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hellboy wrote:Thanks for the input guys - you have given me plenty of suggests for other books to read. Thankfully the local library here is excellent.
At the moment I'm reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss at M0G's suggestion. Several chapters in and I'm enjoying it so far.
I would suggest you get a tablet or an e-reader. There are online libraries where you can digitally borrow, or you can torrent ebooks - which is fundamentally the same thing as a library in my eyes. EDIT: I actually read all my books on my phone now. A five inch screen and a good app (e.g. UB Reader) is literally all you need to read books in the post-post-modern era.
I'm reading the second GoT. Will probably finish it tonight and go on to the next one.
I recommend anything by Hermann Hesse and Luis Borges. "MOBY DICK" is an absoute gem, as are "WUTHERING HEIGHTS", "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" and "THE SECRET GARDEN". I feel that much more emphasis should be placed on the classics in your early adulthood.
O love will you read the letters I will send to you.
The Boss wrote:
I would suggest you get a tablet or an e-reader. There are online libraries where you can digitally borrow, or you can torrent ebooks - which is fundamentally the same thing as a library in my eyes. EDIT: I actually read all my books on my phone now. A five inch screen and a good app (e.g. UB Reader) is literally all you need to read books in the post-post-modern era.
Thanks crow - I read almost exclusively on my tablet these days, unless I can't find a book in it's electronic format. Our library does have an extensive eBook range via Overdrive, which I use from time to time.
The Boss wrote:
I would suggest you get a tablet or an e-reader. There are online libraries where you can digitally borrow, or you can torrent ebooks - which is fundamentally the same thing as a library in my eyes. EDIT: I actually read all my books on my phone now. A five inch screen and a good app (e.g. UB Reader) is literally all you need to read books in the post-post-modern era.
Thanks crow - I read almost exclusively on my tablet these days, unless I can't find a book in it's electronic format. Our library does have an extensive eBook range via Overdrive, which I use from time to time.
Oh, good.
While it may not seem like a massive impact on the environment, I can't justify buying or even using hard-copy books anymore. And the options to change fonts, sizes, colours etc is a nice little touch if you're eyes are a bit rough.
O love will you read the letters I will send to you.
The Boss wrote:
I would suggest you get a tablet or an e-reader. There are online libraries where you can digitally borrow, or you can torrent ebooks - which is fundamentally the same thing as a library in my eyes. EDIT: I actually read all my books on my phone now. A five inch screen and a good app (e.g. UB Reader) is literally all you need to read books in the post-post-modern era.
Thanks crow - I read almost exclusively on my tablet these days, unless I can't find a book in it's electronic format. Our library does have an extensive eBook range via Overdrive, which I use from time to time.
Oh, good.
While it may not seem like a massive impact on the environment, I can't justify buying or even using hard-copy books anymore. And the options to change fonts, sizes, colours etc is a nice little touch if you're eyes are a bit rough.
I'm a purist. There is something very off about curling up in bed with your tablet and they don't do well at the beach. As far as my eyes go, I know that all those brightly lit screens I constantly watch do my eyes no good at all.
"She's a very charming and delightful creature, and has only one fault that I know of. It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. She don't like me."
I read with a black background and white text. Made a huge difference to the brightness issues. Also, it's not too hard avoiding dropping a tablet in the water at the beach, while sober anyway.
hellboy wrote:I read with a black background and white text. Made a huge difference to the brightness issues. Also, it's not too hard avoiding dropping a tablet in the water at the beach, while sober anyway.
Interesting idea. Can I do that on my computer?
I am a model of sobriety as well you know.
What about the sand and the beach cricket?
"She's a very charming and delightful creature, and has only one fault that I know of. It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. She don't like me."
hellboy wrote:I read with a black background and white text. Made a huge difference to the brightness issues. Also, it's not too hard avoiding dropping a tablet in the water at the beach, while sober anyway.
You know, I used to do that until I noticed that it would seriously fuck my eyes up right after I had finished reading. Particularly in the dark.
Now I just go for a nice soft non-white background in UB Reader.
O love will you read the letters I will send to you.
I've been slowly working my way through David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Three hundred and fifty pages in at the moment. There are some great sections with lucid and brilliantly descriptive observations, but for the most part it's been a depressing slog. I've never given up on a book before, but this one is testing me.
I've set it down a few times and read the following in between sections:
1. Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums.
2. Nick Offerman's Paddle Your Own Canoe.
3. Cheryl Strayed's Wild.
All enjoyable and happy to have read.
Once I've finished Infinite Jest I've got the following waiting for me:
1. Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.
2. David Mitchell's Slade House. A companion to his great The Bone Clocks.
3. Luis Jaramillo's The Doctor's Wife.
There's also a SyFy series that started this year, but I highly recommend reading at least the first book (same reason as above) before watching the first episode of the series. They are doing a decent job, but as with most attempts at capturing a book, there's really no comparison with the depth of the books. Not completely sold on the casting so far, but it's growing on me. I find it interesting how they've strayed from the book's story line and incorporated some of the associated novella and short stories' aspects. Similarly to Game of Thrones, I have a few friends who can't stand that approach and won't watch it. And there is a connection with George RR...
I have been reading a few books lately but by far the best was a trilogy by Hugh Howey.
The first book is titled Wool
Post apocalyptic earth with surviving humans living underground. I wont go into it but I would read it again which is saying something!
Rockgirl wrote:I have been reading a few books lately but by far the best was a trilogy by Hugh Howey.
The first book is titled Wool
Post apocalyptic earth with surviving humans living underground. I wont go into it but I would read it again which is saying something!
Sounds good to me - will check it out.
Lately I've been reading The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding which is a good retelling of Australia's convict history.
