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View Poll Results: What friendly book will we read in June? | |||
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian |
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7 | 53.85% |
A Catskill Eagle by Robert B. Parker |
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3 | 23.08% |
My Brilliant Friend by Elana Ferrante |
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5 | 38.46% |
Absolute Friends by John Le Carré |
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6 | 46.15% |
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas |
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8 | 61.54% |
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman |
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4 | 30.77% |
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery |
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5 | 38.46% |
The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie |
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6 | 46.15% |
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff |
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2 | 15.38% |
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett |
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3 | 23.08% |
Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson |
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3 | 23.08% |
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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. |
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I'm on the verge of borrowing the Classics Illustrated comic book from Hoopla.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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 ... |
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Very clever, even if not absolutely authentic!
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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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I'll probably finish tonight, and still have time to read the comic book.
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