A surprisingly good book called "The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers." A short bio of Fred Rogers. About 170 pages.
What are you reading?
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Hub Space: Tales From The Greater Galaxy, a collection of space opera novellas set in the same universe and previously published in Analog. It's by TrekBBS's own Christopher. I'm on the first tale, The Hub Of The Matter., and finding it more robust and enjoyable than the punny title would suggest.
I am reading a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, The Giant Rat of Sumatra by Richard L Boyer.
I just finished listening to Needful Things by Stephen King, narrated by Stephen King. Anyone like to recommend another Stephen King novel that I should listen to - I have aready finished to Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers.
I just finished listening to Needful Things by Stephen King, narrated by Stephen King. Anyone like to recommend another Stephen King novel that I should listen to - I have aready finished to Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers.
I haven't read anything by King in ages, and I've always liked his short fiction better. My favorite work of his is The Mist, which is more of a novella, but well worth listening to if it's available. Actually, there was an audio dramatization of it a couple of decades ago that was really good, but I'm not sure if it's still available.
How is Giant Rat of Sumatra?
How is Giant Rat of Sumatra?
I have only read the first chapter (put of 13) but so far quite good.
First two chapters now - the GR of S is mentioned in the Holmes short story 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire' and I think it will be interesting to see what it ends up actually being in this novel.
First two chapters now - the GR of S is mentioned in the Holmes short story 'The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire' and I think it will be interesting to see what it ends up actually being in this novel.
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Spicing things up a bit by reading some of Stanislaw Lem's Ijon Tichy-stories.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijon_Tichy
And take a look at the German Ijon Tichy-shortfilms on Youtube (the episodes also come with subtitles in English, the trailer not!)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijon_Tichy
And take a look at the German Ijon Tichy-shortfilms on Youtube (the episodes also come with subtitles in English, the trailer not!)
Yeah, the Giant Rat of Sumatra has always intrigued Holmes aficionados. I'd love to read a really good Giant Rat story. The couple that I've read have been so-so.
I just finished The Heaven Chronicles by Joan D Vinge (an underrated author, IMO), and am now reading The Dig, based on theh 95 pc game. It's good, but all of the character dialogue in my head sounds like subpar voice actors.
Read the first Adrien English-story last night... Not my cuppa; for a whodunnit it was much too easy to guess who actually did do it, and it was such a simple read that I often thought it was written for pre-teens (if it weren't for the sex-scenes, which (both of them) read as if written for teens).
Put it on the list though:
Put it on the list though:
*a book published this year
*a book you can finish in a day
Fatal Shadows - Adrien English #1 (Josh Lanyon)
*a book you've been meaning to read
*a book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
*a book you should have read in school
*a book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
*a book published before you were born
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
*a book that was banned at some point
*a book you previously abandoned
*a book you own but have never read
Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
*a book that intimidates you
*a book you've already read at least once
*a book you can finish in a day
Fatal Shadows - Adrien English #1 (Josh Lanyon)
*a book you've been meaning to read
*a book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
*a book you should have read in school
*a book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
*a book published before you were born
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
*a book that was banned at some point
*a book you previously abandoned
*a book you own but have never read
Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
*a book that intimidates you
*a book you've already read at least once
I like listening to Josh Lanyon at night when I am tired. I like the fact that they are an easy 'read'. I also listen to the Agatha Raisin mysteries, and the Flavia de Luce mysteries at night as well as children's stories. I am currently listening to the Wizard of Oz at night. Other times I listen to books I have heard before such as 14 and The Fold by Peter Clines, or Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
During the day I am listening to Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery. I am learning quite a bit about octopuses, as well as some other marine animals, while reading it.
I am also continuing to read The Giant Rat of Sumatra. I can only manage to read a couple of chapters a day. I find the font size in printed books a bit too small to read comfortably which is why 95% of what I read is audio or Kindle books.
During the day I am listening to Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery. I am learning quite a bit about octopuses, as well as some other marine animals, while reading it.
I am also continuing to read The Giant Rat of Sumatra. I can only manage to read a couple of chapters a day. I find the font size in printed books a bit too small to read comfortably which is why 95% of what I read is audio or Kindle books.
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I've tried, many times, but I'm just not able to concentrate on a text being read to me...
Speaking of Pirate-movies: I've re-found my Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, which I'd left and forgotten all about a few months back.
That book has quite a few things that sound to be interresting reads mentioned in various footnotes... might have to pick up something there
Speaking of Pirate-movies: I've re-found my Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, which I'd left and forgotten all about a few months back.
That book has quite a few things that sound to be interresting reads mentioned in various footnotes... might have to pick up something there
If I am listening during the day I need to have my hands busy to something simple while listening so my mind does not wander. I think listening while I am colouring is the best, but also enjoy it while cooking dinner, or playing a simple game on my iPad.
At night I put the timer on for an hour. Listening to a story stops me from thinking/worrying and I usually fall to towards the end of the hour. Next night I just take the book back a bit.
At night I put the timer on for an hour. Listening to a story stops me from thinking/worrying and I usually fall to towards the end of the hour. Next night I just take the book back a bit.
*a book published this year
*a book you can finish in a day
Fatal Shadows - Adrien English #1 (Josh Lanyon)
*a book you've been meaning to read
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition - English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-century Caribbean (B. R. Burg)
*a book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
*a book you should have read in school
*a book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
*a book published before you were born
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
*a book that was banned at some point
*a book you previously abandoned
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean (B. R. Burg) I'd actually forgotten that I had started reading it.
*a book you own but have never read
Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
*a book that intimidates you
*a book you've already read at least once
Finished the second Ijon Tichy-book (Memoirs of a Space Traveller) last night, weren't in the mood to re-read The Futurological Congress (the third book) and, as I couldn't find the fourth volume om Amazon, I started reading the fifth: Peace on Earth.*a book you can finish in a day
Fatal Shadows - Adrien English #1 (Josh Lanyon)
*a book you've been meaning to read
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition - English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-century Caribbean (B. R. Burg)
*a book recommended by your local librarian or bookseller
*a book you should have read in school
*a book chosen for you by your spouse, partner, sibling, child, or BFF
*a book published before you were born
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
*a book that was banned at some point
*a book you previously abandoned
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean (B. R. Burg) I'd actually forgotten that I had started reading it.
*a book you own but have never read
Count Zero/Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson)
*a book that intimidates you
*a book you've already read at least once
Wouldn't know where on the reading list to put these though.
