As the saying goes: "Never judge a book by its movie".Originally Posted by Tazz
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
As the saying goes: "Never judge a book by its movie".
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
"channellling the Pleideans"
So I really liked the TV show THE EXPANSE which aired on the SyFy channel this year. I dont think it has or will come to peasant TV (what does?) and I dont know about pay TV or Sky or whatever. Anyway, absolutely recommended TV show. Based, it turns out, on a bunch of books.
So I have read the first three books in "The Expanse" series: by James SA Corey: "Leviathan Wakes", "Caliban's War" and "Abaddon's Gate". I really enjoyed them. They are kind of high adventure, ripping yarn Science Fiction which I enjoy immensely. I had a lot of fun reading them and recommend them. I am getting the next three after I finish my next couple of books (I got the "David Bowie Is...." book and I have "Ready Player One" as well).
Oh, and I recently read Iain M Banks Culture novel "Use of Weapons". I am not an early adopter of his books - I find them usually pretty ponderous and lacking a sense of humour (except for the ship names). I did enjoy this one though.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
Hardcore Biker
Orphan X--A really cool read
Forum whore
Its on my list..
We both enjoyed Coffin Road...
Learning
The Cartel - Don Winslow
Sequel to The Power Of The Dog, which was immense in scope and scale, massively powerful story of the growth of the Mexican drug trade and America's War on Drugs. Grim but awesome. The Cartel follows on, basically the same thing, but there's no getting around how nasty it's all become. The violence (yes, even in print) just became hideous and about the halfway mark I put it down.
Shame really. When Winslow does purely fictional crime, he's fast, he's funny, he's very engaging. The Death and Life of Bobby Z was a lot of fun, so was The Gentlemen's Hour.
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Anyone using e-readers? Recommendations? Going travelling and think I'll want one so I don't have a flat batt on the phone all the time.
Chillin
Thought about it a few times, but when I went to buy one on more than one occassion, I wasn't convinced I would use it that much. Used to be an avid reader.
Having said that, I wondered if you could use a notepad/ipad type device for same?
Dunno about the cost but it could do more than the e-reader?
Mate of mine recently brought his missus (reads a lot of novels etc-chick stuff) a sort of notepad thingy as an e-reader, she wasn't convinced its still sitting in a drawer AFAIK.
READ AND UDESTAND
In the riders seat
Yes, Burn the Heretic
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
"channellling the Pleideans"
I have a Samsung Galaxy tablet. I use Google Play books and read a few books that way. Pluses: for pulp books that you wont read again they are good: no clutter. Cheap(er) than buying books even on www.bookdepository.com. The reading experience is OK, and the bookmark thing is good. battery life seems OK ish though a friend with a Kindle raves about his. I also use zinio for magazines which is great. They are super cheap and so you feel good taking a punt on something - so I have a whole collection of gay lifestyle/Honda Riders Club magazines which is great.
minuses: For books you want to keep (basically any motorcycle book) I want hard copies. For books wit dem pitchers I want the big book (like my DAvid Bowie Is.... book or the motorcycle books). I find it harder to sit down and read on the tablet than I do with a book. I like the user experience with a book more betterer but I am old.
I think if you buy one (I nearly did last year) a Kindle, and pay extra for the ad-free one but it only does books - not magazines as far as I know.
I thought elections were decided by angry posts on social media. - F5 Dave
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I have a basic Kindle and Vicki has a Kindle Fire... Its her second Kindle... Bloody good things....
Hardcore Biker
Its on my list..
We both enjoyed Coffin Road.
A bit too much about the weather in Coffin Road for me-we all know that Outer Hebs has shit weather so why waste pages reminding us every 5 pages.
I would put Orphan X up there with the best two books I have ever read,and I read a lot.
Forum whore
Awesome - I'll stick it on the Kindle...
Forum whore
Get one. You will read way more.
I already read on phone, it's for me, won't sit in drawer...
Battery life and size are two big pros for the Kindle/competitors equivalent, plus possibly cost compared to a good tablet. Didn't think about magazines but tbh I don't really read any other than what I find next to peoples toilets anyway XD
As for ad-free......da fuq! Will have to look into that more as that is definitely something I didn't know about. Ads should only come with free shit!
In the riders seat
I'm not sure we can still be friends
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Forum whore
Used to be in your camp but I got Vicki a kindle as she is dyslexic. Most kindle books have a txt to speech function that helps scaffold her over the places where she would usually get stuck and frustrated. Before kindle Vicki had read maybe 5 books in her whole life and now she devours them like a hungry caterpillar... Probably well over a 100 books now. You cannot tell me that this is a bad thing... Imagine if you couldn't read easily?? Wouldn't you use a technology that allows you into the world of books?? Knowledge, vocab and spelling have improved beyond all expectations and shes just loving it...
Sadly she dropped her 1st kindle trying to iron and read at the same time - you would honestly have thought one of the kids had died...
So I replaced it - and failed to notice that the new one had no headphone jack... Bummer...
So I got her the Kindle Fire and now she has her own FB account and does a bunch of other stuff too PLUS she is still reading and it does do magazines...
So I picked up the duff replacement one. I use it on the train as its light and easy to carry plus the drool when I fall asleep wipes right off. Its always preloaded a book ahead so I always have something to read....
I'm converted...
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