book reading thread

[OliverB]

Christopher Hitchens - The Portable Atheist

Next up:
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

[VapingBad]

Pepperty you might like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

[Pepperty]

Thanks for the recommendation VapingBad I shall look him up

I have to say that my love of reading has been 'rekindled' since I bought a kindle! I do plow through books at an alarming rate and I find an ereader far easier to manage nowadays. That and a certain amount of illegal downloads keeps me keen

[DiscoDes]

Oct 31, 2014 17:28:52 GMT VapingBad said:

Pepperty you might like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

Pepperty I agree with VapingBad I've actually read these as well, fabulous books, if a little controversial, very well written and engaging, I even shed a tear when someone's Daemon died (I won't spoil the surprise) the film is NOT A PATCH on the books, they leave too much out!

[VapingBad]

Oct 31, 2014 17:48:07 GMT DiscoDes said:

Oct 31, 2014 17:28:52 GMT VapingBad said:

Pepperty you might like Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

Pepperty I agree with VapingBad I've actually read these as well, fabulous books, if a little controversial, very well written and engaging, I even shed a tear when someone's Daemon died (I won't spoil the surprise) the film is NOT A PATCH on the books, they leave too much out!

IIRC they were sort of based on poem Paradise Lost by John Milton.

What happened with that film, all the effects, actors & sets were great, but it was a huge disappointment.

[Bluefish]

Oct 31, 2014 17:31:15 GMT Pepperty said:

I have to say that my love of reading has been 'rekindled' since I bought a kindle! I do plow through books at an alarming rate and I find an ereader far easier to manage nowadays. That and a certain amount of illegal downloads keeps me keen

Mine too pep, mainly get the free ones from the sic fi section, and a few crime and end of the world types lol Although two days it nearly ended as i was going out my back gate the carrier bag gently hit the post and my flask burst drowning my sat nav and kindle, sat nav was ok although has dark patches, clearing up slowly, but the kindle was dead, left it on top of the fish tank and tried it tonight and it re booted and is back in action, good job couldn't really afford a new one, although Argos has paperwhites for 100 quid and a tenner voucher if anybody's interested, 109 from Amazon.

[bonnieboy]

Have read most of the authors mentioned as at one time I acquired "cough cough" a vast collection of books and can add Craig Johnson "Longmyre" series, Quintin Jardine, Jo Nesbo, Andrew Vachss, John Sandford, Michael Connelly John Connolly and Steig Larson

[Pepperty]

The only films I can think of that match up to the books has to be LOTR/Hobbit and Harry Potter?
yes I have merrily plowed through JK Rowling's & JRR Tolkein's books

when I had the choice I went for traditional kindle, battery lasts forever but you need a torch to read in the dark

[Tom]

Oct 31, 2014 19:29:45 GMT Pepperty said:

The only films I can think of that match up to the books has to be LOTR/Hobbit and Harry Potter?
yes I have merrily plowed through JK Rowling's & JRR Tolkein's books

when I had the choice I went for traditional kindle, battery lasts forever but you need a torch to read in the dark

I'll admit now that the HP series have probably been my favourite books ever xD (I still read through the series between books)

I have the old kindle (with keyboard), I have the case it connects to with a pullout light - great for when the other half is zzzzzzz and doesn't want the bedside lamp on

[Pepperty]

me too! have the wee lamp I can slot into my case.

I can probably leave bedside lamp on anyhows as my man can fall asleep on a log - he's out cold within a minute, much to my disgust as it can take up to 2 hours for me to drop off (take no notice of me I'm envious of him really) I've learnt not to stress over my inability to sleep

[bonnieboy]

you people with all the money kindle think mine is called a sovos, had it for years

[Tom]

Oct 31, 2014 19:39:26 GMT bonnieboy said:

you people with all the money kindle think mine is called a sovos, had it for years

haha

I got mine for a birthday I'm guessing about 5 years ago.

At the time I was grateful but secretly thinking there is no way I can read books on this thing without the feel and interaction of flipping pages on a book.

In truth it is so much better, having hundreds of books to hand, once you start reading you are immersed and forget what type of device you are on anyway.

Battery lasts me about 2 weeks - pretty incredible device really.

[Pepperty]

I bought both my teenage girls a 'nook' each ( sale special) I honestly thought I was wasting time and energy... To my amazement they love them! I loaded all sorts of random books on them and they now love reading (even if its crap like 50 shades of') Least they are reading and i'm chuffed.

My 18yo has just traveled to Swansea and made sure her nook was charged.. Massive pleasurable surprise to me I didnt have TV until I was 11 and I assumed it wouldnt appeal but e-readers have revived books thankfully!

[bonnieboy]

unfortunately I think mine may be on the way out as the battery is not lasting as long these days and while I can still run it through the cable I don't want to strangle myself with it when I turn round

[VapingBad]

Oct 31, 2014 20:06:02 GMT bonnieboy said:

unfortunately I think mine may be on the way out as the battery is not lasting as long these days and while I can still run it through the cable I don't want to strangle myself with it when I turn round

You can change the battery, get them of eBay and use a the smart phone opening tools to prise the back off then it's 2 philips screws.  Have a search on youtube to see if someone has posted a video.