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

I think I answered this oncet before, epub on smart phone and mystery with the same characters..
 

I just finished reading How Stella Learned To Talk by Christina Hunger and it was a very enjoyable, easy read. If you're at all interested in learning about how a speech pathologist taught her dog to use buttons to "talk" I highly recommend it. The book includes a lot about how kids pick up language and how kids with differences learn to use communication devices as well.
 
I just started reading "Brat! An 80's Story" by Andrew McCarthy and I'm enjoying it so far. I really enjoyed the prologue and think the rest of the book will be interesting.
 
I read mostly via audio book nowadays as my eyes are too weak to read small print. My dad's family had a long history of near blindness and I have reached the stage in my life where I need those audio books. At present, I have just started Arthur C Clarke's "Child Hood End". David Bowie's song "Oh You Pretty Things" was influenced by that book.
 
I read mostly via audio book nowadays as my eyes are too weak to read small print. My dad's family had a long history of near blindness and I have reached the stage in my life where I need those audio books. At present, I have just started Arthur C Clarke's "Child Hood End". David Bowie's song "Oh You Pretty Things" was influenced by that book.
I love Childhood's End! And I didn't know that "Oh You Pretty Things" was influenced by it, cool to know!
 
The book I've started to read is'The Dutch House' by Ann Patchett,story of a man,Cyril Conroy who buys a lavish estate,the 'Dutch House' at end of WWII in Philadelphia as a surprise for his wife,what happens afterwards.
Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors like the way she writes,have read most of her books
 
Its always interesting to see what everyone reads.

Finished reading the 6th book of the Seven Sister series, THE SUN SISTER, by Lucinda Riley.
It is 637 pages long.
Some parts are a slow read,, had to put it down , come back to it.
For those that have read this series need to read it to tie them together.
 
Right now I'm reading Britannia Rules by Daphne DuMaurier; she wrote it in 1972 (or thereabouts), takes place in the late 70s, and the story has it that the U.S. takes over the U.K. to "help with the UK's monetary problems, etc." Takes place from the viewpoint of U.K. citizens in Cornwall dealing with the invasion, fascinating.
 


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