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by jaketaylor @ Sunday, 27. Apr, 2008 - 09:06:59

I read too fast

fact

On Friday I left for Nottingham with two books, two because I was three quarters through one and knew I would finish it and I loath not having anything to read on the train.

Finish the first book, which was a little disappointing as it was the prequel to a book I'd read so that I knew what was going to happen to the characters already! Still good though and then the second was a blinder, which I finished that night.

Get up in the morning, nothing to read and 3 hours to kill in Nottingham- search out a Waterstones and £6.99 later I'm one more book up and ready to rock and roll....

I was 8 pages from finishing it when the train pulled up in Canterbury!

I haven't got the room for so many books! I'm now gauging books by their thickness- they have to be thick enough to last a journey but not too thick they can't fit in my laptop bag...

I've got audiobooks on the iPhone but they're not the same are they?

Think I'll pack a book and the DS Lite from now on, then there's no problems if I finish the book...

decisions decisions

HAPPY SUNDAY!!!

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subvillesubville pro
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2008-04-27 @ 09:19

Wow, you do read fast! I thought I did too but it's not so much that ... when I start I don't want to stop ... at the expense of anything else I have to do. When I was S/E I actually phoned a client and said I was ill and couldn't attend cos I wanted to finish a book :))

Taking the DS Lite too is a good idea.

I think 'they' are developing ebooks so they're more widely available xxx

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jaketaylorjaketaylor pro
2008-04-27 @ 09:28

It's great to read but I got home last night with 3 books bursting out of my bag! :)

LOL at you cancelling a meeting :)

so much to do in so little time!!! today we play with Wii Fit! :)

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faffajanefaffajane pro
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2008-04-27 @ 09:39

I love reading:)

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jaketaylorjaketaylor pro
2008-04-27 @ 21:05

reading is the best.... :)

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RunDontWalkRunDontWalk pro
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2008-04-27 @ 11:20

How do you choose your books (meaning look at the bestsellers list, etc) and what type of book do you like to read?

Have a great day Jake & Sarah!!

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jaketaylorjaketaylor pro
2008-04-27 @ 21:10

at the moment I have an awful propensity to read Chris Ryan's SAS books- can't get enough of them, but otherwise anything non- commercial- I've got an old copy of Banco in the back of the car! :)

and I love Hesse, Piers Anthony, Heller, Coelho, Richard Bach etc oh and Iain Banks too.

i won't read biographies though.... :) what about you?

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RunDontWalkRunDontWalk pro
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2008-04-27 @ 22:56

I like biographies, I like mysteries and who-dunnit type books. Haven't read a book for ages. Too busy blogging!!!

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cj592cj592 pro
2008-04-27 @ 19:55

I am not a fast reader. I a more of a toilet reader. It takes ages to read a book.

I also never can work out by reading the cover if I am going to enjoy a book either- so sometimes I don't get past the first few chapters

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jaketaylorjaketaylor pro
2008-04-27 @ 21:13

I flick at the book in the bookshop and if in a few moments I'm hooked I buy it! Prerequisites for a book are lots of pages with lots of words and no bullshit! :)

it really all depends what mood I'm in :) I'm a read-a-holic! I read anything and everything all day.... :)

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