Need on new tv show to binge watch?

[The Ugly]

Not yet. I watched the first two seasons, then it got lost in the shuffle. I'll probably do a bunch of seasons in a row at some point.

Yeah, I liked it quite a bit. I think Deadwood is a notch above, but it's a very good show. Most of the folks I've known that don't like it are younger kids that needed action every episode. The show has its slow moments, but they always pay off. They also didn't drag it out too long, it wraps up nicely.

Thanks for the recs.

[BB]

Also for the guys that liked The Wire, you could try The Corner. It was from the same guys, and it was sort of a tester for the feel of that show. It's a short series that runs a few episodes (6), and I don't think HBO runs it anymore, but you can find it on youtube, albeit in english with french subtitles -

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[The Ugly]

Also for the guys that liked The Wire, you could try The Corner. It was from the same guys, and it was sort of a tester for the feel of that show. It's a short series that runs a few episodes (6), and I don't think HBO runs it anymore, but you can find it on youtube, albeit in english with french subtitles -

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Heard about this. Same creator, yeah.

[CalvinH]

hipster bitch post here

ive become an avid reader and cutting back on tv.

i do love a classic movie every so often (On the waterfront, goodfellas, rocky 4) but tv and sports are an epic waste of time

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I'm a binge reader and a binge tv watcher.

[The Ugly]

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I'm a binge reader

I think the Internet's ruined my capacity for any reading "binge." Attention span sucks anymore, probably need to back away from serving-size articles and such.

Was getting better, too - once read over 300 pages of a Bosch novel (Connelly) in a day, which was way unusual. But now I'm stuck on p. 214 of a rock biography that I've had for months. Any tips for a wannabe speedreader, Clav?

[CalvinH]

I think the Internet's ruined my capacity for any reading "binge." Attention span sucks anymore, probably need to back away from serving-size articles and such.

Was getting better, too - once read over 300 pages of a Bosch novel (Connelly) in a day, which was way unusual. But now I'm stuck on p. 214 of a rock biography that I've had for months. Any tips for a wannabe speedreader, Clav?

What do you like to read?

[The Ugly]

What do you like to read?

Oh, man, too much to list. Mainly annoyed at my fiction speed/retention; I expect to go slow with nonfiction, more to consider.

How many pages will you normally read in a sitting?

[CalvinH]

Oh, man, too much to list. Mainly annoyed at my fiction speed/retention; I expect to go slow with nonfiction, more to consider.

How many pages will you normally read in a sitting?

If it's a good book a couple of hundred.I've read 400-500 page books in a couple of days plenty of times.
you?

Where I live there is a community pool.it's been a running joke for years that with kids playing and splashing and adults having conversations that I can sit in my lawn chair and be in such a zone with a book that people will call my name and I'll have no idea they are talking to me.

[The Ugly]

If it's a good book a couple of hundred.I've read 400-500 page books in a couple of days plenty of times.
you?

Where I live there is a community pool.it's been a running joke for years that with kids playing and splashing and adults having conversations that I can sit in my lawn chair and be in such a zone with a book that people will call my name and I'll have no idea they are talking to me.

Do you retain info pretty well?

I've always been a somewhat distracted reader. But when I started Connelly's Bosch series a few years back, I devoured chapters faster than ever (300 was a daily record). Not sure if it was the material or my focus at the time, but it didn't last long. Wish I could read a few books a week; so many on my list.

[CalvinH]

Do you retain info pretty well?

I've always been a somewhat distracted reader. But when I started Connelly's Bosch series a few years back, I devoured chapters faster than ever (300 was a daily record). Not sure if it was the material or my focus at the time, but it didn't last long. Wish I could read a few books a week; so many on my list.

More then in real life
I can read a book in a series then read a bunch of other books on different subjects,go back to the series pick up the next book and know right where I left off in terms of characters,plot, and continuation of the story.

Usually what happens is a find a book I like then end up reading a bunch in the same genre.
Right now I'm reading about Vikings.

[The Ugly]

More then in real life
I can read a book in a series then read a bunch of other books on different subjects,go back to the series pick up the next book and know right where I left off in terms of characters,plot, and continuation of the story.

Usually what happens is a find a book I like then end up reading a bunch in the same genre.
Right now I'm reading about Vikings.

Strategy-wise, I find I do best when I focus on the center of sentences and trace along with a finger. Any tips on technique?

Present list:

Ham on Rye (Bukowski)
Ask the Dust (Fante)
East of Eden (Steinbeck)
Tapping the Source (Kem Nunn)
ClavinH (See what I did?)

All AFTER I finish this pretentious, New-Agey Maynard James Keenan bio. Very much want to complete a '100 Before You Die' list of classics, but I'm too damn slow and distracted.

[denarii]

what about 40oz bounce on bangbros?

[CalvinH]

Strategy-wise, I find I do best when I focus on the center of sentences and trace along with a finger. Any tips on technique?

Present list:

Ham on Rye (Bukowski)
Ask the Dust (Fante)
East of Eden (Steinbeck)
Tapping the Source (Kem Nunn)
ClavinH (See what I did?)

All AFTER I finish this pretentious, New-Agey Maynard James Keenan bio. Very much want to complete a '100 Before You Die' list of classics, but I'm too damn slow and distracted.

Try to read with no noise around you to start like a quiet room by yourself with no TV on.
No proof but I've always felt you could read faster if you don't use your fingers.