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Originally Posted by DMB
I always have several books on the go. If I totally abandon a book because there is something about it that I dislike or can't get on with then I regard that as permanent abandonment.
But although I am a reading addict a lot depends on circumstances. I currently have two philosophy books on the go on my K3. But I need to be in the mood for them and also not too tired to grapple with the arguments. When I am really tired I read undemanding genre fiction and at any time I might have one of those on the go where I read a chapter at a time.
I have also embarked on rereading Anthony Powell's Proustian 12 novels A Dance to the Music of Time.. So far I have only got as far as the third chapter of the first book. But I am reading it unusually slowly because it is rereading and after almost every paragraph I stop and have a think. Because I first read these books many years ago, I am finding all sorts of things that I missed on the first read. And in any case I myself am a very different person with very different experience from that first young reader.
When I first got my K3 I acquired cheap or free copies of The Complete Sherlock Holmes and also a Victorian translation of the Iliad. Neither is new to me, although I hadn't come across that particular translation before, so I dip into them from time to time as the mood takes me.
Then in dt format I have almost finished Alan Sokal's Beyond the Hoax, which is quite interesting and lends itself to being read a chapter at a time because it is a compilation. I had just started reading a book about early eastern Christianity when it was pinched by my husband. On past form, he'll probably hang on to it for a couple of years and then claim to have lost it. I am going to get him a Kindle for his next birthday. He pooh-poohed the idea when I got one, but now the rest of the family have followed my example he sees the benefit. The benefit for me would be that he could read my books without stealing them off me.
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i do have to admit that ever since i got my kindle, i've rediscovered my love of reading
and yes, that's true. i'd have to be in a certain mood too to tackle any book that requires deep thought
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I love the Daneel stories (Caves of Steel, Naked Sun and Robots of Dawn), and the first five Foundation books (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation, Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth). And his robot stories are always a fun read.
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*adds to never-ending TBR list*
though, the idea of robots is something bittersweet for me xP