04-25-2012, 01:07 PM | #16 |
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His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik -- I bought it and thought the font was too tiny to read and put it aside. I haven't opened it since I redownloaded it after Sony switched to epub. It even went free for a while and I felt bad about paying for it and not reading it.
Another one (bought at the same time) is World Without End by Ken Follett. I really liked The Pillars of the Earth -- read as a paper book -- but haven't been able to get past the first few pages even after several attempts. I keep trying though since the reviews assure me that I will love it! |
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I read His Majesty's Dragon recently and I loved it. I got the ebook while it was free, shortly BEFORE I got my ereader a few years ago. I don't know what caused me to finally read it, nothing else was capturing my interest. Anyway I'm really glad I finally read it!
And I just walked by a big hardcover copy of World Without End on the sidewalk in my neighborhood today... and I kept right on walking, didn't even pick it up to look at it. I haven't read the first one. eP |
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I keep avoiding A Confederacy of Dunces. I gave up 50 pages in and deleted it in disgust. Then Audible had the audiobook free so I picked that up and my husband loved it, but I still can't bring myself to go there.
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Historical novels are my procrastination read. Took me a month to get through Catherine the Great, and I'm stilling finishing up Jerusalem and Founding Gardeners from March. I love reading them (especially enjoying Founding Gardeners with a different perspective on Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Monroe), but I can only read these books for an hour or two in one sitting.
Truman, Churchill, Lincoln, FDR - all just took forever. Yet, I can curl up with the hunger games and finish it in an afternoon. Go figure. |
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I have 1Q84 and A Fire Upon The Deep sitting on my Kindle. Hopefully I'll get to them sometime soon. I seriously need to buy less ebooks and catch up on my TBR list.
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04-26-2012, 06:23 AM | #23 |
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Who Killed Society? by Cleveland Amory.
I was reminded by another thread where someone took a swipe at the "society" in which "we" allegedly live. However, this may have nothing to do with the book. Anyway, it has always seemed to me a great title. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 04-26-2012 at 06:41 AM. |
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The longer the book, the more likely I'm to postpone reading it. At the top of my 'postponed' list is Atlas Shrugged.
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. I still haven't read it after knowing about it for a good twenty-five years. It's on my list to read this year and would finish off my decade challenge, but I still haven't picked it up.
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The Color of Magic - I just can't get into it.
Neverwhere and everything else by Neil Gaiman. |
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