General Fiction Discussion

Originally posted by Fëanor
😆 which is why I don't envy any of you when it comes to having judge so many stories. War and Peace would be a much easier read. Or all of Tolkien's work.

I read LOTR in 4 days on holiday eyes

Originally posted by Lana
I have a feeling most everyone's going to submit during the last few days of the contest 😛

That's ok....I'll probably be reading them the last couple days too. 😮

Originally posted by Syren
I read LOTR in 4 days on holiday eyes

I've done that!

I do that every year over my winter vacation, actually. I dunno why, it's just a good time to read LOTR.

Originally posted by The Phantom
Mostly because people don't want the competition to see there story. I was going to do that. But then I realized I was going to end up forgetting about everything so... I posted it early.

mines going in late because i'm having trouble thinking of something to write about 😖

Originally posted by Lana
I've done that!

I do that every year over my winter vacation, actually. I dunno why, it's just a good time to read LOTR.

It does seem like the perfect opportunity. Everyone I've mentioned it to has said the same thing; "Well, your holiday must have been pretty boring if you spent most of it reading." No, I spent some time over a period of four days reading, and not much time at that 😂

I hate slaying books that quickly. In a bind (for school usually) I'll do something like that, but books for pleasure I like to spread out over a week or two.

I read very quickly and am the kind of person where when I start reading something, I'm loathe to put it down.

Yeah, I'm like that. Now I've got nothing to read because the book I got to last me a fortnight I finished in 3 days. Wasn't too keen on the ending though. Now I've got to wait until I can get to the shops again to find something else to read

I murdered four books in four days back in July. w00t

Originally posted by Captain REX
I murdered four books in four days back in July. w00t

Originally posted by DigiMark007
I hate slaying books that quickly. In a bind (for school usually) I'll do something like that, but books for pleasure I like to spread out over a week or two.

It's not slaying, though. As Lana does, I read extremely quickly. I don't miss chunks out as some people do (I hate that 😛 ) and I absorb all the information, I just read very fast 😂

I never miss bits out of a book, you miss the story if you do that.

Exactly. But a lot of people will see a large, descriptive paragraph, perhaps of the surroundings, or even of a character's feelings regarding a situation, and miss it out in favour of the next set of speechmarks. You're right, a hell of a lot of a story can be missed by doing that. If you're trying to save time while reading a book and it's a race for the end, you shouldn't be reading for pleasure IMO.

Originally posted by SpikeSpiegel
Yeah, I'm like that. Now I've got nothing to read because the book I got to last me a fortnight I finished in 3 days. Wasn't too keen on the ending though. Now I've got to wait until I can get to the shops again to find something else to read

I've done that so many times, I'd go and buy 3-4 books and expect it to be enough to last me a couple weeks.

Three days later, I've finished all of them.

Though I'm also not averse to re-reading books, either. Most of my books I've read at least 5 times.

✅ Same here, do you find that each time to re-read a book you see it from another perspective and come across points you missed before? I love that droolio

Originally posted by Syren
✅ Same here, do you find that each time to re-read a book you see it from another perspective and come across points you missed before? I love that droolio

Originally posted by Syren
✅ Same here, do you find that each time to re-read a book you see it from another perspective and come across points you missed before? I love that droolio

Yep I do 😄

Well if you guys go back and find new things when re-reading a book you guys should slow down and read slower

No, it's not due to missing things, it's as Syren said...when you re-read things, sometimes you see stuff from a different perspective than before.

Originally posted by Lana
No, it's not due to missing things, it's as Syren said...when you re-read things, sometimes you see stuff from a different perspective than before.