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Do you have a hard time keeping up?
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May 19, 2012 05:57PM
Just curious if anyone else is having a hard time keeping up with the selections. For the last 2 books, it has taken me a while to get the books from my library, and I'm also a slow reader, so I feel far behind (still working on The Magicians and Hyperion).
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I'm not sure if I can keep up, but I'm going to try! I am on my second S&L book and I cheated because I lemmed Hyperion...Maybe skip one and take some time to catch up? (not that I am going to recommend skipping Tigana...)
I don't but then again I have been substituting my reading habit for my World of Warcraft habit which I also didn't have time for. At least I can clean my apartment while listening to audio books.
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If you get behind and the next book doesn't look enticing. Skip it and catch up on the next one.
But if you want to read every book. Just take your time and listen to/watch the shows when you catch up. i.e don't listen to the wrap up show until you are finished that book.
I have the opposite problem. I have to make myself wait for the kick off date, as I go through books in a few days.
Tina wrote: "Just curious if anyone else is having a hard time keeping up with the selections. For the last 2 books, it has taken me a while to get the books from my library, and I'm also a slow reader, so I fe..."I think it's important to note that there is still a good amount of time left in the Hyperion month. It seemed like a lot of people jumped in on this one early and either had it read or had decided they weren't going to read it within the first week of May. I hope you don't feel discouraged, just remember that it's not a race.
Keep reading :)
I usually do an eBook and audio combination, which lets me zoom through the book. I have not joined in a read because there was not an S&L book that I wanted to read more than what I had already planned. I read Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion last year. The first book that I will read with the club is Tagana.
I'm just waiting for the group to pick a monthly read that I haven't already read.
This'll be the fourth in a row for me.
This'll be the fourth in a row for me.
Alex wrote: "With my new commute, I've devouring books like never before. "Plenty of fiber in your diet eh?
I lemmed the Malazan series at book 7 when I joined the group last month. Now I've got time for everything. If you've read any of those books you know what I mean.I thought it might be a good idea to mix up that series with a few breaks in between because I was starting to get series fatigue. I got so many reading ideas from the group apart from the monthly reads that I just couldn't see myself wading through 3 more 1400 page novels just so I could get a Steven Eriksson Marathon Achievemant Award(one I made up) before getting to the novels I was actually interested in reading. And maybe follow characters I actually care about without having to wade through hundreds of pages of "bloat." Don't get me wrong, I actually like Steve Eriksson's stuff, but he is so exhausting to read - I just can't do it anymore.
Anyway, I actually don't have trouble keeping up - but I'm a habitual series reader so I couldn't help myself and finished all 4 books in Hyperion series this month. And seeings I'm not restarting Malazan I'm currently enjoying some of S.Siglers stuff. I'm tempted to get started on Tigana early but I know I'm going to be finished too early and by the time everyone starts discussing it I'll have to try and remember what book we're discussing.
Oh I like reading if you didn't guess already and I'm enjoying this group. Apologies to Tina - you probably hate me right now and would like to impale your straw doll to the tree of pain.
I'm quite a quick reader so I'm finished with Hyperion and I started on Tigana this morning.I think I'm gonna work it so that I'm finished the book by the kick-off so I can jump straight into the discussion stuff and spend the rest of the month doing more reading
I have a harder time keeping up this the forum than the book picks.So many threads.
I'm overwhelmed...in the nicest way. I have had too many books on my to-read list since age 17, when I left my podunk hometown behind and discovered what a real library looks like. Book groups like this one help me to prioritize the deluge of fine stuff the world offers.Also, @Nick: fiber! Hah!
One problem I'm having is that I'm not finishing the books in time to join in the discussion on the forums :(
Tina wrote: "One problem I'm having is that I'm not finishing the books in time to join in the discussion on the forums :("You could probably start threads which discuss chapters as you go?
