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Seaworth
17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 22 18:50 - How many pages do you prefer in a book?
Do you like to get proper involved and let it have your attention for weeks or do you like shorter stories that don't faff about with irrelevance?
Do you like to get proper involved and let it have your attention for weeks or do you like shorter stories that don't faff about with irrelevance?
Devious Phenomenon
17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 22 18:54 - Honestly, I like them both,
In restaurants I always loved the Appetizers, they prepared me for the main dish
In this situation, short stories are the appetizers and long stories are the main dish
I like reading the short story first to get my brain working so that I can understand the book to the best of my ability
In restaurants I always loved the Appetizers, they prepared me for the main dish
In this situation, short stories are the appetizers and long stories are the main dish
I like reading the short story first to get my brain working so that I can understand the book to the best of my ability
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tartan_skirt
17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 22 19:34 - At the moment I'm cherishing the short books, as I only really have the time to work my way through them opposed to the tomes. In years past though, and most likely in my summer break to come, I loved getting into a good chunky book that set you up in a world of its own. I suppose you can go for the middle ground and take up a series, but they then tend to drag on and there is the risk of a drop in quality.
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17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 23 11:04 - I like to mix it up. I'd read a long dedicated novel one week then the next I'd devote the next to reading an anthology of short stories. Sometimes I enjoy reading about throwaway characters and other times I'd like a bit more development in terms of story and characters.
At the moment I'm not seeking long term relationships with characters since I've been reading too many novels where the main protaganists gets royally screwed in the end with no satisfactory ending. So I read short stories where I haven't been with the characters long enough to care whether they die horrible deaths or not.
At the moment I'm not seeking long term relationships with characters since I've been reading too many novels where the main protaganists gets royally screwed in the end with no satisfactory ending. So I read short stories where I haven't been with the characters long enough to care whether they die horrible deaths or not.
Azathoth
17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 23 15:03 - Well, really it depends on the author and book. Some can get away with 600 pages and I don't mind, and some seem to rush through a story with no real development and that can be o.k. too. However over-descriptive prose, like Anne Rice, usually kills a book for me.
Generally longer books though, I like to really get into a story.
But sometimes I just want a short fluffy read....
Generally longer books though, I like to really get into a story.
But sometimes I just want a short fluffy read....
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17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 23 15:07 - I think I can only get into a book if it's a fluffin romance novel^^
Like the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. I LOVE HER BOOKS!!!
she has from 400 pages to 700 pages in each book in that particular series. I'm wanting to find more in her name, but I haven't so far-____-'
Like the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. I LOVE HER BOOKS!!!
she has from 400 pages to 700 pages in each book in that particular series. I'm wanting to find more in her name, but I haven't so far-____-'
Scott
17 years, 1 month ago at Mar 26 13:49 - I find that it's not the length of book, it's the length of chapter that is most important to me. Most of that has to do with my lack of reading time these days (having children really cuts into ALL free time). I prefer books with shorter chapters, 7 to 8 pages at the most. It is easy to pick off a couple of chapters in a half-hour sitting.