Finding Time to Read - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T08:11:18Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:13497?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A13559&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI get most of my book reading…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-28:537324:Comment:143012007-03-28T04:05:15.200Zanabrazilhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/anabrazil
I get most of my book reading done while working the elliptical machine at the Y.... or riding the ferry into San Francisco for work. <br />
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& I've got a serious magazine-jones. Had it since adolescence. I've gotten to the point where I only allow myself to buy / read a magazine if I've first read a book. Otherwise, I'd read only magazines. And that would be awful.
I get most of my book reading done while working the elliptical machine at the Y.... or riding the ferry into San Francisco for work. <br />
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& I've got a serious magazine-jones. Had it since adolescence. I've gotten to the point where I only allow myself to buy / read a magazine if I've first read a book. Otherwise, I'd read only magazines. And that would be awful. For me, it's just like anythi…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:141492007-03-27T22:15:33.424ZRob Sidershttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/52novels
For me, it's just like anything else I value... i MAKE time for it.
For me, it's just like anything else I value... i MAKE time for it. I can't do audio either.
I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:139362007-03-27T15:01:59.409ZChrista M. Millerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/christammiller
I can't do audio either. <br />
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I estimate that I read a novel every other month or so. It's awful. But with the kids around, it's often a choice between reading and writing, and as I commented on a blog recently, only one pays. <br />
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When I do read, I tend to do it in the evening and on weekends. Fortunately I'm a speed reader, so it's not unusual for me to burn through a book in a day or two. But that's with the husband around and no prior obligations!
I can't do audio either. <br />
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I estimate that I read a novel every other month or so. It's awful. But with the kids around, it's often a choice between reading and writing, and as I commented on a blog recently, only one pays. <br />
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When I do read, I tend to do it in the evening and on weekends. Fortunately I'm a speed reader, so it's not unusual for me to burn through a book in a day or two. But that's with the husband around and no prior obligations! I've tried listening to books…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:138512007-03-27T13:27:14.050ZN. J. Lindquisthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/njlindquist
I've tried listening to books but I'm not an auditory person. I find I've tuned out way too often, and it's a pain to try to go back to figure out where you were. Something starts me on a train of thought and I'm gone,. With a book in hand, that doesn't happen - or if it does, you can easily find where you stopped paying attention.<br />
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I also can't read more than one book at a time, unless it's something like how to eat healthy or exercise or so forth. :) I seem to be an all-or-nothing kind of…
I've tried listening to books but I'm not an auditory person. I find I've tuned out way too often, and it's a pain to try to go back to figure out where you were. Something starts me on a train of thought and I'm gone,. With a book in hand, that doesn't happen - or if it does, you can easily find where you stopped paying attention. <br />
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I also can't read more than one book at a time, unless it's something like how to eat healthy or exercise or so forth. :) I seem to be an all-or-nothing kind of person. I hate starting something and not finishing it. <br />
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I think for me it's more of having too much going on right now so I'm almost afraid to get lost in a book. <br />
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And there's also a sense of being lost - as my world expands, there's so much out there, how do I find what i would like? And then I go back and reread an old favorite rather than face the stress of trying to find something new. Finding the time to read is n…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:137502007-03-27T09:53:39.698ZKaren from AustCrimehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/austcrimefiction
Finding the time to read is not really a problem. Squeezing in the housework and the gardening (so we can eat) around the reading is my problem.<br />
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I blame my parents (isn't that convenient). I could get out of anything when I was a kid if I waved a book around muttering "homework" whenever there was something to be done on the farm. :)
Finding the time to read is not really a problem. Squeezing in the housework and the gardening (so we can eat) around the reading is my problem.<br />
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I blame my parents (isn't that convenient). I could get out of anything when I was a kid if I waved a book around muttering "homework" whenever there was something to be done on the farm. :) I've got a long-ass subway ri…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:137402007-03-27T09:38:01.166ZTodd Robinsonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/BigDaddyThug
I've got a long-ass subway ride to and from work - a half hour to an hour, depending on whether the train is running express or not. Then, depending on how busy the bar is, I'll read during my shift (in lieu of actually making money). <br />
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I also read before I go to sleep and on the can. Wherever.
I've got a long-ass subway ride to and from work - a half hour to an hour, depending on whether the train is running express or not. Then, depending on how busy the bar is, I'll read during my shift (in lieu of actually making money). <br />
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I also read before I go to sleep and on the can. Wherever. I've always read voraciously,…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:137272007-03-27T08:43:04.369ZVal McDermidhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Valmcd
I've always read voraciously, at every opportunity. As a teenager, I once came<br />
home with a black eye after literally walking into a wall because I was so<br />
engrossed in what I was reading. I've never worried about my reading infiltrating<br />
my writing stylistically; I think I have a strong enough sense of the authorial voice and the<br />
voices of my characters before I start a book to be easily diverted from it.<br />
One of the blissful things about being a writer is that you don't just have to<br />
learn…
I've always read voraciously, at every opportunity. As a teenager, I once came <br />
home with a black eye after literally walking into a wall because I was so <br />
engrossed in what I was reading. I've never worried about my reading infiltrating <br />
my writing stylistically; I think I have a strong enough sense of the authorial voice and the <br />
voices of my characters before I start a book to be easily diverted from it. <br />
One of the blissful things about being a writer is that you don't just have to <br />
learn from your own mistakes -- you can learn from those of other people. Every <br />
book is a potential tutorial for our own work, whether we think it's a good book or <br />
not. Arguably, you can learn even more from a bad book, though I don't have <br />
the tolerance to finish many bad books these days. I tend to have several book <br />
ideas in my head at various stages in development, and often it's reading that <br />
will generate the thinking that kicks a project on to the next stage in my mind. <br />
Of course, the downside is that the more craft we learn, the more critical we <br />
become as readers and tha harder it is to lie in the sun and read for pure <br />
pleasure... Always a downside. Sigh... I'm not of course abandoning…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:137052007-03-27T05:24:50.498ZMichael C. Jacobshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Griftwriter
I'm not of course abandoning books, but I do consider listening to books on cd or tape as recoup some of the reading time I've lost when I became a parent. I can listen it while walking the dogs or while doing chores and in fact it really brightens those duties.
I'm not of course abandoning books, but I do consider listening to books on cd or tape as recoup some of the reading time I've lost when I became a parent. I can listen it while walking the dogs or while doing chores and in fact it really brightens those duties. I'm on a few mystery listserv…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:136622007-03-27T03:26:06.864ZN. J. Lindquisthttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/njlindquist
I'm on a few mystery listservs, but I'm beginning to feel like a dumb bunny. Everyone is talking about the many books they're reading and 'm just shaking my head. I have 40 books in my TBR pile, but I have no idea when I'll get to them. I have no time for writing, never mind reading. I used to read at least 3-4 books a week - even when my kids were little. I haven't been to the library in months. I'm trying to figure out what has taken the place of reading? Hmm.
I'm on a few mystery listservs, but I'm beginning to feel like a dumb bunny. Everyone is talking about the many books they're reading and 'm just shaking my head. I have 40 books in my TBR pile, but I have no idea when I'll get to them. I have no time for writing, never mind reading. I used to read at least 3-4 books a week - even when my kids were little. I haven't been to the library in months. I'm trying to figure out what has taken the place of reading? Hmm. I incessantly lament the time…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:Comment:136352007-03-27T02:24:12.026Zspyscribblerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/spyscribbler
I incessantly lament the time to read. If I could read a book a day, I would be happy. <br />
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Sadly, I doubt I'll ever have that much time. *sigh*
I incessantly lament the time to read. If I could read a book a day, I would be happy. <br />
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Sadly, I doubt I'll ever have that much time. *sigh*