Books! How do you read and what do you read?

Before this year, I never seemed to have time to read but, having had to rest a bit, I have begun reading and rediscovered how relaxing it is. I don't like romantic fiction or sentimental stories and I hate spotting spelling errors or obvious bad grammar.
 

I usually listen to audiobooks - it frees me up to do mindless tasks at the same time, folding laundry, brushing the dogs, etc.

I like mysteries, lately I've been reading a lot of British mysteries by Louise Penney, Joy Ellis, Sally Rigby. I like Patricia Cornwell and J D Robb. Recently, my son-in-law introduced me to something called Lit RPG fiction - it's hard to explain, sort of like a video game translated into a story. I'm reading through a series called He Who Fights With Monsters, it's really interesting.

I'm also reading the old Anne of Green Gables series with my granddaughter...
 
Well, I'm now reading and studying everything I can about Vedic science.
This is a 9000 year old wisdom that just "fits" with me, about cosmic consciousness,
God realization and pure devotion; how this meshes with quantum physics and
can bring one to full potentiality.
 
After reading It Ends with Us, written by Colleen Hoover, I thought about the story for months. I have just finished It Starts With Us, by Hoover. Loved it, would highly recommend it. And yes, the titles seem reversed but this is how the two books should be read, as they were written.
 
Right Now said:
After reading It Ends with Us, written by Colleen Hoover, I thought about the story for months. I have just finished It Starts With Us, by Hoover. Loved it, would highly recommend it. And yes, the titles seem reversed but this is how the two books should be read, as they were written.
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Agreed these are both very good and that they should be not only read in the order written, but one after another. (I read each when they were first published and had to go to the internet for a synopsis of It Ends With Us to remember where it left off because it had been a couple of years.)
 
Just finished King of the Blues by Daniel De Vise. Just incredible how the son of Mississippi sharecroppers rose to the pinnacle of his musical genre even though he had barely a tenth grade education. His managers took advantage of him financially simply because he wasn't savvy enough to understand contractual documents.

He suffered tremendous indignities before and after fame simply because of his race. However, he met with a pope, kings, presidents and travel the world as America's ambassador of blues.
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
Just finished King of the Blues by Daniel De Vise. Just incredible how the son of Mississippi sharecroppers rose to the pinnacle of his musical genre even though he had barely a tenth grade education. His managers took advantage of him financially simply because he wasn't savvy enough to understand contractual documents.

He suffered tremendous indignities before and after fame simply because of his race. However, he met with a pope, kings, presidents and travel the world as America's ambassador of blues.
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Looked this up because I had no idea who the book is about. Turns out to be the story of the late, great B.B. King.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll add it to my list.
 
I hit the jackpot this month in reading several good mystery novels.

FOX CREEK by William Kent Krueger
Sorry I should have posted this one after I read it,,, thought I would remember the plot. :eek: 👩‍🦰

SNOWSTORM IN AUGUST by Marshall Karp
This one is about drug dealing gone wrong.
Involves cocaine being air dropped over Central Park in New York City.

DESERT STAR by Michael Connelly
This is based on researching the old files of missing persons .
How they died,if the bodies were found or not.
And was the murder still out & about.

THE WAYS WE HIDE by Kristina McMorris.
Time frame for this one is early days before World WarII
Main characters are young boy & girl, who are caught in a stampede of people during a riot.
Follow them through a life rife with turmoil,, as they both end up overseas, working for the 'other' side.
 
NorthernLight said:
Not me. When I was an editor, I found that I "saw" more when the pages were printed out.

Also, I spend all day on my phone. And I read in bed; I have done so all my life. So it's nice to turn off the phone and pick up a book at the end of the day.
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i had always preferred a book but since the YMCA became off limits to us in the pandemic, like you, most of my reading takes place in bed. As my hands have become more arthritic I find it hard to hold up a book. My Kindle Paperwhite on the other hand is light and easy to hold. The lighting is so different than on my phone or computer, easy to read in any conditions. I only bought it because I was eager to read the new book The Matter With Things which is 1500 pages in two volumes. I k ew I could never manage those books with my hands.
 
Good point, @MarkD . Some books are heavy, or otherwise uncomfortable to hold.

I find I can't read certain books any more, if the pages have started to turn brown. Or if they have small type. I mean, I *can* read them, but it's not pleasurable.

I have read a few books on my smartphone. I've never considered getting an ebook reader. But it might be something to think about in the future.
 
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