Meara, most of those are YA, right? Or a lot of them? You're not reading stuff like Catch-22 and 400 page tomes, right?
I just got Don Quixote out of the library and I swear it's so heavy it could kill a man.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Dec 09, 2009 8:19:34 pm PST #24146 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
javachik - Dec 09, 2009 8:24:41 pm PST #24147 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I could read a lot more if I weren't so hooked on Tetris on the iPhone. But when I play, I get a lot of thinking done. Still, I think the height of that addiction is long past me; I haven't played it in days.
§ ita § - Dec 09, 2009 8:28:36 pm PST #24148 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I started reading again shortly before I got the new gig. In theory I could have devoured the library at Alexandria during my unemployment, but I didn't have it in me. Now I'm trying to work out how to balance my week. But I need to put books back in.
I wish interlibrary loan could work like Netflix with only a few things popping off the top at once. Or, say, one. Because I always get overenthusiastic and then dinged.
beth b - Dec 09, 2009 8:30:09 pm PST #24149 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
8 to 12 books a month. mixed , but lots of lighter books. However, there were only 6 books this mont - which I blame on facebook.
bon bon - Dec 09, 2009 8:44:04 pm PST #24150 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
At some point during the summer I decided to start using my lack of employment for good -- or personal enrichment, at least -- and went looking for a top-100 books list to plow through by spring. I found this one: [link] which aligned with what I thought the top books were and what I wanted to read. I started with the first book, War and Peace, in August.
It's December. I'm still unemployed. I still haven't finished War and Peace.
Vortex - Dec 09, 2009 8:45:14 pm PST #24151 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I need to read more. But between the tivo and internet, I only tend to read when I travel.
Polter-Cow - Dec 09, 2009 8:46:16 pm PST #24152 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I read at lunch, on BART, and sometimes a little before I go to bed.
javachik - Dec 09, 2009 8:48:25 pm PST #24153 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Um, I read YOUSE GUYS.
Vortex - Dec 09, 2009 8:53:45 pm PST #24154 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I read a lot more when I commuted on public transport. I was better informed because I read the paper in the morning. I usually read a book on the way home. Now, I've been driving or walking for the last 8 years, not so conducive to reading.
-t - Dec 09, 2009 8:55:49 pm PST #24155 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Now and then I will finish whatever I'm reading and nothing in my To Be Read pile will be immediately appealing and I'll be caught up on Entertainment Weekly and Ellery Queen and I just won't read anything for a day or two. It always feels very weird.