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I'm having the hardest time trudging through The Idiot LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 03/08/2010 04:22:29 PM
1) what's the longest time you've spent reading a book?
A month plus. That's how long I've been picking at The Idiot (I haven't been reading it every day, though, which is why it's taking so long). I've found that if there's a lot of dialogue without action (particularly in huge blocks of text), I take a lot longer to trudge through a book. It's a trend I noticed during high school, too.
2) do you ever get put off by length?

No, I don't mind a long book.
3) what about complexity?

No, I don't mind a complex book, as long as it's well written and not confusingly-complex (due to being disorganized)
4) how long is too long?

No such thing.
5) Is there any hope of me making it through Tom Bombadil in this thing?
I'm sure there's plenty of hope.

Y'all have a great day now, y'hear.
I shall try
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Continued Love of my Aussie <3
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Books that take a long time to read. Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 08:21:42 AM 1290 Views
I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... Legolas - 03/08/2010 08:37:21 AM 969 Views
It's all looking up vocabulary. It should pick up. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:06:03 PM 383 Views
What's your strategy for that? Legolas - 03/08/2010 06:23:55 PM 894 Views
The latter, but curiosity keeps winning out. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 10:55:50 PM 388 Views
Re: I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... DomA - 04/08/2010 11:52:01 AM 988 Views
Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. Camilla - 04/08/2010 12:20:22 PM 852 Views
Re: Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. DomA - 04/08/2010 03:04:12 PM 1145 Views
Exactly this. Though I don't know it nearly by heart. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/08/2010 06:56:34 AM 377 Views
Re: Exactly this. Though I don't know it nearly by heart. Camilla - 06/08/2010 08:23:17 AM 766 Views
Precisely. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/08/2010 05:42:34 AM 375 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Camilla - 03/08/2010 08:58:55 AM 1019 Views
monobiblic? unilibric? lyringlas - 03/08/2010 05:18:35 PM 849 Views
Re: monobiblic? unilibric? Camilla - 03/08/2010 05:20:04 PM 889 Views
the baroque series by neal stephenson ad war and peace Foxhead - 03/08/2010 09:56:43 AM 837 Views
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon snoopcester - 03/08/2010 10:27:58 AM 843 Views
Yeah, I read the abridged version for one of my classes. Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:07:43 PM 842 Views
*shudders* Tom - 03/08/2010 07:11:34 PM 832 Views
Stephen Hunt's The Court of the Air was a recent one. Kallichore - 03/08/2010 10:37:26 AM 899 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Stephen - 03/08/2010 03:45:20 PM 811 Views
I'm having the hardest time trudging through The Idiot LadyLorraine - 03/08/2010 04:22:29 PM 873 Views
Me love you long time. Rebekah - 03/08/2010 05:24:43 PM 844 Views
The unabridged Zohar in 23 volumes probably ranks up there. Tom - 03/08/2010 07:15:43 PM 1136 Views
I'm reading The Lord of the Rings in French. Slowly. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 10:57:04 PM 350 Views
Why? Tom - 04/08/2010 02:14:44 PM 840 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 387 Views
The Bible, hands down. Vodalus - 03/08/2010 07:22:37 PM 1018 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Tashmere - 03/08/2010 11:31:10 PM 894 Views
for fiction... damookster - 04/08/2010 01:50:38 AM 1106 Views
Not counting stuff like the Bible, Gardens of the Moon DREWRULESWOT! - 04/08/2010 06:39:12 AM 950 Views
The Sound and the Fury random thoughts - 04/08/2010 02:51:40 PM 767 Views
That is not at all surprising. Rebekah - 04/08/2010 02:52:37 PM 824 Views
I love the prose but I can't follow the story random thoughts - 06/08/2010 02:41:10 PM 791 Views
that just means i don't have time to read.... temeraire - 05/08/2010 04:30:42 PM 801 Views
The Book of the New Sun took me 3 months to read. Zach - 05/08/2010 06:35:08 PM 1053 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. j-whitt987 - 06/08/2010 02:07:59 AM 849 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 02:29:12 PM 966 Views
Never understood being put off by length Sandwich - 12/08/2010 07:33:26 PM 974 Views
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