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« Reply #25 on: January 21, 2012, 01:14:49 PM » |
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No time off. After reading a really good book, I just jump to the next book in hopes that it's another really good book!
Agreed. As soon as I finish, I'm back standing in front of the book shelf looking for the next one...usually something in a different genre or of another theme. Or these days, skimming my collections on my Kindle. Still doing both actually. I do understand the person who said that sometimes you miss the characters. I feel that too sometimes, even more surprising since I'm not real character-oriented. But the fictional suckers do get to me sometimes! Note: I'm usually reading one non-fiction and one fiction book at the same time. |
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« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2012, 03:20:45 PM » |
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If I've been reading an intense story that really excites my emotions I often feel like I need a little break when I get to the end. Just a few days rest before I plunge into the next book.
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« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2012, 06:22:59 PM » |
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That has happened to me too. Sometimes the feeling has been so strong, it has prompted me to reread the book right away - more slowly the second time - to savor.
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« Reply #28 on: January 21, 2012, 07:02:38 PM » |
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Sometimes I get so caught up in a story, and in the characters, especially, that I need a few days before I can get into another book.
It doesn't happen to me often, but I sure love it when it does.  I take a few days off to savor the experience. |
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« Reply #29 on: January 21, 2012, 07:46:31 PM » |
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Several have mentioned reading a non-fiction book after reading a particularly enjoyable novel. I think I'm going to have to do that this time. I waited a bit before picking up another novel, but I have the other novel's characters still very much in my mind! So I will turn to non-fiction. |
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« Reply #30 on: January 21, 2012, 11:30:30 PM » |
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Yes, absolutely! Sometimes you just need to let your brain cleanse before moving on to something else.
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« Reply #31 on: January 22, 2012, 12:15:57 AM » |
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It is the other way round for me. Once I've finished a book I want, perhaps need, to start another one straight away. The only concession to that is I would prefer the next to be the same genre and preferably from the same series if it is a series, but, apart from that, I just like to carry straight on to the next one.
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« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2012, 08:41:06 PM » |
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I find that I can't launch right into another book after almost anything I read... but especially if the book was really, really good. It's like I need time to soak in all the goodness.
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« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2012, 05:41:34 AM » |
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I was asked my "goal" in my reading and I said, "At my age, my goal is to finish this book before I die." So, I start another book was quickly as possible.
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« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2012, 05:55:51 AM » |
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I'm actually just sad when I finish a good book or a series. Its like part of the family moving out or something.
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« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2012, 11:04:44 AM » |
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V. funny, PatrickT. I'm not old enough to have that thought, but no doubt will someday.
I only have this feeling of wanting a little break when I have absolutely loved a book. If it's kind of meh and I've just plugged away at it, then I'm desperate to have another good book in my hands asap.
Recently The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes had this effect on me (and others, if you believe its reviews). Its world was so richly drawn and psychologically acute, that I didn't want to enter any other fictional world too soon.
Like some other commenter said, it's almost like a relationship. You don't want to be disloyal by forgetting about a good book's characters and author too soon. If you were an author, this would be the highest praise.
Think of all the kids reading the Harry Potter books. You KNOW they were not willing to walk away from the world Harry and Hogwarts just because they turned the last page.
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« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2012, 11:47:27 AM » |
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Yes, I often want something of a pause, but rather than reading nothing, I'll often read a short story, or periodical, or non-fiction - something short so that I'm not diving right back into something intense again.
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« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2012, 12:00:48 PM » |
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Yep. One of the most memorable was the H.M.S. Ulysses by Alistair MacLean. That one got few days of mourning.
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« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2012, 12:02:44 PM » |
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No time off. After reading a really good book, I just jump to the next book in hopes that it's another really good book!
This is me too. But I do occasionally have a hard time transitioning from one book to the next. It takes me a few chapters to absorb the new characters, writing style, etc. |
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