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I'm sure I've said this already elsewhere, but I LOVE my Kindle. The free books, the ease of buying books, the portability, the no more needing bookshelf space, the ability to read on the PC or netbook. While I've only bought a couple of books (one cheap one for M to read and another one of Rae's book club books) I'm past worrying about the price. For me the convenience of ease of obtaining and not needing shelf space far outweighs the buck or so overprice for mass market paperbacks, and is more than made up for when buying a traditional $24.99 hardback (which I suspect I'll do at times). The notion that I don't then have a used book to trade to a used book store isn't really an issue. I'm giving away some books to my local church book fair, which helps them out for sure but doesn't put any money/trade credit into my pocket anyway. My point being I'm not making anything off my old books now, so won't miss it with my electronic copies. I will also say that my Kindle reading experience has far and away been sooooo much better than reading on a screen, I can't say enough about it. It's light, small, so easy to read in bed or to take with me to M's dance or gymnastics classes. I'm already on my fourth full book (and also having read two other shorts) just this year, and it's only early March. That's pretty impressive for my slow reading style, and I owe it to the ease/convenience of the Kindle. | |||
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As for what I'm reading now, as I said I'm on my fourth book this year, that being the fourth book of E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series - The Gray Lensmen. 1940s/50s pulp space opera fare at its finest. Easy reading, as I said very pulpy with the action and the dialog and the characters, but that's exactly why I like it - easy before-bedtime fare. | |||
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I'm reading: Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" Huxley's "Brave New World" Melville's "Pierre, or The Ambiguities" Just finished reading: Zamyatin's "We" Orwell's "Brave New World" Spencer's "The Faerie Queene" (book 1) Thompson's "City Crimes" About to read: Twain's "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Atwood's "Handmaid's Tale" Alger's "Ragged Dick" Can you tell I'm taking one course on Arthurian lit, one course on utopian/dystopian lit, and one course on 19th century American lit? ---------------- Never stare into a car's headlights and freeze, because you'll either be run over or shot. | |||
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Caspian- I just read Zamyatin's "We" a couple of months ago. What did you think of it? I'm still stuck on Sherlock stuff. Just finished Laurie King's "God of the Hive". +++ Life is too short to read a bad book. | |||
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well, i *still* haven't finished reading the junior office book club but have finished reading the curse of the werewolf girl and started the short stories .. stories. i'm waiting for something wicked this way comes and richard wisemans paranormality to arrive this weekend/early next week to build mount unread up a little ... ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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library lady- I enjoyed it, really felt the roots of 1984 and Brave New World there. I liked the ambiguous ending. How about you? What did you think? ---------------- Never stare into a car's headlights and freeze, because you'll either be run over or shot. | |||
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It was not what I was expecting. I did like it, I think even more so than 1984 and BNW. I will say that it was a bit slow to read it . Listening to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" I had to laugh when Abe goes to Evansville, IN to track a vampire. (having moved here 4 months ago) +++ Life is too short to read a bad book. | |||
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I definitely think 1984 is the best of those three. But I liked We better than BNW, which always seemed a little implausible to me. ---------------- Never stare into a car's headlights and freeze, because you'll either be run over or shot. | |||
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i'm enjoying stories, but since it's short stories it can be put down whilst i read something wicked this way comes. ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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Heyla -yawn- I have been busy and distracted and stuff, I fear. -sheep- Anyway, Tuesday, I drove to Houston juuuust to pick up Pat Rothfuss' continuation, "The Wise Man's Fear". 10 hours of driving, about 12 hours of reading... totally worth it. -g- | |||
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is that the follow up to the name of the wind? which is still living in my to read pile ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey because it was in my library's ebook thingy. I do love his writing style and his very British turn of a phrase, but this book is confusing so far (about 1/3 of the way through) Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. The brain: not always amenable to logic. ~Hive | |||
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Whooooooooooooooooo! Goodness knows how many months later I have finally finished the junior officers book club. I'm glad I read it even though it was not about books, it wasn't even a bad read, it just wasn't as good as some of the other options around it. ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of my alltime favorite books (and movie!). | |||
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excellent! however, how old were you when you first read it? I'm wondering if you were the same age as the protagonists and therefore you love is influenced by that? ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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I don't think I ever read Something Wicked This Way Comes, but I did love the movie - I was 12-ish when I saw it? A while ago I tried watching it with Devlin and found myself very bored with the movie, but Dev finished and said he liked it. I finished Shades of Grey - it was confusing, but always interesting. I hope for more books in the series. I found Rick Riordan's Red pyramid on the ebook library thingy, so that's up next. I gotta say, I like ebooks, at least on my Macbook! But the elibrary thing bugs me - I am limited to a certain number of downloads, but there's no way for me to 'return' the book now that I'm done with it. So I'm stuck with it for two weeks. that hardly seems fair. Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. The brain: not always amenable to logic. ~Hive | |||
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Something wicked has been briefly put down, as i'm more interesting in the second book i got at the same time, paranormality by Richard Wiseman. I hope it doesn't just preach to the converted but teach me something new. I've read his books before and found them interesting but a bit shallower than I'd ideally like. ~ I prefer to live in a country that's small, and old, and where no one would ever have the NERVE to wear a cape in public, whether they could leap tall buildings in a single bound or not. the parrot... ...gets tiresome. the parrot... ...i ate him. CHIKKINZ? | |||
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Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" Huxley's "Brave New World" Melville's "Pierre, or The Ambiguities" Just finished reading: Zamyatin's "We" Orwell's "Brave New World" Spencer's "The Faerie Queene" (book 1) Thompson's "City Crimes" About to read: Twain's "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Atwood's "Handmaid's Tale" Alger's "Ragged Dick" | |||
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Zamyatin's We was awesome. I read that in my second year of University for my Science Fiction Culture class. It and 1984 are my favourite dystopian novels (and Alan Moore's V for Vendetta of course). As for me, I'm reading Alan Moore's Writing for Comics, still reading Friday and I think I will be reading Mark Millar's The Saviour Book One too. ______________________________ You can't take the sky from me. | |||
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