I chose Nancy Pearl's Rule of 50 as the idea appealed to me that there was a limit to giving a book a go, and that at age 100, I can legitimately chose a book by its cover!
I think this idea has much currency with me as I have just finished reading Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels series. I loved the first book and couldn't wait to get my hands on the second, but was totally fed up with the cast of thousands and soap opera characteristics by page 50 of Book 2 - co-incidence! I persisted as I really wanted to legitimately get to the end of the series to see how she wrapped it up and tied the series anding to the introduction to Book 1. However, looking back, I could have happily abandoned the project at page 50 of Book 2...!!
