Open Thread: Books Is Your Worst Enemy: Eight Ways To Defeat It!

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First, a reminder that my giveaway contest is still running through 9/30/13, but not past that, so drop on by there.  http://www.skjam.com/2013/09/16/giveaway-autumn-giveaway-ends-september-30-2013/

And in keeping with the headline, kind of, tell me about a book you really struggled with finishing.

I personally have never gotten all the way through The Silmarillion.  It’s one of the very few books I actually fell asleep during the reading process, several times!