tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post842492493820272635..comments2023-04-10T00:18:08.712+12:00Comments on Overkill: Confessions of a slow readerVanda Symonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-33049151418058364552009-01-19T13:24:00.000+13:002009-01-19T13:24:00.000+13:00OK, maybe my tally's not so bad afterall.I keep th...OK, maybe my tally's not so bad afterall.<BR/><BR/>I keep thinking, even if I sped up my reading say 10 percent, that's potentially another 5 books I could sneak in a year. Trouble is, I try to do this and find myself lapsing back to standard pace. Damn it, words shouldn't be so alluring and interesting.<BR/><BR/>Rachael - believe me it is easy to resolve to do less housework, only trouble is, no one else in the household is prepared to take up the slack (-:Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-25281042883337084412009-01-19T07:37:00.000+13:002009-01-19T07:37:00.000+13:00There are books that take me 1-2 days to read - pa...There are books that take me 1-2 days to read - pageturners, thrilling, enjoyable reads. There are the other pageturners too, but slowly, allowing me to savour (like you, Vanda) a word, a sentence, the language. They tend to take me longer to read. This is of course dependent on other factors like time and what's happening around me. And that's amazing - 50 books! Oh, I so admire you.Law and Orderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833525664073965207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-57877753973826418002009-01-18T21:03:00.000+13:002009-01-18T21:03:00.000+13:00Never underestimate a snail. They can cover a lot ...Never underestimate a snail. They can cover a lot of ground while the hare and the tortoise are left behind squabbling!<BR/><BR/>Funny you should talk about snails, I just met one this weekend, thanks to the torrential rain...The Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-73235327922882722412009-01-18T20:59:00.000+13:002009-01-18T20:59:00.000+13:00Excuse me Vanda, but 50 BOOKS?? How, in any univer...Excuse me Vanda, but 50 BOOKS?? How, in any universe, is that slow? That is about one a week. On top of the rest of your life.<BR/><BR/>I think I read 17 novels/SS collections last year. I don't count all the non-fiction books I dipped into for novel research. And I don't think that's bad going considering everything else going on in my life.<BR/><BR/>(You're the only person I know who resolves to do LESS housework)Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-16789949391844596432009-01-18T16:25:00.000+13:002009-01-18T16:25:00.000+13:00Just you wait until the boys get bigger and you ge...Just you wait until the boys get bigger and you get too jaded to have your jandal's worth of input into the various extra-curricular activities. Here's how I've managed to read three books over the past two weeks (warning, ikky alert). An appalling YA NZ novel beside the toilet for those (ahem) longer visits; Steve Irwin biography in the car (came in really useful when: had to wait at central Otago medical centre while friend's child was attended to; had to wait while hubby and youngest took ages to choose evening video; while I sat at the airport while eldest said goodbye to friend and then waited until plane was in the air (that was a good 40 mins!); too hot to sleep so lift one of current dipping books from beside my bed to read... Mostly, it's the waiting time for the children (eg Mackenna needs picking up from work at 6pm - that could MEAN 6pm or 6:10 or 6:15 - great snatches of reading time).<BR/>Oh, and the days when the kids are still in bed (just you wait Vanda - there will come a time when you will be dragging them out and it's 11am!) and no one needs me so I stay in PJs and, with cuppa and toast, read.<BR/>Something to look forward to in your dotage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-16941433401231536332009-01-18T16:21:00.000+13:002009-01-18T16:21:00.000+13:00I actually think part of the speed at which you re...I actually think part of the speed at which you read a book is linked to the author's style. Some are just quicker reads than others. It does seem a bit unjust to polish off a book within a matter of hours when the author slaved over it for a year or more.<BR/>I'm not really a fast reader, just a compulsive one. But I generally manage a couple of books a week. More when I am away from home.Kerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.com