It took me 230 days to finish Joseph Conrad's "Selected Short Stories & The Rover". *BIG SIGH OF RELIEF* 

Anyway, it's not something worth celebrating or congratulating really (referring to me finishing it) because I surely half-arsed my reading until the end. The amount of time my mind kept wandering while I read this... oh gosh. I had to read some parts over and over again because my brain refused to register what I just read. 

Also, reading "The Rover" has made me a strong advocate for reader-friendly paragraphs. Short, readable paragraphs - yes, yes, love those. Long, wall-of-text paragraphs - NOPE! 

Why not DNF this book, you ask? I like to think that by finishing this stubbornly, I have avoided at least three DNFs (for his books) in the future. Conrad is very hard to read. Any attempt to read him can't be taken lightly. You might need to prepare a will (both ways? XD), a large amount of comfort food/drink and any "bribes" (or rewards) for yourself for going through a reading session of his book. Using a reading schedule is very much recommended. Or just DNF when it gets difficult, that's probably the best thing to do. 

...I might still check out his more famous works in the future (I'm thinking of "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Agent") but for now, let's not read anymore of his works... for the sake of my sanity.

If you ask how I feel about his writing, other than it being hard and difficult, I will say I love and hate it. At this moment, it's both of those. 

BONUS

I just checked this book's page on LibraryThing. LT has this "Will you like it?" feature and this is what mine is for this book:

Such a useful feature XD