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When I was a younger man, opening a book was a big deal as 95% of the time I finished the book. Even when it was a tough slog, I always managed to finish it.Johnnie wrote:Started reading Born To Run finally. I'm about a third of the way in and I like it a lot.
Overall, I have this knack for owning books and never actually bothering to read them. It's like I think I'll get to them through osmosis or something. It's funny when people look at my bookcase they make this weird face and can only go "Wow...what a wild set of books you have. There's no particular genre and they all seem pretty cool." Then I say "I have yet to read most of these, so I'll let you know....eventually." For a moment I feel smart and then I'm too much of an honest person to keep the lie afloat.
Correct. The amount of reading/television viewing/free time of any type decrease with every passing month. Its all good though.phxgators wrote:Just wait a few months...BTTG wrote:Amazing, a one-month old child has not really slowed reading down
Same here. Every word, right to the bitter end.Pruitt wrote:When I was a younger man, opening a book was a big deal as 95% of the time I finished the book. Even when it was a tough slog, I always managed to finish it.
Absolutely, yes. While I stop short of getting angry for my time having been wasted (I picked up the damn book after all) life is too short and there is copious amounts of brilliance to explore. If it sucks, it gets tossed.Pruitt wrote:Now, my patience is thin and I finish maybe a third of the books I start. Luckily the Toronto library system is amazing - that's where I get the majority of my books. That way, if I get bored or fed up by page 25, I am under no financial obligation to finish the book.
C'mon! Don't leave us hanging like that! What was it?Pruitt wrote:My record for giving up on a book is 16 pages.
I hear you, I fully expected to have done nothing of the sort over the last four weeks, so what time I have had has been a very pleasant surprise. A 30-40 minute commute each way helps.Yard of Junk wrote:Correct. The amount of reading/television viewing/free time of any type decrease with every passing month. Its all good though.phxgators wrote:Just wait a few months...BTTG wrote:Amazing, a one-month old child has not really slowed reading down
J-Pod by Douglas Coupland.Scottie wrote:C'mon! Don't leave us hanging like that! What was it?Pruitt wrote:My record for giving up on a book is 16 pages.
Yikes. Can't say I blame you; it's unspeakably bad. Unsurprisingly, the CBC turned it into a television series.Pruitt wrote:J-Pod by Douglas Coupland.
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly was quite good.Scottie wrote:I was looking for a decent history of the plague in Europe (don't ask) and that hunk of junk is hands down the worst non-fiction writing I've come across in ages.
In the recent History channel show Mankind they showed a graphic re-enactment of this. I've been on an anti-Mongol rampage since I saw this...Shirley wrote:I thought the theory was that the Mongols brought the plague with them from Asia as they crashed across western Europe. They even intentionally spread it in some cities, hurling diseased bodies over city walls via catapults (the first biological warfare?).
But you'll still eat their BBQ, right?Pruitt wrote:In the recent History channel show Mankind they showed a graphic re-enactment of this. I've been on an anti-Mongol rampage since I saw this...Shirley wrote:I thought the theory was that the Mongols brought the plague with them from Asia as they crashed across western Europe. They even intentionally spread it in some cities, hurling diseased bodies over city walls via catapults (the first biological warfare?).
Marmots.Shirley wrote:I thought the theory was that the Mongols brought the plague with them from Asia as they crashed across western Europe. They even intentionally spread it in some cities, hurling diseased bodies over city walls via catapults (the first biological warfare?).
I'm slowly making peace with them.The Sybian wrote:But you'll still eat their BBQ, right?Pruitt wrote:In the recent History channel show Mankind they showed a graphic re-enactment of this. I've been on an anti-Mongol rampage since I saw this...Shirley wrote:I thought the theory was that the Mongols brought the plague with them from Asia as they crashed across western Europe. They even intentionally spread it in some cities, hurling diseased bodies over city walls via catapults (the first biological warfare?).
Rush2112 wrote:Marmots.Shirley wrote:I thought the theory was that the Mongols brought the plague with them from Asia as they crashed across western Europe. They even intentionally spread it in some cities, hurling diseased bodies over city walls via catapults (the first biological warfare?).
I must read this one!Brontoburglar wrote:Maybe I should post this in the soccer thread too -- but this is awesome.
Scottie wrote:If you like McMurtry, try Anything For Billy.
mister d wrote:Couldn't have pegged me better.
EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
Shirley wrote:So, I'm listening to The Gunslinger, by Stephen King, the first book in his Dark Tower series. I listened to this one many years ago, but was never interested enough to go further into the series. Now, I remember why. This book is pretty meh. King is a great storyteller, usually creating page turners even when you don't find the story otherwise silly. This one is a bit more of a slog though.
So tell me, folks. Is it worth it? Does the Dark Tower series get better? I mean, I'll go ahead and finish this one, as it's not that long, but dare I go on to book 2?
Johnnie wrote:Started in on Brave New World. I'm through the first 50 pages or so. I'm having trouble following it because of the way he writes. Or I'm just dumb. Either way.
AB_skin_test wrote:I was unimpressed with Brave New World. Most of the so called classics I can get a sense for why they endure, and i suppose it was something entirely different given when it was published, but just not my cup of tea.
There must be something in the air. I just checked a new edition of Brave New World out of a local library a few days ago; it's next in line. Odd.howard wrote:For one of my all-time favorites, it has been decades since I've re-read BNW. I'll get on it, and see if the language seem dated. I will be shocked if I don't love it just as much or more this time around.