Do you read?
- Thread starter Jarod
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I love books, hate reading on my phone, but some things can’t be avoided. I read fiction and non fiction. Just finished reading Hierophant, A Tarot Trilogy. Still reading Mueller report.
I still read actual books - hard cover and paper back.
These days, when I am traveling by airplane, I am seemingly the only person on the plane holding an actual book.
I have been reading the "Metro" trilogy by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky
I still feel like reading is more enjoyable on the written page, turning pages by hand, and holding a book.
'The Shadow War' by Jim Sciutto.
A book about Americans sucking their thumbs, totally oblivious to what is occurring around them.
"In The Shadow War, CNN anchor and chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto provides us with a revealing and at times disturbing guide to this new international conflict. This Shadow War is already the greatest threat to America’s national security, even though most Americans know little or nothing about it. With on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, from a sub under the Arctic to unprecedented access to America’s Space Command, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare."
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062853646/the-shadow-war/
A book about Americans sucking their thumbs, totally oblivious to what is occurring around them.
"In The Shadow War, CNN anchor and chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto provides us with a revealing and at times disturbing guide to this new international conflict. This Shadow War is already the greatest threat to America’s national security, even though most Americans know little or nothing about it. With on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine to the South China Sea, from a sub under the Arctic to unprecedented access to America’s Space Command, Sciutto draws on his deep knowledge, high-level contacts, and personal experience as a journalist and diplomat to paint the most comprehensive and vivid picture of a nation targeted by a new and disturbing brand of warfare."
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062853646/the-shadow-war/
christiefan915
Catalyst
Always. Regular books, newspapers, magazines, internet sites. Also books on kindle. What I don't do is listen to audiobooks.
I always knew something was wrong w/ you..
Why, if I may ask?? I don't do them as often but if you are working around the house, cycling or kayaking you can multi-task, although not always so well as their are distractions..
christiefan915
Catalyst
I always knew something was wrong w/ you..
Why, if I may ask?? I don't do them as often but if you are working around the house, cycling or kayaking you can multi-task, although not always so well as their are distractions..
Lol. I just never got into audiobooks, there's nothing wrong with them. I could see myself cutting off a finger listening to a book when using a sharp tool, though...
Voraciously.
Lol. I just never got into audiobooks, there's nothing wrong with them. I could see myself cutting off a finger listening to a book when using a sharp tool, though...
LOL, well I don't do that...
There are times when I have it on & forget to listen, so I have to go back & listen again, sometimes almost a chapter...
Life is Golden
Saint
Mason Michaels
Verified User
Classic Literature.
Lately been reading Perry Mason mysteries.My BFF sent me.
Lately been reading Perry Mason mysteries.My BFF sent me.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Growing-up without television (or a computer until I hit HS) helped mold me into an avid reader. The only childhood distraction I had was a Gameboy (finally got a Nintendo in HS). Now that I have TV, high-speed internet, and a smartphone, I have gotten quite lazy.
Jade Dragon
And I'm the one that jaded you.
Anymore I just read Manga, or make up my own stories. New chapters in Manga, are one of the few things I look forward to anymore.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Just my parents' personal preference. My dad raised me on old time radio and motion picture serials.
Interesting, I am an avid reader and love reading on my phone. Don't need a light at night, easy to carry my current books etc..
Though I am thinking of getting a tablet or something for books when I am not traveling. I have a mid priced phone, moto 6 or something, nice screen, but why would I pay about $600 more for a slightly larger screen if I want it only for reading?
I used love reading hardback, because it felt like the "never ending story". You could lie down and get lost in the pages.
As I became accustomed to cell phones (always behind the times on them) I started reading more news etc on them. An then I tried Kindle and have never looked back. You can change the background to sepia to make it more like a book and change the page turn function to make it more like a book.
And did I mention, you don't need a night light to read it.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Yes I read, all sorts of literature from fiction to non-fiction. I find it enlightening and it makes me a more well rounded and informed person.
Media may change but reading is still a fundamental skill.