have you ever?

i do that when eer i read a book and william hates that.

I feel that if the author had wanted you to read that chapter, it would have been called CHAPTER 1. The fact that the author puts it at the end of the book indicates it should be read last. Oh well, its your book and not mine.

lol, ya, i do that sometimes...i try to control myself and force myself to read the whole thing, but it's sooo hard sometimes. ya, but sometimes, i won't read the entire last chapter, maybe like the last 2-3 pages, just to get a feel for what happens...lol, maybe he gets bugged b/c u ruin the ending for him?? i dunno, lol

I don't read the last chapter of the book whenever I started reading a new book. I find it bad and unnecessarily. but i read the synopsis at the back of the book.

well yes, many times I also did it. LOL. with some novels, I'm always curious to know how the story ends so I would peep to the last pages or the last chapter. some people would say that I love spoiler and they were just frowning when I read the books that way, but of course, I would need to have some certain feeling that the books are worth to read until the end.

I think Amy tried that a few times after she heard you talk about it and I drove me crazy. I tried to tell her she is ruining the book. Always save the best for last.

i can't do that, it would ruin the ending for me. i simply wouldn't want to go on and read the rest of the book. besides if you are just picking up a book and you read the ending, depending on the book, you will be completely lost since you won't know what characters they are talking about or what is going on

No, I never read the last chapter first. I make a point to not do that. I feel it will ruin the whole book for me. I do read a lot of Dean Koontz and Stephen King. Sometimes Koontz's novels are predictable. Stephen King is just pure amazing.

To me, that defeats the purpose. I dont want to read it if I already know the ending. JMHO :)

Depends on the bok. Usually I peek at the last chapter for romance or fiction. I tend to like reading happy ending book. :D Sad ending still okay if the its reasonable. But for mystery/thriller books I never read the last chapter cause it will kind of spoiled the whole book.

I admit i am guilty of this crime.

GUILTY!!! But I don't do it all the time. It depends on the storyline. If it's a love story, I like to skim the back to find out exactly when they fell for each other. Gives me a little more insight into the character while I'm reading. The best author I've ever read that can keep the secret even if you go to the back is Susan Sloan. You can't go to the back of her books and figure out who done it. You have to read the book. She doesn't do love stories though.