Amazing book. Also read it in one go. I was like just a chapter or two. Ended up staying up all night to finish it.

Yes. I usually have 3-5 books going at a time. I usually switch it up when I hit a slow part of the book. There are books that I don't want to read before bed. Because I have a habit of reading past the hours I swore I was going to sleep. So books which are a lot slower in pace are better for that.

Schiit, they do that?

Nothing like that for me. I'm a very impulse reader. No planning, no diversifying, etc. I read what I feel like at the moment. If that means several titles of the same genre one after the other. Then it will be so. Right now I'm in a sci-fi kick.

I don't have sleeping problems. But what I've found is that if I'm doing any activity that engages my brain, which includes reading. I won't be able to sleep.

I know some people can fall asleep while reading, often resulting with the book or their device falling on their face. That doesn't happen to me. I will feel tiredness and sleepiness coming on. But if I don't put the book down there will be no sleeping.

I do enjoy reading Holmes. But you are never meant to be anything other than a spectator. You aren't Sherlock Holmes, you are not meant to solve this mystery. And often the answer, quite frankly Doyle pulls out of his ass. Relevant information is withheld from you. Hound of the Baskervilles is a favorite novel of mine but I think it perfectly shows this asspullery. You are Dr. Watson. You are provided clues and red herrings with which you will draw your conclusions. But ultimately, the most important pieces of information are kept away from you. And only when Holmes comes back do these vital clues get presented. So you can marvel at how amazing he is. You never question him. You will always accept the truth as he says it.

I have a soft spot for Poirot. Because his detective work is more criminal profiling. Which I personally find fascinating. He isn't dusting for prints inasmuch looks at the behavior and deduces the background of the perpetrator. It is lies upon lies with the truth hiding in plain sight. And in the end, you may still be left wondering, did Poirot really catch the bad guy?

I do pick a couple from the Booker Price long list, not necessarily the awardee. They aren't always of interest to me. From 2022, I've read Small Things Like These and The Colony.

If the book was already in my TBR. An award could possibly bump it up the line.

You'll probably not like LoTR too. What you got from The Hobbit is what you can expect from the trilogy. Tolkien likes to talk more about every bit of grass, leaf and stick they come across more than his characters. When I reread his work, I skip a lot of passages and chapters.

>I can add that they will not buy this book and because of this cover they are not going to support this publishing house which is childish for me in this situation.

People look for different things. I certainly prefer UK covers over US ones 9/10 times. And go out of my way to import those.

He was very strict in class. But was somehow a favorite. Was a huge proponent in teaching Excel and HTML coding in class not just basic computer knowledge. And that he was really into PC gaming. And in early 2000s, it was a surprise to see an adult be passionate about technology that wasn't working in tech.

We had dedicated 2 years worth of computer literacy in middle school. The goal was to have everyone be a touch typist by the end. Correct hand placement, type using all your fingers and at least 40 WPM after the first year. Then 75 WPM in the following year. During exams, we'd be tested one by one typing passages with our teacher (Mr. Dwight) checking our hands, checking we don't glance down, and making notes. He'd actually tap our wrists with a ruler, when we dropped it. Saying we'd regret bad posture as we grew older.

Still remember my teacher's words in class, "type like you are playing the piano in a concerto".

>While it wasn't explicitly stated...

What's the problem?

I just use dielectric grease. I found it far more consistent with dealing with stab rattle. If I feel fancy I do a holee and band-aid mod.

I'm feeling attacked.

I don't remember a time I've ever experienced an "inner voice" while reading. If I'm voicing something in my head, it's because I'm wondering what to get for dinner or something. But my eyes and brain are still following the text and comprehending them.

Brooklyn or Queens Public Library offer non-resident Ecards for $50 a year. I dunno how extensive Fairfax County's e-book library is but their membership is only $27 a year.

The best part will be dipping everything on that plate in the runny yolks.

>To you guys who dont hear voices in your head, how do u read a book.

I have never had that "voice" in my head. Even as a kid.

I see the letters and I understand the words. I have Typoglycemia. A viral meme a couple of years ago of a paragraph of jumbled letters and the challenge was to read the entire passage in one go. And I read through it without pausing. (Sidenote, the purported origin of the study was incorrectly cited.)

The most basic explanation of Typoglycemia is the brain processes words just by their first and last letters. Provided that the first and last letter are in the correct place. Even if the letters in between are jumbled, cognitive process will fill out the rest. Like a form of auto-correction.

Yes, I'm a fast reader with great retention. (I'm also pretty good in jumbled word games.) Typo errors actually bother me a lot, because I'd be staring at a word blankly. Unable to "read" it.

Prydain Chronicles is the grade school equivalent of Lord of the Rings. You also can't go wrong with Anne of Green Gables. Also Goosebumps, timely for the spooky season.

This is really something you should tell your therapist. And work with them to get you to a better headspace.

OP, have you never heard of fandoms? And did you know that Sherlock Holmes is considered to have created first modern fandom?