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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 1291 Views
I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... Legolas - 03/08/2010 08:37:21 AM 971 Views
It's all looking up vocabulary. It should pick up. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:06:03 PM 384 Views
What's your strategy for that? Legolas - 03/08/2010 06:23:55 PM 896 Views
The latter, but curiosity keeps winning out. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 10:55:50 PM 389 Views
Re: I'm gonna hope that was an exaggeration for comic effect... DomA - 04/08/2010 11:52:01 AM 991 Views
Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. Camilla - 04/08/2010 12:20:22 PM 854 Views
Re: Since I chose the same book to learn Spanish, some reasons. DomA - 04/08/2010 03:04:12 PM 1149 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 769 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 1022 Views
monobiblic? unilibric? lyringlas - 03/08/2010 05:18:35 PM 854 Views
Re: monobiblic? unilibric? Camilla - 03/08/2010 05:20:04 PM 894 Views
the baroque series by neal stephenson ad war and peace Foxhead - 03/08/2010 09:56:43 AM 838 Views
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon snoopcester - 03/08/2010 10:27:58 AM 848 Views
Yeah, I read the abridged version for one of my classes. Ghavrel - 03/08/2010 06:07:43 PM 848 Views
*shudders* Tom - 03/08/2010 07:11:34 PM 835 Views
Stephen Hunt's The Court of the Air was a recent one. Kallichore - 03/08/2010 10:37:26 AM 901 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Stephen - 03/08/2010 03:45:20 PM 819 Views
I'm having the hardest time trudging through The Idiot LadyLorraine - 03/08/2010 04:22:29 PM 877 Views
Me love you long time. Rebekah - 03/08/2010 05:24:43 PM 847 Views
The unabridged Zohar in 23 volumes probably ranks up there. Tom - 03/08/2010 07:15:43 PM 1141 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 844 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 388 Views
The Bible, hands down. Vodalus - 03/08/2010 07:22:37 PM 1022 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. Tashmere - 03/08/2010 11:31:10 PM 898 Views
for fiction... damookster - 04/08/2010 01:50:38 AM 1110 Views
Not counting stuff like the Bible, Gardens of the Moon DREWRULESWOT! - 04/08/2010 06:39:12 AM 952 Views
The Sound and the Fury random thoughts - 04/08/2010 02:51:40 PM 770 Views
That is not at all surprising. Rebekah - 04/08/2010 02:52:37 PM 826 Views
I love the prose but I can't follow the story random thoughts - 06/08/2010 02:41:10 PM 797 Views
that just means i don't have time to read.... temeraire - 05/08/2010 04:30:42 PM 806 Views
The Book of the New Sun took me 3 months to read. Zach - 05/08/2010 06:35:08 PM 1056 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. j-whitt987 - 06/08/2010 02:07:59 AM 854 Views
Re: Books that take a long time to read. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 12/08/2010 02:29:12 PM 969 Views
Never understood being put off by length Sandwich - 12/08/2010 07:33:26 PM 977 Views
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