Too short for bad books

Bookplate for the Załuski Library, designed by Jan Filipowicz. I realised a long time ago that life's too short for bad books. Reading for leisure is supposed to be fun, not a punitive chore, but somehow I've spent hours finishing books I hated. We feel obliged to finish a book even if we didn't enjoy it, but there's only so many books you can fit into the rapidly vanishing seconds of your time on…