The Reading Vent & Rant Thread

[DuskyRose]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Eh. Mine is in 5 digits. I have lost the ability to feel ashamed about it long ago.

Me too! I figure I can't die until my stash is read through. So, I'm safe for a few hundred years at this rate.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by DuskyRose

Me too! I figure I can't die until my stash is read through. So, I'm safe for a few hundred years at this rate.

More fun than a painting in the attic.

Most of my 1000s in the TBR pile are PD.
Descendants can read the paper & ebooks.

[Renate]

I really don't have a TBR list.
I do have a "wish list" on Overdrive/Libby.
But most of them are in constant spin.
Without actually putting a hold on them you'll never get them.

Finding something to read is the hardest part of reading.
Currently reading, "Icebound", Andrea Pitzer, the three voyages of William Barents(z).

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by nabsltd

Are these are novel-length?

Unfortunately yes. Many are even omnibus editions! So, unless they invent rejuvenation in my lifetime, it's a pretty safe guess that most of them will never be read.

[theducks]

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22,000 days
It's not a lot
It's all we've got
22,000 days

But you have 22,000 nights if I remember the lyrics

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Renate

Finding something to read is the hardest part of reading.

No, the easiest. The hardest part is to resist the temptation to start a new book before the previous one has been finished.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No, the easiest. The hardest part is to resist the temptation to start a new book before the previous one has been finished.

Sometimes the hardest part of reading is reading the book you've chosen. The book can start really slow or just slow down as you get into it.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Sometimes the hardest part of reading is reading the book you've chosen. The book can start really slow or just slow down as you get into it.

Yeah, that's true as well. I don't actually mind slow, but I do mind boring (the two are not the same to me). These days I'm more likely to just DNF the book if I'm bored and the book doesn't seem to be getting better.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Yeah, that's true as well. I don't actually mind slow, but I do mind boring (the two are not the same to me). These days I'm more likely to just DNF the book if I'm bored and the book doesn't seem to be getting better.

What I do sometimes is I stop reading the book and switch to something else. Later I'll go back to it because I do want to finish it.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What I do sometimes is I stop reading the book and switch to something else. Later I'll go back to it because I do want to finish it.

I've done that too, but not often. If I'm that bored, I'm not likely to return to the first book, and if I'm not bored, I'm unlikely to stop in the first place. Sometimes it does happen, though.

[ownedbycats]

I've gotten a bit more free with DNFing books in recent years.

[DNSB]

In the last two years, I've DNFed 6 books which is more than in the previous years ereading.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by DNSB

In the last two years, I've DNFed 6 books which is more than in the previous years ereading.

While I'm currently halfway to 6 for 2024

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

While I'm currently halfway to 6 for 2024

I am shockingly on #12!

[nabsltd]

Originally Posted by Renate

Uh, oh. I'm already over the limit.

Note that the intended "start" of the timer is when you become an adult. The song is about what you accomplish in your lifetime, and most people don't do "great things" until they are adults.

So, 76-80 years old is the "end" as far as the song is concerned. It was written in 1981, so the medical science at that time is also a factor.