The Book Shelf

[Horsa]

Actually I haven't. I've got a selection of authors whose books hit my kindle as soon as they come out. Lee Childs, Mark Dawson, Scott Mathews, Tom Wood, Richard Sanders, Scott Mariani, Richard Phillips, Steven Erikson to name. A few

I moved from proper books to e-reader as they take up less room & you can delete those you don't like & get some books free to add. Then I moved back to proper books as the battery didn't last long & I kept losing my page when the battery ran out. I read that often I had to charge my battery at least once if not twice a day & I don't just read all day.

 

[Federberg]

I moved from proper books to e-reader as they take up less room & you can delete those you don't like & get some books free to add. Then I moved back to proper books as the battery didn't last long & I kept losing my page when the battery ran out. I read that often I had to charge my battery at least once if not twice a day & I don't just read all day.

What sort of e-reader do you use? I read on my iPad most of the time, or if I don't have it with me I use my iPhone. Because the kindle app is cloud based, it always takes you to the last read page. I also have a battery extender I keep fully charged when I'm out for a long time

 

[Horsa]

I had a kobo but I gave it to my sister because of the aforesaid reason.

 

[britbox]

I've got two books on the go at the moment, the second Game of Thrones book and "Flash boys" by Michael Lewis which is a true story on Wall Street. One of Lewis' first books - "Liar's Poker", was one of the best books I ever read, so if this comes anywhere close then I'll be happy.

 

[Horsa]

I'm reading Northanger Abbey at the moment. I've read it before. It's my favourite Jane Austen novel.

 

[Mary]

Reading Jodi Taylor "Just one dammed thing after another," and loving it. Clever, original, exciting, funny, great characters. It's one of a series, available in pb, eb and audio. The writer is reaching cult status here.

The story is about a history research organisation where the historians travel back in time to observe historical events as they happen. I guess it's part sf, part fantasy, part adventure and incredibly funny. It had me thinking about what historical events I would have liked to see. I put the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb top of my list but could be tempted by Agincourt of Thermopylae!

 

[Horsa]

Reading Jodi Taylor "Just one dammed thing after another," and loving it. Clever, original, exciting, funny, great characters. It's one of a series, available in pb, eb and audio. The writer is reaching cult status here.

The story is about a history research organisation where the historians travel back in time to observe historical events as they happen. I guess it's part sf, part fantasy, part adventure and incredibly funny. It had me thinking about what historical events I would have liked to see. I put the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb top of my list but could be tempted by Agincourt of Thermopylae!

That sounds very interesting. I'd love to be able to go back in time to talk to artists like Caravaggio & Michelangelo as well as George Stubbs as well as authors like the Bronte Sisters, Charles Dickens & William Shakespeare & poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Chaucer & Keats to see what really inspired them to do the work they did & get an insight into how they worked & what made them tick. I'd maybe like to see Avicenna who was way ahead of his time in his understanding of how our body worked & find out how he knew what he did way before everyone else for example he knew the true theory of circulation long before William Harvey rediscovered it after the Dark Ages in a time we refer to as the renaissance. He was amazing. I guess I could have had a fascinating conversation here too.

 

[Mary]

That sounds very interesting. I'd love to be able to go back in time to talk to artists like Caravaggio & Michelangelo as well as George Stubbs as well as authors like the Bronte Sisters, Charles Dickens & William Shakespeare & poets like Blake, Wordsworth, Chaucer & Keats to see what really inspired them to do the work they did & get an insight into how they worked & what made them tick. I'd maybe like to see Avicenna who was way ahead of his time in his understanding of how our body worked & find out how he knew what he did way before everyone else for example he knew the true theory of circulation long before William Harvey rediscovered it after the Dark Ages in a time we refer to as the renaissance. He was amazing. I guess I could have had a fascinating conversation here too.

In one of her books they do go back to rescue paintings that were burned in the Inquisition. She also meets Isaac Newton. In book 2 they try to find who Jack the Ripper was, really scary stuff when it all goes wrong!

Give her books a try when you want light easy reading. I find most light stuff so badly written it's irritating but Jodi is a brilliant writer.

 

[Horsa]

In one of her books they do go back to rescue paintings that were burned in the Inquisition. She also meets Isaac Newton. That sounds interesting. In book 2 they try to find who Jack the Ripper was, really scary stuff when it all goes wrong! I can imagine.

Go he her books a try when you want light easy reading. Call me a child if you wish but I go back to reading Black Beauty & Greyfriars Bobby when I want easy reading or Jane Austen. I find most light stuff so badly written it's irritating but Jodi is a brilliant writer.

Thank you very much for the recommendation.

 

[Horsa]

I never joined a book group in case a book was set that was too disturbing for me but I've joined a few reading groups on facebook. This year they're setting reading challenges which gives you more choice. I've decided to embark on the 1 below. I chose a short 1 because over the last few years I keep coming up with ideas for poems, stories & songs & if I don't write or type them down immediately I forget & end up racking my brain trying to come up with them again but what I come up with isn't as good as the original idea or you could say my muse comes quickly & I work with it & if I set myself a challenge I like a fair go.

2018 Reading Challenge

1. A book you wanted to read in 2017, but didn't get around to
2. A favourite Childhood read
3. A banned book
4. A best seller
5. A book recommended by someone else
6. A classic
7. A book that takes you out of your comfort zone
8. A book that was turned into a movie or TV show
9. A book wish a one-word title
10. A book set in the summer
11. A book with a blue cover.
12. A highly anticipated book
13. A book you judged by the cover
14. A book less than 300 pages
15. A book based on a true story
16. Been on TbR list 'forever'
17. Won an award
18. A book based on a myth/legend

I was going to read Lady Susan but have changed my mind to Maeve Binchie's echoes for book 1. Book 2 is definitely going to be Black Beauty & that's a no-brainer for me. Book 3 is going to be Lady Chatterley's Lover which was banned in the U.K. when it first came out for being too explicit. I'm stuck on books 4, 10, 12 & 17. I used to work in a library & bookshop so got lots of recommendation so haven't decided on 5. I normally read classics so 6 is easy. I'll have to decide whether Wolf Hall, the Iliad, a child called it & it's sequels, the valley of horses or the plumed serpent are least distressing for 7 as they all take me out of my comfort zone. I'll have to decide on 8 because a lot of my books were turned into movies or T.V. shows. I'm reading "All I ever wrote" by Ronnie Barker for 11. I'll have to look through all my books to see how many pages they've got for 14. I may read "Greyfriar's Bobby for 15. I'll have to examine my TBR list for 16. 18 will have to be King Arthur & the knights of the round table or Robin Hood. I'll be reading a non-fiction book too so I've got 2 on the go at the same time.

If anyone would like me to have a go at setting a reading challenge for them, please ask & I will. Tell me how many books you want to read & I'll have a go at setting 1 up.

 

[Horsa]

I know this thread was set up to exchange book recommendations but I'm planning on writing a piece on my favourite author who is/was Charlotte Bronte. Would it be o.k. to post here or would history be the best place for it? I may even write a poem about Charlotte Bronte. I could put that in my poetry place though.

 

[Nekro]

I know this thread was set up to exchange book recommendations but I'm planning on writing a piece on my favourite author who is/was Charlotte Bronte. Would it be o.k. to post here or would history be the best place for it? I may even write a poem about Charlotte Bronte. I could put that in my poetry place though.

The best place for that would be your own thread......

like why would you bump this thread in the first place when your own thread is doing much better than this one.... like this one had 170 replies since 2013..... yours almost got half that amount in 3 months...

Now just do a bit of thinking.... This thread hardly got any answers since 2013 and in those times old school forums were much more popular with lots of users.... so it's not too hard to figure out these literature/book threads were not too popular to begin with and it's just gonna get worse....

So bumping old threads and making tons of new junk threads is not gonna help, it's just gonna make you look like some thread necromancer/spammer.... and that's annoying... like i did some bumping of my own in odds and ends but you know that section is like "hey retards, let's have fun"

So if i were you i would just stick to my own thread....

and btw i don't want to disillusion you but the closest you will get to someone who gives a flying monkey willy about the bronte sisters is me

 

[Nekro]

Why can't a certain person realise I'm not talking to him & I won't obey him? He's not in charge here so doesn't have the right to tell me what to do. He's got no authority so I don't have to obey him. I only accept constructive criticism off people I know are telling me the truth & act in a civilised manner so I'm friends with or people who are in authority.

Lol I'm telling you the truth but you never listen to me....

I'm just embarrassed for you cause you keep making junk threads/bumping old threads....

Have you ever wondered why you keep talking to yourself in all of these threads?? You know mrzz's and moxie's pity posts don't really count as legit responses....

I'm not in authority and i'm just trying to give you useful advice, it would be better if you kept the junk posts in 1 thread or at least in a small number of threads.... making 4000 poetry/literature/book threads won't make people want to post more about literature on this tennis site. That's the truth...

You did a great job in Scoop's Szeles thread too btw... You know why he told you he thought you were a spammer? Cause you told us nothing new about Szeles, you did your usual routine of aah Seles; i used to watch her with dad, and i used to eat strawberries with cream while watching wimby, and i know what i'm capable of doing like i'm super smart except when it comes to geography cause i didn't like drawing, and i'm tot into ferrets, they fart only when they're scared and i like poetry and the bronte sisters and feminists like miss emily who jumped in front of the horses, thanks you very much and i'll always mess up your threads like it or not.....

 

[britbox]

The best place for that would be your own thread......

like why would you bump this thread in the first place when your own thread is doing much better than this one.... like this one had 170 replies since 2013..... yours almost got half that amount in 3 months...

Now just do a bit of thinking.... This thread hardly got any answers since 2013 and in those times old school forums were much more popular with lots of users.... so it's not too hard to figure out these literature/book threads were not too popular to begin with and it's just gonna get worse....

So bumping old threads and making tons of new junk threads is not gonna help, it's just gonna make you look like some thread necromancer/spammer.... and that's annoying... like i did some bumping of my own in odds and ends but you know that section is like "hey retards, let's have fun"

So if i were you i would just stick to my own thread....

and btw i don't want to disillusion you but the closest you will get to someone who gives a flying monkey willy about the bronte sisters is me

Give her a break Nekro... jeez. She's welcome to post on any threads.

 

[Horsa]

Thank you very much for your permission. I had thought that Charlotte Bronte wrote books so it belonged here until I saw that comment & thought I'd best check. I actually asked about my Bronte piece because I saw your comment about this section being for book recommendations & thought I'd best ask where you wanted me to put it. That's all.

Give her a break Nekro... jeez. She's welcome to post on any threads.

 

[britbox]

Thank you very much for your permission. I had thought that Charlotte Bronte wrote books so it belonged here until I saw that comment & thought I'd best check. I actually asked about my Bronte piece because I saw your comment about this section being for book recommendations & thought I'd best ask where you wanted me to put it. That's all.

You don't need permission to post anywhere... nobody does... it's a free house.

 

[Horsa]

You don't need permission to post anywhere... nobody does... it's a free house.

O.k. Thank you very much.

 

[Nekro]

Would donating $ to Equine Ann through PayPal make that Charlotte Bronte post appear sooner? Now i'm so hyped i couldn't sleep at night

 

[Horsa]

I've finished book 1 for my reading challenge which was Maeve Binchy's Echoes. I didn't like it as it touched on very distressing subjects such as cancer & strokes & brought back bad memories. I'm starting on book 2. which is a favourite book from childhood. I've chosen Black Beauty. I'm really going to enjoy this.

 

[Moxie]

I recently read Patti Smith's "M Train," and I'd recommend it especially for @EquineAnn. It's writer's book for readers...her own Commonplace Book, if you like. Not for everyone, I'm sure, but quirky, erudite and often magical. If haven't read her "Just Kids," I recommend it to everyone.