"You're exactly 5/6 of the way done," I'll say to myself, "that's a nice round number, pick it up again tomorrow."
Ha. Me too. But I'm not good at convincing myself to put it down. I need more self-discipline.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Liese S. - Jan 06, 2012 8:06:05 am PST #17370 of 28273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Strix - Jan 06, 2012 8:29:39 am PST #17371 of 28273
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
the story, if it's a good one*, just starts to happen around me, and the pages disappear. When I'm finished, I can quote from the text and seem to have most of the story in my head. (*some stories, my eyes just slide right the hell off, and I can't finish them at ALL. And some I feel the urge to take a red pen to instead of reading.)
Does anyone else read like that?
Yeah; I don't notice turning pages, hard copy or e-readers, and I don't care about pages, because I pretty usually read a book at a gulp.
And I binge-read. Like, two days in bed, nothing but novels and tea and cigarettes; if I wore something more flowy, I could be in fucking Bloomsbury. And you know, wasn't using Nook.
hippocampus - Jan 06, 2012 8:44:33 am PST #17372 of 28273
not your mom's socks.
Yup, I'm a binge reader too. When I should be sleeping. The iPad hurts less than a hardback when it thwaps me on the nose when I fall asleep reading, fwiw. My eyes don't deal as well with the glare after 3am, though.
I love hearing about how people read.
Raq, how's R liking the Fire?
Sophia Brooks - Jan 06, 2012 8:45:15 am PST #17373 of 28273
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Does anyone else feel a little hungover by a reading binge? A little headachy and nauseated?
erikaj - Jan 06, 2012 8:47:03 am PST #17374 of 28273
Always Anti-fascist!
depends.
hippocampus - Jan 06, 2012 8:48:02 am PST #17375 of 28273
not your mom's socks.
Sophia, as with other indulgences, that depends on my book/drink of choice.
Volans - Jan 06, 2012 8:52:58 am PST #17376 of 28273
move out and draw fire
Sox, he hasn't even looked at it yet. He's been too busy playing with the Xmas gifts he got me.
Connie Neil - Jan 06, 2012 8:53:03 am PST #17377 of 28273
brillig
I think I read too fast, but when I get caught up in a story I can't help myself. I think it affects my writing, because I think everyone reads the way I do, and I tend to gloss over dense paragraphs of description to get back to the story.
Kate P. - Jan 06, 2012 9:01:25 am PST #17378 of 28273
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm reading the descriptions of all you immersive readers with deep envy. I *used* to read that way, as a kid and maybe up through college or thereabouts, but somewhere along the way, I stopped being able to do that. I'm a much slower reader these days, and I frequently read a paragraph two or three times before moving on to the next one. The thought that I might have missed a word or not fully envisioned a description will nag at me until I go back and reread. Every now and then, if a book really sucks me in, I can hit short stretches where I'm reading more quickly and just sort of letting the text flow over me, but it's rare these days. And I miss it.
hippocampus - Jan 06, 2012 9:11:13 am PST #17379 of 28273
not your mom's socks.
He's been too busy playing with the Xmas gifts he got me.
hee.