What are you reading?

[peter27]

War and Peace

 

[Designer]

War and Peace

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[limr30 3]

War and Peace

I have to get through that whole book before I die. It's my literary Mt. Everest. I started it a few years ago - had tabs and notes and a character chart and everything. Didn't finish it. It's been too long so I can't just pick it where I left off. This means I have to start all over again.

 

[Designer]

I decided long ago that life is too short to read books that are not enjoyable. If a book doesn't have me by about the second chapter, I'm done with it.

Same goes for authors as well.

 

[limr30 3]

I decided long ago that life is too short to read books that are not enjoyable. If a book doesn't have me by about the second chapter, I'm done with it.

Same goes for authors as well.

I can respect that. I wish I could do the same, but I've got a sometimes unhealthy need to finish a book if I've started it. I'm reading a book right now that isn't really doing it for me, but if I don't finish it, it's always going to bug me. I know, I know.

And I was actually enjoying War and Peace, but it's just kind of intense and I made the mistake of trying to read it while on vacation. It's the kind of book that I need to totally immerse myself in, and so maybe I should try it again over the winter break between semesters when all I have to do is snuggle under a blanket, make some hot chocolate, and read

 

[peter27]

I decided long ago that life is too short to read books that are not enjoyable. If a book doesn't have me by about the second chapter, I'm done with it.

Same goes for authors as well.

I can respect that. I wish I could do the same, but I've got a sometimes unhealthy need to finish a book if I've started it. I'm reading a book right now that isn't really doing it for me, but if I don't finish it, it's always going to bug me. I know, I know.

And I was actually enjoying War and Peace, but it's just kind of intense and I made the mistake of trying to read it while on vacation. It's the kind of book that I need to totally immerse myself in, and so maybe I should try it again over the winter break between semesters when all I have to do is snuggle under a blanket, make some hot chocolate, and read

I've only been reading a couple of days, so we could exchange notes and ideas if you do get back to it....or at least give one another encouragement!

 

[amolitor]

I find as I age that books I found impossible 5 or 10 years earlier are much easier to read now.

Eventually the trend will reverse, I suppose.

 

[oldhippy]

I find as I age that books I found impossible 5 or 10 years earlier are much easier to read now.

Eventually the trend will reverse, I suppose.

You're right, though, the reading is easy. It's the seeing that gets harder.

 

[Newtricks]

The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley. I had to request this book at the L. A. city library, they only have one copy.

 

[Newtricks]

I decided long ago that life is too short to read books that are not enjoyable. If a book doesn't have me by about the second chapter, I'm done with it.

Same goes for authors as well.

You have more patients than I, if the story hasn't drawn me in by the second or third page I move on. The style of the writer has a lot of influence on whether or not I get into a book as well, Lovecraft got rather wordy in his descriptions of the setting and scene, but I could always see what he was describing. Steven King on the other hand is overly verbose, I find reading his work a chore, with the exception of his short stories and novellas, "Different Seasons" is perhaps my favorite.

 

[Samanta33]

I started reading Shantaram, it is quite big, but I enjoy

 

[saragomsa]

I am reading my school time books

 

[GeorgeRush]

I am reading Carrie by Stephen King

 

[Josh66]

Just read Wool, which was pretty damn good. Reading Shift (the next in the series - a prequel) now.

 

[squirrels]

Just read Wool, which was pretty damn good. Reading Shift (the next in the series - a prequel) now.

Yes!! The whole series!