Thread: What are you reading?

Originally Posted by dogfish

ahh, very cool. . . . but for me, nothing will ever replace the feel of having a book in my hand. . . i spend too much time starting at a screen as it is. . .


i can certainly see why you'd like it, though. . . .

It's very convenient.

And I think they anticipated that need a little. It's not the same, by any means, you're right... and once I caught myself looking up to the left after I'd 'turned' a page, expecting the next set of words to be there, where they would have been if it were a real book, but nothing was there, of course. I had to laugh at myself.

Anyways, they DID make it with this handy little 'book cover' that opens up just like a regular book does, and I hold it just the same as I would any paperback... it's close. Not the same, but close I'm in love

I listen to my books on my mp3 player. That way I can walk around and do stuff while I'm being entertained at the same time. Most of the time it works well, until stupid stuff happens like KIDS having to talk to me.

Sometimes the reader really sucks and can ruin a good book. Or sometimes the reader is REALLY good and makes a stupid book better.

Originally Posted by broncogirler

I listen to my books on my mp3 player. That way I can walk around and do stuff while I'm being entertained at the same time. Most of the time it works well, until stupid stuff happens like KIDS having to talk to me.

Sometimes the reader really sucks and can ruin a good book. Or sometimes the reader is REALLY good and makes a stupid book better.

I LOVE audiobooks, and never go on a long car trip without one

Truth be told, they've probably saved me from more than one car accident... They keep me awake much better than music does.

I started getting them when I was driving across the nothingness of Wy a couple of times a month... had to do SOMETHING to keep me up.

Originally Posted by Nurse Red

I just finished a cheesy chick lit book... pretty lame, but I REALLY needed something mindless.

I'm about to get ready to go looking for something else soon, though...

My Kindle awaits, I just need to find something.

Any suggestions?

You must be joking. Yeah, start with The Hidden Game of Football, move on to the Trilogy and go from there. Or just read about A Boy and His Elephant.... ;-p

Originally Posted by broncogirler

I listen to my books on my mp3 player. That way I can walk around and do stuff while I'm being entertained at the same time. Most of the time it works well, until stupid stuff happens like KIDS having to talk to me.

Sometimes the reader really sucks and can ruin a good book. Or sometimes the reader is REALLY good and makes a stupid book better.

I first read that as "I listen to my boobs on my mp3 player. " I either need to sleep more or stop trolling the (many) threads about things in which I have no interest.... ;-p

Originally Posted by dogfish

are you familiar with russell banks? rule of the bone is my favorite of his books-- it's a coming-of-age story, critically hailed as "the best since catcher in the rye"-- but you might be more interested in affliction or continental drift. . . a book that i know i mentioned earlier in this thread is the sicilian by mario puzo (the author of the godfather). . . if you're looking for a fast-paced page-turner, you can't go wrong with puzo. . . .

a fantastic book that i think everyone should read is the bonfire of the vanities by tom wolfe. . . if you're looking for a spy novel, you can't go wrong with john le carre. . .

i'd say all of those could be classified as drama. . .

The Bonfire of the Vanities. A classic and I distinctly didn't like it. It's been so long though, I don't really remember why. I more recently read I am Charlotte Simmons and I didn't much care for that one either so I think it may be his writing style. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test has always intrigued me since its mention in The Illuminati Trilogy but I haven't gotten around to it.

Never read Casey, Frau, but I love Kerouac to death (until the end of Desolation Angels, when Burroughs and a little opium turned a very upbeat book and life into a vision of the black clad, cappuccino sipping wannabes who totally don't get it; Big Sur is both depressing AND scary.... ) I can't really recommend it as "fiction" per se, because much of it isn't (Neal Cassadys life alone would make a great book, if Kerouac and Casey between them hadn't already written it.... ) But On the Road (necessary as the intro), The Dharma Bums and MOST of Desolation Angels are engaging and enlightening reads. With all the pics and writeups my buddy Dave keeps sending me on mountain climbing (including a few of the aptly named Mt. Jack) I may yet end up making a trip out his way (OR) and his brothers (Everett itself) when the plant shuts down in a few weeks. My agoraphobia causes some reservations, but then again, "You can't fall off a mountain.... "

In the interim, for those interested in non-fantastic fiction, I recommend:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8525/8525-h/8525-h.htm
Edit: No one loves Twain or fantasy like I. *sniff*

Originally Posted by frauschieze

The Bonfire of the Vanities. A classic and I distinctly didn't like it. It's been so long though, I don't really remember why. I more recently read I am Charlotte Simmons and I didn't much care for that one either so I think it may be his writing style. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test has always intrigued me since its mention in The Illuminati Trilogy but I haven't gotten around to it.

really? that surprises me. . . but, everyone likes what they like. . . i started charlotte simmons, and to be honest i didn't care for it-- i was disappointed, as i've liked everything else that i've read by wolfe. . . electric koolaid acid test is essentially non-fiction, and the stle is noticeably different from his novels-- i have no idea whether you'd like it, but if you're interested it's certainly worth a try. . . i loved it. . .

and while we're on the topic, i think one flew over the cukoo's nest is a fantastic book. . . i haven't read anything else by kesey, although i do have sometimes a great notion on my bookshelf. . .

Originally Posted by Sassy

Ok...haven't had time to go through this entire thread...but I just picked up Stuart Woods: "Santa Fe Dead" and Lisa Scottoline: Lady Killer....anyone read these? I picked them up on CD since I have a long drive to Montana ahead this memorial day weekend. (about an 8-9 hour drive one way...)

Ok...I would recommend both of these! Not quite finished with Santa Fe Dead but it's good so far! Lady Killer was good, too!

Re-reading the Sword of Truth series almost done with Wizards First Rule and about 100 pages in Stone of Tears. Very good series which Ive read through several times. Disney just bought the rights and a 22 week series on ABC this fall will be (well is suppose to be) Wizards First Rule which I am very much looking forward too.

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

Re-reading the Sword of Truth series almost done with Wizards First Rule and about 100 pages in Stone of Tears. Very good series which Ive read through several times. Disney just bought the rights and a 22 week series on ABC this fall will be (well is suppose to be) Wizards First Rule which I am very much looking forward too.

I really like Wizards First Rule, but haven't had much time to read. I'm several hundred pages in, and when I do actually pick it up, I can't put it down for a while.

I'm a spurt reader, though...50 pages...probably put it down for a while...50 pages more.

I need to read more. Damn you baseball.

Originally Posted by Arkansas Bronco

Re-reading the Sword of Truth series almost done with Wizards First Rule and about 100 pages in Stone of Tears. Very good series which Ive read through several times. Disney just bought the rights and a 22 week series on ABC this fall will be (well is suppose to be) Wizards First Rule which I am very much looking forward too.

You gotta be kidding me! I've never read any Goodkind, I confess, because:

1) I've known too many folks who have, and figure that since Robert Jordan wrote WoT first, I'll keep reading the original instead of the knockoff and

2) I have a low tolerance for Ayn Rand and her Objectivists. Their idea of "individuality" is "we're individuals; do as we say.... "

Hey, if others enjoy it, great, but...actually, considering what film (espeically the Eisner version of Disney) does to books, go ahead; run with Sword of Truth and leave WoT the alone....

Originally Posted by Morambar in TX

You gotta be kidding me! I've never read any Goodkind, I confess, because:

1) I've known too many folks who have, and figure that since Robert Jordan wrote WoT first, I'll keep reading the original instead of the knockoff and

2) I have a low tolerance for Ayn Rand and her Objectivists. Their idea of "individuality" is "we're individuals; do as we say.... "

Hey, if others enjoy it, great, but...actually, considering what film (espeically the Eisner version of Disney) does to books, go ahead; run with Sword of Truth and leave WoT the alone....

Ive read Wheel of Time as well and am really curious how they will wrap that up now that Jordan has passed. Ive read that series twice but not the past book because it has gotten very boring. Ive read the fist 5 books of the Sword of truth series about 8 times after temple of the winds only 2 or 3 times each and just read the finally once. The start of this series is the same as WoT and the earlier books are far better then the later releases.

I am reading THe Sunrise Lands by S.M. Stirling. It is the 4th book in the series. Like the 3 previous books it combines Hard science fiction with lots of action.

just got men are better than women by dick masterson