11
That's awesome!
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok am up to chapter 3, and this is a superb book so far, the writing strongly reminds me of some of Poe's more complex stories, in particular Ligeia, which should also give people an idea of the language and style of the writing.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Partway through chapter 4 now, and it continues to get better, and reaffirm that reading this in #Braille was the correct decision.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok read another 7 pages today, averaging just under 6 minutes per page., I'm almost through chapter 4, and around 15% through the book.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and finished chapter 4, and also read chapter 5 today.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Read all of chapter 6 today something like 24 pages.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and that's chapter 7 done, ~20 pages today.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Finished chapter 8, and volume 1, apparently stopped reading last night <3 pages from this…
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok read chapter 9, averaging 5 minutes per page now.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and finished chapter 10.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and read chapter 11 today
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Read another chapter today, over 100 pages in last 10 days.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Read chapters 13 and 14 today, about 28 pages, and I'm about 50% through the book.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and read chapter 15 today, 17 pages.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok chapter 16 done, 15 pages today, and 112 pages of #Braille in the last week.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Chapter 17 was shorter than the others, only 12 #Braille pages
@dhamlinmusic @main @mastoblind @bookstodon Your Braille pages are twelve pounds? Now that's some heavy reading! :)
@pixelate @main @mastoblind @bookstodon your TTS is being dumb.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Did not read yesterday, family was on the road for vacation, but read 2 chapters so far today, and I've finished the 2nd volume, only 5 more to go. #Braille
@dhamlinmusic @main @mastoblind @bookstodon Electronic volumes remind me of Daisy files due to the folder structure but you can only navigate from volume to volume…?
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Read a chapter so far today.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Another chapter read, 4 chapters and 59 pages of #Braille in 3 days.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Read another chapter, shortest so far at ~11 #Braille pages
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Chapter 23 done, that's 85 #Braille pages this week so far, and ~210 in the last 2 weeks.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and one last chapter for the week, 7 chapters, and 99 #Braille pages, in 6 days, and we drive home tomorrow so will not likely be reading more before Sunday.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon I ended up reading one more chapter this week, 8 chapters, and 114 pages of #Braille this week.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok 12 #Braille pages and another chapter today.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and another chapter down.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon 12 more #Braille pages and another chapter.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok another 13 #Braille pages, chapter 29 done, and finished volume 3
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon another day, another chapter down.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Chapter 31 finished, it was actually titled The Shadow of the Torturer, though was not the final chapter, the trend of 12#Braille pages per chapter continues.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Another chapter down, longer than the last several at 16 #Braille pages
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok finished chapters 33 & 34, only one more in The Shadow of the Torturer, then I'll start The Claw of the Conciliator
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon Ok and that's a rap, finished the final 20 #Braille pages, and final chapter, of The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolf, and will start The Claw of the Conciliator tomorrow.
@main @mastoblind @bookstodon I've read over 160 pages in #Braille in the last ~3 weeks, I have been aiming for 10 pages a day, though right now averaging just under 7. Glad to find my speed back to about 5 minutes per page, I was up to about 3.5 per page when reading Harry Potter over a year back, however The Book of the New Sun is drastically more advanced.
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