Is there some scientific rationale behind our reading habits and predilections? Why, for example, do you sometimes find that you can\u2019t even finish a book that critics and your friends alike say they couldn’t stop reading?<\/p>\n
Reading is a deeply mental experience people engage in on an individual, more than a social, level. A person reads for pleasure, for knowledge, for entertainment, for mentally escaping. But what\u2019s the one factor that makes \u00a0it impossible for some readers to put a book down? Is there even one single reason that is common to every reader?<\/p>\n
In fact, there are many reasons why people get hooked by a book. Even if a book initially disappoints a reader, readers do sometimes keep reading. There are several reasons:<\/p>\n
They’re curious to find out what happens in the end.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
They dislike the thought of leaving something unfinished.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
They have faith the author will not disappoint them in the end.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
They’re in the middle of a series, and have to read this book before the next one.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
They think ending is what tells if a book was worth it or not.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
GoodReads.com users cite these and others as the main reasons why they often feel they have to finish a book they\u2019ve started. However, for some people these rules simply don\u2019t apply. In fact, book abandonment rates are soaring, as another book list on GoodReads.com reveals.<\/p>\n