You may have noticed my lack of comments on your site or you may not.
It is because my Internet connection in my area existence is near to zilch. All those posts of mine that you saw since last summer was posted with pain, at least 8 to 10 disconnecting and connecting of Internet connection to get it right. I shouldn’t be apologising but I think my telco company should be the one who does. Ever since the telco tower collapsed in my area, this problem occurs. Multiple telephone calls logged on my end to no avail.
But I have been reading. It occurs to me that I manage to read 36 pages in 25 minutes train ride today. So lets take it that it is 35 pages per half an hour and an average book is about 350 pages for ease of calculation, that would explain why it took me 5 workdays for me to finish a book in my working week. About 5 hours a book.
Can I go any quicker? Guess not. There is a lot of other things to do in life.
What about you? How have you been keeping?
Jo, that is SO awkward, not having a good connection. It would make me feel as if I’m no longer part of the wider world. I hope it’s solved fast and for good.
Reading: It’s nice that you get that time in the train and I guess you can’t go any faster than that. But that’s fine, it’s your reading speed. Although maybe at home, without the distractions from being i a train, you might be able to read faster.
Posted by Leeswammes | November 21, 2011, 12:17 pmJudith,
Unfortunately I don’t think it will be solved that quickly. I really don’t know what to do. Move to another area? A little drastic! 😉 Re: reading speed you are right Judith, I tend to read a lot more when I have some quiet time alone. Appreciate your quick comment, you are always so quick! 😉
Posted by JoV | November 21, 2011, 1:34 pmYes I did notice your absence -hope your Internet back to normal soon-
Posted by Mel u | November 21, 2011, 1:43 pmMel, Thanks!
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 12:57 pmDon’t worry. It’s been sort of slow with the holiday coming up, etc.
I don’t read for speed. Typically, I take my time with a book. I think if I pushed myself, I could read a book in a day but who wants to do that? It would take all the enjoyment out of it.
Posted by Ti | November 21, 2011, 6:41 pmTi,
It’s true. The worse is if I take too long and don’t enjoy it! 🙂
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 12:58 pmI sympathise. Last year I moved to a country area where broadband is not available, and right now, it’s driving me NUTS.
Posted by Susan Bennett | November 22, 2011, 3:46 amSusan,
Broadband is the air that we breathe, unfortunately not all service providers realise that. I hope you got your broadband up soon!
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 12:58 pmI think you need to start working at home and blogging at work 😉
Posted by Tony | November 22, 2011, 6:12 amTony,
Don’t think that will work in this economic climate. 😦
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 12:59 pmAw an internet connection like that would drive me mad!
I think 5 hours to read one book is really impressive! You could maybe go faster if you read a fairly short book in one session. My reading hasn’t been too bad, have now finished the Read-A-Myth challenge 🙂
Posted by jessicabookworm | November 22, 2011, 12:04 pmJessica,
Thanks for being such a great supporter for the Read-A-Myth challenge. We will have to wrap up soon!
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 1:00 pmI do notice that 😉
i know how difficult it is without good connection.Hope you settle it soon.
I am a slow reader…time is really against me
Posted by Novroz | November 22, 2011, 12:58 pmNovroz,
Take your time, there is no rush. Thanks for noticing! 🙂
Posted by JoV | November 23, 2011, 1:00 pmI hate bad bandwidth mine slows most evening hope yours sort itself out soon as for reading I try for 100 pages a day and do most days I tend to read in blocks for 1 -2 hours normally ,all the best stu
Posted by winstonsdad | November 23, 2011, 6:14 pmThanks Stu. Broadbank is the air that we breathe, actually.
Posted by JoV | November 25, 2011, 11:14 amHi Jovenus,
Could I send you a book review query?
Thanks,
Zoe
Posted by Zoë S. Roy | November 29, 2011, 5:29 am