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Posted Mar 28, 2007 by pixel | | Post: 1
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i joined a challenge comm on lj, to try to get back into the habit of reading actual books. You're supposed to read fifty over the year. i used to get through five or six books every week. But so far this year i've only read thirteen new books and re-read another dozen. I guess i'm feeling a little guilty for not reading as much as i used to, i know that it's partly because i don't dedicate the time to it, but it's also because i've become a little more discriminating, i'm not willing to just struggle through mediocre novels any more.
Hi Pixel,
It gets harder as you get older! Partly I suspect because rather like the current court case over plagiarism by Dan Brown ( Da Vinci Code), virtually very novel you pick up gives the impression that you have read it before. Not absolutely true of course, and I could list a few remarkable books which were totally original for me.
There is the added problem of diminishing eyesight and concentration. I frequently go back to a book at (say)page 53 and wake up n hour later on 64....
Novo
I managed to avoid the Dan Brown books entirely, all that hype put me right off, and from what i'm told i didn't miss much. I'm once again trying to get through Don Quixote, i've started it several times, but always give up about half way through. But it's one of those books i've always meant to read. My near vision's okay still,(unlike my distance, i can't see much beyond twenty feet or so), but i do have a tendency to fall asleep reading, drop the book, and lose my place. Then i find myself re-reading the same chapter night after night as i try to figure out where i got to.
Exactly !
I agree that Dan Brown's books can be a bit tedious. I would recommend a novel called 'Shadow of The Wind", regret I cannot bring the authors name to mind at the moment. I found it a damned good read.
Novo
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