SarahfromVA Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Slow reader? Trying to savor the book as much as possible? Writing down reactions as you go? Not able to get your hands on a copy yet? Come complain-brag here! I'm naturally a very fast reader, and if I had truly had it my way, I would have started at midnight and been done by now. But I had this idea that I should read along with my husband, so we can discuss it as we go. Otherwise, we would hardly be able to talk to each other for the next several days while he finishes it, because I just like to spoil things. And while he's a fast reader, he's also VERY busy right now, juggling regular work with freelance work and some volunteer things he's got on his plate. So I managed to get him to read all the readings released officially by tor.com before the release, and he read chapter 7 this morning. I'm allowing myself to go ONE chapter ahead of him at a time, so he never has to wait for me, but that means I've read chapter 7 and 11 like three times now. So excited for more! It is both nice and torturous to have to read slowly. I feel like I'm picking up on more things and savoring it more, but I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. (So, for my own sake and the sake of others who haven't gotten very far yet, keep spoilery specifics out of this thread. Feel free, though, to agonize over general emotional reactions brought about by what you have slowly read this far.)
Aminar Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Yeah... My girlfriend hasn't started it yet and I'm done... I'd never be able to wait for her, despite the fact she reads fast, she can't bingeread for 10 hours straight...
Who Sharded? Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 I'm also very busy right now and a slow ready...but I can't say I feel for you if you like to spoil things!
SarahfromVA Posted March 4, 2014 Author Posted March 4, 2014 Well, it's not so much that I like to spoil as that I can't help myself. I just get so excited about whatever I just read that I have to talk about it. It's not like I wander around the Internet spoiling unsuspecting forum-browsers. I just kind of overflow. At least my husband read chapter 7 at the same time as me, so we could shout at each other about it.
Beggar in Black he/him Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Try having almost no one to talk to about it. I go out and tell all my friends about how awesome and complex it is. Not to mention all the theories. And they just wait for me to move on or make a vague comment on how it's WAY too big. So I can talk all I want. It's just nobody cares. And my copy doesn't get shipped for a while so it's one of the only things I'm talking about right now. 1
Who Sharded? Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Try having almost no one to talk to about it. I go out and tell all my friends about how awesome and complex it is. Not to mention all the theories. And they just wait for me to move on or make a vague comment on how it's WAY too big. So I can talk all I want. It's just nobody cares. And my copy doesn't get shipped for a while so it's one of the only things I'm talking about right now. This was how I used to be with A Song of Ice and Fire. I tried to get people to read and no one would listen. Then the show started, and now I get people asking me, "you ever read those Game of Thrones books?" Arrgh
Aminar Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 This is why you make your little siblings Sanderson Addicts... I have free conversation bait....
Beggar in Black he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 If only they would actually read books... 1
Azul he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 I started just after midnight when it released and just finished it up... without sleep.. and wow.. (yeah i'm slow but i kept having to get up and either cheer for 5 minutes or scream NONONONO or both sometimes) Time to go pass out now. 1
Lady Radagu she/her Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Well, it's not so much that I like to spoil as that I can't help myself. I just get so excited about whatever I just read that I have to talk about it. It's not like I wander around the Internet spoiling unsuspecting forum-browsers. I just kind of overflow. That's why the internet is here. Just channel your overflow onto the boards. Seriously, though, I had that problem after speed-reading HP 6, and while all of my other friends were reading it, they like "I'm on Chapter three!" and I practically had to gnaw off my arm to stop from yelling "Snape Killed Dumbledore!" Try having almost no one to talk to about it. I go out and tell all my friends about how awesome and complex it is. Not to mention all the theories. And they just wait for me to move on or make a vague comment on how it's WAY too big. "I'm really impressed with the magic system. I'd never thought about magic in that very specific way before." "And the worlds he builds? I mean, wow. That's some worlds right there." 2
SarahfromVA Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 Now barely a fifth of the way through. And I cannot HANDLE the TRUTH SUSPENSE! Deep breaths. I remind myself that my marriage is more important than finding out what happens. The rest of the book will still be there tomorrow. And I really do like winding down at night by talking about what we just read that day. I can do this. And now I have way more sympathy for all the people who have to deal with the March 6 release date. Two days can indeed be a very long time.
Finch Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 I got mine on Kindle at about 11:00 Central on the 3rd and have only read the first 2 chapters, which I had read already on Tor's website. I have work and 4 kids and a husband who doesn't read or like the kinds of books I do. I'd like to be farther but I do have other responsibilities too. 1
Asha'man Logain Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 To anti-complain-brag (to brag-complain?) I got my hands upon a copy nearly 16 hours ago. Best 16 hours ever.
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