What are you reading?

[Mother Sanity (JackieRodzinski)]

Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment. I read it as a kid, then picked it up again on this trip. (This time son was reading it.) Absolutely rivetting. 

I just finished Infidel (what a brave woman!) and was ready to start on Satanic Verses (S. Rushdie) before I was diverted. Next I just MUST re-read The Brothers Karamazov. Theres a reason this stuff is classical.

What about you? What's in your reading pile?

[Goldilocks46]

It's still reading.  It's also research.  I think it should count for either one or both of those!

[Quinn]

I got an iPad recently and it comes with a reader.

My Library has free eBooks, so I decided to try it out. I'm reading Anatomy of a Ghost. The book is good, the reader...not so much. I don't think I'll be doing the electronic thing for books again.

[CWO3ROBBIE]

Should have gone with a Kindle.

[Quinn]

Same premise Rob...

I like the feel of a book. I like being able to see how much of the book I have left to read. I like being able to flip back chapters to find something I missed. A book is warm, an eReader is not...

[CWO3ROBBIE]

BAF, Very Interesting. I had not considered the environmental impact.

All that being said, Each person has a reason for the choice they make.

I'll start out with a disclaimer. I do not own an e-reader other than my laptop computer.

Since I live in a very small space. 256 sq ft. or1,600 cu ft.  Volume also enters into the picture. Books that I read for pleasure are usually obtained out of library/swap boxes at RV Parks. Reference books are a different matter. This where the Kindle becomes very attractive. You can download and carry a ton of books in something that weighs about 2 lbs and takes up about 1 sq. ft. of space. 

My son is a UAV pilot recently assigned to Afghanistan. He has to study constantly to stay on top of what knowledge is required to be a UAV pilot in the Military. I visited him just prior to his deployment. He had a two day pass so we rented a motel room and spent the 4th of July Weekend there. On Sat. we went to Target and he bought a kindle.

By Monday he had found and downloaded most of the unclassified technical and instructional manuals he needs. I talked to him over Skype last week and he said the Kindle was working great.

So, I guess which is best depends upon your requirements. Having done some research, it seems to me that for reading, the Kindle is the best of the e-readers. When reading for enjoyment, Quinn has same valid points. I too love a good book, but think I might be able to adapt to a Kindle.  

[funesthememorious]

Fifty-nine in '84. The story of Old Hoss Radbourn and the year he won 59 games for the Providence Grays of the National League.

[Maricel Evasco]

I love the last book I finished- Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness. I am ever thankful to DZDG for suggesting the read. I can't wait until until she comes out with the next installation in her trilogy.

[Stir Young]

I'm currently reading "Who We Were, What We Did...Fresh Perspectives on Grand Traverse History", by Richard Fidler.  This a book of vignettes about local history, the second of three to be published.  The author has a unique presentation....he was a career chemistry teacher, that's not the usual background for the author of a book of this nature.

 

On a somewhat related topic, I ventured into our local Borders to see what was left.  Well, things were quite picked over, but for 50% off, I bought a hardbound Merriam-Webster Dictionary, and paperback thesaurus, German, Spanish and Portuguese dictionaries, and book of Yiddish phrases.  The whole bunch was $51.40, including tax.  Uh, now I'm thinking, these may have been impulse buys. 

[Quinn]

Could you start a new thread and teach us the Yiddish phrases??

[Stir Young]

Halavay I could learn enough to do that.  ;-)

[Quinn]

Is that one of them?

[Quinn]

I can do a fiction and a non-fiction at the same time, but not two fiction...