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   simpsonfan2 said, 10 months ago

   When I read ROOTS, i would read it in free time here and there. SInce I was busy, and it was such a long book, it took a while. I had been doing it for so long, I was used to having the book with me, and thus something to do. So when I finished, I was ‘what do I do now?’
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   Doctor Toon said, 10 months ago

   Half a shelf full of unread books waiting for me, I’ve been avoiding the thrift stores and garage sales or else it would be 2 or 3 shelves
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   scrabblefiend said, 10 months ago

   Instead of watching a lot of bad tv, I read a book. I can read about 3 in a week, sometime more. So many books, so little time…..
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   adinasherer said, 10 months ago

   I used to read a little bit every night to my kids before bedtime. At one point i read them The Hobbit. They loved it, so we took a deep breath and started the whole LOTR trilogy. It took about 2 years at our pace. When we finished, I couldn’t read anything else to them for at least a month – it was just impossible to think of reading anything else after that.
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   Violet Bay said, 10 months ago

   I read the great actor Christopher Lee reads the LOTR trilogy once a year; as a tribute to J.R.R. Tokien’s creative genius. After reading the Hobbit, I read the trilogy in one month! I just couldn’t put it down, plus I was out on compensation from job. Win…win situation….
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   Violet Bay said, 10 months ago

   @Doctor Toon

   Same here…mine are making threats….lol
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   nighthawks said, 10 months ago

   and, hold your hat, some authors write more than one book!
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 10 months ago

   There are other good books, not to everyone’s flavor or taste but if you like it then it is super.
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   Coffee-Turtle said, 10 months ago

   Sequel?
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    burleigh2 said, 10 months ago

    @Doctor Toon

    I’ve got the same problem… with my last position in the evening, I had lots of free time between calls in which to read so I got a few dozen books from a favorite author to read. Ironically, shortly afterward, I got a promotion that had day hours and a busier schedule so I didn’t have the time to read them. It’s been 5 years since then and I’ve slowly worked my way through 6 or 7 of those books. LOL!
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    Penny Robinson Fan Club said, 10 months ago

    @simpsonfan2

    Try reading “The African,” a 1967 novel by Hal Courlander.

    It’s the book that ahem inspired “Roots.”
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    Jkiss said, 10 months ago

    No fear Nate. Young people’s books are mainly about dragons, vampires and all forms of fantasy. Hey whatever gets them to read.
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    Slywlf said, 10 months ago

    I can still remember the first time I got so enthralled by a book that I was lost when it ended. He’ll get over it once he finds the next good one – he may just need to take a day to ‘digest’ it beforehand ;-)
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    Linda Dean said, 10 months ago

    @simpsonfan2

    I felt that way after a summer of reading Gone with the wind when I was 13…many decades later and I am still..What now? after every book…I read at least 10 a month and sometimes more…
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    Linda Dean said, 10 months ago

    @scrabblefiend

    exactly!!!….thats my email signature!
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