Inda and reading

[sartorias]

The Inda read at Reddit/fantasy has begun

Comments

[bookaddict88]

I tend to prefer having the entire book (preferably the entire series) at hand because I want to read it all cover to cover. I have a hard time putting books down, though once I do, it's easier for me not to pick them back up.

So I suppose in that sense, episodes are good for me. I tend not to watch a TV show unless I can start at the beginning and only one episode comes out a week, because otherwise I get sucked in and I don't have time for that. Though that does mean that I often won't pick a show back up if I stop watching it (there's a break on the air, or I get busy and miss a few episodes).

[sartorias]

Oh, that's interesting about not picking a book up again if you put it down. Is it that way for every book?

[bookaddict88]

Yes, but to different extents depending on the book (how much I like it, how fast-paced it is, how much I want to know what happens next) and how long I've put it down for. And it's not that I won't pick it up again, though that may be true, but more that the compulsion isn't there. There's a book on my nightstand that I stayed up way too late reading a few weeks ago, but then I finally made myself go to bed and now I just haven't felt the urge to pick it back up again. I still want to finish it at some point, but I didn't love it enough to pick it back up the next night.

The same thing applies to series. If I'm reading a series and all the books are available, I'll probably read them all one right after the other, even if I have other things I should be spending my time on. If I have to wait awhile for the next book, then I may still be excited for that book when it comes out, but I'll feel less like I need to read it right this instant and can instead wait until it fits my schedule

[sartorias]

That's interesting--thanks!

[pameladean]

I am not at all a visual reader, and I loathe and abominate cliffhangers. Not least because the defense against them that my brain has devised is that I just stop caring about the book and the characters, and often simply forget them outright.

P.

[sartorias]

I feel cheated, like I was promised a complete story, and got half. Hate that!

[mamculuna]

I was hoping to participate from the beginning, but I have read the whole Inda series so can't say much about those early questions, and also am here at the beach without the books and read them about five years ago! So hopefully in a week or so I'll be able to jump in. Looks like interesting readers.

I'm happy to see that Dhanak is on Netflix streaming!

[sartorias]

Thanks--hope you do!

That's how I watched it (I make myself only watch TV while doing the exercise bike, or else I won't exercise, especially in this heat.)

[whswhs]

The books I personally like best are those that I fall into and that make me lose track of time. I remember, for example, deciding to give Mirror Dance a look when it appeared on the library shelves, and suddenly realize that I had gone several stops too far on my bus trip home. If I can stop reading partway through without effort, it's because continuing to read is an act of will rather than a self-generating impulse-and I don't consider that a good thing. Though some good books do take effort, and some less good ones don't.

[sartorias]

I like that distinction, the act of will instead of the want.

[breathingbooks]

I latch emotionally onto stories, so serial novels are a really bad idea for me. I follow one author who does them, because self-control is sometimes just a beautiful ideal, but if characters I care about are not happy at the end of whatever I read, I am sad on-and-off for days. My depression-prone mind is not well-equipped to handle anything but happily ever after stand-alones and series that are not 1 long story in disguise

[sartorias]

Oh, yes! I will reread endings if they are exceptionally satisfying!