I read to escape like on a rainy day. When I drive by the local watering hole, (my BIL loves it there when he comes down) and it's a perfect day out people are inside that dark smelly bar?? That to me is like reading at the beach.
What book are you reading?
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I read to escape like on a rainy day. When I drive by the local watering hole, (my BIL loves it there when he comes down) and it's a perfect day out people are inside that dark smelly bar?? That to me is like reading at the beach.
I guess you missed my point while you were laughing at your super funny joke.
I'll never understand why someone wants to read a book outside (pool,lake, or ocean) or read a book on a cellphone. I've seen it happen way to often but then again I also see people still wearing masks.
wow, brother it's not only your eyes that are old & tired so let me help you out. @Zorba is well known for his disdain of all things smart phone, doesn't matter which facet, they all suck in his opinion. Of course reading a book on a phone would be ridiculous, but the suggestion directed to him is sure to get a rise out of him, which apparently it also did.
Feel free to pm me if you need help understanding things in the future.
Everything about smartphones sucks - except they *are* rather good at sucking money out of one's pocket, so that actually sucks too! So there!!
But there are plenty of people who actually *DO* read books on phones - that's why they have a Kindle "App".
are you offering to loan me your copy?
Why don't you stop while you're only mile behind
I read last year Kilmeade's book The President & the Freedom Fighter. Have George Washington's Secret Six sitting on the shelf. I always grab his books when they are for sale at yard sales, churches, etc.
The hardcover book I ordered was on sale for $12.95.
One Year After by William Forstchen. Second book on an EMP attack on America.
Just finished a good book: Flight of Passage: A Memoir by Rinker Buck. In the winter of 1965-1966 Buck and his brother completely rebuilt an old Piper Cub with money they earned plowing snow with their Dad's old Willys pickup. When Summer came they flew it coast to coast camping along the way. Rinker Buck was 15 and his brother was 17. The Cub had no radio or navigational aids other than a plain old compass, and barely room for 2 sleeping bags and a few clothes. Can't imagine teenagers doing this today. Check it out.
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Looks good, ordered a used copy off Amazon.
I'm currently re-reading what is - to my mind - the most wonderful book ever written: JRR Tolkien's "The Silmarilion". Its been a couple or three years since I last read it, I get more out of it each time.
Just started this one.
When I'm done, I'll start this one. I love anything related to this story. To my mind, it's one of the greatest survival stories of all time.
When I'm done, I'll start this one. I love anything related to this story. To my mind, it's one of the greatest survival stories of all time.
I also just ordered Flight of Passage but got the Kindle Edition.
I read the Silmarilion once. That was one too many times.
You won't be disappointed. Have you read The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard? I enjoyed that one too. Madhouse at the End of the Earth is in my queue once I finish Gods, Graves, and Scholars. So far I can't recommend that one.
Its not an easy thing to read, written in a very "high English" style. I was 16 when it first came out, and it was a struggle to read. Now, not so much and I can appreciate the truth and beauty of the thing far better.
I also read it around that age. Maybe I could appreciate it now over 40 decades later but I have so many unread books on a shelf and the Kindle that it probably won't ever happen.
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