SilentZero
Diamond Member
Im a non-fiction addict. I read about 2-3 books per week on average, mostly either technical, political, or historical books.
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brunswickite
Diamond Member
i read
magazines
newspaper
cnn.com, reuters.com
magazines
newspaper
cnn.com, reuters.com
Yep, but my travel days usually consist of a minimum of 5 hours in the air, and another 2-6 hours in an airport. In 10 hours I can easily make it through a 300-500 page paperback. I can read Dan Brown novels (Deception point, angels and demons, da vinci code, ect) in 5 hours easy.
I don't speed read - I retain everything. I'm just a quick reader by nature.
GagHalfrunt
Lifer
Fevre Dream was a very interesting take on vampires. That's Martin in a nutshell, take a topic that's been done to death and bring a fresh perspective to it so that readers can see it in a new light. If you can find it, pick up a copy of Martin's "The Armageddon Rag". It's out of print and difficult to find, so it goes for fairly high prices on half.com or e-bay. Try local used book stores or even libraries, many will have copies. Trust me, you won't be disappointed, it's worth the effort spent to find it. A VERY hard book to put down.
Oh, and for purposes of the poll, I vote "often". I can't go to sleep at night without reading a chapter or two in whatever novel I happen to be in the middle of at the time.
OutHouse
Lifer
<<< currently reading "Citizen Solder" by Stephen Ambrose.
If you read "Band of Brothers" get this book. here is a snippit.
A Major got a brand new a brand new Lt replacement and put him as a platoon leader. The battle of the bulge is now over and the Americans are pushing the Germans back to Germany. The Major told the Lt that they need to take the town they were in front of. So this Lt with no experience at all, walks down the middle of the street, goes up to the first house and knocks on the door. A few minutes pass and a German Sergeant opens the door wearing his pants, a white tee-shirt with his suspenders hanging down. All the while the Major and the rest of the Company are watching and wondering what the f*ck the Lt is doing.
The German Sgt barks a few words in German and all German soldiers start to stand up all over the place. The Lt and Germand Sgt walk down the road to the town center and gather up more German soldiers and the American Comany comes out of the wood and also goes to the center of the town. Well The americans start searching the Germans and the Germans start searching the Americans neither side not knowing who surrendered to who.
Well German Sgt's absoutly hate disorder, they cant stand it. So the German Sgt barks more commands, lines up the German Soldiers on one side of the street and then lines up the Americans on the other side of the street. Then the Germand Sgt formally surrenders to the American Lt.
Later the Major said, "If that Lt had been trained right, he would have assalted the town which would have caused a lot of shooting, death and pain. THis is the way all wars should be faught."
Pretty fricken awesome if you ask me.
If you read "Band of Brothers" get this book. here is a snippit.
A Major got a brand new a brand new Lt replacement and put him as a platoon leader. The battle of the bulge is now over and the Americans are pushing the Germans back to Germany. The Major told the Lt that they need to take the town they were in front of. So this Lt with no experience at all, walks down the middle of the street, goes up to the first house and knocks on the door. A few minutes pass and a German Sergeant opens the door wearing his pants, a white tee-shirt with his suspenders hanging down. All the while the Major and the rest of the Company are watching and wondering what the f*ck the Lt is doing.
The German Sgt barks a few words in German and all German soldiers start to stand up all over the place. The Lt and Germand Sgt walk down the road to the town center and gather up more German soldiers and the American Comany comes out of the wood and also goes to the center of the town. Well The americans start searching the Germans and the Germans start searching the Americans neither side not knowing who surrendered to who.
Well German Sgt's absoutly hate disorder, they cant stand it. So the German Sgt barks more commands, lines up the German Soldiers on one side of the street and then lines up the Americans on the other side of the street. Then the Germand Sgt formally surrenders to the American Lt.
Later the Major said, "If that Lt had been trained right, he would have assalted the town which would have caused a lot of shooting, death and pain. THis is the way all wars should be faught."
Pretty fricken awesome if you ask me.
always.
the last time I can remember when I wasn't in the middle of reading a book for pleasure was the summer between 6th and 7th grade, when I got shipped out to visit the grandparents in New Hampshire for a month and forgot to bring a book with me.
even in college, when all my English major friends complained that they had no time for pleasure reading, I made time. mostly just in the bathroom and for 15-20 minutes right before going to bed, but it's a great way to relax, especially when you spend all day reading crap for classes.
unless I'm dead tired, I can't go to sleep without reading a little before bed -- even if it's just something stupid like an instruction manual or a reference book. I blame my parents. they read to both me and my sister every night as kids -- real books, though. not kiddie books... my mom had a jonesing to read me Stephen King books 😉 having IT read to you as a 6 year-old = not healthy 😛
probably read 3-4 books/month. my sister reads more than me, but she has a pretty bad thing for trashy books.
the last time I can remember when I wasn't in the middle of reading a book for pleasure was the summer between 6th and 7th grade, when I got shipped out to visit the grandparents in New Hampshire for a month and forgot to bring a book with me.
even in college, when all my English major friends complained that they had no time for pleasure reading, I made time. mostly just in the bathroom and for 15-20 minutes right before going to bed, but it's a great way to relax, especially when you spend all day reading crap for classes.
unless I'm dead tired, I can't go to sleep without reading a little before bed -- even if it's just something stupid like an instruction manual or a reference book. I blame my parents. they read to both me and my sister every night as kids -- real books, though. not kiddie books... my mom had a jonesing to read me Stephen King books 😉 having IT read to you as a 6 year-old = not healthy 😛
probably read 3-4 books/month. my sister reads more than me, but she has a pretty bad thing for trashy books.
I like 'secret-agent' type novels. I just finished one called The Last Hostage that was pretty dumb and predictable, and I just started one called The Secret Agent that looks quite a bit more promising.
I really liked Rainbow Six and Patriot Games by Clancy. Those are the types of books I love - cheap entertainment. 🙂
I really liked Rainbow Six and Patriot Games by Clancy. Those are the types of books I love - cheap entertainment. 🙂
ShotgunSteven
Lifer
When I go shopping for books, I seldom spend less than fifty dollars, and have spent as much as a few hundred dollars. When the used book store has a half off sale like they are having this weekend, I tend to leave with a couple of bags full.
StageLeft
No Lifer
Most of it is internet with some limited reading from C&D, Maxim, and Time. Recently though I've been reading more books. It's something that was missing in my life 🙂 I like to read trashy books - the kind that make it to movies. I've read a couple of books recently that are more of an analytical historical style than a story though.
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