Do you read books?

[Deleted member 6183]

It's occurred to me over time that I read books a lot less than I used to and I think that the reason is the internet.

I still read a lot but spend more time online than actually with my nose in a good book and I'm not sure that it's any good for me, I was reading a book recently and thought that a sentence looked wrong, the word that looked out of place was 'their'. I was shocked to find myself wondering why 'there' wasn't used when, of course, 'their' was absolutely correct.

I probably only read a book per month at the moment and I intend to increase this to at least two.

Do you read? How much and what is your favourite book?

I'm hoping to pick up some recommendations for a good read, I'll start off with mine which is Papillon, if only I had enough French to be able to read it in it's original language.

 

[jotter22]

Not as much a classic as Papillon but have just finished the series by Lee Child about Jack Reacher
an ex military police major,keeps the pages turning and i tend to read while soaking in the bath and my morning visit to the small room with the big white telephone.

Tony.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

Not as much a classic as Papillon but have just finished the series by Lee Child about Jack Reacher
an ex military police major,keeps the pages turning and i tend to read while soaking in the bath and my morning visit to the small room with the big white telephone.

Tony.

My Mother is a Reacher fan and she has passed most of them down to me, an excellent bath-time read in my view

 

[ChrisEdu]

Do ones with pictures count?!

 

[bokatom]

I read all the time, I never go to sleep without reading a few pages first. I have a Kindle with a few hundred books in it, but I still buy the occasional paperback as well. I find the kindle a very convenient and relaxing way to read novels (I concur with the Jack Reacher recommendation above) but some of the books I have - like my flying training ones - don't work so well

 

[Palfrem]

Still read real books.

I have fairly wide tastes.

WW2 History, Old vehicles, holiday paperbacks (think McNab, Ryan, Wilbur Smith, The Rebus novels, Inspector Morse, anything lying about in the digs on day 9 or so, etc., etc.).

Terry Pratchett of course.

 

[AMGeed]

Just about to finish another excellent James Patterson novel. Always have half an hour read in bed before sleep.

 

[tanuie]

I always read Martina Cole books.

 

[markmifsud]

On my commute to/from work its next to impossible to read a book but I do enjoy listening to Audio Books. (AG Riddle, Mcnabb, Dan Brown, Darynda Jones, Baldacci, D Preston, James patterson, Grisham & Lee Child)

 

[davidjpowell]

for the Reacher fanns have look at the Mitch Rapp series and also Jonathan Quinn... Forget who the authors are.

 

[Giantvanman]

Unchecked, I would read books to the exclusion of everything else... almost. It's an addiction that I am mindful of so I intentionally go cold turkey for periods because I know as soon as I start another, the next will follow, especially if there is a series.

The only thing that slows me down is using a Kindle....compared to a good book shop, it is quite difficult to find tempting books amongst the white noise that is Amazon listing practices.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I also enjoy an autobiography, I don't necessarily need to be a fan of the author to get me interested, maybe I'm just nosey.

 

[RonFleet]

I prefer paper books to electronic. Subjects include history, motoring, photography, Terry Pratchett, Bill Bryson (reading "The Road to Little Dribbling - More Notes from a Small Island" at the moment), occasionally spy stuff (e.g., John Le Carré).

I manage to get through about a book a month (life's busy).

The book I re-read (and have done many times) is "The History of Mr. Polly" by H G Wells. It was published in 1910 and is a comic novel set in Edwardian England. Well written with a (for me, anyway) storyline that keeps you turning the pages.

 

[AMGeed]

I also enjoy an autobiography, I don't necessarily need to be a fan of the author to get me interested, maybe I'm just nosey.

The autobiography of Clive Woodward leading up to and just after the 2003 RWC is a good read. Amazing the detail he went to ensuring that England side had the best chance of winning that trophy.

Other ones worth reading are Gerald Davies the Welsh rugby international, Dickie Bird the Yorkshire cricket umpire and Casey Stoner the MotoGP rider. All worthwhile reading material if you like sport.

Jeremy Clarkson's books are both entertaining and funny.

 

[RonFleet]

Frank Muir's "A Kentish Lad" is a very entertaining autobiography. He led a very interesting life.

 

[StuartK]

I drive a C63. Unfortunately this means I cannot read good and didn't go to school.

When I learn ill buy a grown up car like an E class.

 

[Yugguy]

I do use Kindle and Overdrive as they can be handy. That said I have always preferred real books. You can't sit in the bath with a kindle.

I like the smell of old paper, and the fascinating glimpses into past lives that you sometimes get with inscriptions in old books.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I drive a C63. Unfortunately this means I cannot read good and didn't go to school.

When I learn ill buy a grown up car like an E class.

Oh dear.

 

[renault12ts]

I read The Exorcist in one sitting...I had started it quite late in the evening and was too frightened to go to sleep, so just kept reading.

But...nowadays, not many unfortunately.

 

[AMGeed]

I drive a C63. Unfortunately this means I cannot read good and didn't go to school.

When I learn ill buy a grown up car like an E class.

That's the spirit Stu. Know your place