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What are you currently reading?
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It was awesome! ..."
It depends on a lot of things like the size of text/pages, length of chapters, how interested I am, etc. ... But I'd say I read somewhere between 80-100 pages an hour, usually. (Out of those 8 hours I was probably only reading for like 3 or 4 of them, if that's what you were wondering about.)
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Kristen wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Had a crazy busy weekend, but spent like 8 hours on a bus so I had a lot of time to read. :P So I finally finished:..."
Impressive, truly. That's about 350 words a minute on the low end :).
Are the books I am currently reading. Along with about 4 R&R books.
kaylani, you mean you're reading 11 books at once? Wow! How do you keep them all straight?
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Yes it was so great! :D I'm also really impressed with how there are so many characters and they're all so likable.
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "Yay! Wasn't Cress the best Brigid! I enjoyed it from the start to the end. How does she write all these different characters and make the..."I really need to move this series up on my list. Everyone has been raving about it for so long, I feel like I'm completely missing out!
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I'm doing rereads of
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I am listening to The Shadow Throne
- super excited to see how it all ends!
Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "Jenny I have Partials (book 1) to listen to still. I am hoping I like it! I am listening to The Shadow Throne
- super excited to see how i..."The library just let me know that The Shadow Throne is ready for pick up. Yeah!!
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Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "You should! They're a lot of fun. :)"Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "Yes you do Kristen!"
I have a book I'm reading for a friend and then the June book. After that, I'll make sure to read this series. :)
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I actually haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I just got out of an advanced screening for
and I'm still bawling. Such an amazing and heartbreaking movie. Sniff. I bought the book a while back, but now I have to move it up my list.I had thyroid cancer a few years ago (not as bad as Hazel's), so that part was a little harder for me, particularly since I always worry it'll come back.
I don't know how a story can make me think how beautiful and sucky life is at the exact same time, but this one did it.
AGH! No way to really describe it. Just go see it and bring lots of tissues.
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I spent the whole day yesterday alternately sleeping (sick) and reading an ARC of Slip by the famous David Estes! I finished it, and OMG...it was BRILLIANT!!! Absolutely loved it, its definitely his best book yet by a MILE! Everyone must buy it June 16th! Now today it will be back to my other reads...I have a huge book hangover from Slip, though!
ooooh god I can't wait, I think I'm seeing it with my sister and a few friends. we're all gonna be a hot mess.
Ashley, no doubt. The movie is thought-provoking, humorous, and reaffirming, too. Truly beautiful.
@Heidi, I'm with you. Bawling in the comfort of my living room curled up on my couch sounds like the way to go with the TFIOS movie!@Jenny, I'm at 69% on the ARC of Slip and I completely 100% agree with you!!!
TFioS--I'm taking Darryl to it, I told him he HAD to see it with me! He only goes to one movie a year with me, and this year, this will be the one!
Jenny wrote: "TFioS--I'm taking Darryl to it, I told him he HAD to see it with me! He only goes to one movie a year with me, and this year, this will be the one!"My husband didn't want to see it, so I took a friend. He thought it looked like a "chick flick", which is partly true, but not at the same time. It's definitely one that will bring up a lot of discussion.
He and I have had some of those talks, because of my cancer (and the brain aneurysms shortly before), but this was a great reminder.
I'd gush, but I'm still having trouble finding the right words. My feelings are so tangled and I can't quite figure out which thread to pull first to unravel them. Hopefully that made sense.
Acting is phenomenal, btw.
I had a near death experience when I was 27 (not cancer though) and it completely changed the way Darryl and I look at life, our relationship...everything. We are very very lucky! He will totally "get" this movie :)
Jenny wrote: "I had a near death experience when I was 27 (not cancer though) and it completely changed the way Darryl and I look at life, our relationship...everything. We are very very lucky! He will totally..."I think my husband will, too. I didn't really know what the book was about before going, but now that I do, I know he'll appreciate it.
Glad you survived! Definitely remaps your perspective.
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Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "Oh my husband is going no where near that movie! He won't watch anything like that with me. If he did he would just make fun of it the entire time and irritate me!"That would irritate me too! Is he more of an action flick type? (not that I'm not a huge action fan :))
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Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "He tends to only like obscure movies or movies that get like 90% on Rotten Tomatoes."sounds like my man lol, he's mostly into old Eastwood westerns and things like that -- although he did like the Wolverine Origins movie last summer. might drag him to the new Xmen soon. but if he watches TFIOS it'll be because I rented/bought it, he'd never pick that up himself.
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I got him into Harry Potter, I'm proud of that :D he always says I either watch Disney movies or super-violent stuff, because my movie shelf is basically HP, LOTR, Disney, and then things like Supernatural, Game of Thrones, and Avengers.
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LOTR is hands down my favorite movie set (book too) of all time. love the Hobbit book too, but the movies...not so much so far.I have yet to finish the HP movie series.
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Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "I loved LOTR as well. My hubby watched them but was not as into them :)"We can't all be cool ubergeeks ;).
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Started listening to my audiobook of
, good so far!
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how does this free audio book thing work?
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Heidi *Listen. I'll just keep talking anyway. * wrote: "Oooo Oda let me know your thoughts on School Spirits please!"
finished school spirits yesterday,I thought hex hall was better but school spirits wasent bad,just not as good as hex hall. rachel hawkins has said that school spirits is the first in a spinoff series, cant wait to see where the series goes next :D
but yea to sumup, school spitits is defently worth a read, I loved being backl in the hex hall world and in izzy`s head.
finished school spirits yesterday,I thought hex hall was better but school spirits wasent bad,just not as good as hex hall. rachel hawkins has said that school spirits is the first in a spinoff series, cant wait to see where the series goes next :D
but yea to sumup, school spitits is defently worth a read, I loved being backl in the hex hall world and in izzy`s head.
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It was awesome! I loved it!
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Out of curiosity, how fast do you read?