What are you Reading?

[DoggyDaddy]

I've already got 50+ books on my list to read, but I'm tearing through them fast enough that I'm always looking for more. I appreciate the suggestions.

I had them in hardback book form. I can't imagine using a phone, ipad or Kindle, etc.. There's just something about the feel of a book in your hands, and turning the pages with your fingers.

 

[Nugget]

I had them in hardback book form. I can't imagine using a phone, ipad or Kindle, etc.. There's just something about the feel of a book in your hands, and turning the pages with your fingers.

I used to think that too, but the app has 1000s of books available, and it keeps track of your % complete as you read. Almost makes it like a game for me.

 

[Creedmoor]

Im a hardback reader myself, this ones been around a year or so. Going to start it shortly, then it gets rotated between the boys.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I used to think that too, but the app has 1000s of books available, and it keeps track of your % complete as you read. Almost makes it like a game for me.

Hey, whatever gets a person reading is okay with me! I don't read nearly as much as I used to (other than here on INGO), but I wish I would.

 

[wcd]

Hey, whatever gets a person reading is okay with me! I don't read nearly as much as I used to (other than here on INGO), but I wish I would.

I am in the technology camp as well. Lot to be said for having a virtual library at you disposal in a tablet.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I am in the technology camp as well. Lot to be said for having a virtual library at you disposal in a tablet.

I get it, and agree on that point. Sure cuts down on the need for bookshelves too!

 

[wcd]

I get it, and agree on that point. Sure cuts down on the need for bookshelves too!

Not that books are outdated, but it’s nice when you have to travel a lot for work. Keeps me off of INGO at all hours lol

 

[daddyusmaximus]

The Eternal Empire.
Book 7 of the Thirteenth Paladin series...

... but I listen on Audible.

 

[Nugget]

Different Seasons by Stephen King, a collection of four novellas. One was the basis for Shawshank Redemption and one (The Body) was the basis for Stand By Me.

 

[MrSmitty]

Jack Carr…

 

[Max Volume]

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Currently reading....a thread on INGO about reading.

Do technical manuals count?
Scientific Molding by RJG

 

[cobber]

Robert Leckie, A Helmet for my Pillow. One of the sources used in the making of The Pacific. The book is quite different from the HBO adaptation.

 

[foszoe]

MISTBORN Trilogy

 

[cg21]

I’ve always hated reading.. Mostly how I was brought up and an evil librarian in my elementary years. I did go very hard on audible when I was working with a TON of “end of the world” type series.

But close to 3 years ago now my brother challenged me to do “75 hard” basically a mental and physical health challenge.
One of the daily requirements is 10 pages of reading a day (non-fiction) started with some self help / financial / motivational books. But now I am reading a lot of history (another subject I wish I paid attention to in school) currently “the British are coming” - Atkinson

All that to say I am a reading advocate now. And I love audible and it certainly has its place and uses. But I don’t believe it is a replacement for actually reading. Ebook or paper pages…. I think that’s just a personal preference I think the pages are better for your soul lol helps you unplug. But I see the benefits to ebooks.

 

[cg21]

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Any good?

 

[KittySlayer]

Been reading some War of 1812 books. Lots of history in our own backyard. Enjoy the historical fiction novels that weave some entertaining characters in with real historical events.

 

[jwamplerusa]

1776, focused on the history from the appointment of George Washington as commander of the continental army through to 1777.

Also reading the Plantegenets, on the ruling monarchs of the Norman and English kings.

ETA: 1776 by David McCullough

 

[Max Volume]

Any good?

I just started. Met the guy numerous times at various archery shows.

 

[rob63]

Fighting for the Confederacy: The personal recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander.

This is a fascinating look at the high command of the Army of Northern Virginia by someone that was there. The thing that makes it so good is that he wrote it for his children, with no intention that it would ever be published. Consequently, he was entirely candid in his observations and assessments, and devoid of the ongoing political battles of the day. It was not until the 1980's that it was discovered mixed in among other items donated by the family to a college library.

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