OT: The Good Book: What are you reading right now?

[Beer and Chips]

I'm "reading" Master and Commander on Audible. Patrick O'Brian.

A lot of nautical terms as well as formal British speech of the early 1800s. Takes getting used to.

I've reached The Commodore, on the final leg of the series.

 

[Runner77]

 

[HuGort]

Book on Elon Musk be released tomorrow. Read a few excerpts, sounds interesting. I pre-ordered one on Amazon today.

 

[Zorro]

I've never been a reader, just never had the patience and/or attention span. That being said, I’ve always loved the idea of a reading a fiction. My wife on the other hand has been avid reader her entire life and i always admire the way she devours book after book. Throughout the years, she's gifted me books and I’ve purchased books, only to read a chapter or 2. She always told me to 'find what i like'...fast forward to last June and i found this novel, written by a Canadian author, Terry Fallis, the story is based in Ottawa and is about politics. The book is called 'The best laid plans' and is part of a trilogy...seems interesting, but so have 100s of other books and i never finished them or even got halfway through for that matter.


I started reading the book and to my surprise, it captivated me, and i found myself finishing it. I was so proud of myself that i immediately started reading the sequel and just like that finished it as well, and not only did i finish it but relatively quickly (for my standards lol). Then, just for the heck of it, i decided to go for the audio version of the final book...and I LOVED IT. Listening to the book, really helped me immerse myself in the story. I finished the audio-book within a week and i was hungry for more.

So then i decided to read a short novel by non other than Stephen King - The Shawshank redemption. I must say that i didn't love it, but i finished it, and that was the important part for me. For my next book, i really wanted to challenge myself (length wise), hoping that this wasn't a fluke, so i chose, Angels and Demons, and so far so good. The book is just over 700 pages, and i'm about a third of the way into it and loving it.

I turned 40 this year and i feel like a "new world" has been opened to me.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this.

 

[dcyhabs]

Various books by NK Jemisin. Her books are sometimes intentionally ugly but they're art.

 

[Stoneburg]

Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan. The book tells how many geopolitical problems of today were caused by the treaty to end WW1

 

[HuGort]

I've never been a reader, just never had the patience and/or attention span. That being said, I’ve always loved the idea of a reading a fiction. My wife on the other hand has been avid reader her entire life and i always admire the way she devours book after book. Throughout the years, she's gifted me books and I’ve purchased books, only to read a chapter or 2. She always told me to 'find what i like'...fast forward to last June and i found this novel, written by a Canadian author, Terry Fallis, the story is based in Ottawa and is about politics. The book is called 'The best laid plans' and is part of a trilogy...seems interesting, but so have 100s of other books and i never finished them or even got halfway through for that matter.


I started reading the book and to my surprise, it captivated me, and i found myself finishing it. I was so proud of myself that i immediately started reading the sequel and just like that finished it as well, and not only did i finish it but relatively quickly (for my standards lol). Then, just for the heck of it, i decided to go for the audio version of the final book...and I LOVED IT. Listening to the book, really helped me immerse myself in the story. I finished the audio-book within a week and i was hungry for more.

So then i decided to read a short novel by non other than Stephen King - The Shawshank redemption. I must say that i didn't love it, but i finished it, and that was the important part for me. For my next book, i really wanted to challenge myself (length wise), hoping that this wasn't a fluke, so i chose, Angels and Demons, and so far so good. The book is just over 700 pages, and i'm about a third of the way into it and loving it.

I turned 40 this year and i feel like a "new world" has been opened to me.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this.

Same Shawshank Redemption as the movie? I never knew King wrote that.

 

[Zorro]

Same Shawshank Redemption as the movie? I never knew King wrote that.

That's correct, it was released in 1982 by King as part of a collection of short stories. The collection also included "the body" which turned into the the movie Stand by Me.

 

[QuebecPride]

Hey all
Pierre Gervais 1st book good?
Looking for it in English

Yeah it's worth the read.

I've never been a reader, just never had the patience and/or attention span. That being said, I’ve always loved the idea of a reading a fiction. My wife on the other hand has been avid reader her entire life and i always admire the way she devours book after book. Throughout the years, she's gifted me books and I’ve purchased books, only to read a chapter or 2. She always told me to 'find what i like'...fast forward to last June and i found this novel, written by a Canadian author, Terry Fallis, the story is based in Ottawa and is about politics. The book is called 'The best laid plans' and is part of a trilogy...seems interesting, but so have 100s of other books and i never finished them or even got halfway through for that matter.


I started reading the book and to my surprise, it captivated me, and i found myself finishing it. I was so proud of myself that i immediately started reading the sequel and just like that finished it as well, and not only did i finish it but relatively quickly (for my standards lol). Then, just for the heck of it, i decided to go for the audio version of the final book...and I LOVED IT. Listening to the book, really helped me immerse myself in the story. I finished the audio-book within a week and i was hungry for more.

So then i decided to read a short novel by non other than Stephen King - The Shawshank redemption. I must say that i didn't love it, but i finished it, and that was the important part for me. For my next book, i really wanted to challenge myself (length wise), hoping that this wasn't a fluke, so i chose, Angels and Demons, and so far so good. The book is just over 700 pages, and i'm about a third of the way into it and loving it.

I turned 40 this year and i feel like a "new world" has been opened to me.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this.

That's cool man. Entertainment wise, books are close to the best bang for buck. You get hours for 10-20-30$. Only video games are better, and you have to have a PC/console, so that adds on the price.

 

[HuGort]

That's correct, it was released in 1982 by King as part of a collection of short stories. The collection also included "the body" which turned into the the movie Stand by Me.

You got me looking up Steve King movies now

 

[HuGort]

Amazon delivered Walter Isaacson book on Elon Musk today. Just read couple chapters so far but it's good book. He talked a chapter for governments to be more libertarian. Musk addicted to the game Polytopia. You guys ever play that? First I heard of it. We were almost at nuclear war with Russian in September '22. Ukraine was using Starlink for pearl harbor type attack to capture Crimea. He said Russia would do anything to keep Crimes. An attack would drive Russia to use nuclear weapons resulting likely a world war. Musk said not worth the risk of massive deaths for Ukraine to retake Crimes. He gave Ukraine 150 million of Starlink equipment originally to use for defense. But they starting using it to devise attacks on Russia. So, he turned it off 100 miles near Crimes.

 

[Runner77]

He did die young, however …

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Gene wolf book of the new sun.

Not bad

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

He did die young, however …

He was a super heavy smoker even for the time, in the 4 packs a day range. It did his heart and arteries no good, obviously.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

He was a super heavy smoker even for the time, in the 4 packs a day range. It did his heart and arteries no good, obviously.

If you stay awake 16 hours per day, 4 packs amounts to around one smoke every ten minutes. Basically, that's daylong chain-smoking.

Although, this hinges on whether you're speaking of 20 or 25 packs. Still, 4x20 is one smoke every 12 minutes. Make that one every 15 minutes if he slept around 6 hours.

That's still a staggering amount of cigarettes, of nicotine itself, which begs the question, did he grow-up in a very stressful environment? Because that is very typical of intense addictions. Or maybe it's PTSD from his work in the military? Or both?

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

If you stay awake 16 hours per day, 4 packs amounts to around one smoke every ten minutes. Basically, that's daylong chain-smoking.

Although, this hinges on whether you're speaking of 20 or 25 packs. Still, 4x20 is one smoke every 12 minutes. Make that one every 15 minutes if he slept around 6 hours.

That's still a staggering amount of cigarettes, of nicotine itself, which begs the question, did he grow-up in a very stressful environment? Because that is very typical of intense addictions. Or maybe it's PTSD from his work in the military? Or both?

Men smoked a lot back then, chain smoking in itself was very much seen as a manly, masculine thing. Just watch any classic film noir from that era ( I just rewatch out of the past with Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas the other day), it's pretty much non stop smoking.

 

[Habs]

If you stay awake 16 hours per day, 4 packs amounts to around one smoke every ten minutes. Basically, that's daylong chain-smoking.

Although, this hinges on whether you're speaking of 20 or 25 packs. Still, 4x20 is one smoke every 12 minutes. Make that one every 15 minutes if he slept around 6 hours.

That's still a staggering amount of cigarettes, of nicotine itself, which begs the question, did he grow-up in a very stressful environment? Because that is very typical of intense addictions. Or maybe it's PTSD from his work in the military? Or both?

my folks were both chain smokers 3-3.5 packs a day, When they say 4 packs, its not really 4, most of the cigs burn out on the ashtray or in their hand, they probably smoke 3 packs and waste another 15 cigs a day. My parents would wake up in the night to smoke, it was unreal. Mom could even have a dart going while washing dishes lol

 

[HuGort]

He was a super heavy smoker even for the time, in the 4 packs a day range. It did his heart and arteries no good, obviously.

4 packs a day. Be rich to do that today

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

4 packs a day. Be rich to do that today

Something like 2500$ per month. It's crazy.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

4 packs a day. Be rich to do that today

Oh yeah, they used to cost next to nothing, it's pretty much a luxury item now.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Chili]

Ken Dryden was on with Ken Conners this morning, he has a new book out called The Class. In grade eight he and others from 4 schools in Etobicoke wrote a test and a select group of about 35 students was formed that spent their 5 years of high school together. He contacted the group and they shared their memories and how their lives unfolded. I've read three of his books, like his writing style. This new book sounds interesting.

 

[HuGort]

Ken Dryden was on with Ken Conners this morning, he has a new book out called The Class. In grade eight he and others from 4 schools in Etobicoke wrote a test and a select group of about 35 students was formed that spent their 5 years of high school together. He contacted the group and they shared their memories and how their lives unfolded. I've read three of his books, like his writing style. This new book sounds interesting.

His books are so boring.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Those are some good advices. For any wannabe writers trying to get better at their craft, I'd suggest reading Chuck Palahniuk's book, Consider This!. He gives up a lot of his tricks and many devices from minimalistic writting.