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Old 02-25-2014, 12:44 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
You feel SORRY for me? I feel sorry for someone who is so amazingly patronizing and closeminded.

And since when does reading without visualizing the action mean one cannot be lost in the story? I read for the words--the turn of the phrase, the nicely constructed sentence, the clever metaphor. If I want to see the action, I watch a movie.
First of all, I wasn't trying to be patronizing in any way. Second of all, I don't believe I said anything about whether or not you could get lost in the story, just that I do because I see the action in my head. When I said "therefore I get lost in the story" I meant that I don't think about what speed I'm reading at, or where I'm reading, or what the font is or anything else but the story. I was trying to address the subject of the thread, which is "savoring a slow read", by saying that while I'm reading I don't think about anything else...so no--I never do consciously slow down to "savor" a book. If I do slow down, it's because I can't focus on the book.

Do you really think that every time someone feels sorry for someone else that they're being "patronizing and closeminded"?

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