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Would you have the self control?
Posted by: nettie63 (92.26.183.---)
Date: March 10, 2011 10:16PM
I received my copy of TN6 a day before the official release date (thanks, Amazon).
Rather than dive in I decided I would start right back at the beginning, and go through them all in order again (fourth time, I think), but I'm only up to chapter 11 of TN1 (I love those bookworms!) and already I can feel my resolve slipping... I mean, I liked SOG well enough but I've really missed Thursday. I want to see how Friday et all are doing. I want to dive into more, brand new, Jasperesque craziness.
Could you do it? Any suggestions for keeping me on the straight and narrow?
Rather than dive in I decided I would start right back at the beginning, and go through them all in order again (fourth time, I think), but I'm only up to chapter 11 of TN1 (I love those bookworms!) and already I can feel my resolve slipping... I mean, I liked SOG well enough but I've really missed Thursday. I want to see how Friday et all are doing. I want to dive into more, brand new, Jasperesque craziness.
Could you do it? Any suggestions for keeping me on the straight and narrow?
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: bunyip (---.pa.vic.optusnet.com.au)
Date: March 11, 2011 03:07AM
Nettie,
Just remember the journey is often as good as the destination, so in re-reading you may see all those things that you did not see in previous readings, or consider them differently as you have knowledge of what their relevance is to later parts of the saga.
Also put the newest book at the bottom of the pile and then the next newest, etc. , until the Eyre Affair is on top. Read downwards and don't cheat.
Just remember the journey is often as good as the destination, so in re-reading you may see all those things that you did not see in previous readings, or consider them differently as you have knowledge of what their relevance is to later parts of the saga.
Also put the newest book at the bottom of the pile and then the next newest, etc. , until the Eyre Affair is on top. Read downwards and don't cheat.
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: March 12, 2011 04:45PM
Cave... Go on, you know you want to ;)
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Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 12, 2011 06:51PM
So, bunyip has the moral high ground, but BK has the pointy sticks. It really is very difficult to know who to side with isn't it?
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: EgonSpengler (---.is.nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: March 13, 2011 11:26AM
I side with Professor Professerson.
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: Bickaxe (---.bb.sky.com)
Date: March 14, 2011 03:55PM
I can't remember the series well enough so I'll have to re-read them first... Darn my useless memory :)
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: geg (---.15-2.cable.virginmedia.com)
Date: March 14, 2011 03:59PM
Just be aware that those darning needles may actually be pointy sticks.
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: Bonzai Kitten (---.VIC.netspace.net.au)
Date: March 16, 2011 10:39AM
I don't need pointy sticks. I have tiger blood.
Part time Quantum Elephant hollower
Part time Quantum Elephant hollower
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: CannibalRabbit (---.dyn.iinet.net.au)
Date: March 16, 2011 11:44AM
Winner!
Re: Would you have the self control?
Posted by: bunyip (---.sa.gov.au)
Date: March 22, 2011 06:07AM
I concur.
I never wanted the fforum to become like the Coliseum on a busy day.
I recall the warriors of ancient Lesbos with their rather singular point of view.
I never wanted the fforum to become like the Coliseum on a busy day.
I recall the warriors of ancient Lesbos with their rather singular point of view.
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