Thread: What are You Reading?

Originally Posted by TheGeek

Yeah when i get chances I delve in lol. You desperate for the ending?

Geek

WHAT, ER, EH sorry I drifted off, I was asking about the linzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I think Amazon's book pricing has done more to kill off book stores than ereaders have. I used to buy a lot of graphic novels and would save up to £5 off the cover price at a time. It's the same as the problem with supermarkets. If we want to see smaller businesses survive, then we have to pay the prices they need to charge so they can get by.

Regarding ownership of an ereader I'm a reluctant Kindle owner. I own physical copies of the books I love, whereas I can use the Kindle to read ones I'm not so passionate about. Plus it helps save on space. I recently had to get rid of close to 100 books and even though I had only read most of them once, it was a most uncomfortable experience. I gave them to a local charity as the idea of throwing away a book just feels wrong.

And as for what I'm currently reading, it's nothing high brow. I'm steadily going back through the Dresden Files books on my Kindle. I'm also reading a paperback copy of Snow Crash for the umpteenth time on my lunch breaks.

Originally Posted by Phrank

...In terms of environmental impact and cost, you can't beat digital form, both in reduction of forest products and all the various fossil fuels in manufacturing and distribution, but have experience that out of power thing enough to always have a paper standby.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

That really depends on whether you buy new or used and how you get to the shop. If you stop at the acondand book shop on your way to or from somewhere, or bike there, the environmental impact of your trip is negligible, and the books embodied energy was predominately freom when it was bought new.

I would add that there is an environmental impact on the manufacture of electronic goods. Electronics are not made to last, and when they die, are hardly ever fixed or recycled, but end as Plastic land fill somewhere.


Looking at starting a new (to me) Bourne novel soon.


Mick

[QUOTE mickR;1211100]I would add that there is an environmental impact on the manufacture of electronic goods. Electronics are not made to last, and when they die, are hardly ever fixed or recycled, but end as Plastic land fill somewhere.


Looking at starting a new (to me) Bourne novel soon.


Mick[/QUOTE]

The bourne series is very good.

Starting reading this on my Kindle a while back but haven't read much in a few weeks.

Just finished a great read,the doughboys,was estamated that in about 2003,there were approx 200 world war 1 vets still alive (U.S.Vets)
The author tracked down many of them,most were 105/109 years old.He did extensive intervues that were amazing,the storys they had to tell were amazing,Trench warfare,mustard gas,calling truces at Xmas and playing soccer with the germans.
A must read,long,500+ pages,incredible stuff from a time and a war that has been forgotten.

I finished Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly. I learned a lot from this book. It helped me to better understand the political perspective surrounding this murder. I would recommend this book without any hesitation.

Right now I'm reading Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. This is a sequel to a favorite childhood book of mine by the same duo. The Talisman. Its a cool read. It feels good to read for pleasure for change.

Reread of an biography on Ludwig Wittgenstein. And a book about knots If u like a good story, the Wittgenstein biography are realy good.

Right now I'm about 1/2 way through and thoroughly enjoying "Through Black Spruce" by Joseph Boyden. I also *highly* recommend his first novel "Three Day Road". It is absolutely brilliant.