Sentences with phrase «did read the entire book»

But the premise intrigued me and I did read the entire book.

Carol Denbow, «Independent Publishing Professional», features this bio: «Never was a journalist, editor, or writer in any form, and only once in my lifetime did I read an entire book cover - to - cover (and that was only 100 pages).

Not exact matches

Instead, reserve some time and energy to do something that simply makes you feel good in the moment, whether it's reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk or taking an entire day off from work.

Read the entire book in context, because anyone who has read the Koran (I have) will know that it is hard to make sense of it if you don't read it Read the entire book in context, because anyone who has read the Koran (I have) will know that it is hard to make sense of it if you don't read it read the Koran (I have) will know that it is hard to make sense of it if you don't read it read it ALL.

(Dan bought me the series for Christmas, and we were supposed to read the books together, out loud, as we had done the entire Harry Potter series, but Dan kept falling asleep after a few pages, which was completely UNACCEPTABLE to me, so I went on without him.

James... I can certainly agree on yr point about self - deception, but remember how long it took the «entire package «to evolve as we know it today... the first list of «our 27 NT books» doesn't appear until the latter half of the 4th century and we know that many other books (that didn't make it in) were known, read and circulated for many generations after.

I didn't read entire commentaries, but only the sections on Genesis 1 - 4 from 32 different commentaries, so I figure that counts as 1 book... I also read dozens of journal articles... Click the link for this post to see the archives for the podcast episodes.

You present day christians don't spend much time in the Old Testament nor do you take time to even read the entire book.

I feel like a lot of people don't truly read the entire book and understand the concepts, and they confuse it with scheduled, by - the - clock feeding.

If you do nothing else, if you don't have the time to read this entire article, at least read this book.

«We know there is a contagious effect, and we saw that here, anecdotally, more kids were thinking about it,» says Dr. Plemmons, who did not watch the show's entire first season but did read the book it was based on.

Before summarizing the models, I must preface by stating that these are simply «snapshots» of the models and in no way does this blog represent these works in their entirety since entire books, chapters, and journal articles have been required to adequately explain them (references have been provided below for those of you who want to engage in further reading).

Every person that has anything to do with education should purchase this book and read the entire the contents.

But I'd be hard - pressed to tell you when I've had more than two days in a row where I haven't had to stop a lesson because of one or two students who are bent on disrupting the entire class, where I've been able to start a class on time because every student was ready with book, paper, and pencil, or where I didn't have to stop my lesson repeatedly to tell different students throughout the period to please get their heads up and that it's hard to read along when their eyes are closed.

She found that children who read at least six books during the summer maintained or improved their reading skills, while children who did not read at all during the summer saw their literacy skills slip by as much as an entire grade level.

I'd be happy with a system that let me transfer my purchases rather than sharing them - I don't expect my one download of a copy of the new Jonathan Frantzen to provide for the reading needs of my entire extended family at the same time, but lending my Kindle - or in this case my iPad - means lending every book (and every other app), which is not the same as just lending one book.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Pubsoft technology allows that an entire book can be called for the duration of a reading instance even if connectivity is lost as long as the user does not close the current browser window.

The best book agents won't read your entire query unless the first few sentences grab them and don't let go.

People are unlikely to read an entire book online, and even if they do, if they like the book, they are probably willing to pay $ 15 to own a copy.

However, it would seem logical that there are books out there that readers don't necessarily want their entire connected universe knowing they bought, read, and commented on, such as titles outside the mainstream in politics, religion, or sexuality, just to suggest a few.

When I individually look for bloggers for a book I take care to read the entire review policy and try my best to match up books with those who will enjoy the read (it doesn't always work but I think putting in the effort is important).

Note that, even if you already have a written manuscript about your topic specialty, it's unlikely that an agent or an editor with whom you don't already have a relationship will take the time to read an entire manuscript without first reading and liking the book proposal.

The best I can do is include in each book something like «The reader might enjoy reading...» and list my entire opus.

Teddy Wayne did something remarkable — he wrote an entire book from the perspective of an 11 - year - old, who happens to be a pop star — and still produced a book that is bracingly smart and funny, and yet never reads as if an adult wrote it because Jonny's voice feels so authentic.

However, just as the entire industry and consumer base had to do when the e-reader devices appeared on the market in a wide - scale way, Hsu had to look for — and found — a purpose for digital children's books; in Hsu's case, it was the ability to still read a bedtime story to his children via Skype when he traveled, his children holding their print edition and he reading on his iPad.

In these instances it directed to the book's TOC at the beginning instead, and the reading progress doesn't work properly either, because it thinks the entire book is just one chapter.

Luckily for me, he didn't want the book, just control over it, so I read through the entire collection without him knowing it was gone.

I have one child who loves to read on a nook because she can carry the entire library with her and doesn't have to worry about running out of books.

A subscriber doesn't have to read the entire book for a publisher payout to occur, by the way.

It turns out that Barnes and Noble had a really great idea when they allowed Nook users to browse the entire bn.com while they were inside a B&N store, just like you can sit and read any book on the shelf, as long as you don't leave the store.

Linked novellas tend to do well in sales, and readers love them because they can read an entire book without giving up too much of their time.

Narrators don't have time to read your entire book or understand the arc or relationships before submitting an audition.

I don't have time to summarize the entire panel here (and you don't have time to read a summary of the entire panel), but I did want to tackle the issue of timing, a common question among book publicists, authors, agents and others in the publishing industry, and one that we discussed last night: in order to most effectively promote a book, when do you begin setting up social networking profiles / blogs / websites?

When doing self - editing I read my entire book backwards (not word by word but sentence by sentence, as in last sentence first then second - to - last sentence and so on).

(Meanwhile, Snooki said that she's only read a couple of books in her entire life — and I don't doubt that for a second.)

There are other «Little Books» that I have read that did not even get a review... probably about 10 % of the books I read in entire never get the review written because they were so bad, or just hard to decide what the bookBooks» that I have read that did not even get a review... probably about 10 % of the books I read in entire never get the review written because they were so bad, or just hard to decide what the bookbooks I read in entire never get the review written because they were so bad, or just hard to decide what the book was.

Re # 7, you obviously did not read the entire book.

And, no, I do not want to read an entire book about it, or to read the 1898 literature on it, I want to know basically how the all - mighty, all - knowing, 97 % - concensus - approved, cannot - be-questioned, computer models work.

If you don't have the time or inclination to read an entire book on the subject, Judge Aldisert also co-authored the article Logic for Law Students: How to Think Like a Lawyer, which is great reading for lawyers and students alike.

(Though I have not yet had a chance to read the entire book, I feel confident already describing the book as terrific based on the introduction available here via SSRN and based on the guest - blogging Stephanos has already done recently in this series of posts at The Volokh Conspiracy.)

I have not read the entire book but so far it has enlightened me on what I need to do.

For the current analyses families were excluded when one or both of the parents had missing data on one or both of the pertinent scales for self - reported parental psychopathology symptoms (n = 104), or when they did not read the entire emotion picture book with their children (n = 2).