What have you been reading?

[cherrynberry]

I finished One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. Macmanus yesterday. Starting The Woman in The Window by AJ Finn and The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins today…I figured they’d be similar in some ways. Also started Home by Harlan Coben but I think I’ll finish the other two first.

Oh and also The Things We Cannot Say
was a rollercoaster of emotions. I read it on my 12hr flight to Asia and omg…it was soooo frickin good. Couldn’t have chosen a better read. Highly, highly recommend. I may be a little bias tho…Kelly Rimmer is one of my favorite authors. But without fail

 

[Callender Girl]

I've heard about Elie Wiesel's "Night" for years but finally read it because another author whose books I enjoy wrote about her friendship with Wiesel. Both were survivors of concentration camps and went face-to-face with Dr. Mengele.

This week, I am leaving for a quiet trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior and will be packing at least three books to enjoy. While I admire folks like @cherrynberry who can read multiple books at once, I have to read one at a time or I lose track of the storylines.

 

[ManueB]

Man, reading print books is so different to me now. I'm used to my Kindle. I have to use readers, and I have to have the light on!

Well it also makes the experience of reading in bed very different for the person you share the bed with! E-Readers are very helpful for couples that don't have the exact same sleeping hours.

I love reading paper books. I far prefer reading paper to screens. Sometimes I write notes in the margins.

I think it's partly due to the fact that you read mostly non fiction. I also find I prefer paper books to read essays, but I’ve gotten used to the e-reader for fiction. It's lighter and easier to hold.

I recently gifted myself buying the whole second hand bound collection of a cultish comic magazine from the 80's and I'm wondering how the hell I'm going to read them .

 

[MaryJanet]

Well it also makes the experience of reading in bed very different for the person you share the bed with! E-Readers are very helpful for couples that don't have the exact same sleeping hours.

I think it's partly due to the fact that you read mostly non fiction. I also find I prefer paper books to read essays, but I’ve gotten used to the e-reader for fiction. It's lighter and easier to hold.

I recently gifted myself buying the whole second hand bound collection of a cultish comic magazine from the 80's and I'm wondering how the hell I'm going to read them .
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Wonderful! That's your winter evenings sorted!

 

[cherrynberry]

I've heard about Elie Wiesel's "Night" for years but finally read it because another author whose books I enjoy wrote about her friendship with Wiesel. Both were survivors of concentration camps and went face-to-face with Dr. Mengele.

This week, I am leaving for a quiet trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior and will be packing at least three books to enjoy. While I admire folks like @cherrynberry who can read multiple books at once, I have to read one at a time or I lose track of the storylines.

Night is a pretty good book. I enjoyed it.

 

[cherrynberry]

We went to a couple of used book stores in Lansing, MI, and I bought all the Reginald Hill that I don't have. I'm working my way through them, interspersed with other things.

Man, reading print books is so different to me now. I'm used to my Kindle. I have to use readers, and I have to have the light on!

I’m definitely a book reader. Kindle for me takes away from the whole reading experience. Something about books, their smell, the texture of their pages, just cannot be outdone! I can see how it’s a good idea for traveling though. I brought 3 books with me traveling and bought 7 and now I’m debating how to bring them all back. Especially since I always keep books in my carry-on…lowkey worth it tho

 

[Sally PB]

who can read multiple books at once, I have to read one at a time or I lose track of the storylines.

If I am reading more than one book at a time, they have to be totally different, usually a fiction and non-fiction, or I have the same issue.

I think it's partly due to the fact that you read mostly non fiction. I also find I prefer paper books to read essays, but I’ve gotten used to the e-reader for fiction.

I've stopped buying some non-fiction on my Kindle. If it has pictures, graphs, diagrams, tables, those don't come through well.

A Kindle is great for reading in bed. I don't need readers because I can size the type, and I can lie on my side and prop the Kindle against a pillow.

 

[fuzzi]

My grandfather read every single Louis L'Amours book there was! He LOVED those books. I personally have yet to pick one up, it's not my favorite genre.

My first L'Amour read was NOT a Western, it was a historic novel titled Jubal Sackett. I liked the cover, and it wasn't a Western, I wasn't interested in the genre. After thoroughly enjoying Jubal's story I started reading other books in the Sackett series. Some were Westerns, and I discovered it didn't matter to me what genre, because L'Amour was a good STORYTELLER. Some of his books are okay, some I love.

 

[fuzzi]

Well it also makes the experience of reading in bed very different for the person you share the bed with! E-Readers are very helpful for couples that don't have the exact same sleeping hours.

I tried reading in bed using my iPad. I fell asleep and bonked myself on the forehead so hard it left a bump. I tried one more time, same results. Paperback books just fall to the floor if I drift off, they don't injure me!

 

[fuzzi]

I’m definitely a book reader. Kindle for me takes away from the whole reading experience. Something about books, their smell, the texture of their pages, just cannot be outdone! I can see how it’s a good idea for traveling though. I brought 3 books with me traveling and bought 7 and now I’m debating how to bring them all back. Especially since I always keep books in my carry-on…lowkey worth it tho

Mail them home!