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

I read a bit every day, usually on my Kindle. I don't read anything completely noteworthy, favoring spy/crime/international intrigue novels, and military history. Nothin' to write home about, but one of my absolute favorite authors is John D. MacDonald (writer of the Travis McGee series, and many other novels). He captures the human experience better than most.
 

PeppermintPatty said:
Dogs ARE a lot smarter than we give them credit for. They certainly pick up on words we use as well as our body language. They sound like interesting books you read.
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They were interesting. Gregory Berns wrote another book about dogs, but I have just begun reading it.

My Rough Collie used to herd the kids to the front door when it was time to catch the bus, and would come and get me when it was time to go to the bus stop in the afternoons. When the kids went to a parochial school, he would make sure all of us were at the door when it was time for me to drive them there, and he'd notify me when it was time for me to pick up the kids.

The strangest thing was that when the time switched to and from daylight savings time, the dog somehow switched with it.
 
WheatenLover said:
They were interesting. Gregory Berns wrote another book about dogs, but I have just begun reading it.

My Rough Collie used to herd the kids to the front door when it was time to catch the bus, and would come and get me when it was time to go to the bus stop in the afternoons. When the kids went to a parochial school, he would make sure all of us were at the door when it was time for me to drive them there, and he'd notify me when it was time for me to pick up the kids.

The strangest thing was that when the time switched to and from daylight savings time, the dog somehow switched with it.
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Collies are excellent herding dogs, especially border collies. Usually the savings time switch messes dogs up. Our certainly take a week or two to adapt. I think they an actually adapt sooner than we do.
 

@AnneTeak, I finished The Leaves through the Trees and ordered The Oceanography of the Moon.
I'm so grateful you recommended Glendy Vanderah's books. I'll be sad when I've completed the last of her three books and sure hope she's working on another.

I looked her up - here's her bio page. It's charmingly unsurprising.
Bio - Glendy Vanderah
 
Just read another book I couldn't put down: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. It is described as Historical Fiction in the setting of WWII. Looks like this author has written many books.
 
AnneTeak said:
Just read another book I couldn't put down: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry. It is described as Historical Fiction in the setting of WWII. Looks like this author has written many books.
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Hi,one of her books I read 3 yrs ago was 'Becoming Mrs Lewis' - historical fiction about, Joy Davidman and her romance& marriage to C.S. Lewis in the 50's. It's a terrific book, I recommend it Sue
 
I'm immersed in a biography of my favorite film composer: Bernard Herrmann. Many know him through his scoring of most of the best Hitchcock films, as well as Citizen Kane (1941) and Taxi Driver (1976).
A Heart at Fire's Center: the life and music of Bernard Herrman, Univ. of California Press, 1991; paperback edition 2002.
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Seven or Eight years ago since I had a stroke, I gave up reading books since it affected my vision as well as my memory, and I only have partial vision as well. I have a wonderful collection of books (including cookbooks) stored away in another room. I might just donate them to our city's library. Especially since I use to spend time at our city's library when my daughters were quite young. By the way, I have always enjoyed reading books about those who've experienced near death experiences, lived in haunted houses, plus books about UFO's as well.
 
I finished "James" by Percival Evans last night, shortly on the heels of reading "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. (Despite being passingly familiar with Huck Finn lore, I'd never gotten around to reading it until a few weeks ago.)

James is a worthwhile read (I'd give it 4-1/2 stars), but difficult to explain so I offer part of Rick Riordan's description of "James" on Goodreads:

"A brilliant read! Everett takes the story of Huckleberry Finn and flips it on its head, making the enslaved man Jim the narrator, although Jim thinks of himself as James, and has a rich interior life to which his white enslavers are completely oblivious.

"We follow James and Huck on the same adventure Mark Twain outlines in his seminal novel Huckleberry Finn, but we see the action from James' point of view, which changes everything, and whenever the two main characters are separated, we follow James on his own adventures, rather than staying with Huck....

"Seeing James' journey through the Antebellum South makes the story even more horrifying and visceral, though Everett loses none of the sardonic humor and picaresque character work that made Twain's original text so memorable."
 
Domestic Goddess said:
Seven or Eight years ago since I had a stroke, I gave up reading books since it affected my vision as well as my memory, and I only have partial vision as well. I have a wonderful collection of books (including cookbooks) stored away in another room. I might just donate them to our city's library. Especially since I use to spend time at our city's library when my daughters were quite young. By the way, I have always enjoyed reading books about those who've experienced near death experiences, lived in haunted houses, plus books about UFO's as well.
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Yeah, I bet your local library would love to have them. I presume you can get plenty of audio books. Some states have a free service to those who are physically unable to read.

I only have one sighted eye, and she ain't so good. I can still read, but I have to wear strong readers, and hold the book close to my face. I usually buy used books on line because I read so slowly. But I generally try to get the hardbound ones, then give them to the library when I'm finished.
 
WheatenLover said:
They were interesting. Gregory Berns wrote another book about dogs, but I have just begun reading it.

My Rough Collie used to herd the kids to the front door when it was time to catch the bus, and would come and get me when it was time to go to the bus stop in the afternoons. When the kids went to a parochial school, he would make sure all of us were at the door when it was time for me to drive them there, and he'd notify me when it was time for me to pick up the kids.

The strangest thing was that when the time switched to and from daylight savings time, the dog somehow switched with it.
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I imagine they develop their keen timing from close observation to begin with. So when the clocks change and our routines change with them, they observe that. Unlike us what they observe trumps what they expect.
 
My younger brother and I had a female ( fixed after first litter ) border collie mix. She was super smart. She did a lot of tricks, and she was highly intuitive. You could talk with her, and I am sure we communicated. :) When I was 16 I started taking "Tammy" with me evrywhere. We would go hiking, and to city parks...play frisbee...and sometimes we would go to musical festivals. She roamed freely for long periods, and when I wanted her to come, I could whistle with my fingers real loud. Sometimes it would take 10 minutes for her to make her way back to me. She really enjoyed meeting strangers and all the goodies they had to feed her.

My family became very dysfunctional and so I left home when I was a senior for 2 weeks. Tammy left too, and showed back up the day after I came home. Then after graduation I left home for good, and we never saw Tammy again. I have never since bonded with a pet like I did with her. Just incredible. :)
 
MarkD said:
I imagine they develop their keen timing from close observation to begin with. So when the clocks change and our routines change with them, they observe that. Unlike us what they observe trumps what they expect.
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That makes sense. I know dogs keenly observe us, but I never thought of that explanation. My current dog can practically read my mind, and with respect to thinking about grooming him or giving him meds, I must have "tells" but I don't know what they are. Thanks!
 
WheatenLover said:
That makes sense. I know dogs keenly observe us, but I never thought of that explanation. My current dog can practically read my mind, and with respect to thinking about grooming him or giving him meds, I must have "tells" but I don't know what they are. Thanks!
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Is your current dog a Wheaten or a Border? Mine is a McNab and she is very dedicated to routines and bossy about my playing my part .. ontime.

I’ve mostly had heelers, Aussies or crosses. Ember is my first pup in Border clan and she was a handful as a puppy.

The look I get when I’ve forgotten something she is expecting.

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I'm dyslexic, so it takes me forever to read a book. For some strange reason I got addicted to Ancient Egypt. I started to read books on Egypt. Their neighbors considered them a nation of thieves. For an Egyptian, there was no such thing as too drunk, but you couldn't be a drunk. There are things that blow your mind. They carved royal tombs out of solid stone, sometime over 800 feet deep with a copper chisel and a rock. And according to the tomb blue prints found with dimensions, they were off by one sixteenth of inch. No matter when you start reading about Egyptian history- there's always another thousand years more.
 
MarkD said:
Is your current dog a Wheaten or a Border? Mine is a McNab and she is very dedicated to routines and bossy about my playing my part .. ontime.

I’ve mostly had heelers, Aussies or crosses. Ember is my first pup in Border clan and she was a handful as a puppy.

The look I get when I’ve forgotten something she is expecting.

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Beautiful dog❣️
 
MarkD said:
Is your current dog a Wheaten or a Border? Mine is a McNab and she is very dedicated to routines and bossy about my playing my part .. ontime.

I’ve mostly had heelers, Aussies or crosses. Ember is my first pup in Border clan and she was a handful as a puppy.

The look I get when I’ve forgotten something she is expecting.

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My dog is a Wheaten. He is 13.5, and has slowed down a lot in his old age.

Ember is gorgeous.
 
On the subject of books....I recently bought a book which I was sure I hadn't read before. However, once I started it, I realised that the story and the cover didn't match. I wonder if this is now a collector's item. How often does this happen?
 
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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Every now and then l boxed up a bunch of books for my dad to give away at work and they commented that these books can't be all from the same person, they're so varied. Right now it's the life of Emily Dickinson.
 
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