u/TheGreatGena

Ill speak from personal belief, because I don't know a better way to explain. Whenever I pick up a new book (physical, electronic, or audio) I gave myself between 3 - 6 chapters to decide if I like it. If during that stretch I am not engaged or interested I move on. But I do not consider this not finishing a book. I think about it more like watching episode one of a TV show. Ive barely started, just enough to know I won't enjoy it. To me actually not finishing a book comes when I have invested and then actively decide to stop engaging with the story. Its rare for me to engage in a story and then suddenly not want to finish that story.

Thoughts? Do you have an exit ramp for books, and if so when? When is your point of claiming not fininshed vs not interested?

Basically the title. Almost every physical book I have read in the past couple years does not have a table of contents page with chapters listed. I do read mostly fiction, is that why? Do I have false memories of books having tables of contents from childhood? Is that something that only happens in children's books? When I read ebooks a table of contents is normally upfront as linked pages. Is it just publishers trying to lessen pages printed to save a few bucks?

Neither complaining or celebrating the trend, just wondering...what happened?

If Sirius was free, both Harry and Sirius would have immediately followed through on the plan for Harry to live with Sirius. How would Dumbledore explain that Harry had to stay with the Dursleys? Straight up? Or would he have concocted some lie to tell Sirus and Harry? Framed Sirus again?

Even if he had explained it, I fell like Sirus (and maybe Harry) would have ignored it or Sirus would have thrown the same attitude as when he was held up in Grimmuld Place.

Anyway....thoughts?