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

I just finished the second book in Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series, The Man Who Died Twice. Clever, fun and enjoyable. As was the first. I'm delaying watching the Netflix series until I've read all 4 of the books in case the Netflix plot mirrors a book plot.
 

I'm reading Replaceable You, by Mary Roach. She is an excellent science writer. This book is about replacement body parts, the current scientific research on transplants, parts that are prostheses, parts from other humans, parts from animals (pigs, especially). It is very interesting.

I recently read Billion-Dollar Ransom, by James Patterson. It was good, but it seemed really long. I wanted it to end so I could read Replaceable You! It was a good book.
 

Ed and I have been reading "The Haymeadow" but Gary Paulsen (author who wrote "Hatchet"). I love books that open a whole new world/ livelihood to me... in this case, sheep ranching. Very good read, even if it is aimed at teens.
 
I read WWII historical documents and books written by guys that were actually in combat during WWII or WWI! I have also read a few books written by guys who fought in the Korean War and the Civil War. I really enjoy reading what they experienced during the wars. I also have read many books about the wars so that I have an understanding of what and where the soldiers were.
 
The book I mentioned in my previous post which I started reading Weds was The City of Falling Angels' by John Berndt about the 1996 opera house fire in Venice. I felt like I was in Venice with the author's description of the city was interested with various local residents he met.
It got bogged down halfway through I began to get bored, couldn't finish the book, too long 400pgs bit disappointing
 
StarSong said:
I just finished the second book in Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series, The Man Who Died Twice. Clever, fun and enjoyable. As was the first. I'm delaying watching the Netflix series until I've read all 4 of the books in case the Netflix plot mirrors a book plot.
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I did not like the first book. BUT since I have the rest of the series, I am going to try again soon. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for that kind of book when I read it. That has happened a couple of times, and I ended up loving the books.
 
KSav said:
Publishers are cheaping out on editorial services, and it shows.
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Yeah. For one author in particular, I have noticed over the last at least 5 years, that some sentences and paragraphs are repeated. They are not one right after the other, just in different places in the book. I stopped reading the occasional book by her because of that.

I don't like it when books are padded with extra words, and the editor doesn't remove the padding during the editorial process. It's so obvious that I don't think the author would object, but then again, maybe I'm wrong.
 
MaidMarian said:
Lately, I’ve been loving audio books. With a subscription to Amazon Music, you get an audiobook every month and I have taken advantage of that.
I listen to literary fiction mostly but the book I have now is a self- help book called The Let Them Theory. I have enjoyed it.
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Can you speed up the speech on audio books? My husband and I couldn't stand listening to them because the reader spoke so slowly, and we read fast. This was when the books were on CDs.
 
WheatenLover said:
Can you speed up the speech on audio books? My husband and I couldn't stand listening to them because the reader spoke so slowly, and we read fast. This was when the books were on CDs.
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I’ve never tried to speed up the speech. Some readers are better than others. Some are like actors and I find the book far more interesting with them reading than if I had read it myself.
 
I currently have three books being read or just read. (Different styles for different moods). All from library, either paperback or hardback (I like audio books on long car trips)

“Where Serpents sleep” by C S Harris…. (Kind of) cozy mystery set in Regency England. A fun romp of a book with interesting characters

“Matters of Chance” by Jeannette Haien. A gentle stroll of a book about three generations of one family. Nice for relaxing with before going to sleep (but not boring).

Annnddd…. “The Woods of Fannin County”
I don’t know if I’ll finish this one…. Kind of like Hillbilly Elegy— so many triggers. It’s hard to believe people could treat children like this.
 
I just read The God of Small Things by Arundhuti Roy. It's more than 10 years old; I had read other stuff by her I didn't like but that was nonfiction. This is a novel and it was sensational. About a few generations of an Indian family. It got the Booker Prize when it came out.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
I prefer biography's but lately there aren't to many I'm interested in reading about so I've been enjoying mysteries, some Danielle Steel books or any thing that strikes my fancy. I love reading on my Kindle and get books sent from our library. The last few weeks I've been reading some books I've had for a long time from before my Kindlle days. I decided to read them and pass them on. I never ever reread a book or keep them.
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I too prefer biographies. I've always been interested in other people's lives and where they've came from. On of my favorite ones (and it's as old as the hills) is G.I. Joe and Lillie by Joe Bonsall. It's a good read.
 

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