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sakura-panda · 03-03-2014, 02:22 PM

Regarding the books from the OP:

I'm currently reading LOTR and according to my Goodreads entry, I've been reading it since last July. I'm not bored or not wanting to read it; I only read it when I know I'm going to be able to really pay attention, so I tend to read it when I have a block of dedicated time, rather than fitting it in when I have time to spare. This is not my genre and I found I kept losing track of people and places when I read it in my usual way, so I've adopted this more careful approach and am enjoying it more than I expected. I don't think it is a bad thing to stretch out my first read, considering how often many people re-read it.

I read Moby Dick and wanted to give it up about halfway through -- but I also realized that if I did, later on someday I'd have to go back and start from the beginning to read it all, and so read it to the end. It was one of those classics that is brought up so often in popular culture that I wanted to experience the original source. I'm both glad I did it and glad I won't have to do it again.

I've read both Wicked and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and liked them both well enough that I bought and read the next two books in each series. I confess that the Millenium series was entirely by audio CD; I have no interest in reading those books on my own but have listened to the series more than once.

I *think* I've read Eat, Pray, Love, but it didn't stick with me. I don't remember any more than "have read it" and "don't want to read it again."

I want to read The Casual Vacancy, but am on a book buying hiatus at the moment and I will need to stumble across a really super epub deal to get it anytime soon. I have a small backlog of purchased books that need to be read first.

I do not have any plans to attempt to read any of the other books. I'm not a book abandoner -- that is, I haven't given up on any book before I finished it. If I pick to a book to read, it is after I've done some research -- usually by picking up the paper copy and flipping through the pages a bit to get a feel of the writing (more reliable) or reading online reviews (less reliable) -- and have very specific reasons for choosing it; those reasons do not go away just because I'm struggling with the book.

03-03-2014, 02:22 PM	#49
sakura-panda Guru Posts: 938 Karma: 9558874 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southeast Michigan, USA Device: Kindle Oasis; 11" iPad Pro (Books, Kindle, Kobo, MapleRead SE)	Regarding the books from the OP: I'm currently reading LOTR and according to my Goodreads entry, I've been reading it since last July. I'm not bored or not wanting to read it; I only read it when I know I'm going to be able to really pay attention, so I tend to read it when I have a block of dedicated time, rather than fitting it in when I have time to spare. This is not my genre and I found I kept losing track of people and places when I read it in my usual way, so I've adopted this more careful approach and am enjoying it more than I expected. I don't think it is a bad thing to stretch out my first read, considering how often many people re-read it. I read Moby Dick and wanted to give it up about halfway through -- but I also realized that if I did, later on someday I'd have to go back and start from the beginning to read it all, and so read it to the end. It was one of those classics that is brought up so often in popular culture that I wanted to experience the original source. I'm both glad I did it and glad I won't have to do it again. I've read both Wicked and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and liked them both well enough that I bought and read the next two books in each series. I confess that the Millenium series was entirely by audio CD; I have no interest in reading those books on my own but have listened to the series more than once. I think I've read Eat, Pray, Love, but it didn't stick with me. I don't remember any more than "have read it" and "don't want to read it again." I want to read The Casual Vacancy, but am on a book buying hiatus at the moment and I will need to stumble across a really super epub deal to get it anytime soon. I have a small backlog of purchased books that need to be read first. I do not have any plans to attempt to read any of the other books. I'm not a book abandoner -- that is, I haven't given up on any book before I finished it. If I pick to a book to read, it is after I've done some research -- usually by picking up the paper copy and flipping through the pages a bit to get a feel of the writing (more reliable) or reading online reviews (less reliable) -- and have very specific reasons for choosing it; those reasons do not go away just because I'm struggling with the book.