Tobias’s Comments (group member since Nov 29, 2016)

Tobias’s comments from the Drop Everything And Read group.

I haven't read a single of those books … In the female list I had at least read Harry Potter.

I like paper books, but the reasons are mostly based on feelings. I bought my first Kindle in 2010 and could probably count the number of paper books I've read since then on one hand (and I've read hundreds of books since then). For almost all practical reasons, ebooks is the best medium. Pretty much all the remaining practical reasons are covered by audiobooks. The only thing paper books wins out on for me is price, since there's a used market and a wider selection of them in libraries.

First person is interesting because any first person narrator is unreliable in some way (if nothing else in what he or she chooses to emphasise).

I set a goal of 50 books, and so far I'm 10 ahead. I'm sure I'll reach a slump at some time though.

I think it would help if people tried to remember when they read the book, that could really help narrow it down!

My favorite is the one for Inherent Vice, because it features the voice of the reclusive Thomas Pynchon himself. Apart from that there's nothing special about it, hehe.

I dunno... What do you find hard about it? All the different plotlines? All the different characters? All the different weird names and words for everything? Hard to give advice without knowing what you're having trouble with, but it's not the easiest book around, no. It's very good though.

You could try out the audiobook, maybe?

Alia, you can force the Kindle to reset your reading speed and re-learn it: https://www.ereader-palace.com/how-to...

* Moby-Dick or East of Eden
* Babylon's Ashes
* No idea!
* My family never buys me books, I buy everything myself and know about the books I like, so it's hard for them to surprise me...
* Read 52 books in 2017

Yep, if they're Amazon books. If they're sideloaded, then you can't (unless you mail it to your Kindle e-mail address or something?).

You sure can, although online estimates put the capacity at around 3500 books (depending on the file sizes, of course; picture-heavy books take more space).

Of course I add audiobooks! I listen to audiobooks mostly when I can't read, like when doing the laundry or other chores, walking the dog, commuting etc. So I also have physical books or e-books that I read parallel, or sometimes the same book with Whispersync for Voice.