THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB discussion

No way! I read at least two books at a time. The most books I've read at a time was...about 8? Or maybe 9.

I've come over to the dark side. I am currently reading one book Fe Fi FOE Come by William Samples and listening to Mary Roach's Stiff and hoping today I can talk my husband in picking up Neil Gaiman's The Sandman Volume 1. It'll be my first graphic novel. I just can't get enough books in me. I feel like a helpless addict.

Lekeshua wrote: "I've come over to the dark side. I am currently reading one book Fe Fi FOE Come by William Samples and listening to Mary Roach's Stiff and hoping today I can talk my husband in picking up Neil Gaim..."

Don't feel helpless! Take in the sweet sweet drug!

Thanks Hillamonster. I was unsuccessful in talking my husband in running by B&N to get Neil Gaiman. Fingers crossed I make it till tomorrow without and outburst since I didn't get the novel. LOL.

I am a one-at-a-time reader. I tried reading more at one time, but it was too much.

I've never read Neil Gaiman before. Can someone recommend the best one to try first?

Shay wrote: "I've never read Neil Gaiman before. Can someone recommend the best one to try first?"

Hi Shay, the first book i read was Neverwhere. That's what got me into buying one Gaiman book after another.

Thanks, Lai. I just requested it from the library. Look forward to reading it.

Lekeshua wrote: "I've come over to the dark side. I am currently reading one book Fe Fi FOE Come by William Samples and listening to Mary Roach's Stiff and hoping today I can talk my husband in picking up Neil Gaim..."

Lekeshua,
I buy alot of my books online- Amazon- you can get them much cheaper- I looked up The Sandman -Vol 1

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Hope this helps!

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I usually read 1 book at a time, but there are exceptions to that. Sometimes I'll start 3-4 books and read them all at the same time. lol, depends on my mood.

Shay wrote: "Thanks, Lai. I just requested it from the library. Look forward to reading it."

For my money, Gaiman's best book is American Gods.

One book at a time? You betcha! One book by the bed, one book by the bathtub, one book on my iPhone, one book on the exercise machine, one book via audio in my car....

Thank you Gini, I just requested American Gods, from the library just now. Although I currently have 100 items (96 of which are my books) checked out from the library, I keep adding more books. I'm finding so many great new authors from this site. Thanks.

Rick wrote: "Lekeshua wrote: "I've come over to the dark side. I am currently reading one book Fe Fi FOE Come by William Samples and listening to Mary Roach's Stiff and hoping today I can talk my husband in pic..."

Thanks Rick for the information. I need to learn patience and take advantage of ordering more books online for the price of one at a bookstore.

Lekeshua wrote: "Rick wrote: "Lekeshua wrote: "I've come over to the dark side. I am currently reading one book Fe Fi FOE Come by William Samples and listening to Mary Roach's Stiff and hoping today I can talk my h..."

my pleasure!!

I usually read 3-4 books at once. One or two on my kindle, a light read and a classic or more serious read. Then I am usually listening to one or two audio books on my iPhone -- again a lighter read and a more serious read. And then I typically have several books out from the library. I go back and forth between books.

Usually I only read two books at a time. This is because my AP English teacher always assigns something for us to read, and I also have a book that I chose for myself.

I definitely read one book at a time. If I try to read to two, then the I lose interest in one.

Serial monogamy. For fiction anyway. I have relations with only one novel at a time. I often read several of an author's books in sequence if I like the author. I guess that's the serial part. But to take up more than one at a time would feel like infidelity.

On the other hand, with non-fiction I'm promiscuous.

Nope. I bounce between books all the time.

But David, the more books you read at one time, the longer the relationship lasts, surely?

To all the books I've loved before...
You've travelled in and out my door...
I'm glad you came along, I dedicate this song,
To all the books I've loved before.

I order many books online, plus I visit a used bookstore & take advantage of our library's book sale every summer (5 for $1.00). Feeds my habit. Rarely visit a bookstore anymore.

I find myself heading more and more to reading one book - which is not very good when I am also in the middle of two others! time is the issue- and time will undoubably reveal

I'm mostly a one book at a time reader. Being a member of several groups on the goodreads site helps me stretch my boundaries. I'll try to look into the Book of the Month reads. Then I'll have multiple books going at one time but usually one catches my attention and the others fall by the wayside.

My current-reads list lies! I should make an unfinished/return to later shelf. I am most usually a one book at a time reader. If I try multiples, I find that I just end up getting dedicated to one and let the others fall aside. This results in many started but unfinished books... which then results in months going past and needing to start the book over when I pick it up again. There are somethings I will read in a more choppy, sectional style that I can easily read around other books, but these are usually non-fiction information driven books. My to-reads list is scary in its length, but its best tackled one at a time.

I have been concentrating on one book now- and read about a chapter of a second book a day

I find that even if I have multiple books going, which I do have 8 right now, there comes a point in each book where you have to finish it. I guess there's enough questions to which you need answers and you just drop all the other books until that book is finished.

I relate to what Shay said. There is a point in books where they need more attention then the other books I am reading.

My intention is to read just one at a time. I'll start a long novel, then see something short and quick and work it in. And that's on top of writing my own stories. Sometimes it's confusing and I have to go back and reread a chapter or two, but it works for me.

I'm actually trying to read two books right now but one is being sadly neglected while I read the one I'm interested in.

For me, it depends on the book. If it is something non-fiction or just of a serious and thought-provoking nature, I will read another book or two at the same time to give my brain a break. However, if it is a small book or just very entertaining, I will read it in one go and then get back to whatever else I was reading. lol

No, I'm a multiple book reader. I usually have 3 books on the go at any one time. I have one on the ipod for the gym, something on CD in the car and a book in the living room...

Got to have my stories near...

I use to be a one book at a time reader. I guess because of a case of OCD, I needed to finish one before starting the next. Having overcome that, I now read up to four at a time. I actually find this most enjoyable for when I lose reader interest in one, I pick up the other and so forth until viola, all four books are done! ..and then I start four others :)

Shay, you read 700-900 books in a year! That is super impressive.

I read one book at a time, I recently tried to read a few but found I didnt have the time and it took a long time to get back into the others. I had to look back over all the pages to remember what was happening! So I think from now on ill stick to one at a time ;)

I never could read more than one book--- until I started a reading challenge this summer. Then, I had at the most 3 going. But, never more than that. It would be too much for me.

I listen to an audiobook in my car, an audiobook in my house when I cook, clean, etc, and I usually have one book next to the bed and another in my book bag/purse. However, if one book is REALLY good, it might follow me around and beat out all the competition for my attention until it's finished....Sigh...If only all books were that thrilling...

I can only manage one fiction book at a time, although I generally have some other sort of book knocking around for a bit of bedtime reading. Can't manage any more than that!

I rarely read one book at a time, I am at the moment but its a library book that I have to finish and take back in few more days. Usually I have at least two books going and sometimes three or four. I am lucky that I have a job where I can read at work (shhh!!) so I usually read one here and then one at my bf place and then one at home.

Flora wrote: "I rarely read one book at a time, I am at the moment but its a library book that I have to finish and take back in few more days. Usually I have at least two books going and sometimes three or fou..."

I recently had 4 going at same time- but got TOO much!! so I concentrated on finishing one- and now 3 is (are) more my speed!

I am reading 5

Kable wrote: "I am reading 5"

thats a good even number, Kable!!!

do u know what's ironic? I read books to go to sleep, but they are the thing that's haunting me

Kable wrote: "do u know what's ironic? I read books to go to sleep, but they are the thing that's haunting me"

that is interesting! I read before I go to sleep and during day when I am not working- but no matter how great the book is- I always find myself nodding off!!

Woe. I read books that are kinda gruesome(Inferior) and some that my friends typed up and emailed me. Like one, my friend calls it The Event, kept me awake 'till 3 in de morning

Kable wrote: "Woe. I read books that are kinda gruesome(Inferior) and some that my friends typed up and emailed me. Like one, my friend calls it The Event, kept me awake 'till 3 in de morning"

wow! and I wish I could stay awake longer when I read so I can finish books quicker! but I am reading Historical Mysteries, current Thrillers and classics
I am thinking of trying Graphic Novels- perhaps starting a thread on graphic novels if there is enough interest

Cool. I have heard about graphic novels

will look into them- but anyone who enjoys them- is more than welcome to start a thread!

have you ever heard of Neal Shusterman?

Kable wrote: "have you ever heard of Neal Shusterman?"

no never have
here is Wiki's bio on his Kable-

Neal Shusterman (born 1962) is a popular and successful American author of Young Adult literature.

Shusterman was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Even from a young age, Shusterman was an avid reader. At age 8, Shusterman sent a letter to E. B. White, informing him that he believed Charlotte's Web needed a sequel. White replied, stating he thought the book was fine as it was, requiring no sequel, but encouraged Shusterman to continue writing. At age 16, Shusterman and his family moved to Mexico City.[1] He finished high school there and quotes, "Having an international experience changed my life, giving me a fresh perspective on the world, and a sense of confidence I might not have otherwise." He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he double-majored in psychology and theater, and was also on the varsity swim team. During his years there, he wrote a popular humor column for the school paper. After college, he got a job as an assistant at Irvin Arthur Associates, a talent agency in Los Angeles, where Lloyd Segan became his agent. Within a year, Shusterman had his first book deal, and a screenwriting job. He currently lives in Southern California with his four children.[2]

Shusterman won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for The Schwa Was Here, and most recently the book won the 2008 California Young Reader Medal. Some of his other novels include The Dark Side of Nowhere, Red Rider's Hood, What Daddy Did, The Shadow Club, The Shadow Club Rising, The Eyes of Kid Midas, and the Star Shards Chronicles trilogy: Scorpion Shards, Thief of Souls, and Shattered Sky. His novels Downsiders and Full Tilt, have each won over 20 awards. One of his more recent novels is Everlost, which he is now adapting for a feature film for Universal Studios. Shusterman's latest novels are Unwind (2007) and Antsy Does Time (2008), which is a sequel to his book The Schwa was Here. His most recent release is Everwild (2009) which is the sequel to Everlost, and is the second book of the Skinjacker Trilogy.[3] He can be found on Facebook and Twitter as simply "nealshusterman."

Shusterman has also written for TV, including the Original Disney Channel movie Pixel Perfect, as well as episodes of Goosebumps and Animorphs.[2]

Shusterman was invited by Orson Scott Card to write novels parallel to Ender's Game about other characters from the series, but eventually Card decided to use the idea himself, and wrote Ender's Shadow and the following series. (Citation: Card himself describes the origins of the idea for Ender's Shadow and Shusterman's [lack of] involvement in the Foreword of some editions of Ender's Shadow, including ISBN 978-0-7653-4240-9)[citation needed]

Contents [hide]
1 Inspiration
2 Works[4]
3 References
4 External links


[edit] Inspiration
Shusterman's inspiration for writing first came in ninth grade, when his English teacher, seeing a spark of creativity, challenged him to write a story a month.[2] He has been quoted as saying that "[Kutsher's Camp] Anawana has played such an important part of my life. My career as an author of young-adult novels began because of the stories I used to tell when I was a counselor."[2] On his own website, he writes "When I was in college, attempting to write my first novels, I went back to that same summer camp I went to as a kid, this time as a counselor. I became known as the camp story teller, and would make up stories to tell the kids at night. Some of those stories became books a few years later - The Shadow Club, and The Eyes of Kid Midas. It was hearing those kids' reactions to my stories that really made me believe I could be a successful author." He also mentioned that as the unofficial "Storyteller" at the camp, he gained a certain respect among the campers.[2]

On June 8, 2010, Neal Shusterman came to Schaghticoke Middle School in New Milford, CT and talked about books.

[edit] Works[4]
Unwind
Everlost
Everwild
The Schwa Was Here
Antsy Does Time
Downsiders
Full Tilt
The Eyes of Kid Midas
Speeding Bullet
The Shadow Club
The Shadow Club Rising
The Dark Side of Nowhere
Mind Storms
Kid Heroes
Mind Quakes
Scorpion Shards
Thief of Souls
Shattered Sky
Mind Benders
Darkness Creeping
Dissidents
Mind Twisters
What Daddy Did
Dread Locks
Red Rider's Hood
Duckling Ugly

I recently found myself reading 10 at once. I know, but it's the fault of all of the wonderful suggestions from GR groups. (Like this one) I hear about a great book and can't wait to start it, so it gets added. If you think about it, reading a lot of different books is not much different than college.