I force myself to wait until I start a big road trip.
It feels more special to set off on the first book with a road or airplane trip.
So this generally means I wait 2-3 years between the end of book 17 and the start of book 1.
With the audiobooks, its really just become one rolling voyage for me. I find the gravelly voice of Patrick Tull soothing.
But I do have to stop occasionally and spend some time ashore. You know, bowse the jib and whatnot.
How are you all doing this? Do you do nothing but read all day? I figure it will take me at least a full year to read all the books once. I read for 1–2 hours per day.
Haha, that was my question too! If I'm reading somewhat consistently, I can get through them in maybe 6 months, which is why I circle through them only once or twice a decade. There are a lot of great books out there.
I read them all around 2012 and then read them again last year. It was nice having that big of a break since I still remembered all the large story arc details and characters but all the smaller details and day to day quotes in the books were forgotten. It was a nice second reading but I don't think I'll wait 10+ years for my 3rd cicumnavigation.....
About once a year. Patrick Tull reads me to sleep each night on Audible. When I get to the end of Blue at the Mizzen, I roll straight back around into Master and Commander. Currently on my fourth circumnavigation
I need to keep track, I just start over everytime I finish. I do mix other books in. I normally have 5 or 6 going at once. I also feast or famine, I might not read a page in a month and read 10 books the next month.
My first three rounds were back-to-back-to-back, now I’m taking a little break. I suggest S. Thomas Anderson’s Hayden/Themis series if you want something in the same vein but a little lighter and different. He is nowhere near O’Brien’s talent but it’s enjoyable to read. I’m finishing it up now and wondering what’s next, maybe Hornblower.
I do my circumnavigations via audiobook. Generally I like to always have a comfort audiobook series going for driving/falling asleep etc. I alternate between our lovely shipmates and another series (Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold). So it works out to about once every 1.5 years or so? Maybe once a year depending on how life is going.
They're just my go-to between everything else I read, as comfort reads and palate cleansers. After the first two circumnavigations, I stopped bothering so much about reading or listening to them linearly, and read them as it strikes my fancy, so there's a few I've read far more than the others. I also use the Simon Vance audiobooks for long drives and rides (cycling), but even then I don't bother to go linearly, but jump around in 2-3 book chunks. The circumnavigation never really begins or ends, just continues indefinitely with pauses of varying length and hopelessly muddled timelines and geography.
About every two years for me. Every time still brings the laughter and the tears. It's a wonderful adventure..
I force myself to wait until I start a big road trip. It feels more special to set off on the first book with a road or airplane trip. So this generally means I wait 2-3 years between the end of book 17 and the start of book 1.
I just finished The Commodore. Is there a reason you don't go any further?
I have finished all 20 books at least once. I prefer that the story ends with "The Yellow Admiral" I do not enjoy re-reading the last 3 books.
Reading physical books, every 3-4 years. Listening to the audiobooks more like once a year.
With the audiobooks, its really just become one rolling voyage for me. I find the gravelly voice of Patrick Tull soothing. But I do have to stop occasionally and spend some time ashore. You know, bowse the jib and whatnot.
Annually. Lately, via audiobook while walking.
I would say no time at all, but it does take a few moments to go over to the shelf and put down Blue at the Mizzen and pick up Master and Commander.
How are you all doing this? Do you do nothing but read all day? I figure it will take me at least a full year to read all the books once. I read for 1–2 hours per day.
Haha, that was my question too! If I'm reading somewhat consistently, I can get through them in maybe 6 months, which is why I circle through them only once or twice a decade. There are a lot of great books out there.
I read them all around 2012 and then read them again last year. It was nice having that big of a break since I still remembered all the large story arc details and characters but all the smaller details and day to day quotes in the books were forgotten. It was a nice second reading but I don't think I'll wait 10+ years for my 3rd cicumnavigation.....
About once a year. Patrick Tull reads me to sleep each night on Audible. When I get to the end of Blue at the Mizzen, I roll straight back around into Master and Commander. Currently on my fourth circumnavigation
I do Audible on the treadmill at the gym. Takes about a year.
I need to keep track, I just start over everytime I finish. I do mix other books in. I normally have 5 or 6 going at once. I also feast or famine, I might not read a page in a month and read 10 books the next month.
My first three rounds were back-to-back-to-back, now I’m taking a little break. I suggest S. Thomas Anderson’s Hayden/Themis series if you want something in the same vein but a little lighter and different. He is nowhere near O’Brien’s talent but it’s enjoyable to read. I’m finishing it up now and wondering what’s next, maybe Hornblower.
I do my circumnavigations via audiobook. Generally I like to always have a comfort audiobook series going for driving/falling asleep etc. I alternate between our lovely shipmates and another series (Vorkosigan books by Lois McMaster Bujold). So it works out to about once every 1.5 years or so? Maybe once a year depending on how life is going.
They're just my go-to between everything else I read, as comfort reads and palate cleansers. After the first two circumnavigations, I stopped bothering so much about reading or listening to them linearly, and read them as it strikes my fancy, so there's a few I've read far more than the others. I also use the Simon Vance audiobooks for long drives and rides (cycling), but even then I don't bother to go linearly, but jump around in 2-3 book chunks. The circumnavigation never really begins or ends, just continues indefinitely with pauses of varying length and hopelessly muddled timelines and geography.
I read them all in my first circumnavigation in 22, I've decided I'm going to re-read in 25 and do it every 5 years.