tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post3528966344866428217..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Binge Reading?Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-17633476572468078762015-09-12T14:51:44.078-05:002015-09-12T14:51:44.078-05:00You bring up a good point, James: binge reading of...You bring up a good point, James: binge reading of the classics. I hadn't thought of until you mentioned it, but I'm doing some of that, too, this year with John Steinbeck. I've already read five of his books this year and I'm about to finish In Dubious Battle. Reading (and re-reading) all the work of classic authors was one of my goals for the year and, honestly, I'm a Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-73128780912880391182015-09-12T08:56:57.432-05:002015-09-12T08:56:57.432-05:00This is a fascinating commentary. My own experien...This is a fascinating commentary. My own experience has included moments of binge watching and reading, but none that lasted very long. I caught up on the first few seasons of Downton Abbey that way, and watched the first four seasons of The Good Wife. Likewise I have seldom been able to binge on reading a series by any single author or topic. I remember devouring Stephen Donaldson's Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-78026249035899877192015-09-09T14:28:43.037-05:002015-09-09T14:28:43.037-05:00I've done a bit of that type of binge reading,...I've done a bit of that type of binge reading, too, when a topic really grabs my attention and refuses to let go. I remember how when I first became interested in Civil War history I read close to twenty books in a row on the subject. Everything just seems so much clearer and relevant when binge watching or binge reading, I think.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39310297841159687502015-09-09T14:26:35.602-05:002015-09-09T14:26:35.602-05:00Good point. The only negative thing I've noti...Good point. The only negative thing I've noticed about binge-reading is that it soon becomes easier for me to spot an author's little tricks of the trade - or when they start repeating themselves in thinly changed plots. I noticed that a bit with Johnson's Longmire series, in fact. But overall, I think I enjoy a series more when binge reading it and I've been tempted to go backSam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-92120612835289351902015-09-09T11:55:10.663-05:002015-09-09T11:55:10.663-05:00:) I, too, am a binge-watcher. My binge reading ...:) I, too, am a binge-watcher. My binge reading sometimes occurs with a series, but it also can include a topic, a location, or an individual!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-28097592429560561382015-09-09T10:57:54.763-05:002015-09-09T10:57:54.763-05:00I definitely do binge-watching, but binge-reading ...I definitely do binge-watching, but binge-reading is something I did more often when I was younger. I'd start a series and plow through huge chunks of it, sometimes to the point that it would ruin the series for me, like eating a particular food too many times in a row. I think that's part of the reason I don't do it as much anymore.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.com