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

Krystal said:
Next up, Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout. I have had it on hold from the library and I should be next in line pretty soon to be able to dowload it.🤞:)
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Have you read her previous works in this series? My Name is Lucy Barton is first, followed by Anything is Possible, then Oh William!, next was Lucy by the Sea, and finally, Tell Me Everything.
 

About 20 years ago while in some airport I picked up a copy of Patrick Taylor's "An Irish Country Doctor". Light, cozy reading about village life. The "Irish Country . . ." series has since grown to 17 books, so I'm catching up on those.
 
Tommy said:
About 20 years ago while in some airport I picked up a copy of Patrick Taylor's "An Irish Country Doctor". Light, cozy reading about village life. The "Irish Country . . ." series has since grown to 17 books, so I'm catching up on those.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I've read many good books based on this thread's comments.

Right now I'm reading "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty. I'm enjoying the concept and action, but as often happens after an author finds great success, it's lengthier than it needs to be.

I skim read a lot of the excess fluff... And there's plenty of it in this book.
 
Until I joined the local senior citizen book club I only read books after seeing the movies that they were based on. After seeing the movie Shutter Island I then read the book.
 
StarSong said:
Thanks for the recommendation. I've read many good books based on this thread's comments.

Right now I'm reading "Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty. I'm enjoying the concept and action, but as often happens after an author finds great success, it's lengthier than it needs to be.

I skim read a lot of the excess fluff... And there's plenty of it in this book.
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Her book The Apple Never Falls was terrific. And of course, the series based on her book, I forget the title, something with Lies? was wonderful.
 
Esther said:
With Amazon Prime you get a free kindle book every month. The ratings/reviews can be checked on Goodreads to increase the chance of making a good choice. A friend said that she preferred a book in hand. I do too, but I won’t refuse a freebie. In kindle I can click on a word and pull-up its meaning too.
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Geez, I never knew that! I've paid for Prime for years, mostly for the "free" shipping, and less so because of the Prime videos. Like you, I exclusively use paper books, but if it's included........
 
Keesha said:
Reading is a pleasant past time. There are so many great books to read.
What are some of your favourite books you have read and what do you use to read them?
perhaps an ireader or a kindle? Or maybe you prefer listening to them.

These are great for reading with since you can:
-load as many books as you want to
-adjust the letter size
-read at night without needing to turn on a light so you don’t disturb others.

At at the moment I am reading ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ by Sue Monk Kidd
which is extraordinarily written.

What are you reading right now and what great books can you suggest to the rest of us?
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l'm right now reading "Mere Christianity" by C. S. LEWIS. l plan to read all his books. l last read his "A Grief Observed" where he
writes about his wife who died of cancer and what he thinks is happening with her now and how they are still connected
and what that means. l read with a Kindle.
 
ChiroDoc said:
Geez, I never knew that! I've paid for Prime for years, mostly for the "free" shipping, and less so because of the Prime videos. Like you, I exclusively use paper books, but if it's included........
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Most of the free Amazon Prime books I've read weren't worth the price, if you get my drift.

GoodReads is owned by Amazon, so I no longer check those ratings. Amazon takes care of Amazon.

GoodReads is et another great democratic service that sold its soul to a self-serving behemoth.

As did Rotten Tomatoes, originally a pretty reliable democratic rating source. Now owned by Comcast and Warner Bros (who owns Fandango). Explains why RT typically steers users to Fandango to buy/rent movies.

I use IMDB for now, but remind myself that it's also owned by Amazon.
 
StarSong said:
Most of the free Amazon Prime books I've read weren't worth the price, if you get my drift.

GoodReads is owned by Amazon, so I no longer check those ratings. Amazon takes care of Amazon.

GoodReads is et another great democratic service that sold its soul to a self-serving behemoth.

As did Rotten Tomatoes, originally a pretty reliable democratic rating source. Now owned by Comcast and Warner Bros (who owns Fandango). Explains why RT typically steers users to Fandango to buy/rent movies.

I use IMDB for now, but remind myself that it's also owned by Amazon.
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I went over to Kobo several years ago. It's owned by the Japanese company Rakuten. The library isn't quite as comprehensive as Amazon's but I have no trouble finding things to read on there.
I've deleted all my payment methods on Amazon.
 
Doste said:
I went over to Kobo several years ago. It's owned by the Japanese company Rakuten. The library isn't quite as comprehensive as Amazon's but I have no trouble finding things to read on there.
I've deleted all my payment methods on Amazon.
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And for logging what I've read, I use Storygraph. The main competitor for GR, but independent.
 
Daily reading of KJV is in old fashioned book form. (I like to make notes & highlight) I also have Kindle where I enjoy true crime, Doctors/ER stories, occasional comedy and a few other genres.
 

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