> One thing that amuses me is a recent phobia that
I've
> somehow seemed to pick up. After going thru a lot
of
> old hardboiled and noir that are thin volumes,
I've
> developed a fear of anything over 400 pages long.
I
> was in Borders bookstore here recently and I picked
up
> John Connolly's new paperback, and when I seen it
was
> 500 pages (600?), my hands started shaking and I
developed
> shortness of breath. I put the book down and moved
on.
> I have to laugh about that because a couple years
ago I
> had no qualms about reading siege-style science
fiction
> epics or James Ellroy novels.
miker -- That's interesting. 400 pages is also a cutoff
length for me. I will read longer books from time to time,
but it has to be something that really interests me.
Otherwise I find myself thinking about how many different
books I could have read in the same amount of time that one
of the doorstops takes. But I sort of miss reading the long
books, too, especially the vast fantasy or SF novels. So I
contradict myself. What else is new?
James
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