50 books or so

Jan 03, 2010 17:50

Following flo_nelja 's post, I think doing that 50 books-a-year thing would do me much good. Because, frankly, I should be able to read more. It's only out of laziness (read: playing silly online games and other useless stuff that isn't even creative, when I finally have free time) that I don't read more. And with the summer holidays in the middle, I ( Read more... )

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flo_nelja January 3 2010, 16:55:10 UTC
Yay ! Bon courage !
Il y a toujours la possibilité de lire des livres courts, mais bien, pour compléter ^^

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kerydwenn January 3 2010, 19:40:50 UTC
Oui, parce que si à chaque fois je m'attèle à un pavé genre celui de 700 pages sur les Guerres Civiles UK, c'est clair que ça ne va pas aider. XD

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blue_aardvark January 3 2010, 17:30:29 UTC
Wow, a book a week. My hat's off to you.

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kerydwenn January 3 2010, 19:41:44 UTC
Doable, I say, especially if I read in the train. Of course it'll depend on how full my shcedule is, too, but if I can find time to hang on LJ, then I can find time to read, right? ^^

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blue_aardvark January 4 2010, 12:51:25 UTC
Out of curiosity, what is your reading speed? To use a Victorian novel such as Madame Bovary as a baseline, how many pages per hour can you read?

I read very slowly, about 30 pages / hour. (I can read faster, and do when I'm reading periodical literature, but it is not as enjoyable.)

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kerydwenn January 5 2010, 18:31:25 UTC
Good question, I've never really paid attention... and it also depends a lot on the page's size and how the story is written. Depending on the book, I'd guess it varies from 40 to 100 pages/hour. (Oddly enough, some books in English I read faster than others in French; like, all my books about how to teach grammar to middle school kids... hum.)

And then there's "The Ambassadors". That one I'm not through yet, even though I started reading it in September or OCtober 2008 XD

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blewin January 3 2010, 19:01:07 UTC
this is good stuff! I don't hope to read 50 books... but joining this community might be motivation enough to just keep reading "something".

Hang in there!

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kerydwenn January 3 2010, 19:42:19 UTC
From what I saw, the community might also be a good place to look for ideas if not knowing what to read (what, does this happen? Haha).

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maikichelorrain January 3 2010, 19:10:40 UTC
Est-ce que les livres pour les études ça compte? XD
Bonne chance en tout cas. Ca a l'air d'être un super projet!

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kerydwenn January 3 2010, 19:42:43 UTC
Je suppose. Ce sont des livres, donc pour moi, ça compte.

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