whiteworks
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I have been reading alot more lately and really enjoy it. This no TV deal is OK, pretty sure I have not missed much and if I did who cares
I probably read 2-4 books a month based on how much travel I'm doing at any given time......although I buy all my book electronically these days and read them on my iPad, PC or BlackBerry with the Kindle app.
I never have to worry about having a book and if I'm halfway around the world and need another book I simply go on line and buy another.
I plan to start "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" on my 12 hour flight from London to LAX tomorrow after finishing up a new WEB Griffin book on the way over.
I also have the latest episodes (2) of Californication from Showtime downloaded to keep me busy as well.
last summer I read a bunch of books on the iPad while lounged on the boat in one cove or another.
Thanks to eReaders I have rediscovered books
I can;t believe you got that far.....Focking LIB!!!A year or so i started reading Steven Colbert's "I am America,and so can you" I got about 5 pages in,then it became a beer coaster. Its been a great coaster.
Pitchers or no pitchers??
I have been reading for as long as I can remember. My grandmother told me very early on that you can go anywhere or discover anything just by picking up a book and reading. I always have at least one book going
I received "The Anthem" by Ayn Rand for Christmas. Read it before the break was over. Very short read. I was a little disappointed. Half of the book was the same book with her hand written edits in it. Good story, just short.
I have been reading alot more lately and really enjoy it. This no TV deal is OK, pretty sure I have not missed much and if I did who cares
I have been reading alot more lately and really enjoy it. This no TV deal is OK, pretty sure I have not missed much and if I did who cares
Any one else keep a copy of Catcher In The Rye on them at all times
Ugh! NO! I tried to read it years ago. Didn't get past the first chapter. I told some colleagues that and they suggested I pick it up again after a couple of years "now that I'm at a different place in my life." So I tried it. Didn't get past the first chapter.
I'm a big fan of most classic literature. Steinbeck is my favorite (see quote below). I've also read a lot of Stephen Ambrose as well.
I received "The Anthem" by Ayn Rand for Christmas. Read it before the break was over. Very short read. I was a little disappointed. Half of the book was the same book with her hand written edits in it. Good story, just short.
Actually just finishing up my ATP book.
Any one else keep a copy of Catcher In The Rye on them at all times
I am currently reading "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10"
I am reading Atlas Shrugged right now.
I might go pick up some JRR Tolken books.. Always liked those when i was young.
Online forums have killed my reading habits!
I have every book by Stephen King, and there a few others i like as well.
Ever see the movie The Shawshank Redemption? That was based off a short story King wrote called Hope Springs Eterinal. Most people dont realize King is not all about horror stores.
If you wanna see what else he is capable of, pick up a book by him called Different Seasons. Its four short stories, all very different. Or try The Dark Tower Series if your into westerns at all. He is one of the best writers of our time.
I'm reading BROKE by Glenn Beck now. Got it for Christmas good read and very informative.
I read but nearly as often as I used to.
I am currently reading "Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10"
I hate to give away the plot but... Obama did it.
Good for you! I went backwards, read Atlas, then Fountainhead, then Anthem. I really could see the progression of her thinking and how she was building Atlas while writing the other two books. Let us know what you think of it. I was angry and frustrated through much of the reading because the same crap happens daily and that's scary.
I hate to give away the plot but... Obama did it.
Couldn't agree more. I read them in order about 10 year ago, and about a year ago I dug out Atlas again and was shocked by how it applies to the situation we find ourselves in now.
I have done alot of nonfiction reading by Howard Ruff and others, and have just dived back into some fiction works that speak to today but do not have happy endings.
Scary how completely founded in our real world they are..