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jbcohen · 07-26-2012, 01:49 PM

How many of us are reading short books so as to be able to ensure that you meet your target?

My current book: Stars at War II is rather long at 1058 pages and thats becuase its monibus edition of two smaller books. I could count that as two different books, however if Iassume that each of the two sub-books are half of the omnibus book that makes each book about 529 pages and that still a long book. I still like long books becuase it gives the author the time to really develop the characters and their environment and really get the sotry fleshed out rather than a shorter book, such as some of the executioner books that I read now and then at 180 pages, seems a tad rushed to me.

So how many of us preferr to read longer books than the shorter ones? For sake of measurement lets say that a long book is over 350 pages.

07-26-2012, 01:49 PM	#567
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	How many of us are reading short books so as to be able to ensure that you meet your target? My current book: Stars at War II is rather long at 1058 pages and thats becuase its monibus edition of two smaller books. I could count that as two different books, however if Iassume that each of the two sub-books are half of the omnibus book that makes each book about 529 pages and that still a long book. I still like long books becuase it gives the author the time to really develop the characters and their environment and really get the sotry fleshed out rather than a shorter book, such as some of the executioner books that I read now and then at 180 pages, seems a tad rushed to me. So how many of us preferr to read longer books than the shorter ones? For sake of measurement lets say that a long book is over 350 pages.