{"id":8793,"date":"2010-12-10T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2010-12-10T14:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:24:25","slug":"promiscuous-reading-christmas-wish-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/10\/promiscuous-reading-christmas-wish-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Promiscuous Reading; My Christmas Wish List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall2.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have this compulsion where I read the first one hundred pages of a book, and then stack it on my bedside table. I never finish them\u2014call me promiscuous. But I feel guilty not finishing books! What do you advise? <\/em>\u2014P.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing wrong with not finishing a book. Samuel Johnson, surely one of the great readers of all time, claimed to feel guilty because he almost never read a book to the end\u2014but still, he didn\u2019t. Finish them, I mean. Why should you read a book just because it\u2019s there, or (worse) because you read it yesterday? Completism is the bugbear of actual reading. There are books even by some of my favorite authors that I have never looked at and never plan to. If you really love Henry Green\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Loving-novel-Henry-Green\/dp\/B000E4VXA8\/\">Loving<\/a><\/em>, why should you have to read <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Living-Henry-Green\/dp\/0403010012\/\">Living<\/a><\/em>? And, really, how many second acts redeem a slow act one? I say, enjoy your promiscuity and keep reading new things. (But better make space on your bedside table!)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Can you recommend any good gifts for the holiday season? What do you want?<\/em> \u2014Erica<\/p>\n<p>Let the record show that I have my doubts about this question. It has an intern-y <em>je ne sais quoi<\/em>. But on the off chance that it <em>isn\u2019t<\/em> a ringer &#8230; there is just one thing I want for Christmas\u2014the same thing everybody wants: a <em><a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/holiday-gift-set\">Paris Review<\/em> Holiday Gift Set<\/a>! I want the special new T-shirt. I want the subscription. I want the card designed by our own assistant editor, Stephen Andrew Hiltner, in the shade that our managing editor, Nicole Rudick, has taught us to call \u201cwintery blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There. I\u2019ve said it. And you interns\u2014Brenda, Miranda, Katy, Alexandra\u2014if this question <em>did<\/em> come from one of you, please understand that this is not the way we do things on White Street. I plan to launch a thorough investigation first thing next week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have a question for <\/em>The Paris Review<em>?<a href=\"mailto:advice@theparisreview.org\"> E-mail<\/a> us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have this compulsion where I read the first one hundred pages of a book, and then stack it on my bedside table. I never finish them\u2014call me promiscuous. But I feel guilty not finishing books! What do you advise? \u2014P. There\u2019s nothing wrong with not finishing a book. 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