Boony I'd try it without the lights first and see how you like the result.
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Rob - Sep 06, 2012 11:16:09 am PDT #20830 of 25501
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 11:17:19 am PDT #20831 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Because I need to know how much longer it is until I have a good stopping point. If I only have a few pages, I can keep going; if this chapter is really long, then I might as well stop mid-chapter if I need to. Or I might need to adjust my reading speed so that I end the chapter by the time I reach my destination.
-t - Sep 06, 2012 11:19:20 am PDT #20832 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And...why?
Usually for 'do I finish this chapter before I go to sleep or just stop reading right now' purposes.
beekaytee - Sep 06, 2012 11:48:54 am PDT #20833 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Boony I'd try it without the lights first and see how you like the result.
Yeah, I probably should wait. I'm just so anxious to get this project off the ground! And, I'd rather do it as professionally as possible...or not at all. (I'm continually stunned by the poor quality of most vlogs.)
I appreciate the support!
And...why?
I _always_ dodge ahead to see how far it is to the end of the chapter. The completeist in me never just stops at the end of a page. I can't even stop in the middle of a chapter in an audiobook!
It's boon to me that my ipod tells me how much longer the chapter will take. I can see why having a Kindle do the same would be desirable.
Polter-Cow - Sep 06, 2012 11:57:32 am PDT #20834 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I can't even stop in the middle of a chapter in an audiobook!
I hate when I stop an audiobook and then when I start it again I discover I was, like, fifteen seconds from the end of a chapter. Dammit!
§ ita § - Sep 06, 2012 12:00:02 pm PDT #20835 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So you just flip forward until the next chapter...I mean, I guess I figured that was the scenario, but it's also worst case since...I just stop reading when I don't want to read any more. Your way sounds like work.
beekaytee - Sep 06, 2012 12:16:38 pm PDT #20836 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
I hate when I stop an audiobook and then when I start it again I discover I was, like, fifteen seconds from the end of a chapter. Dammit!
This is what I'm saying.
-t - Sep 06, 2012 12:29:45 pm PDT #20837 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just stop reading when I don't want to read any more.
I rarely want to stop reading, it's more that I should stop reading for some reason but there's some leeway in how soon exactly that ought to happen. But if the end of the chapter is an hour away, I'd better bookmark now.
Liese S. - Sep 06, 2012 12:33:31 pm PDT #20838 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Last night I knew I was dreaming because I was reading (yes, I dream that I'm reading) and I didn't have enough pages left in the book to get to the denouement. And then my subconscious tried to stick all those pages back in without me noticing, and I was all, I'm onto you, dream state.
le nubian - Sep 06, 2012 12:40:37 pm PDT #20839 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
In graduate school - especially during the Spring and Summer months- I had a really difficult time reading. I read physical books back then, but if I was into a story, I would stay up the rest of the night into the morning to read them. It messed with my sleep. In some ways, I think it is better that Kindle apps kind of eclipse that for me since I don't really know how long I have, I can stop and not think: oh, I can read just a bit more and I'll soon be done.