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I find the idea, and phrase, distasteful - as if a person doesn't normally read, but then does it to excess. Is an hour a "binge"? What do you think?
Why You Should Start Binge-Reading Right Now
Ditch Netflix for a novel. And not just because a novelist is telling you to.
For the first time in as long as I could remember, my sole source of entertainmentfor an evening was going to be a book.
This really shouldn't be news to anyone who reads. And I'm doubly surprised to find that this writer found it a surprise given that he is a novelist -- usually people who write are also people who read.
And one or two hours is not at all a "binge" read. To me, a bing read (and also a binge watch) would be about 8 hours -- an entire day.
Well, I think that for those of us for whom reading is basically a biological function, the standards are different than for those who think they've really done something when they take 3 weeks to read a 200 page popular novelette.
I remember not being able to put down Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth on a work night! That my friends was a binge. I finally straggled into bed around 2 am.
I finished Black, White, and Jewish by Rebecca Walker in a day at school in the 11th grade. I acknowledge now that it was disrespectful but I was smitten.
This really shouldn't be news to anyone who reads. And I'm doubly surprised to find that this writer found it a surprise given that he is a novelist -- usually people who write are also people who read.
And one or two hours is not at all a "binge" read. To me, a bing read (and also a binge watch) would be about 8 hours -- an entire day.
To me, a "binge" would be focusing on a particular subject or author, and then pursing it with several books.
I agree - I think the article is peculiar coming from a novelist.
To me, "binge" reading is reading the first novel in a series and then ordering the next 3 or 4 for my Kindle and sitting to read through those as well. While I can't get through 4 novels in one day, I can do 2 or 3.
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