&gt; I realized quite some time back that my reading time is far more limited than I would like for it to be...I intend to spend the time I do have reading the best I can get my hands on...<p>As readers we have to come to terms with the fact that we will miss out on many good books, there just isn&#x27;t enough time to read them all in a lifetime. I decided stop reading the ones that aren&#x27;t that interesting to me after reading (roughly) 30%-40%[1] of the book. If after this it hasn&#x27;t grabbed my interest then it just isn&#x27;t my kind of book, at least in my experience. Will I miss out on the rare book that gets its act together after the 60% mark? Sure, but in my experience those are <i>very</i> rare and I&#x27;d rather miss out on them than spend the remaining time chasing the elusive &quot;it gets really good after the 60% mark&quot; books.<p>&gt; I&#x27;ve yet to be disappointed, even when the topics are somewhat outside my everyday interests and hobbies...<p>My experience has been the opposite of this. I have found a lot of duds in those lists (I&#x27;m talking about fiction books specifically)...<p>[1] All percentages are approximations.