01-26-2018, 03:16 PM | #91 | |
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It looks to me, since I'll certainly already have the Kindle book of any audible book I'd like to have, that membership would be a waste of money at £7.99 for one book a month. I shall consider getting a book to try. |
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01-26-2018, 04:59 PM | #92 |
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Ah, but if you do a trial, then cancel at the end of it, you end up with an account that can still be used for WhisperSync. And, of course, you can get a good deal for the trial.
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01-26-2018, 08:37 PM | #93 |
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Here in the US, many local libraries will loan out audiobooks. I don't know if they do this over there, but you might look into it.
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01-27-2018, 05:02 PM | #94 |
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Oh dear, TBR +7 so far this month, and that is not counting the 12 audible books i bought! But at least I read 8 from my TBR, otherwise it would have been +15...
Edit: Spoke too soon, bought 5 more books today... Last edited by June; 01-28-2018 at 11:29 AM. Reason: more books to TBR... |
01-30-2018, 01:31 PM | #95 |
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I finished my second book this month for my fantasy challenge. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. I'm now looking for another first book of a fantasy series. I really enjoyed the first book in the Wheel of Time series, and plan to read more of those as well.
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01-30-2018, 02:12 PM | #96 | |
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What others have you read and enjoyed? Here are a couple starting points: Reddit Crowd Sourced Flow Chart (At least I think this is the source of that, I can't see imgur where I am to double check: link) From SF Signal and NPR: Fantasy Flow Chart |
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01-30-2018, 10:58 PM | #97 | |
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I'm a bit more read on the second, with something along the lines of 52 of 100. A few of those are in my TBR... does that make me some kind of elitist? Granted, the first list is slightly more esoteric and leans toward the lesser known but very good books in fantasy whereas the second goes in both directions and concentrates on someone's idea of the top 100 of both scifi and fantasy... Personally, I think both charts are good guideposts for someone looking for a good read. |
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01-31-2018, 04:00 PM | #101 | |
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I have not read a lot of fantasy books, I do like Kingdom type settings, loved all the different characters and how each village or city they traveled through were all different, some good some bad, in The Eye of World. I did see some similarities with Game Of Thrones, but I really enjoyed Eye of the World. I'll check out those links, thanks again. |
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01-31-2018, 04:56 PM | #102 |
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January was an okay month. Although I managed to read almost 4000 pages (almost 350 over my average for January) I felt that I didn't read a lot, I've managed to finish nine books. However, those average over 440, so in fact I just picked longer books this month.
Of those nine book six were by new to me authors. It's hard to pick a favourite, it's a tie between How to be Champion by Sarah Millican, The Magicians by Lev Grossman and The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule. February is my worst reading month of the year, averaging only 2685 pages. My plan for February is to focus on my active series, there are several I want to finish this year and with the others I want to make serious headway. I use a randomizer app to pick which series to read a book from next. That way I can't ignore a series for too long. |
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January update - I read 6 books (2,085 pages), all of which were on my TBR list. One of my goals is to read 50 books on my TBR list, so I'm off to a good start there.
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I've hit ten books for the month, which puts me right on target for my annual goal. |
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02-01-2018, 01:41 AM | #105 |
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I finished book #9 tonight and got my page total over 2,500 to keep on track with my goal.
February is surprisingly my best month for number of books over the last 7 years so hopefully that keeps up (third best for number of pages). I blame the weather. I will start Passing by Nella Larsen in the morning to get ready for the New Leaf Book Club discussion on the 15th. |
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