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Every time I finish a good book, I always feel like I can't start another. Hunger Games, in this case. "How could I read another book? There'll never be another one like Hunger Games! It'll never be the same!"

As soon as I started the book, I knew I'd want the next one, so I two-day shipped it from Amazon. Unfortunately that was on Friday and two-day shipping doesn't count the weekend, so the second isn't coming until Tuesday but I finished the first last night. Boo!

"I could never read another book! It'll never be perfect like X was!".

My to-read pile is actually shrinking. I still have 20-something books waiting to be read (including King's latest 475895747825420 page one), but I can probably go back to being freer with buying new ones!

I sure did love Hunger Games. It's just too bad reviews on the second one are mixed.

Hunger Games on Amazon, where it got 585 five star and 152 four star reviews out of 795 reviews!

Date: 2010-02-08 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gconnor.livejournal.com
Do you have the kindle app for your computer? I think you said you thought about getting a kindle but don't have one, and I don't remember you ever mentioning an iPhone.

Anyway, the Kindle app for Windows is free, and if the book is available on Kindle, you can often start reading the first chapter or two, also for free.

Date: 2010-02-09 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
I dragged my feet long enough for the iPad to be announced, so now I think maybe I'll wait for that...

Oh wow, I hadn't known about the app! I'll check that out, thanks!

Date: 2010-02-09 02:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] citizenbleys.livejournal.com
Try anything by Neal Stephenson (Anathem is my favorite); He tends to start out slow, but everything of his I've ever written snagged me by the end.

Date: 2010-02-09 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Thanks for the rec! :)

Date: 2010-02-09 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com
Books? What are those? I read all the codex's in Mass Effect 2, does that count?

Date: 2010-02-09 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com
Damn...Well, I did read the 2 Mass Effect books before ME2 came out. Surely that counts?

Date: 2010-02-09 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Did a tree die to make it? If not, no!

Date: 2010-02-09 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] veloxe.livejournal.com
I don't know specifically. What if it was made on recycled paper and saved a tree? Does that make it a better book or not a book? What if the tree was pre-dead and then they were like, "Hey! We can make books out of that!" and went from there?

Too many variables!

Date: 2010-02-09 08:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fealubryne.livejournal.com
I totally know what you mean. I just finished one of those, "I really don't want this book to end... but I'll read just a little more! ...Okay, just to the end of this next chapter. Or maybe the first page of the chapter after that. Or... oh shit, the book's over. NOOOOO!" books.

Now I'm sulking because, despite the fact that I've got another book I'm halfway through, it's not nearly so good. And the next one in the series I'm reading doesn't come out 'til MARCH. *sob*

Date: 2010-02-09 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
*laughs* I did the same thing with this one!

And the next one in the series I'm reading doesn't come out 'til MARCH. *sob*

Write faster you people! *fist shakes*

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