Alina Ferry
@alinaferry
Am I the only person who reads several books together and doesn’t finish at least half of them? Currently in rotation: - The Americans and Everybody Else by Russian author I. Kurilla - Saving Time by J. Odell - Die My Love by A. Harwicz (short one but I broke it up in 4 segments) - You Are What You Watch by @walthickey
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axek
@axek
I'm reading several books at the same time since the time i attempted to read The Karamazov brothers. It's to hard to read end-to-end in one take. It actually took me three years. so i tried to read it a long with a bunch of other books and realized that the brain is capable of it easily, just like watching different tv series. It never gets messed up with each other, you just follow different storylines at the same time. So you're not alone. I think it's one of the best hacks i found, so i'm never getting back to reading only one book before i read the next one. Also it's much easier to actually start reading because you have more options according to your current mood. Otherwise i just refuse to read if i feel not ready for a particular book at the moment
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Alina Ferry
@alinaferry
The great novels of the past were serialized at the time of their publishing - readers followed several books at once like we’re doing now with the TV shows
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axek
@axek
Actually this is a great fact in this context. I remember reading Conan Doyle's Sherlock and i remember it was published in the papers originally, and only made it to the book afterwards
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