Choose your reading materials wisely and you will finish every book you start.
Most of us don't do that. But Lorna Rafness of Marshall, Minnesota, does. She was one of more than 100 readers from across the country who wrote in response to my column about finishing — or not finishing — books.
Rafness keeps a detailed book journal, and consequently, "I rarely put a book aside that I've started because I've learned to be discriminating," she said. "However, if after a few pages it's obviously not for me, I have no qualms about giving up on it."
