What's the most you've ever read in one sitting? For me, it'd be A Storm of Swords. Then again, it really wasn't a sitting. More like I enter my bedroom at 5:00pm and didn't leave till 5:00AM. Must've read at least 500 pages.
Can't remember which series, but I also recall blazing through at least two doorstop-sized books in the space of 15 days. Was probably A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings. Heh.
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I started reading The Silmarillion for the first time on the stall in my parent's apartment when I was on leave for the Navy in 1980. In the mean time my parents went out to dinner, took in a movie, came home and went to bed. Three hours later I arose enlighted, abliet in extreme pain. 
Oh yeah, I also read the Foundation trilogy in 2 days starting on New Years Eve '77.
Oh yeah, I also read the Foundation trilogy in 2 days starting on New Years Eve '77.
fall far and well Pilots!
Entire book: Capricorn One while waiting for a connecting flight in Chicago. (2 hours - thin book)
Have you hugged your arghule today?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
i read all the Travis Magee novels in two weeks
(john d macdonald) felt like i spent two weeks in Longboat Key, Florida. and i didn't even get a freakin tan.
(john d macdonald) felt like i spent two weeks in Longboat Key, Florida. and i didn't even get a freakin tan.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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In one sitting? Probably Jordan's The Shadow Rising, WoT 4, and Terry Pratchett's Only You Can Save Mankind, (very thin), both in one night. (I'd borrowed them from 2 different people, and had to return both the next day.)
I would have read Runes in one night too, but it was a birthday present, so I deliberately chose to save the last 100 pages or so for my actual birthday.
Have read all 10 of the Mission Earth books in 10 days before as well, and...ah hell, I'm a fast reader, ok?
It's not always a good thing...imagine waiting years for a book, then the next day you've finished it. Quite sad actually.
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I would have read Runes in one night too, but it was a birthday present, so I deliberately chose to save the last 100 pages or so for my actual birthday.
Have read all 10 of the Mission Earth books in 10 days before as well, and...ah hell, I'm a fast reader, ok?
It's not always a good thing...imagine waiting years for a book, then the next day you've finished it. Quite sad actually.
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One sitting? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 23 hours it took to finish. 
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
heck, you guys...i can't count the one-sitting marathon reads...
that's why i put the 2 wk travis magee thing...i've had too MANY reading marathons...(well, one can never really have too many!)
words...my drug of choice
that's why i put the 2 wk travis magee thing...i've had too MANY reading marathons...(well, one can never really have too many!)
words...my drug of choice
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
let me COUNT the kings i have read in one day....
can you say CUJO!
can you say CUJO!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
i won't claim to have read ALL kings in one day but many many of them, totaly skimmed Misery.
it made a much better movie than it did a book.
which is more than i can say for CUJO! heh.
it made a much better movie than it did a book.
which is more than i can say for CUJO! heh.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
well now that i'm into series books...that would be series clusters, right? Erikson, Donaldson, Bakker, Gabaldon...
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Right now, I am reading two books:
Whirlwind (X-Files episode) & Drawing of the Three
Almost finished both books.
Whirlwind (X-Files episode) & Drawing of the Three
Almost finished both books.
Have you hugged your arghule today?
________________________________________
"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
________________________________________
"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
________________________________________
If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
_______________________________________
It's 4:19...
gotta minute?
My whole life is a freaking reading marathon - I read at least one book a day.
Most books in the shortest time? +/- 150 of the 'Longarm' series in just over 3 weeks.
When I describe myself as a reading addict, I'm not kidding.
Most books in the shortest time? +/- 150 of the 'Longarm' series in just over 3 weeks.
When I describe myself as a reading addict, I'm not kidding.
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