What books are you reading now?

these 3....

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I bought these books at the second hand book shop exactly one week before my accident, and I'm only really getting around to reading them now, because they're a bit heavy to hold, so quite difficult using only one hand
 

The Trees: First Book In Awakening Land Trilogy​

By Conrad Richter. These three small, completely engrossing, novels follow a family from Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
The father has always supported his family through hunting and he is aware that the game has grown scarce in Pennsylvania,
so he, his wife, and his five children "go west" into the vast frontier of Ohio.

Ohio is so covered with thick forest that when first crossing the river to stand on a mountain they looked down at the tree tops and thought they were looking at a dark ocean.

These novels aren't just about vivid characters settling and clearing Ohio, but they serve as an example of how the whole country went from trees, to fields, to towns.

The last of the trilogy, "The Towns" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 and it was understood to represent all three books. I asked my son, born, bred and a history major in Ohio, if he had ever heard of the books and he said, 'No." How do we lose these things?
 
I read on my phone app. I'm in the middle of a 25 book series from James Patterson. I'm currently reading the 12th of Never. When I finish it I'm gonna take a break and read something else.
 
I'm currently listening to the audiobook, "Rise and Kill First." It's about how Israel defends itself against Muslim terrorists for its entire history. The way I see it, is that Israel should make all the Muslims in Israel equal citizens with the Jews and all the Jews and Muslims should decide to sit down and JUST GET ALONG!! That would end all the terrorism and the mass killings of Muslims by the Jews. The Knesset should have equal representation for all residents regardless of religion and all residents of the proper age should all serve in the Israeli Defense Force.
 
hollydolly said:
these 3....

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I bought these books at the second hand book shop exactly one week before my accident, and I'm only really getting around to reading them now, because they're a bit heavy to hold, so quite difficult using only one hand
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That is what has led to my liking my Kindle so much. So light I can lie on my back and hold it up to read with no pain or fatigue.
 
I don't like the Kindle because there's no physicality to reading. I like to pick up a book I'm reading and see where the book marker is which gives me a sense of accomplishment.

And in terms of physicality, a hefty paperback that lets me easily wrap the cover behind just feels really good in your hands.

I'm a slow reader with a wandering attention span. So I can only read until my concentration fades which is usually before I'm done a chapter.

I don't mind reading a non-story book full of facts on Kindle. Isabella Briggs-Myers' Gifts Differing which explains her ideas and findings in developing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test is such a book.

I can see how if you're moving through a book quickly, the Kindle experience just wouldn't do.
 
hollydolly said:
I don't like my Kindle because I'm a very fast reader.. and every 2 seconds I'm having to click to turn a page, I hate that.....I only ever use the kindle when i go away
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I'm a very fast reader, too. I'm just use to turning pages on my Kindle. When I read a physical book, at first I'm tapping the pages to get them to turn. It's automatic because it's a habit.
 

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