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Old fashioned! Larry Send a noteboard - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM

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...but in the last 2-3 years I've returned (and more and more) to literary magazines (some French, most local), radio/TV programs on literature - both about authors/themes or covering new releases(local, except for one international program with reviewers from France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Québec, Suisse romande, Maroc/Afrique du nord), and even to advice from my bookseller.

My fiction to non fiction ratio is back to 1:5 or so, and French to English is probably around 4:1 recently (which in part explains why I post less about what I read; it's usually books not available in English).


Well, you could mention some of those here, ya know, as I have improved my reading comprehension in French to the point where I rely on context rather than a dictionary to understand most of what I read in the language.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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To whom do you turn when you want to learn more about new books? Larry - 10/11/2013 06:17:07 AM 1686 Views
This is the only place. Tom - 10/11/2013 04:26:22 PM 1363 Views
Maybe, but I'm a bit skeptical Larry - 11/11/2013 12:14:36 AM 1315 Views
If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch Werthead - 13/11/2013 01:06:41 PM 1250 Views
Preaching to the choir here Larry - 14/11/2013 07:55:56 AM 1405 Views
Re: If you want to attract NEW readers, the site needs to be reworked from scratch DomA - 21/11/2013 09:24:22 PM 1340 Views
That might be swimming upstream against a strong current Larry - 22/11/2013 08:41:15 AM 1282 Views
Quite DomA - 22/11/2013 03:34:50 PM 1160 Views
io9 The Shrike - 10/11/2013 07:32:41 PM 1629 Views
Locus Online also has good lists of upcoming/new SF/F releases Larry - 11/11/2013 12:16:18 AM 1279 Views
The Economist, NYT, and WSJ The Shrike - 11/11/2013 01:05:36 PM 1220 Views
Very true Larry - 14/11/2013 07:57:14 AM 1301 Views
I'm skeptical of the Economist. Tom - 16/11/2013 05:02:47 PM 1281 Views
Which books were those? The Shrike - 19/11/2013 03:19:59 PM 1277 Views
There were at least four or five bad reviews. Tom - 30/11/2013 05:41:45 PM 1268 Views
I remember reading that book. I don't recall being impressed by it. *NM* The Shrike - 05/12/2013 03:37:59 PM 664 Views
I've essentially stopped reading A Deathwatch Guard - 11/11/2013 12:36:51 AM 1430 Views
I don't think very highly of the discussions on r/fantasy Larry - 11/11/2013 08:25:54 AM 1461 Views
I've never even been to r/fantasy A Deathwatch Guard - 11/11/2013 08:31:11 AM 1240 Views
It's akin to a stagnant pool where the malaria-infested mosquitos breed Larry - 11/11/2013 08:48:04 AM 1397 Views
I'd say this place is still the most influential for me. Legolas - 11/11/2013 10:29:19 AM 1245 Views
For some odd reason, I distrust Goodreads Larry - 14/11/2013 07:58:29 AM 1408 Views
"Distrust"? Interesting word choice. Legolas - 14/11/2013 09:32:35 PM 1383 Views
Perhaps, but I think "rating-based" reviews distort views to fit into a template Larry - 22/11/2013 08:47:18 AM 1180 Views
Call me old fashioned... DomA - 11/11/2013 02:47:37 PM 1224 Views
Old fashioned! Larry - 14/11/2013 07:59:43 AM 1253 Views
I second that suggestion. Legolas - 14/11/2013 09:35:51 PM 1198 Views
Re: I second that suggestion. DomA - 16/11/2013 02:10:10 AM 1107 Views
Here mostly, Goodreads, io9 Isaac - 11/11/2013 09:40:41 PM 1421 Views
Interesting Larry - 14/11/2013 08:01:05 AM 1225 Views
Typically new is "New to me" Isaac - 14/11/2013 08:36:09 AM 1563 Views
Ah, I understand a bit more now. Thanks. Larry - 22/11/2013 08:50:26 AM 1225 Views
Here mostly too. And bookshops over here. Rebekah - 12/11/2013 06:54:05 PM 1230 Views
Bookstores here generally don't do recs very well (outside of independents, that is) Larry - 14/11/2013 08:02:16 AM 1274 Views
I have list of things to read longer than I have time to read random thoughts - 13/11/2013 05:39:59 PM 1196 Views
So true Larry - 14/11/2013 08:03:16 AM 1230 Views
I believe that in the past 5 years I have bought more books than I can read if I live to 100. Tom - 16/11/2013 05:10:21 PM 1148 Views
here, mostly, but i also have less time to read (sort of) and a lot to read... temeraire - 19/11/2013 03:49:15 PM 1131 Views
Quick, cozy comfort zone reads, more or less? Larry - 22/11/2013 08:52:37 AM 1078 Views
It depends on what is happening at the time temeraire - 30/11/2013 12:15:55 AM 1030 Views
I don't really care to learn about new books. ranagrande - 21/11/2013 08:58:44 PM 1211 Views
I'm guessing you must live in a larger city than my suburban (exurb?) town of 15K Larry - 22/11/2013 08:54:58 AM 1203 Views
Slightly larger ranagrande - 22/11/2013 08:30:34 PM 1228 Views
Re: I'm guessing you must live in a larger city than my suburban (exurb?) town of 15K DomA - 23/11/2013 06:17:03 PM 1426 Views
Re: I'm guessing you must live in a larger city than my suburban (exurb?) town of 15K Stephen - 23/11/2013 09:55:34 PM 1325 Views
Forgive me my sins but most of my reading for the last year has been comics. Stephen - 23/11/2013 02:54:44 AM 1040 Views
I'm all BELE Jasha - 29/11/2013 07:12:03 PM 1135 Views
Book recommendations can come from the oddest places... Istavaun - 07/12/2013 04:36:26 AM 1175 Views
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