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Post by ariella on Feb 9, 2022 14:06:03 GMT
No she doesn’t jellybean, but she lives in Adelaide and has seen them in the wild. She works in an accounts department and has a stressful job but I tease her she’s a vampire or something as she can’t possibly sleep to read the number of books she does! On Australia Day she and her partner relaxed at home and she read 2 books!! I think the secret to having more time is having no children or pets. I wish I had time to sit and read during the day but each evening I have my bath with my book and read a few chapters to relax and try to wash off the day’s strains. I also read before going to sleep.
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Post by Loz on Feb 9, 2022 14:16:45 GMT
I was reading a lot whilst I was training Patch and Squeak, to familiarise them with my voice and presence. In that time, I finished Focault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, read A State of Fear by Laura Dodsworth from start to finish and started The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles. Currently not reading as busy/tired/unwell but will resume the Fowles novel soon.
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Post by jellybean on Feb 9, 2022 14:16:58 GMT
Two books in one day 😱 She must be a really fast reader, I don't think I've ever read ONE book in a day 😂
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Post by ariella on Feb 9, 2022 14:19:55 GMT
I mostly read at bedtime and sometimes before I get up if I wake up early. Like you jellybean I like to do other things during the day. Although if I'm reading something really gripping then I might read it during the day. ariella We also have many bookcases, and because I'm a huge nerd I have catalogued our books in a database, although there are a lot of books that haven't been catalogued yet. I will never have time to read them all. Many of them are academic books that I use for teaching but the majority are fiction. Last year I read all of the Jeeves and Wooster novels and really enjoyed them. I also read Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events for the first time which was also fun. I’m glad it’s not just me! Between hubby and I we had a nice stash of books for Christmas so I cleared all the bookcase shelves in our bedroom, cleaned the shelves, cleaned the books, made an inventory and then put them back in. It took me three days and I sort by genres. Those bookcases are double depth so I get over 500 books on them. I loved reading the Lemony Snicket’s to the kids when I was homeschooling them all back in the day. We always ended the day with a chapter book.
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Post by ariella on Feb 9, 2022 14:22:46 GMT
Two books in one day 😱 She must be a really fast reader, I don't think I've ever read ONE book in a day 😂 I think that’s her secret and she reads very fast. She said they were only a couple of Agatha Christie’s, like they were just picture books. 😂 I must admit I like a good slab to read and often over 900 pages, so I dread to think how many books she gets through while I’m reading my long one.
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Post by willowsmum on Feb 9, 2022 14:33:16 GMT
I too read before bed, I find it hard to wind down otherwise, but it usually takes me about 7-10 days to finish a book. Don't think I could finish one in a day either, although sometimes it is hard to put them down! I like Goodreads for recommendations ariella and I also love LoveReading,co.uk. Hope you're feeling better soon loz and can get back into the reading mood.
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Post by Loz on Feb 9, 2022 14:51:17 GMT
Thanks, willowsmum . It's been a week of meh, not too bad but not great. I think I am getting through it now. When I was sixteen, I discovered The Lord of the Rings trilogy and read it in a weekend. I was rapt. I cannot read like that now, not even close.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Feb 9, 2022 15:54:55 GMT
Like some of you, I also read in bed at night and sometimes in bed in the morning as I'm waking up. I get too busy to read during the day but have read if I've got a particularly gripping read. I'll be interested in what you think of the Thursday Murder Club, those of you who have it.
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Post by criswell on Feb 9, 2022 17:42:28 GMT
I often like to read a long book too. I loved the Count of Monte Cristo. I lost so much sleep reading that as it was too good to stop. It's nice to be involved with the characters and their world for a long time. Although at other times I'm quite happy with a shorter book, especially when I've only got time for a few pages a night. ariella Our books aren't sorted very well these days. They have been more organised in the past. I have a bookcase of British and American classsics, and another few shelves of classics translated from other languages. We have a bookcase of children's books too. I've got all my environment and Natural History books together, and the art books are all in one place, and there is a bit of sci-fi section but as we've acquired more books it's hard to fit them in to the correct section so they do need a thorough sort out really. The trouble is that we are short of bookshelf space again so that project is on hold until we redo the study and get some bigger bookcases in there. We keep saying that we won't get any more books but too many 20p keep coming home with us from the charity shop. We were supposed to redo the study last summer but we got an allotment and much more fun working outside and getting some fresh air. We're always trying to squeeze another bookcase in somewhere.
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Post by Hezz on Feb 10, 2022 0:06:28 GMT
I get a bit twitchy if I don’t at least one or two books next in line. Depending on format and the writer’s style, I can easily read some books in a day. Not a fan of novellas or anything much under 200 pages. The shorter ones don’t have time to get much of a story going.
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Post by Ira on Feb 10, 2022 8:10:49 GMT
My housemate reads scarily fast also. Which is great when I lend her a book because it won't be off of my shelf for long, but I don't envy her. I'd run out of reading material too fast. I also tend to prefer a lengthier book. My main issue is that I started so many really long series whilst I was in high school that I'm always a little uncertain about branching out. OH has been reading the Dune books. I got 100 pages into the first one and it had taken me at least 3 times as long to get to that point as 100 pages normally does, so I gave up. Enjoyed the film though. Which is the total opposite of The Lord of the Rings for me. Watched the films once and was bored out of my mind, but really enjoy the books. As for reading before bed... well, it certainly tires my eyes out, but if I have a REALLY good book then I might get into 'just one more chapter' mode!
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Post by ariella on Feb 15, 2022 7:43:11 GMT
I often like to read a long book too. I loved the Count of Monte Cristo. I lost so much sleep reading that as it was too good to stop. It's nice to be involved with the characters and their world for a long time. Although at other times I'm quite happy with a shorter book, especially when I've only got time for a few pages a night. ariella Our books aren't sorted very well these days. They have been more organised in the past. I have a bookcase of British and American classsics, and another few shelves of classics translated from other languages. We have a bookcase of children's books too. I've got all my environment and Natural History books together, and the art books are all in one place, and there is a bit of sci-fi section but as we've acquired more books it's hard to fit them in to the correct section so they do need a thorough sort out really. The trouble is that we are short of bookshelf space again so that project is on hold until we redo the study and get some bigger bookcases in there. We keep saying that we won't get any more books but too many 20p keep coming home with us from the charity shop. We were supposed to redo the study last summer but we got an allotment and much more fun working outside and getting some fresh air. We're always trying to squeeze another bookcase in somewhere. I’m lucky that hubby enjoys a bit of carpentry and so he makes bookcases to fit any space I deem essential for another bookcase. Always double depth of course for double the number of books. I have a bookcase of children’s books also. So many lovely ones on there I couldn’t bear to pack them away and so they’ve remained and will hopefully be enjoyed by grandchildren one day. I think the longest book I’ve read is Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, completely unabridged and written as it was with the ‘long S’. I loved the drama back when I was aged about 15 and promised myself I’d read the book but I didn’t get around to it until my early 30’s. Absolutely love Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth series too.
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Post by Hezz on Feb 16, 2022 0:28:53 GMT
Poor Fellow My Country (Xavier Herbert) is the longest book I’ve read at 1463 pages, but then there aren’t any longer single volume novels; I didn’t know that. I knew it was the longest Australian “work of fiction”, but not the other. . I think I was still at school … nothing better to while away some time at school than a loooong book.
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Post by ariella on Feb 18, 2022 17:29:04 GMT
I have started The Thursday Murder Club. Will let you know how I get on with it tweetiepiesmom.
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Post by criswell on Feb 20, 2022 0:43:47 GMT
Would you recommend it Hezz? ariella I've not read any Samuel Richardson yet, although I do have a copy of Pamela. It's excellent that your husband can make bookcases to fit. I try not to have my books doubled up as I like to see them all but we do have some temporarily double, mostly as piles sitting at the front of the shelf. The Count of Monte Cristo is probably the longest book I've read at 929 pages.
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