Monday, April 27, 2015

Musing Mondays - April 27, 2015

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Musing Mondays is a weekly meme sponsored by A Daily Rhythm that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer:
  • I’m currently reading…
  • Up next I think I’ll read…
  • I bought the following book(s) in the past week…
  • I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)…
  • I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)…
  • I can’t wait to get a copy of…
  • I wish I could read ___, but…
  • I blogged about ____ this past week…
THIS WEEK’S RANDOM QUESTION: Do you prefer Hardcover, Trade Paperback, or Mass Market Paperback? Why?
What I prefer depends on the size of the book.  Many large books are uncomfortable to read in a Mass Market Paperback.  For those I like hardcover or trade paper back.  Other than that I don't really have a choice.  Mass  Market and Trade Paperbacks are easier to carry but Hardcover are often easier to read because of print size. As I said it depends.

Second muse:  I just finished The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.  I listened to it on CD and it was 36 CD's long.  I was on a very long trip (2000 miles) and still did not finish the entire thing until after I got home.  It was not the size of the book but the ending that upset me.  There was not a conclusion.  It ended with so much still up in the air and the characters still in a very unsettled place.  Now I have to read the next very long book in the series and I suspect that it will end much the same.  Please authors!  Don't do this to your readers.

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