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My Absence is in the Books
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My Absence is in the Books The only thing I do more than listening to music is reading; not movies, not writing, not eating, not sleeping, not sex, nothing; reading generally comes before anything else. Over the holidays, along with the time spent on this forum, the movies I watch, and the traveling I’ve done, I found that my time spent reading had been reduced drastically. So finally I decided that enough is enough. Hence, my absence over the last few days. I decided to get back to what I love best, so for this past weekend I spent most of my time finishing up the book I had started reading weeks ago, one of my favorite series called “The Codex Alera”, now on book 5 which is “Princep’s Fury.” It’s very rare that I write about books; usually it’s about life, poetry music or movies; so much so that one would think I’m not into books. Most people, contrary to popular belief, still read books; most people, however, read books that appeal to their own taste and it’s very rare that someone read a book just because someone tells them it’s good. But I will mention what I’m reading and even try to tell a little about it with the hope that I will have someone I can share my feelings with. This “Codex Alera” is a six-part fantasy series, in the mode of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of The Ring” and George R.R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire.” It’s the story of a boy’s rise from farmer’s apprentice (or so he believes) to Lord of the Realm in a ‘Romanic-type’ country/continent called Alera. I was able to make the series last for six years reading one each year, mainly because I have so many other series to read. So, of course, I will be reading the last book sometime later this year. |
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I used to read any time I could. Sometimes a book a day. I'll read anything, fact or fiction... almost.  I'm just not big on sci-fi or fantasy stuff. It just can't hold my interest.  I never read or saw "the Lord Of The Rings". The little bit I DID... sent me running! 
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I used to read a lot mostly now I'm confined to holidays.The last holiday I took I read 6 or 7 books over two weeks. Ever read the Thomas Covenant Trilogy's by Stephen Donaldson I liked those. I use to read a lot of fantasy and sci fi and horror more so now its mostly fiction.  There are two kinds of light, the glow that illuminates & the glare that obscures. James Thurber
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I used to read any time I could. Sometimes a book a day. I'll read anything, fact or fiction... almost. I'm just not big on sci-fi or fantasy stuff. It just can't hold my interest. I never read or saw "the Lord Of The Rings". The little bit I DID... sent me running! I kind of wonder if I ever will. My factual stuff I will read in the papers or the magazines, plus what I get from National Geographic but, other than that, I won't read facts or non-fiction, biographies, and stuff like that.
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I used to read a lot mostly now I'm confined to holidays.The last holiday I took I read 6 or 7 books over two weeks. Ever read the Thomas Covenant Trilogy's by Stephen Donaldson I liked those. I use to read a lot of fantasy and sci fi and horror more so now its mostly fiction. Now I read at a much slower pace (I've kinda lost fate in my ability to recall some important facts considering that I'll read page one today and not see the 200th page until maybe 3-4 weeks later). I mostly read Sci-fi, spy and detective stuff these days. Back in high school it was mostly Westerns and horror plus the regular Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins. I haven't come across the Stephen Donaldson series before. I'll go looking for it, see how I feel!
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these days i only read blogs.. lol... Wannabe/Sexpot - which one do you want me to be? 
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these days i only read blogs.. lol...  It's getting close to CNY. Are you ready?
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It's getting close to CNY. Are you ready? Wannabe/Sexpot - which one do you want me to be?
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