The Coffee House Reading Challenge

[colls]

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

I thought I'd post a quick reminder in case anyone was working on The Coffee, Tea and Thee Reading Challenge and, like me, still have some reading to get done. \o/

In the meantime, have some ticky boxes :D

Poll #13068 reading is srs bznz

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41

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favorite reading spot

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sofa/couch or comfy chair
27 (65.9%)

in bed
29 (70.7%)

outdoors
7 (17.1%)

coffee shop
5 (12.2%)

at my desk
10 (24.4%)

in the library
4 (9.8%)

at the bookstore
2 (4.9%)

on the bus/train/transit
11 (26.8%)

some other place
3 (7.3%)

time of day you read the most

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morning
5 (12.2%)

midday
4 (9.8%)

afternoon
15 (36.6%)

evening
31 (75.6%)

late at night
23 (56.1%)

do you listen to audiobooks?

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yes, frequently
5 (12.2%)

sometimes
8 (19.5%)

rarely
12 (29.3%)

not at all
16 (39.0%)

Comments

[skieswideopen]

I've got tea covered (SPACE BOOK!), but that's basically the only book I've read this month. I have a couple of possibilities for coffee, though, so that may still happen.

[colls]

Yeah, there's still some time.
I have 'Tea' (not the one I had planned, but what can I say - I'm fickle) and 'Thee' and need to get to 'Coffee' - although I have a couple book club books I'm working on as well so I'm not entirely sure I'll make it.

What space book did you read?

[skieswideopen]

I think one should be fickle in pleasure reading. Why not?

For tea I read Theirs Not To Reason Why: An Officer's Duty by Jean Johnson. About a woman with precognitive abilities who joins the space military (and manipulates a bunch of people and collects a lot of followers who she orders around) to try to avoid an alien invasion she knows is coming in three hundred years. Some okay worldbuilding and decent adventure, but the main character is a bit insufferable at times. OTOH, it's kind of an interesting question: what are your rights and responsibilities when you have perfect knowledge of the future?

What did you pick for tea?

[colls]

I read The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. It's set in Australia and England. I chose it because it was the oldest unread book on my nook. I actually quite enjoyed it, I like when there's a contemporary and historical plot moving simultaneously.

Yours sounds interesting in a Terminator sort of way. Only Sarah Connor wasn't that insufferable (at least not to me).

[ironjeff]

note that 'favorite place' =/= 'most frequent place'.

I'd rather curl up in a big chair and read, but mostly I do my reading on the train home...

[colls]

True, sometimes we read when we can and there's just too much to DO when you're home that it's hard to find time to sit in the comfy corner and stick your nose in a book. ;(

[lea_hazel]

There are so many good places to read, it's hard to narrow it down.

[colls]

Everywhere is a good reading spot.

Well, maybe not at a rock concert.

[everythingshiny]

i've started reading the harry potter audio books when i go walking, its quite fun actually.

[colls]

I like audiobooks when walking or commuting to the office, it helps pass the time and I get engaged in the storytelling in a different way than I do when I read.

[everythingshiny]

i get distracted easily so i'm not sure i could do it with a book i didn't already know, but its a nice way to "reread"

[colls]

Yes, I know what you mean. I have to do it at times when I can't get distracted, like when I'm driving or on the treadmill.

[sallycandance]

I'm done with the challenge. Was I supposed to ring a bell or drop a comment off somewhere?

I like audiobooks when I've already read the book, just as a re-listen, IF they're well read (which is not often the case), and then usually in the car or while I'm doing laundry or some other chore at home. The thing is that I'm an actress and a trained speech formation teacher, and I HEAR when people can't speak/read, and it tickles me enough to not be able to go through with an audiobook. It annoys me that they let people read who can't read, just because they are known actors/actresses or because they really can't tell the difference :/

[colls]

haaha -- nope, although now I kinda want a bell. ;)

I'll probably make a post at the end of the month where people can talk about what the read if they'd like.

Yeah, sometimes the performer can take me out of the story, other times they can draw me in. Do you remember some audiobooks you thought were well-read?

[sallycandance]

Alan Rickman reads very well, and so does Ilyana Kadushin; they are the first that come to mind. Bob Denver did a good job reading his own memoirs, so did William Shatner.

Yay for a discussion post!

[natsudive]

I checked off "morning" and "late at night" because I'll start off at midnight and then end up reading until the sun rises, haha.

I finished my first book in two days, but I've been having more trouble with the second since I got stuck helping out at the family business during spring break. (I haaaaaaaaaaate food service.) But I'm halfway through, so it shouldn't be too difficult. Hopefully I can get that last one in before the month is over. xP

[colls]

The book must've been a good one to polish it off in two days?

[mierke]

I've finished Tea and Thee, and are currently working on the Coffee! *happy*

Also, I can read just about anywhere...

[colls]

Awesome!

That's good to be able to do, I can't read in cars but otherwise can read most places - distractions aren't always very distracting.