When do you usually stop reading -- anywhere in a book or at the end of the chapter?

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― nostormo, Saturday, 3 August 2013 21:18 (twelve years ago)

Usually in pages ending in zero or two.

― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 3 August 2013 21:49 (twelve years ago)

so if it's a 199 book you stop a page before the end?

― nostormo, Saturday, 3 August 2013 21:52 (twelve years ago)

199 pages

― nostormo, Saturday, 3 August 2013 21:52 (twelve years ago)

these days generally about page 5.

― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Sunday, 4 August 2013 16:23 (twelve years ago)

^this

― The O RLY of Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 August 2013 16:28 (twelve years ago)

always at the end of a chapter

― k3vin k., Sunday, 4 August 2013 16:32 (twelve years ago)

when i fall asleep

― phasmid beetle types (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 August 2013 17:01 (twelve years ago)

when the train reaches my stop

― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Sunday, 4 August 2013 21:08 (twelve years ago)

^that

― The O RLY of Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 August 2013 21:10 (twelve years ago)

at the handwashing stage

― one yankee sympathizer masquerading as a historian (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 4 August 2013 21:10 (twelve years ago)

have fundamentally transformed conventional understanding of 'stop'

― j., Monday, 5 August 2013 00:45 (twelve years ago)

^the other

― The O RLY of Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:55 (twelve years ago)

are we talking stop reading for the day, or stop reading because we give up?

if the former, end of a chapter
of the latter, round p50 unless it's REALLY bad, in which case after a couple of pages

― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Monday, 5 August 2013 11:19 (twelve years ago)

When I have to change lanes or exit the motorway.

― click here to start exploding (ledge), Monday, 5 August 2013 11:24 (twelve years ago)

a couple of minutes after i make the first incision

― Rothko's Chicken and Waffles (donna rouge), Monday, 5 August 2013 17:09 (twelve years ago)

Neither. Usually, at the end of a 'segment' or 'scene'. So, at the end of a paragraph, if you want some type of blanket statement.

― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 02:58 (twelve years ago)

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― System, Saturday, 10 August 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

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