Mine was Middlemarch. Three attempts over six years, and the third time it was the best thing I read that decade.
Curious what yours is.
War and Peace. Took me a whole winter but the last two hundred pages are worth every minute.
That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
rustling-sparrow-93 wrote:
War and Peace.
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
Paper books are easier on the eyes than any screen I've tried.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
gentle-rowan-97 wrote:
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
gentle-rowan-97 wrote:
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
Saving this for later.
The first hundred pages of most Russian novels are a test of patience, after that it flows.
I tried this last year and ended up somewhere completely different. Not worse, just different.
Saving this for later.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
Rereading is underrated. You're a different reader the second time.
E-ink for travel, paper at home. No need to pick a side.
I read with a pencil now. Underlining slows me down and I remember far more.
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
Library holds are the cheapest way to read new releases, and the waiting list slows you down in a good way.
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.
bright-finch-35 wrote:
That's fair.
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
bright-finch-35 wrote:
That's fair.
Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.
misty-birch-59 wrote:
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
misty-birch-59 wrote:
I keep a notebook of quotes from every novel I finish, and rereading it is half the fun.
Same experience here.
The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.
Abandoning a book is fine. Life is short and there are too many good ones waiting.
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
mossy-alder-38 wrote:
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
Audiobooks count as reading. The book doesn't care which sense you use.
silver-sparrow-55 wrote:
Audiobooks count as reading.
Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud. It's slow, but nobody falls behind.
Ha, I thought I was the only one.
still-willow-23 wrote:
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.
still-willow-23 wrote:
Our club reads one chapter a week out loud.
I'd be careful with that advice, it worked for me but I know people it didn't work for.
Reading before bed instead of scrolling changed my sleep more than anything else.
Honestly paper books are just easier on my eyes than screens, nothing more to it.
sunlit-willow-22 wrote:
Honestly paper books are just easier on my eyes than screens, nothing more to it.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?
Small correction: it was the other way around, but the point still stands.
Could you share a photo of how it turned out?