Post by account_disabled on Dec 12, 2017 9:24:48 GMT
Hi,
About ten years ago I would mostly read bigger (fantasy and science-fiction) books. The more pages the better. Then I started to be (re-)interested in other genres, such as contemporary fiction, which generally feature shorter books, and more standalones. There was a time where I found I didn't get around to reading shorter books as much, because I felt they'd be "over soon" or that I could finish them in less than a day (while they would still require processing power afterwards). A while ago I started to read lots of short books, including children's books, partly for our monthly read-a-thons. This year I'm trying to read without too much pressure, and trying to read some bigger books as well as smaller and medium sized ones.
I've been reluctant to start a number of big books (ie. 1000 pages), because they are so big and intimidating. I have read some great big books, but somehow really big books still intimidate me and I find myself reluctant to start some of them. The biggest book I read last year (2016) was The Stand, which I really enjoyed reading. Likewise if a series has a lot of books, and it is a series where the stories aren't standalone, it can intimidate me too. Some children's series are relatively standalone, and then you can read just one without having a cliffhanger (I don't like cliffhangers), or even read them out of order (I do that sometimes depending on library availability). But when it's a series that needs to be read in order and it is one story, then longer series can intimidate me too and I'm sometimes reluctant to start them. Even though some of my favourite series are longer series (like The Wheel of Time).
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About ten years ago I would mostly read bigger (fantasy and science-fiction) books. The more pages the better. Then I started to be (re-)interested in other genres, such as contemporary fiction, which generally feature shorter books, and more standalones. There was a time where I found I didn't get around to reading shorter books as much, because I felt they'd be "over soon" or that I could finish them in less than a day (while they would still require processing power afterwards). A while ago I started to read lots of short books, including children's books, partly for our monthly read-a-thons. This year I'm trying to read without too much pressure, and trying to read some bigger books as well as smaller and medium sized ones.
I've been reluctant to start a number of big books (ie. 1000 pages), because they are so big and intimidating. I have read some great big books, but somehow really big books still intimidate me and I find myself reluctant to start some of them. The biggest book I read last year (2016) was The Stand, which I really enjoyed reading. Likewise if a series has a lot of books, and it is a series where the stories aren't standalone, it can intimidate me too. Some children's series are relatively standalone, and then you can read just one without having a cliffhanger (I don't like cliffhangers), or even read them out of order (I do that sometimes depending on library availability). But when it's a series that needs to be read in order and it is one story, then longer series can intimidate me too and I'm sometimes reluctant to start them. Even though some of my favourite series are longer series (like The Wheel of Time).
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