Do you read books?

[22-rimfire]

Well, after my mini rant on the cost of books, I still find few things more beautiful than a nicely kept home library. My sister recently sent me a nice Kindle which I'm setting up for use. Still there are a few classic hardcovers which will always have a place.

I also feel that there are some classic hard covers that deserve a permanent place in a home library. I just got tired of the full and overly full book cases and tired buying more book cases to just fill up. It is sort of like many talk about guns and knives in the sense that if you aren't using them, why have them? I am comfortable just parking my book accumulation in boxes, but I am just not quite to the place where I can just recycle them at a local used book store.

I really like my Kindle. My main beef with e-books in general is that one of the reasons I got the Kindle was to save money in the long run on book cost. (It wasn't just having a pile of books that I read and never looked at again from a storage point of view.) But the prices on e-books keeps going up to about paper back pricing now. But there is a huge convenience factor involved with finishing a book and just downloading another within seconds/minutes without going to a book store to browse for something. Amazon even alerts you when something new by authors you have purchased before is released. Advertising, yes. But it works for me.

Years ago, I lived in a place where the closest real book store was about a 1.5 hour drive each way. I used to look forward to spending hours looking though all the books. Now, I guess I'm just tired of that sort of effort even though I still do it every month or so locally. But if Kindles were available back in those days, I would probably been in heaven being able to quench my reading thirst so easily. Of course, that was pre-cell phone days so the technology didn't really exist.

I hope you like the Kindle. It may be an acquired taste as some just want to turn the pages by hand. My sister is like that or she "thinks" she is. I should probably buy her a Kindle as a Xmas present. She may thank me or she may never even use it. Who knows?

 

[22-rimfire]

I read The Walking Drum when it first hit paperback. I had pretty much read all of Louis L'Amour's books, thought it was neat that after he made such a career with westerns that his best would be based around the medieval times.

I just downloaded that one on my Kindle. My Dad was a Louis L'Amour fan and I never got into it. So, I figured I'd try one or two.

 

[bt93]

I just downloaded that one on my Kindle. My Dad was a Louis L'Amour fan and I never got into it. So, I figured I'd try one or two.

You're going to really like 'The Walking Drum'. The Sackett series is one of the best western series ever.There were a couple of movies based around L'Amour's Sacketts, Tom Selleck starred in them. Naturally, the movies just couldn't touch the books.

 

[Win Heger]

This Summer I read the Longmire series by Craig Johnson. I really enjoyed it on TV and the books even more. Johnson is funny and the characters really develop in the books. New book coming in September, new episodes on Netflix, too.

After finishing Longmire, I have been reading the Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box. These are about a Wyoming game warden and his family. They're pretty good, interesting plots and stories. Some great characters, Nate Romanoski for one, you only want him as a friend. I'm on book 6 and there are close to 20!

 

[Knivesandreels]

Don't read novels but I do read Autobiographies, Biographies, Business development, personal development, finance, and Christian books.
I've been wondering about Kindle but I love to write notes down as I read so my books are all written up


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[zzyzzogeton]

I read 1 or 2 books per week. I have many that I have re-read multiple times just because I liked them so much. I have over 3000 books tucked away in tubs w/ mothballs and spreadsheet identifying what tub has what books in it. That bad thing is, what ever tub I need is ALWAYS on the bottom.

I have a tablet that I have 30 or so e-books on. BUT I still prefer hard copy, whether it is hardback or paper. I find it easier to skip back a page or two or even a chapter or two in a hard copy over an electronic version to re-read a section that I overlooked something in because I suddenly see something "down the book" that implies I missed a detail.

Also, the batteries in a hard copy book outlast the Energizer Bunny.

 

[bt93]

I read 1 or 2 books per week. I have many that I have re-read multiple times just because I liked them so much. I have over 3000 books tucked away in tubs w/ mothballs and spreadsheet identifying what tub has what books in it. That bad thing is, what ever tub I need is ALWAYS on the bottom.

I have a tablet that I have 30 or so e-books on. BUT I still prefer hard copy, whether it is hardback or paper. I find it easier to skip back a page or two or even a chapter or two in a hard copy over an electronic version to re-read a section that I overlooked something in because I suddenly see something "down the book" that implies I missed a detail.

Also, the batteries in a hard copy book outlast the Energizer Bunny.

Kindle has a feature now that lets you skip back and forth if you want. Can't argue with you about the batteries though.

 

[22-rimfire]

I have the 3G Paperwhite version (B&W) of the Kindle. I was hesitant to spend the money on something so important to me and a big unknown as I really don't like to do a lot of reading from a computer screen. My tablet may be a bit better, but it is much heavier than the Kindle in my case. Got the Kindle with the expressed purpose of buying a certain new book that was around 1000 pages long as my first. Loved it. I'm really sold on the Kindle. They keep making upgrades on the Kindle that adds a lot of convenience functionality.

 

[GatorFlash1]

I am a book reader, much better than anything on the boob tube. I usually get them used and when finished send them off to the troops. There is a good website called Books for Soldiers, care packages for the mind. It only costs a couple of bucks for media mail and I know they will be read, hopefully passed around. It is a great way to get rid of good books for which you no longer have storage space. Here is the link if interested.

http://booksforsoldiers.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8nuTAvBG_Y

 

[bt93]

I have the 3G Paperwhite version (B&W) of the Kindle. I was hesitant to spend the money on something so important to me and a big unknown as I really don't like to do a lot of reading from a computer screen. My tablet may be a bit better, but it is much heavier than the Kindle in my case. Got the Kindle with the expressed purpose of buying a certain new book that was around 1000 pages long as my first. Loved it. I'm really sold on the Kindle. They keep making upgrades on the Kindle that adds a lot of convenience functionality.

That's one of the reasons I really like my Fire HDX. I read the whole D'Artagnon series on my old Kindle, I have no idea how large of volume that would've been, but just carrying the tablet made life easier.

 

[ron_m80]

I could definitely see where a tablet reader would work out for you high volume readers.

I try to stick with history, nonfiction government, military history, professional references, and of course the knife books. It makes for slower reading, and at least for me it takes up more reading time than a novel.

 

[cj65]

I could definitely see where a tablet reader would work out for you high volume readers.

I try to stick with history, nonfiction government, military history, professional references, and of course the knife books. It makes for slower reading, and at least for me it takes up more reading time than a novel.

Reference reading for me as well. It has been a few yrs since I read a book, but the last three were historical biographies. Many years ago, I read Leon Uris, "Trinity" historical fiction if you will, to try and understand my dad's side ofScotch Irish heritage. I almost named one of my sons Kilty, but chose Killian instead.

 

[ron_m80]

Cool Chris. I will make note of that one and check out the series. Just a few weeks ago I saw another reference to a historical fiction trilogy, written by Ken Follett. Some reviews call it an attempt at a modern war and peace. (Another trilogy I have yet to attempt)

Cheers bro.

 

[cj65]

Have a great day Ron. Just hanging with wifey and watching her heal. Read blade forums mostly today. Lolz. Heading to Alta Dena later to pick up step daughter.

 

[FOG2]

I read a LOT around 4 books per week and use the local libraries. I have in the past bought from used book stores,thrift stores etc. But the amount of books I read prohibts buying.

 

[ron_m80]

I am a book reader, much better than anything on the boob tube. I usually get them used and when finished send them off to the troops. There is a good website called Books for Soldiers, care packages for the mind. It only costs a couple of bucks for media mail and I know they will be read, hopefully passed around. It is a great way to get rid of good books for which you no longer have storage space. Here is the link if interested.

http://booksforsoldiers.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8nuTAvBG_Y

Thank you for posting that. Good info.

Have a great day Ron. Just hanging with wifey and watching her heal. Read blade forums mostly today. Lolz. Heading to Alta Dena later to pick up step daughter.

Thank you Chris. I hope all is well with you. If anyone deserves some quiet time, a good cigar and a quality book, I'm sure you are high on that list bro. Keep doing the good work man. How's that swayback folder treating you?

I read a LOT around 4 books per week and use the local libraries. I have in the past bought from used book stores,thrift stores etc. But the amount of books I read prohibts buying.

What do you read at that rate, I'm curious? A specific genre? There use to be a bunch of old timers here you could grab weekly authors and titles from, just based on the changes they made to their sig line quotes. I'm kicking myself for not writing more of them down now.

 

[cj65]

Thank you for posting that. Good info.



Thank you Chris. I hope all is well with you. If anyone deserves some quiet time, a good cigar and a quality book, I'm sure you are high on that list bro. Keep doing the good work man. How's that swayback folder treating you?



What do you read at that rate, I'm curious? A specific genre? There use to be a bunch of old timers here you could grab weekly authors and titles from, just based on the changes they made to their sig line quotes. I'm kicking myself for not writing more of them down now.

I thought you gifted that Ron! The San Gabriel packaging tipped me off. Mack would not tell me it was you. I have carried it since I got it. :thumbup: I was hollowing out a piece of plastic where a winch would go below the grille, bolt hole was off by a centimeter or so, that is OEM for my CJ (jeep crap). Nothing ever lines up right. I don't like setting my slip joints on concrete, so as I was on my back, I set it on top of the tire. Next day I reached for it with a slight panic... Then realized I left it on the tire over night. It is in my pocket now, and probably will stay there, really is a favorite. It brings me joy every time I use it, which is often.

 

[cj65]

Outside looking in, pretty careless place to put a knife. . Jeep is not my daily driver. I was lucky.

 

[Win Heger]

Thanks for the link on BooksforSoldiers, I'll look into it. I tried to donate to our local VA Hospital, they brushed me off.

I recently read two books that lead me to something interesting. First was Ansel Adams autobiography, then a biography of Dorothea Lange,. Both were great photographers and occasionally worked together, including a project in UT for Life Magazine, 1952. They came and photographed in the small town I live in and a book about this was published in 2012. The book included photos taken recently and the ones from 1952. I found a copy and to my surprise there was a photo of my neighbor and his family. The Life description of my town "dying, populated mostly by old people", if they could see it now!

 

[heresthedeal]

Anybody read the Outlaw Chronicles by Angus Donald. Really good series if into period pieces.

Right now im reading The Walking Drum again for the 5th time

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great book, once I started reading it I couldn't stop. Got it on a Friday, finished on Monday, I think I've read it half dozen times since.

Think I'm gonna have to read it again now.