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Re: Books that take a long time to read. j-whitt987 Send a noteboard - 06/08/2010 02:07:59 AM
So at the current rate I'm flying through LA COMMUNAUTÉ DE L'ANNEAU (roughly a page every ten minutes), I expect to blast through the remaining 652 pages in a little over 108 hours. Instead of focusing on that particular misery, a survey of sorts:


Sounds pretty slow going.

1) what's the longest time you've spent reading a book?


I think I spent a month and a half on one of the WoT books.

2) do you ever get put off by length?


Depends on how long it is.

3) what about complexity?


I like complex.

4) how long is too long?


1500+ pages most likely.

5) Is there any hope of me making it through Tom Bombadil in this thing?


Maybe?

Y'all have a great day now, y'hear.


You too. Enjoy that book.
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Spock: I find that remark…insulting.
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Books that take a long time to read. Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 08:21:42 AM 1022 Views
I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... Legolas - 03/08/2010 08:37:21 AM 724 Views
It's all looking up vocabulary. It should pick up. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:06:03 PM 286 Views
What's your strategy for that? Legolas - 03/08/2010 06:23:55 PM 628 Views
The latter, but curiosity keeps winning out. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 10:55:50 PM 291 Views
Re: I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... DomA - 04/08/2010 11:52:01 AM 719 Views
Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. Camilla - 04/08/2010 12:20:22 PM 608 Views
Re: Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. DomA - 04/08/2010 03:04:12 PM 863 Views
Exactly this. Though I don't know it nearly by heart. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/08/2010 06:56:34 AM 277 Views
Re: Exactly this. Though I don't know it nearly by heart. Camilla - 06/08/2010 08:23:17 AM 501 Views
Precisely. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/08/2010 05:42:34 AM 265 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Camilla - 03/08/2010 08:58:55 AM 734 Views
monobiblic? unilibric? lyringlas - 03/08/2010 05:18:35 PM 583 Views
Re: monobiblic? unilibric? Camilla - 03/08/2010 05:20:04 PM 615 Views
the baroque series by neal stephenson ad war and peace Foxhead - 03/08/2010 09:56:43 AM 563 Views
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon snoopcester - 03/08/2010 10:27:58 AM 557 Views
Yeah, I read the abridged version for one of my classes. Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:07:43 PM 580 Views
*shudders* Tom - 03/08/2010 07:11:34 PM 568 Views
Stephen Hunt's The Court of the Air was a recent one. Kallichore - 03/08/2010 10:37:26 AM 618 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Stephen - 03/08/2010 03:45:20 PM 530 Views
I'm having the hardest time trudging through The Idiot LadyLorraine - 03/08/2010 04:22:29 PM 627 Views
Me love you long time. Rebekah - 03/08/2010 05:24:43 PM 613 Views
The unabridged Zohar in 23 volumes probably ranks up there. Tom - 03/08/2010 07:15:43 PM 824 Views
I'm reading The Lord of the Rings in French. Slowly. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 10:57:04 PM 254 Views
Why? Tom - 04/08/2010 02:14:44 PM 584 Views
Camilla's post above pretty much encapsulates it; I want to practice my French with something I know *NM* Ghavrel - 06/08/2010 06:55:02 AM 274 Views
The Bible, hands down. Vodalus - 03/08/2010 07:22:37 PM 734 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Tashmere - 03/08/2010 11:31:10 PM 616 Views
for fiction... damookster - 04/08/2010 01:50:38 AM 754 Views
Not counting stuff like the Bible, Gardens of the Moon DREWRULESWOT! - 04/08/2010 06:39:12 AM 673 Views
The Sound and the Fury random thoughts - 04/08/2010 02:51:40 PM 515 Views
That is not at all surprising. Rebekah - 04/08/2010 02:52:37 PM 556 Views
I love the prose but I can't follow the story random thoughts - 06/08/2010 02:41:10 PM 521 Views
that just means i don't have time to read.... temeraire - 05/08/2010 04:30:42 PM 556 Views
The Book of the New Sun took me 3 months to read. Zach - 05/08/2010 06:35:08 PM 757 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. j-whitt987 - 06/08/2010 02:07:59 AM 584 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 02:29:12 PM 622 Views
Never understood being put off by length Sandwich - 12/08/2010 07:33:26 PM 692 Views
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