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.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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.
beth b - Dec 09, 2009 8:30:09 pm PST #24149 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
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.
Hil R. - Dec 09, 2009 8:56:59 pm PST #24156 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Orrin Hatch wrote a Chanukah song. As a "gift to the Jews." [link]
-t - Dec 09, 2009 8:57:24 pm PST #24157 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My dad was just telling me about that at dinner.
§ ita § - Dec 09, 2009 9:02:35 pm PST #24158 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I consume as many words as I did as a teen, I'm sure. They're just all on a glowing screen, and I talk back to many of them. And my narrative fix comes from the teevee.
I should have learnt a foreign language (or three) while I was jobless.