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Book clubs that actually finish the book

wild-moth-35

Ours has a rule: you can come without finishing, but you can't come without reading the last chapter.

silver-clover-146 more

Paper books are easier on the eyes than any screen I've tried.

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hollow-sparrow-95

silver-clover-14 wrote:

Paper books are easier on the eyes than any screen I've tried.

Agreed, and I'd add that it takes a while before it clicks.

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bright-lichen-521 more

Do you have a source for that? Not doubting, I just want to read more.

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woven-hazel-72

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

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rustling-sparrow-932 more

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

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copper-pine-38

rustling-sparrow-93 wrote:

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for.

Honestly the cheap option was fine for the first few years.

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late-otter-67

Same experience here.

The second time went a lot better once I stopped rushing it.

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pale-fern-15

The first hundred pages of most Russian novels are a test of patience, after that it flows.

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misty-yarrow-35

War and Peace. Took me a whole winter but the last two hundred pages are worth every minute.

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