DISQUS

Marg · 1 year ago

I am listening to Great Expectations at the moment, and really enjoying it. I think that the skill of the narrator is a big part of it. Some of the voices are hilarious - especiallly Uncle Pumblechook (however you spell it!)

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Kristen (bookclubclassics) · 1 year ago

I'm so envious you are reading GE for the first time... I can't help but wonder what part you are at? I just love it... even after teaching it for so many years...

Kerrie · 1 year ago

I know lots of people read 2 or more books at once. I have a friend who leaves them in different places - the loo, her beside table, at work.. I prefer to get one over at a time although I do listen to a book in the car to and from work.

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debnance · 1 year ago

I couldn't tell you how many books I usually have going at once...5-10, I'd guess. I like to drift from book to book as the mood takes me.

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unfinishedperson · 1 year ago

I hope you don't mind, but once we're done reading this book, I invited folks over to your reading club to come and discuss Great Expectations. I'm reading it too...I just think it's odd that so many of us are all reading this at the same time.

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Mrs S · 1 year ago

@Marg - I agree the voices help - which version are you listening to?

@Kristen - Pip has just been taken to the home of the Pale Young Gentleman's family - a crazy bunch on first impressions!

@Kerrie - I used to be a one book person only - I think listening to an audio book in the car was the thing that made me realise maybe I could handle more than one story at once.

@debnance - 5-101 wow I'm impressed - I think 3 is my limit *lol*

@unfinishedperson - fabulous idea - the more the merrier - maybe the others here will join us too? I set up a thread as I think others will finish before me http://www.clareswindlehurst.com/bookdiscussion...

Ruth · 1 year ago

I can't remember I time when I haven't read more than one book at a time. I do remember my third grade teacher warning me not to, though; she maintained that it would scramble my brain. Personally, I think it keeps me sane, especially when I'm reading classics. I love them, but I really need to concentrate on them, and I don't always have the time.

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Kim L · 1 year ago

Although I am not necesarily good at this skill, I do tend or at least try to read more than one book at a time. Practicality's sake really... I want to have a book to review for my blog every few days, and the only way to do that is read a few at a time. Audiobooks are a great way to supplement!

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RuthieRitch · 1 year ago

I'm actually reading more than one book for the first time since I finished school. I'm well into The PInk Forest by Dana Dorfman which is a really cool interactive fiction that really makes you think and so I read one chapter a day and sort of meditate on it before going on to the next one. But in the meantime, I need my daily dose of romance and suspense so I've got a couple others on the go as well now.

Mrs S · 1 year ago

@Ruth -
Hi Ruth - that sounds interesting I may have to check it out - thanks for stopping by :)