I actually stopped actually reading it about halfway through and the just skimmed the last chapters to see what happened.
Same. I remember the last book I read for fun, but it took me around two years to get through it (not because it was bad, I just kept getting distracted), and I finished it over a year ago. I also have a bad habit of re-reading books rather than starting a new one from my giant stack.This question makes me feel bad because I honestly don't remember
I haven't read for fun in soooo long. I'm just on the internet too much in my leisure time. I have books I bought back in high school that I never finished/started. (and I've been saying I should reread the entire Harry Potter series every year since book 7 came out)
My copy of Sorcerer's Stone completely fell apart (the pages separated from the binding) and had to be replaced, and my copy of Chamber of Secrets is almost there as well. But anyway, my boyfriend and I decided to listen to the Harry Potter audio books on our road trip in June! It will be over a 3,000 mile trip and we still won't be even close to making it through all of them, but it will be better than us arguing over what music to listen to. I'm not a huge audio book fan because I'm bad at paying attention, but Jim Dale's narration is just the best. My mom is working on converting our old cassette tape copies of the audio books to MP3s for me, because the bf and I both have newer cars without tape players.
Are you me?? Reread HP countless times and have also listened to them on audiobookSame. I remember the last book I read for fun, but it took me around two years to get through it (not because it was bad, I just kept getting distracted), and I finished it over a year ago. I also have a bad habit of re-reading books rather than starting a new one from my giant stack.
I've been meaning to do another Harry Potter re-read, the last time I did was in 2011 before the last movie came out. I've read all the books at least three times each, the first few around ten times each.
Same. I remember the last book I read for fun, but it took me around two years to get through it (not because it was bad, I just kept getting distracted), and I finished it over a year ago. I also have a bad habit of re-reading books rather than starting a new one from my giant stack.
I've been meaning to do another Harry Potter re-read, the last time I did was in 2011 before the last movie came out. I've read all the books at least three times each, the first few around ten times each.
I use an app called Overdrive. I can link my public library to it and download any books that my library (which really links to the state-wide digital library) has available just like a normal library book. But digital. I use my personal (county) library card number and can put e-books or audio books on hold, borrow them for two weeks, then they are returned automatically. Currently listening to Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and waiting on Four by Veronica Roth.
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Yes! I love Overdrive. I have asked all my family members who live in other cities to give me their library cards numbers and I've more options this way
. Also, my local library allows me to make recommendations on what they should buy next, so every month I get notifications that they order the ebook/audio books that I suggested. And this is all done through the app.
I liked Daine, but I'm a Kel fan ( : Mercedes Lackey is really similar, little more mature.I love Tamora Pierce! Her novels are very comforting and inspiring. I'm partial to Daine's storyof course, don't we all wish we had that kind of relationship with animals.
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Don't have to read the ebooks lol. Just a way to save money wherever possible. Doesn't work with all books though, more recently published will be more expensive than buying the audible credits in bulk like you do.
thats where my ridculous to read list lives. Don't really need the book recommendations much because i already have so many, but it does help ne keep track of which books and authors i really enjoyed for when I'm making suggestions for others (I always forget some when I'm relying on my brain...there are just too many).
I love Overdrive! And did you know that if you don't connect your device to Wifi, you can keep the rented books for as long as you'd like? The library thinks you've returned it, but you can have like 10 books on your device and take as long as you'd like to finish them!
Yay for free time.
Prion diseases have always scared me!I bought this book a couple years ago, but just got around to finishing "The Family that Couldn't Sleep" - a non-fiction book about fatal familial insomnia (arguably one of the most terrifying diseases out there) and other prion diseases. It was sometimes a little bit preachy but overall a really fascinating read.
Moving on to Salvador Dali's autobiography now.
I like non-fiction in general! Medicine/science is fun, but to be honest sometimes I like to read in other fields because I just get enough of that in my day to day life, ha. I'm usually pretty game for whatever topics, really, it just depends on the author making it intriguing.
My brother and I were putting together a list of celebrities we would kiss today, and he was on my list. I meant it in a purely platonic way, of course.
This was my first time actually reading one of his books though I've admired him for years. Which is weird. Fell in love with one of his short stories, Stardust is just about my favorite movie ever (haven't read the book yet somehow), and I started following his blog on Tumblr and just decided he was one of my favorites.I love Neil Gaiman.
I just finished The Fireman and really liked it
More than half of that list is also on the list of series my fiance has been trying to get me to read. But I have such a long to-read list already.
I don't know what you'd consider "recent", but here are some of my favourite non-fiction books that I've recently read:
These look interesting! And yeah, I specified "recent" just because I often get recommendations for really popular nonfiction books that have been around for a while (Omnivore's Dilemma, The Man who Misstook his Wife for a Hat, Freakonomics, etc.). They're by no means ancient books or anything, they've just been around long enough that I've read them already.
I haven't read it yet but Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal looks interesting, and won a goodreads choice award!
Oh I was planning on reading that sometime soon. What did you think?
It was really good! I don't know that it's the scariest book ever written, as people like to claim, but it is pretty creepy.Oh I was planning on reading that sometime soon. What did you think?
I'm excited for Christmas because most of my present requests were for books.
I think it's very difficult to write a book that is so scary it stays with you for a while after. Even scenarios that I find very frightening and excellent writing still lack some of that atmosphere necessary to really frighten you through text. It's definitely a difficult art.
I LOVE that book. Took forever for me to get through but oh man.
I carried it around with me and reread it at least 5 times straight in high school. I loved that book!
Is the series you're talking about The Familiar? I have the first book but haven't read it yet. It's just a regular book though so maybe you're talking about something else lol
New Revolutions was the one that went in 2 directions. The Familiar is the 27 part series slowly coming out now. "It is a multisensory experience..." And The Fifty year Sword was the one that came in the box.
When he first announced it, he said that the way it should be read was on his website and it would play music and flash video and truly immerse the reader in a multisensory world. There was like a recipe list to eat while reading the first book... it was very interesting and strange. When he first announced the series he said it wouldn't be in book form, so I was surprised when I saw the first book on shelves.
Oooooh, forgot a great one, because I read it quite a couple of year ago. Still, based on the titles you mentioned, I bet you haven't read it (it's 3 years old): The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase. It's about tricks of great writing (style), but it's written in a very humorous and engaging style. I didn't finish the one I borrowed on vacation, so I bought it myself just to finish it. Not only engaging, but it will improve your writing too. I think Amazon has a "look inside" feature to give you a peek at his writing style to see if you think you'd like it.These look interesting! And yeah, I specified "recent" just because I often get recommendations for really popular nonfiction books that have been around for a while (Omnivore's Dilemma, The Man who Misstook his Wife for a Hat, Freakonomics, etc.). They're by no means ancient books or anything, they've just been around long enough that I've read them already.
of course, don't we all wish we had that kind of relationship with animals.
