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Post by trish on Aug 2, 2004 1:34:07 GMT -5
Exactly! But we should follow Lemony's advice, "you should always get a good night's sleep so you do well in school, unless you are in the middle of a good book in which case you should stay up all night reading and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which here means flunk." I love that bit of advice. Chances are it will take me a few hours, because I take breaks. |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 2, 2004 20:03:50 GMT -5
I'll be forced to try to read it in the car through the screaming of babies, then I'll have to eat dinner and do homework, then sacrifice sleep to finish it so I'd better be done in a couple hours.
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Post by trish on Aug 2, 2004 22:44:03 GMT -5
I'll be forced to try to read it in the car through the screaming of babies, then I'll have to eat dinner and do homework, then sacrifice sleep to finish it so I'd better be done in a couple hours. Why? |
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Post by Antenora on Aug 3, 2004 9:46:07 GMT -5
Last year I sacrificed a little sleep to finish TSS. The last chapter was so fast-paced and confusing that I had to read it twice--not like I was complaining.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 3, 2004 20:05:21 GMT -5
Because my siblings are babies and will not do well with going 15 minutes to my school to pick me up from marching band, THEN going another 10 minutes to get the book, THEN finally going home. Then I will have to eat dinner and I'll probably have lotsa homework so that by the time I can really relax and read it it'll be late enough to where I'll have to sacrifice sleep. |
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Post by trish on Aug 4, 2004 0:44:29 GMT -5
Ah, I see.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 4, 2004 14:18:04 GMT -5
Yep, 48 days till gg and I already have it all planned out.
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Post by Nate2632 on Aug 6, 2004 16:21:48 GMT -5
it will take me like 3 to 4 hours, cause i have no life and all i do is read and go online.
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Post by xangelkimzx on Aug 6, 2004 16:23:51 GMT -5
It'll take me about a day. |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Aug 6, 2004 21:34:05 GMT -5
46 days... Maybe I should order it?
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Post by Snicket on Aug 9, 2004 19:55:10 GMT -5
Less than a day. I once read books 1-5 in just a few hours. I think it was 3 hours on a car ride. Then I listen to them all on audioboook. Since the next book has alot of marine life in it it will tajke me 3-6 hours.
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Post by Antenora on Aug 9, 2004 19:58:07 GMT -5
Are you going to take breaks to research anglerfish and jellyfish(sea jellies as the aquarium people call them)? I'll probably take breaks from reading in order to take notes or make sketches of random neat underwater stuff.
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Post by Snicket on Aug 9, 2004 20:55:18 GMT -5
I will do stuff like that. Usually I take notes about the story lines. While reading, if I see something important I just jot it down but it won't take me long
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Post by Tay Sachs on Aug 11, 2004 22:16:09 GMT -5
Like most books of that size and type, about half a day hidden in the donwstairs closet.
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Post by MoonyGirl21 on Aug 12, 2004 22:42:54 GMT -5
Ah Nate, you're a man (are you?) after my own heart. All I do is read and go online (to read some more) too! Though I'm thinking I'll have to start being productive, since I'll be a big, grown up college student and all (can you sense the sarcasm?) . . . then again, maybe not. And where's that quote from MynamesJacques? I don't remember reading it, but I like it. Oh yeah, the actual point of this, I put under an hour, maybe an hour tops. Fast reader. Eventually I'll re-read all of them and force myself to spend at least a minute on each page to digest every minute detail that might possibly be a clue, but for now, I'm a bit overeager.
And just because I'm a freak, here's how long Amazon.com said each of the books were:
1. 176
2. 208
3. 224
4. 208
5. 240
6. 272
7. 272
8. 272
9. 304
10. 352
11. 352
I think someone mentioned something about the number of pages before . . . well, now we have reference points. They do seem to be getting bigger, don't they?
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