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Post by Moose on Sept 4, 2014 22:17:45 GMT
I am still finishing the HDM books and then will post more thoughts - am on the bit where Will just broke the knife - but would anyone like to do the HP books next?
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Post by tangent on Sept 4, 2014 23:17:11 GMT
Hewlett Packard?
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Post by Miisa on Sept 5, 2014 9:14:06 GMT
I'm out, although I am slightly further along than you in HDM 3, another series right after would be overwhelming as I have very little time to read and feel too pushed to keep up.
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Post by juju on Sept 5, 2014 10:22:16 GMT
Still on my Austenfest I'm afraid
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Post by JoeP on Sept 5, 2014 19:38:04 GMT
Only if we do Gormenghast (the first two books of the trilogy) at some point.
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Post by Moose on Sept 5, 2014 22:48:08 GMT
okay But I wanna do HP first!
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Post by JoeP on Sept 6, 2014 10:45:28 GMT
Also we have to share progress and comments by owl. Not forum posts.
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Post by Moose on Sept 12, 2014 21:09:59 GMT
Should be finished HDM soon so prepare for extensive commentary
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Post by Moose on Jan 2, 2015 23:00:49 GMT
Really must get this underway ... who is in?!
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Post by JoeP on Jan 3, 2015 18:44:35 GMT
When I finish my current Iain M Banks book I need to read a friend's unpublished book!
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Post by Shake on Jan 3, 2015 20:06:50 GMT
My plan is to start HP relatively soon, but I'm still working on Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near.
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Post by tourmaline on Jan 8, 2015 3:48:11 GMT
I'm In
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Post by Sarah W. on Jan 14, 2015 18:38:58 GMT
What's involved in being "in"? I'd like to re-read the books, but I don't have a lot of time for leisure reading that isn't audiobooks. And I'm working through a biography right now.
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Post by Moose on Jan 14, 2015 23:14:51 GMT
no big commitment .. just chip in when you feel like it
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Post by Yuki on Jan 15, 2015 7:31:26 GMT
I wanted to start re-reading all HP books like a month ago, but I had no time, and I'm trying to read more non-fiction these days. I re-watched all the movies instead.
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Post by ceptimus on Jan 18, 2015 0:02:07 GMT
I've re-watched the first four movies over the last week.
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Post by Moose on Jan 19, 2015 19:01:25 GMT
I am not nearly as keen on the films as the books They're okay but not my favourites
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Post by ceptimus on Jan 20, 2015 11:07:15 GMT
Oh I agree. But the films are much quicker - only takes about a day of your life in total to watch the whole lot. I also have all the books on audio CD - but listening to Stephen Fry read them all takes even longer than reading them myself (because I read much faster than anyone can read aloud).
When I used to drive a lot, I used to listen to the books while driving - that way I wasn't wasting any extra time - but I don't drive nearly so much nowadays so it would take months or even years to get through listening to all the books again that way.
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Post by Sarah W. on Jan 20, 2015 15:05:13 GMT
Wait - there's a version of the audiobooks that Stephen Fry narrates? That would be great. The only narrator I've seen available in the US is incredibly obnoxious.
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Post by ceptimus on Jan 20, 2015 15:46:17 GMT
Yes, I've listened to some of the Jim Dale ones and they're not a patch on the Stephen Fry ones in my opinion. The Stephen Fry ones are the main ones sold in the UK (e.g. by Amazon.co.uk) but I don't know how easy they would be to get hold of in other countries. I bought the complete set, on CDs, in a tin: they were quite expensive, but it does take about 125 hours to play the whole lot, so I suppose in terms of pence per minute they weren't too bad You may be able to get them cheaper if they're a download rather than CDs - or you could always pirate them for free via torrent or similar if you can handle the guilt and think that J K Rowling and Stephen Fry already have enough money. If you don't want to handle the sin of pirating, here's the digital (MP3) audio books read by Stephen Fry for £167 - but you can also download them one book at a time to see if you like them - starting at about £18
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 20, 2015 19:56:08 GMT
Radio 4 dedicated something like 8 hours to the Stephen Fry reading of the first book, on Boxing Day, many years ago. I like Audiobooks and have several of Stephen Fry's already. HP is way expensive to buy that way though. Even the audio cassette versions are pricey!
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Post by Moose on Feb 10, 2015 1:25:51 GMT
On another note I keep meaning to jump into the reread and have not got around to it yet - anyone want to start a thread? I quite fancy being back in the HP world again for a while
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Post by Yuki on Feb 12, 2015 22:06:15 GMT
I started reading HP in German, but I'm doing it slowly for now since I have little time these days (4 exams next week).
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Post by Moose on Feb 12, 2015 22:10:16 GMT
I am reading HP six
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Post by Yuki on Feb 12, 2015 22:16:13 GMT
You're not planning to read them in their chronological order?
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Post by Moose on Feb 12, 2015 23:45:16 GMT
naw I don't like doing things in order and noone else seems to be rereading
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Post by Yuki on Sept 27, 2015 12:36:01 GMT
I read the first three in German, and I'm reading the 4th now.
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Post by Yuki on Apr 23, 2017 11:41:43 GMT
I read the first three in German, and I'm reading the 4th now. I finished the 7th last September. My reading got smoother and smoother as I absorbed more German vocabulary, and I found the 6th and 7th quite easy to read. Overall, I haven't been able to make as much progress in the language as I hoped, probably because I didn't pay as much attention to listening as I did to reading. After I'm done with my master, I might give it more time though (especially watching German scientific documentaries on Youtube, which I find easier to understand). In any case, I will probably start rereading the books in Romanian later this year.
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Post by Moose on Apr 25, 2017 22:32:17 GMT
How many languages do you speak?!
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Post by tangent on Apr 25, 2017 22:56:43 GMT
One more than yesterday, I guess.
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