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The speed slider is the most quietly controversial button in British reading life. One Bozbooks writer tried living at 1.75x for a month and came back with a confession, a practical policy and a new respect for a well-timed pause.
Every reader has a stack of good intentions by the bed — the doorstop history, the translated prize-winner, the classic everyone swears by. Here is a field guide to the excuses we use to keep them exactly where they are, and a defence of the pile as a hobby in its own right.
Our book club used to finish everything out of sheer politeness. Then we introduced a fifty-page amnesty — and discovered that quitting a novel can be an act of reading love. Here's how it works, how to talk about abandoned books without hurt feelings, and the 2026 releases that might tempt even the stubbornest finisher back.