What Books Are You Reading Right Now?

I know some here are fans of Doug Preston and Lincoln Childs. They have a new book out in the Nora Kelley series and it's pretty good. "Badlands" tells a good tale about a cult made up of academics gone bad. I've read quite a few books on the past Indian cultures and this fiction was very well done. If you're interested in more depth a very good book is "House of Rain" by Craig Childs.
 
knarfeng said:
More old Sci Fi. First published in 1960.
DEATHWORLD - Harry Harrison
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Big fan of Sci Fi paperbacks.

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Danke42 said:
Big fan of Sci Fi paperbacks.
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I was for years, but I switched to using a Kindle. It's easier on the eyes than my phone or computer, and I can still adjust the display characteristics (spacing, font, font size, degree of bold) to a setting that is much easier for me to read than standard printed material. By turning off the back lighting, the battery lasts for days of reading. Amazon has $1.00 mega-packs of old Sci Fi stories, and Project Gutenberg has free ebooks in a format that the Kindle can handle. So I'm a happy camper.

I'm currently working my way through a mega-pack of H. Beam Piper stories. He was another Sc Fi writer from the 1950's.
 
knarfeng said:
I was for years, but I switched to using a Kindle. It's easier on the eyes than my phone or computer, and I can still adjust the display characteristics (spacing, font, font size, degree of bold) to a setting that is much easier for me to read than standard printed material. By turning off the back lighting, the battery lasts for days of reading. Amazon has $1.00 mega-packs of old Sci Fi stories, and Project Gutenberg has free ebooks in a format that the Kindle can handle. So I'm a happy camper. I

I'm currently working my way through a mega-pack of H. Beam Piper stories. He was another Sc Fi writer from the 1950's.
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I've resisted a Kindle so far but maybe someday.
 
Danke42 said:
I've resisted a Kindle so far but maybe someday.
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I resisted for years, but then last time I flew, my backpack was stuffed full, and I didn't have room for more than one small book. (Bother!) I figured out that if I had an e-book reader, I could carry an entire library in much less space than that single paperback required. So upon my return, I decided to try it. Once I discovered how much easier it was to read compared to a paperback or phone, I was sold.
 
knarfeng said:
I resisted for years, but then last time I flew, my backpack was stuffed full, and I didn't have room for more than one small book. (Bother!) I figured out that if I had an e-book reader, I could carry an entire library in much less space than that single paperback required. So upon my return, I decided to try it. Once I discovered how much easier it was to read compared to a paperback or phone, I was sold.
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I see at the library here if I reserve a book there's a months wait for it but the E versions are ready to go.
 
I rarely read an actual "book" anymore unless it's a reference I want to refer back to. All my pleasure reading is done on the iPhone's native or Kindle app, otherwise.
 
Danke42 said:
I read lots online, stuff on my phone, work and technical documents but turning pages in a book still feels like a ritual.

Till you break the spine and pages start falling out, that's not cool.
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or till your vision degrades.
 
Getting ready to go to Bed listening to some kind of an Audio Book, find that it is a good way to go to Bed ~ Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's ~ some times gotta jump up and shut e'm down though ~ being more disturbing than enjoyable ~ "wow" that was scary ~

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Blues said:
I rarely read an actual "book" anymore unless it's a reference I want to refer back to. All my pleasure reading is done on the iPhone's native or Kindle app, otherwise.
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Kindly explain, you read Kindle on your IPhone?? Native?
 
Danke42 said:
I read lots online, stuff on my phone, work and technical documents but turning pages in a book still feels like a ritual.

Till you break the spine and pages start falling out, that's not cool.
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I’ve wrinkled spines yeah, but I’ve never had pages fall out from a good quality paperback or hardcover yet.

I’m really impressed by book publishers actually. Here we are having little misalignments and blade play on our 200 dollar letter openers, but I’ve never seen a QC issue in my physical library yet. Dang good consistency.
 
RHINOKNIVES said:
Kindly explain, you read Kindle on your IPhone?? Native?
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iPhone almost all the time for epub on their native app...and Kindle stuff on the Kindle reader app for iPhone.

Reference books I tend to like in actual book format I can hold in my hand and flip actual pages.
 
Blues said:
iPhone almost all the time for epub on their native app...and Kindle stuff on the Kindle reader app for iPhone.

Reference books I tend to like in actual book format I can hold in my hand and flip actual pages.
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Thanks, my SIL had/has a Kindle reader that is a separate device. Nice to know I could just use my phone.
 
RHINOKNIVES said:
Thanks, my SIL had/has a Kindle reader that is a separate device. Nice to know I could just use my phone.
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IMO, it's not the same experience. I've tried both. The Kindle device is much easier on the eyes if you are reading for long periods of time. The phone projects light, which is harsh on the eyes. The Kindle does not. The Kindle is more like the experience of reading print on paper. And the Kindle battery lasts far longer than a phone battery does.
 
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