Do you read much? Or at all?

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Growing up I used to read book after book. Over the years I just mostly stopped reading for pleasure. Just a couple a year now.

I think I need to make it a regular habit again.

What about you? Do you read much? Fiction? Non-fiction? What do you enjoy?

 

[Fan In Black]

much. 30 mins a day. and I usually spend Fri nights reading a book. It calms me down after work week.

 

[yescyam]

Pretty much every day. WWII and the Holocaust nonfiction. Also enjoy mysteries and thrillers.

 

[ThorneStockton]

Every day, how much depends how I like the book, the Kindle app says it's been 38 books this year.

I vary, Tom Clancy, Jack Reacher, biographies, Vietnam War, travel and adventure, classics.

Started using the library this year, have saved hundreds of dollars.

 

[lonestar50]

I always have a book going. Lately it's been literary fiction, but I do enjoy non fiction at times. I'm definitely a mood reader. Currently reading a fantasy trilogy (although I think it can barely be described as fantasy) Green Bone Saga. Jade City, Jade War, Jade Legacy

 

[BrianNole777]

Pretty much every day. WWII and the Holocaust nonfiction. Also enjoy mysteries and thrillers.

Did you ever read "Maus?"

 

[BrianNole777]

I prefer reading philosophy, non-fiction and biographies.

I don't read as much as I used to because of my cell phone addiction. Does that count as reading?

 

[bhawk24bob]

50 pages a day, non-fiction history, typically university press-published

 

[hydro2.0]

On/off

I’ve read 5 books this year which is way higher than usual.

 

[NoleinATL]

I read quite a bit, both fiction and nonfiction. Work requires a lot of travel, and I use that time to disconnect and read while traveling for work.

 

[StormHawk42]

Nope. My wife on the other hand…

Just told me she’s up to 148 books for the year. Books are her TV.

 

[BrianNole777]

Nope. My wife on the other hand…

Just told me she’s up to 148 books for the year. Books are her TV.

Pic of wife reading?

 

[Chuck C]

I read a ton. Usually 1-2 hours at night before I go to bed. I also always have a book going on audible when I cummute to and from work, or messing around the house. I mainly read Fantasy, SF, Horror, Bizarro Fiction, Weird/Lovecraftian fiction.

 

[goldmom]

I read in spurts. I’ll start a book and then get busy on something else and then pick up the book a week later and read for five hours straight. R
Everything from historical fiction to background non fiction about historic events to anything that catches my eye online or at the library.
Just finished a fiction written by a senior editor at NPR while the Alabama/OU game was on TV with the sound turned down.
I have some favorite fiction writers and will always read their stuff.

 

[Moral]

I do read much.

 

[funksouljon]

I like to collect books that I want to read.



But life gets in the way and I don't read as I wish. Could I if I got militant with my use of time? Yes, probably.

 

[wausauhawk]

I do read much.

I can tell, your posts have a literary quality.

 

[ButtersHawk]

Nightly. Usually history or sports related.

I like to read the news as well to stay up to date. Thankfully this place provides me all the unbiased news I need.

 

[Moral]

I can tell, your posts have a literary quality.

I try to write in a prose that will feel comfortable to the common man while leaving them feeling accomplished for reading such well formed sentences.

 

[wausauhawk]

I made reading a new year's resolution with mixed results. Want to play on my phone less & read more. On my 10th book of the year, which is Harold by Steven Wright. It is very much what one would envision a novel by Steven Wright would be. Otherwise I read a few classics I owned that I'd never read, a couple sports bios & a couple comedic short story collections/novels.

 

[goldmom]

Nightly. Usually history or sports related.

I like to read the news as well to stay up to date. Thankfully this place provides me all the unbiased news I need.

😂 well stated

 

[BrianNole777]

I do read much.

Favorite book?

 

[Gus is dead]

Anyone have any good recommendations for 2024-25?

Fiction: Thriller/mystery
Non fiction: History typically

I used to read far more than I do now. Would like to get back into it and probably would if I could find a book I couldnt put down.

 

[goldmom]

I try to write in a prose that will feel comfortable to the common man while leaving them feeling accomplished for reading such well formed sentences.

I always read your posts for that very reason. 🧐

 

[Ferentz_Fan]

Not at all other than the internet surfing, haven’t read a book since school. Used to pride myself in Stephen King books. Eyes of the Dragon is the fave.

Oh and work emails and chats if those count, lol.

 

[Ferentz_Fan]

I try to write in a prose that will feel comfortable to the common man while leaving them feeling accomplished for reading such well formed sentences.

The common folk are all enchanted.

 

[Chuck C]

I like to collect books that I want to read.



But life gets in the way and I don't read as I wish. Could I if I got militant with my use of time? Yes, probably.

Yeah, my TBR (to be read) pile is ridiculous. My wife and daughter are always giving me crap. New ones show up, and I hear, “You’re buying more books!? You already have a ton sitting everywhere!” Now that comic omnibuses are a thing, I’m reading through old comic books too.

Besides sports, I really don’t watch any TV. Besides YouTube. I think most new movies suck, so I don’t watch those either.

 

[Moral]

Favorite book?

If I had to pick probably The Long Walk by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. Those dystopian books just hit right nowadays.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Pretty much every day. WWII and the Holocaust nonfiction. Also enjoy mysteries and thrillers.

How about Holocaust fiction? or Holocaust historical fiction?

I just started a book called "Trieste" by a Croatian author and it looks great. It seems to offer a stream-of-consciousness writing style combining a lot of actual history with a fictional story. It is set in NE Italy, but the borders keep moving so, WWI-WWII-1970' or so in Italy, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia and a smattering of Hungary.

It seems to be following a family history with a patriarch who stays out in front of the Jewish laws through a series of name changes, religion changes and ultimately simply going along." I am not there yet, but the Lebensborn program is going to figure prominently, I think.

In any case if you have not already read it, I can certainly recommend the first 90-100 pages.

In the event anyone here has read all 350 pages, I would be curious as to your thoughts. The Goodreads reviews are uniformly positive with most acknowledging that it is a challenging read.
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As far as the thread title goes, I am slowing down as I get older, but my focus is still on historical fiction which includes espionage, crime and detective stories with international settings.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

I've been on a Revolutionary War kick since visiting Boston in September. I recently read Killing England by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, and then Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

I'm currently reading Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara. It's a novelization of the American Revolution up to 1776. He's done several works similar to this, as his father did with Killer Angels about the Battle of Gettysburg.

 

[pink shizzle]

I don't read at all. I did a lot in grade school and middle school but stopped in high school. The only books I've read since HS were because of school/college.

 

[ericram]

Spend way to much time reading this forum and then reading it the links from this forum. Does that count?

 

[JWolf74]

Between reading charts/writing notes every day, I don't have much desire to read for pleasure. I do try to keep up with a journal or two.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

I try to write in a prose that will feel comfortable to the common man while leaving them feeling accomplished for reading such well formed sentences.

Well said, but if you are trying to appeal to HBOT folks might I suggest more frequent and creative use of apostrophes? It doesn’t really matter where you put ’em, a nice liberal dose will make your prose more approachable and recognizable to the hoi palloi.

 

[GES4]

Growing up I used to read book after book. Over the years I just mostly stopped reading for pleasure. Just a couple a year now.

I think I need to make it a regular habit again.

What about you? Do you read much? Fiction? Non-fiction? What do you enjoy?

Yes. All of it.

 

[Bonerfarts]

I can’t fall asleep without reading a chapter of something. Sometimes more sometimes less, but I always read something before bed.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Yessir. Reading is where it's at!

 

[wausauhawk]

Well said, but if you are trying to appeal to HBOT folks might I suggest more frequent and creative use of apostrophes? It doesn’t really matter where you put ’em, a nice liberal dose will make your prose more approachable and recognizable to the hoi palloi.

I believe the proper spelling is ho'i pallo'i.

 

[The Tradition]

I read the newspaper every morning.

A real dead tree newspaper. I don't want to see a screen until I'm done with that.

 

[BrianNole777]

I read the newspaper every morning.

A real dead tree newspaper. I don't want to see a screen until I'm done with that.

What newspaper?