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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Do you guys read?

if so what?

Darwin?

Rand?

Bukowski?

Orwell?

Moers?

Plato?

Homer?

Matherson?

Nietzsche?

Palahniuk?

Vonnegut?

What do you read, and why? What do you love about reading?

Also, thought's on these ghastly (DISGUSTING) ibooks or digibooks, such as the kindle, or that horribly sony ereader thing.

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Your forgot Sturlason.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I was only adding my faveorute

Not read any of their books!

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

I love a good read, but I have to be in the mood for it. I only get to do it when Mr R isn't here though as he distracts me.

As for the ibooks etc......no chance I would have one, give me a real book anyday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i love reading, apart from sex its the only time i can really switch off from the real world, have read most of the above, love Marge Piercy, Ian Banks ,Alan Moore,Margaret Atwood .I have to be strict with myself now as ive got so many books it has to be new one in old one out!

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

All of the above..add Austen,Stephen King,maxim jakubowski,John Grisham,Tolkien,JK Rowling,Elizabeth Gaskill,and PD James ,Gunter Grass,..bugger it ,it has pages and a cover i will read it!

Why...books have always been my escape,from swotty only child to slutty wife and mother.In books we can travel without leaving our living room, experience other cultures and lives.We can laugh,weep,wank,all in our minds,where the best pictures are.

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

I do like a physical book, the pages and fell and even smell is something special. But I have downloaded a few books onto my iPhone to read in electronic format and, although its no substitute for a real book, I have found I've read some things I've always wanted to but never quite got around to because of the cheap cost and ease of downloading them.

I read the complete works of Lovecraft recently and now I'm working through H.G. Wells.

I also read Dracula, but I eneded up hoping he'd win toward the end of it!

I also study a lot of old sagas and things and an electronic version can be great for searching for references or specific terms etc.

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

I love to read as I find it relaxing....

Only tend to read crime fition but my favourite writers are James Patterson, Peter James, Jeffery Deaver, Karen Rose

Am yet to be convinced about ibooks etc just can't see how it is the same...

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself.

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself. "

Despite downloading a few myself, I largely agree. Looking along a bookshelf and pulling down an old book to browse or re-read is great.

That said, with the electronic ones you can carry a whole library in your pocket for those unexpected quiet moments to yourself. So there are some advantages.

But a physical book is best overall.

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself. "

Couldn't agree more....

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself.

Despite downloading a few myself, I largely agree. Looking along a bookshelf and pulling down an old book to browse or re-read is great.

That said, with the electronic ones you can carry a whole library in your pocket for those unexpected quiet moments to yourself. So there are some advantages.

But a physical book is best overall.

Yes can see that being able to carry a whole selection round in your pocket is an advantage...as some books are a pain to try and fit in your handbag and can be heavy to carry around especailly if a hardback.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself.

Couldn't agree more.... "

nor could I, ironic, huh?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i dont read books. At school i did but since adult hood i lost the passion for books

saying that i love flicking through the pages and sniffing them,, a fresh book smells divine.

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Alot of my friends really rate them but I don't get it!

I know, it seems like it destroys the book itself.

I think part of a book is the ACTUAL thing itself, the pages, the covers. A nice worn book, worn in by you, tells a story in itself.

Couldn't agree more....

nor could I, ironic, huh?

lol very

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By *anny PepperoniMan
over a year ago

Matlock

I like a real book myself like to see them all on the shelf and pick the one I fancy. Currently reading Carlos Ruiz Zaphon but like Iain Banks, Gerald Durrel, Tom Sharp, or pretty much anything that is lying around when I go on holiday.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Im just finishing the one ive got then im going to reread angela's ashes then start on a book called "The Monk" that someone recommended to me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Classics, auto/biographies and occasional thrillers.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Classics, auto/biographies and occasional thrillers."

I really hate biogs for some reason, I cannot stand being near them.

or people who buy books about Jade goody!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tom Sharp"

'The Throwback' is one of the funniest books I ever read.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Classics, auto/biographies and occasional thrillers.

I really hate biogs for some reason, I cannot stand being near them.

or people who buy books about Jade goody! "

I'm talking more about people like Ray Charles or Oscar Wilde than Jade. Thogh I try not to be a snob about it and have read Piers Morgan's diaries.

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By *anny PepperoniMan
over a year ago

Matlock

"Tom Sharp

'The Throwback' is one of the funniest books I ever read."

Wilt has me laghing out loud every time

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Classics, auto/biographies and occasional thrillers.

I really hate biogs for some reason, I cannot stand being near them.

or people who buy books about Jade goody!

I'm talking more about people like Ray Charles or Oscar Wilde than Jade. Thogh I try not to be a snob about it and have read Piers Morgan's diaries."

I LOVE to be a snob about it. I want only the richest and purest writing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I LOVE to be a snob about it. I want only the richest and purest writing."

I'm a word slut, is that what you're saying? It better be.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm the same with movies. I must be the only person who's seen 'Fanny & Alexander' and Britney in 'Crossroads'.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I LOVE to be a snob about it. I want only the richest and purest writing.

I'm a word slut, is that what you're saying? It better be."

nicely put.

I'd put it simpler than that. "I'm a cunt"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I read a wide variety of books but I'm drawn to police/forensic novels and anything to do with ancient Rome.

As for kindles, Siren bought me one for my birthday and I find them easier to read than a book. If my eyes are more tired than usual then I just increase the font size, which you can't do with a book.

I'm also trying to compose my own e-book - it's a BDSM novel that I've been writing for a few years now but haven't got round to finishing it. One day I will though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'd put it simpler than that. "I'm a cunt" "

Simple is as simple does.

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By *acktilMan
over a year ago

Tewkesbury

Classics for fiction, love historic non fiction and any autobiography where the author has had a life of note.

Collect first editions and leather bound books. However also use my iPad and iPhone for reading tech manuals and magazines.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

On that,

On the Origin of species. That book is just right.

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By *ornyHorwichCpl aka HHCCouple
over a year ago

horwich

Mrs H - For a good laugh, 'Round Ireland with a fridge' is brill. Other than that will read anything and everything. It has to grip me in the first few chapters or I don't get the same buzz. The best ones are those that keep you up all hours because you have to finish it. ibooks are great idea for hols as saves on weightage but nothing like the real thing

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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago

kirkcaldy

love the Laurell K Hamilton books(vampire/faery)

currently reading The Prophecy by Chris Kuzneski(thriller) and the classic James Herbert Domain(horror)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

on my bedside table at the mo, i have :

'at home' : bill bryson

'new europe' : michael palin

'schindler's ark' : thomas keneally

'the mosquito coast' : paul theroux

and

'telling tales' : alan bennett

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