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Bookworm_Girl · 06-10-2018, 02:05 PM

I had the same problem and have mostly switched to reading. When I listen to the audiobook, I've been using the Kindle app since I have the Lee audiobook whispersynced with a Kindle book. Then it follows along on the screen. When I lose concentration, then I quickly can grab my nearby phone, pause the audio, read the passage and restart easily.

Lee is a good narrator. It might be the phrasing of the older translation and the unfamiliarity of the French names that make it harder than typical to listen and comprehend.

Catlady · 06-10-2018, 03:32 PM

I'm on the verge of borrowing the Classics Illustrated comic book from Hoopla.

Dazrin · 06-10-2018, 05:38 PM

After the first couple chapters I no longer had to force myself to keep going. It took a while for me to get to where the pace/style of the book was comfortable. I probably won't be finished in time, but should be close.

Catlady · 06-10-2018, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dazrin

After the first couple chapters I no longer had to force myself to keep going. It took a while for me to get to where the pace/style of the book was comfortable. I probably won't be finished in time, but should be close.

I'm powering through, but I might as well be listening in French (which I don't understand). It's not actually reaching my brain.

Odd, because I didn't go into this with a bad attitude; I was looking forward to it.

Bookworm_Girl · 06-10-2018, 09:30 PM

It took me until about 35-40% before the pace started picking up. Until then it was slow going. It made me wonder where the serialization breaks were and if I should try to follow them for pacing.

CRussel · 06-11-2018, 12:36 PM

I'd be interested to know that. One could guess a chapter at a time, but it's hard to be sure without some confirmation against accounts of the period. (For me, it started to pick up at around 50%. I'm quite enjoying it now, but only in the Hobson eBook. I abandoned the audio book based on the Victorian translation.)

Catlady · 06-11-2018, 12:54 PM

Any Leave It to Beaver fans here? I'm remembering the episode where the Beav has to write a book report on The Three Musketeeers, leaves it till the last weekend, and then watches a movie version with Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers.

That very movie is free on my cable system right now ...

issybird · 06-11-2018, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

Any Leave It to Beaver fans here? I'm remembering the episode where the Beav has to write a book report on The Three Musketeeers, leaves it till the last weekend, and then watches a movie version with Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers.

Mrs. Rayburn was not deceived. Gilbert was always a bad influence.

Catlady · 06-11-2018, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

Mrs. Rayburn was not deceived. Gilbert was always a bad influence.

If only Beaver hadn't mentioned the singing and dancing, though, he might've gotten away with it.

issybird · 06-12-2018, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

If only Beaver hadn't mentioned the singing and dancing, though, he might've gotten away with it.

That's what I like, a screen adaptation faithful to the original, done with intelligence and sensitivity.

Bookpossum · 06-12-2018, 08:56 PM

Very clever, even if not absolutely authentic!

Dngrsone · 06-14-2018, 01:17 PM

Well, tomorrow is the reckoning, and I am only halfway through... I though I had started with a long enough lead, but events (and the book itself) seem to have conspired against me finishing in a timely manner.

Catlady · 06-14-2018, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dngrsone

Well, tomorrow is the reckoning, and I am only halfway through... I though I had started with a long enough lead, but events (and the book itself) seem to have conspired against me finishing in a timely manner.

I'll probably finish tonight, and still have time to read the comic book.

issybird · 06-14-2018, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Catlady

I'll probably finish tonight, and still have time to read the comic book.

I was disappointed to see that the comic book at Hoopla is the second Classics Comics edition, published in 1959 and 25% shorter than the first edition, published in 1941. Isn't dumbing down a comic book a redundancy?

Catlady · 06-14-2018, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by issybird

I was disappointed to see that the comic book at Hoopla is the second Classics Comics edition, published in 1959 and 25% shorter than the first edition, published in 1941. Isn't dumbing down a comic book a redundancy?

Hey, I grew up on comic books!

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06-10-2018, 02:05 PM	#61
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I had the same problem and have mostly switched to reading. When I listen to the audiobook, I've been using the Kindle app since I have the Lee audiobook whispersynced with a Kindle book. Then it follows along on the screen. When I lose concentration, then I quickly can grab my nearby phone, pause the audio, read the passage and restart easily. Lee is a good narrator. It might be the phrasing of the older translation and the unfamiliarity of the French names that make it harder than typical to listen and comprehend.

06-10-2018, 03:32 PM	#62
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,365 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	I'm on the verge of borrowing the Classics Illustrated comic book from Hoopla.

06-10-2018, 05:38 PM	#63
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,670 Karma: 74333633 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	After the first couple chapters I no longer had to force myself to keep going. It took a while for me to get to where the pace/style of the book was comfortable. I probably won't be finished in time, but should be close.

06-10-2018, 09:30 PM	#65
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	It took me until about 35-40% before the pace started picking up. Until then it was slow going. It made me wonder where the serialization breaks were and if I should try to follow them for pacing.

06-11-2018, 12:36 PM	#66
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,230 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	I'd be interested to know that. One could guess a chapter at a time, but it's hard to be sure without some confirmation against accounts of the period. (For me, it started to pick up at around 50%. I'm quite enjoying it now, but only in the Hobson eBook. I abandoned the audio book based on the Victorian translation.)

06-11-2018, 12:54 PM	#67
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,365 Karma: 52613881 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Any Leave It to Beaver fans here? I'm remembering the episode where the Beav has to write a book report on The Three Musketeeers, leaves it till the last weekend, and then watches a movie version with Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers. That very movie is free on my cable system right now ...

06-12-2018, 08:56 PM	#71
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,138 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Very clever, even if not absolutely authentic!

06-14-2018, 01:17 PM	#72
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	Well, tomorrow is the reckoning, and I am only halfway through... I though I had started with a long enough lead, but events (and the book itself) seem to have conspired against me finishing in a timely manner.

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