GR both took about a
year, but have been subject to much dipping in since; The Golden Bowl I
read in one 13-hour session, Remembrance of things past over three years.
Some books, like Tristram Shandy I've dipped in for twenty years, but never
actually read through. The percentage that left a residue, that were even a
kind of epiphany is of course a different story.  - Brian Collins