Great (or very good) books I almost finished...

I'm hoping to finish this someday.  I'd been checking it out from the public library and ended up about halfway through...

I got about halfway through this with every intention of finishing.  the author started out the chapter I was on with some group of words that didn't make sense in a linear way (i.e.: bad grammar). I'm actually still reading this one.  I bought it in hardcover, then was afraid to touch it out of fear of ruining the dust jacket.  Now I own it in softcover and still I rarely touch it.  It's so tempting to read one of the two other (small) books I own.  On the plus side I'm 1/3 of the way finished and it's a 600+ page book.

It would have been nice if I hadn't lost my place in this book during the break I took from it that lasted about two(?) months...I don't read fast enough to trudge through 800 pages that I've already read...yes, it's interesting.  But there's so much to read before I die and that's not even including The Holy Bible, which I probably should delve into more so I can have some idea of weather I'll go to Hell or be granted entry into Heaven.


If I were to finish ONE book by the end of 2013...I'd feel stupid if it were anything written by America's most legendary pulp author - Stephen King.  The first 40 pages were indeed enjoyable.  If I miraculously make it through the books I already own AND finish this, maybe I'll get halfway through 11/22/63 before I croak...