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What are you reading?

What a great combination ....watched The Martian last night then read the book by the same name last night and today. Finished at noon....there was simply nothing jarring between book and movie.....and to think that was Andy Weir's debut novel.

The only other time I had a close encounter between book and movie was with Seabiscuit -I watched the movie then read the book the same day ( shortish book )
and in this case the bonus of being a true story.
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail.
Both book and movie are highly recommended.
 
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Would love to double with the movie but don't own it - on the list for 4k if the reviews are good for the transfer. Enjoying the book and did not know there was a sequel
 
Well I sort of doubled with the movie ( on very low rez - all 4 hours of the extended ).
The book called Holy Road by the same author had no where near the power of the first round. It was "okay" ..it covered ground I generally knew from other non-fiction titles.
Gonna read this as a follow up
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Bought the physical trilogy for the ‘3 Body Problem’.

Now to just find some time to read it…
 
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Would love to double with the movie but don't own it - on the list for 4k if the reviews are good for the transfer. Enjoying the book and did not know there was a sequel
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Interesting is the author was pretty much some almost homeless dude that happened to know Kevin Costner from before Costner was a star . Sent the book script to Costner who thought , I smell movie. The author made some good money finally.


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I rarely have time to read since becoming a family man, so about a decade ago I switched to audiobooks for my commute to work.
I use reading to escape this ridiculous world I now find myself in so it's always fictions, and often fantasy or supernatural. I was recently given Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle series. I'm not sure why I never thought of this before, but it motivated me to make time for reading again.
One of my fatherly duties is to put my 9-year-old son to bed. I decided a couple months ago to make the 30 minutes before his bedtime "reading time". I bought him some books from The Bookworm, a used bookshop in Brantford, and I now have at least a little time to read, and my son (who fought me at first) is improving his reading at the same time. He used to ask how much time was left every few minutes, but now he sometimes reads beyond the allotted time. How much he enjoys the book is the main determining factor there, lol.
Strangely, my son doesn't like the How to Train Your Dragon series. I can't wait to introduce him to Myth Inc., he should like that.
 
We started reading to our kids when they were about 2 , it gave them a “wind down” time and gave me something to do . To this date my son is a voracious reader , my daughter lesser but still can get behind a good book .


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WestBrantKid said:
I rarely have time to read since becoming a family man, so about a decade ago I switched to audiobooks for my commute to work.
I use reading to escape this ridiculous world I now find myself in so it's always fictions, and often fantasy or supernatural. I was recently given Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle series. I'm not sure why I never thought of this before, but it motivated me to make time for reading again.
One of my fatherly duties is to put my 9-year-old son to bed. I decided a couple months ago to make the 30 minutes before his bedtime "reading time". I bought him some books from The Bookworm, a used bookshop in Brantford, and I now have at least a little time to read, and my son (who fought me at first) is improving his reading at the same time. He used to ask how much time was left every few minutes, but now he sometimes reads beyond the allotted time. How much he enjoys the book is the main determining factor there, lol.
Strangely, my son doesn't like the How to Train Your Dragon series. I can't wait to introduce him to Myth Inc., he should like that.
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crankcall said:
We started reading to our kids when they were about 2 , it gave them a “wind down” time and gave me something to do . To this date my son is a voracious reader , my daughter lesser but still can get behind a good book .


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Reading to the kids in the evening is one of my favourite things as a father. Every night I read to my son (DOG MAN right now) and I'm seeing a huge improvement in his reading skills (at 7 years old). My daughter (5) now joins us and she wants to listen to her brother read. He'll read a chapter, and I'll read a chapter.

The youngest (2) also joins in and wants me to read to her as well.

It's the main reason I cut my trip north short on Sunday...I don't like skipping reading time.

As for audiobooks...I love them, but with the library holds taking forever...unfortunately sometimes I cannot make it work and I just choose 'available now' which doesn't really mean a lot of books are available that I want to read.

Having said that, both my old Kobo and Kindle are dead...

any recommendations for e-readers? Not interested in reading on the iPad as my eyes hate it.
 
Just starting Children of Perdition. It the story of the mixed settlers found in the Virginia /carolina/ Tennessee Appalachian area . When newer settlers moved into the area they found the Mulungeons , a race of black/indian/europeans with thier own culture and languages . Believed to be escaped slaves, possibly shipwrecked sailors maybe left over from the lost Roanoke settlers , it was like finding a lost tribe . The downside was the marginalized life they had to live when the white folks showed up . Fascinating stuff .


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timtune said:
I think it was attempt three that I finally finished it. It's a good read but a little thin on actual bike maintenance.
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I had a few Audible credits and picked up the audiobook version this morning. We'll see how that goes.
 
Been too long since I read these by Larry McMurtry
Dead Man's Walk – set in the early 1840s
Comanche Moon – set in the 1850–60s
Lonesome Dove – set in mid-to-late 1870s
Streets of Laredo – set in the early 1890s
 
I dig westerns but I can’t read fiction. Historical drama and I’m all over it .


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mimico_polak said:
Reading to the kids in the evening is one of my favourite things as a father. Every night I read to my son (DOG MAN right now) and I'm seeing a huge improvement in his reading skills (at 7 years old). My daughter (5) now joins us and she wants to listen to her brother read. He'll read a chapter, and I'll read a chapter.
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My son just read Dog Man. It must be good, because he'd stop reading in a fit of giggling throughout, and would go over his reading time.
He also liked a book "Rowdy", or something like that, about a dog. I'll have to check the title when I get home. Your kids might like it.
Artimus Fowl he gave up after a few chapters. (weird)
How to train your Dragon he gave up after a few chapters. (weird)
Treasure Island he gave up after a few chapters. (Understandable for his age, 9)
That's when I decided to take him to The Bookworm.
Since his mom is Christian, but I'm atheist, I want to find one of my favourite books for him, which I'm sure he'll like: Lamb, Christopher Moore. I'm sure I have it in my basement somewhere.

Since he was about 4 years old I'd lay in bed with him and listen to children's audiobooks as he fell asleep. I use a GREAT app call Smart Audiobook Player for Andriod that has a sleep button. I set it to 10 minutes, and just restart until he's alseep, or it's too late to go on.
Btw, I highly recommend the app. It was the first I tried 8 years ago. I then tried 4 or 5 different ones to compare, and it was far better than any others I tried, so I spent the $4 to remove ads, and it's still active today.
 
crankcall said:
I dig westerns but I can’t read fiction. Historical drama and I’m all over it .


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As I said, I prefer fiction, but I could get behind a good historical story, so long as it's not a documentary.
I've listened to over 100 Western audios, but I noticed The Bookworm has Westerns so I think it's time to read some.
 
The best series I've ever "read" was Jack Reacher. I actually listened to that one, and what made it so good was the narrator, Dick Hill. His voice was perfect for Reacher, although a male voice is strange when reading female lines if you aren't used to it. He did such a great job that my wife would listen with me after overhearing it. That was the unfortunate part; it became "our" book, and I had to find something else to listen to when commuting and she wasn't present.

Another I recommend is the Zombie Fallout series by Mark Tuffo. It's a slightly humourous, or sarcastic, zombie apocalypse story following a family. It has a darker spin-off that follows from a mutant zombie-clown perspective, and a very good spin-off that follows a teen girl with her baby brother (literally, a baby), the family cat, and the family dog, a pitbull. That one is written from the perspective of the dog. The cat-dog relationship is quite funny.

Reacher, Fallout and LOTR are my top three, in that order.
 
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