Thanks Kate and Titan !
Now I'd better do mine.
1. In bed mostly. Also at bus stops , in the train , wherever I'm stuck somewhere waiting for something / someone.
2. Read at bedtime, usually into the early hours. O/h has been trained to sleep with bedside light on.
3. Sometimes have 2 or 3 on the go , depending on my mood.
4. no
5. Mainly get books from the library . Am a bit cheeky. I go to the bookshops and have good old browse , particularly taking note of newly published books. I write down all the titles that appeal to me , then use the on-line facility to order these same books from the library.
Works well because there is often quite a wait , but because I've been doing this so long , there's usually one to pick up every few weeks or so.
Also , the request service is free !
Do sometimes buy books if they are special to me and like finding little gems in the charity shops.
6.Keep some, but have become better at clearing them out more lately.
7. Charity shops, or give to friends
8. More than 100
9. Read about new books or what's coming , in press.
Hear authors talking on radio /tv.
10. I can understand why people like a bargain , but do seriously worry that book shops will go under , then supermarkets would put price of books up.
Anyone else like to contribute to my little investigation about HOW we read ?
But could Oliver Reed?
Hi Ray,
I think Oliver could read when he was sober, and when he wasn't , brother Simon ( he does/did ice skating commentary's ) would read to him.
His fav. book was Spot the Dog.
Wondering about jordan's latest , can Alex Reid , d'you know ?
I think Oliver could read when he was sober, and when he wasn't , brother Simon ( he does/did ice skating commentary's ) would read to him.
His fav. book was Spot the Dog.
Wondering about jordan's latest , can Alex Reid , d'you know ?
Doubt it, is probably blind.........
Found out , Anne, Mike and Josh can but not sure 'bout Donna ?
Hi all who used to like to read,
This is for those who like reading about real people !
Just over 100 yrs ago Mark Twain died on April 21st 1910. Not many knew he had written his autobiography , in 3 volumes , and left instructions that he wanted it published , but not until 100 yrs after his death.
The university of California has had responsibility for it up to now. But, on Nov. 1 st. the first volume will be published. At 736 pages, it will be a great read ! Written in conversational style , it is an honest account of his life and his opinions of many people he met during his long life.
For more info. check out [edited]
I'll be straight on to ordering it from library , it'll probably be a big, expensive book , but a must for many fans of autobiographies.
" This is as immersive as Proust or Pepys - and a hell of a lot funnier '
This is for those who like reading about real people !
Just over 100 yrs ago Mark Twain died on April 21st 1910. Not many knew he had written his autobiography , in 3 volumes , and left instructions that he wanted it published , but not until 100 yrs after his death.
The university of California has had responsibility for it up to now. But, on Nov. 1 st. the first volume will be published. At 736 pages, it will be a great read ! Written in conversational style , it is an honest account of his life and his opinions of many people he met during his long life.
For more info. check out [edited]
I'll be straight on to ordering it from library , it'll probably be a big, expensive book , but a must for many fans of autobiographies.
" This is as immersive as Proust or Pepys - and a hell of a lot funnier '
I have got Pepys' Diaries. Not the orginals! From Folio Society. Never read them. they look good though (nice leather covers)
Hi a.bd. others who used to like reading.
Are they red ( the leather, i mean)
Must admit I don't know much about Pepys , but have dipped into some diaries over the years.
Most well known probably is Anne Frank's , read it in my teens. Remember being affected by her sad , short life.
Am sat here racking my brains to re-call other published books in diary form that we could talk about. Oh , of course Briget Jones, Adrian Mole and Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries.
Help me out if you can! How do you think this form works for the reader ?
Do we keep diaries , any of us ? If so , what kinds of things do we put in or leave out ?
Is there a book written in diary form which you have liked , or hated ?
Are they red ( the leather, i mean)
Must admit I don't know much about Pepys , but have dipped into some diaries over the years.
Most well known probably is Anne Frank's , read it in my teens. Remember being affected by her sad , short life.
Am sat here racking my brains to re-call other published books in diary form that we could talk about. Oh , of course Briget Jones, Adrian Mole and Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries.
Help me out if you can! How do you think this form works for the reader ?
Do we keep diaries , any of us ? If so , what kinds of things do we put in or leave out ?
Is there a book written in diary form which you have liked , or hated ?
Hi,
I tend to speed read autobiographys.I find a lot of factual info like dates,names,etc are forgotten by the time i reach the end.The speed i read depends upon my interest.
Five i diden't sped read
Top 5 Autobiographys for me(on book shelf)
1. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis(from Red hot chilli peppers)
2. Frankie by Frankie Dettori
3. Lucky man by Mchael.J.Fox
4. I am Jackie Chan by Jackie Chan
5. Jenny Pitman by Jenny Pitman
Light hearted stuff,sums up my music,film and horse racing interest
Easy to read
Titan.
I tend to speed read autobiographys.I find a lot of factual info like dates,names,etc are forgotten by the time i reach the end.The speed i read depends upon my interest.
Five i diden't sped read
Top 5 Autobiographys for me(on book shelf)
1. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis(from Red hot chilli peppers)
2. Frankie by Frankie Dettori
3. Lucky man by Mchael.J.Fox
4. I am Jackie Chan by Jackie Chan
5. Jenny Pitman by Jenny Pitman
Light hearted stuff,sums up my music,film and horse racing interest
Easy to read
Titan.
I hated Secret Diaries Of a Call Girl
Liked Memoires of a Geisha
I have never been disciplined enough to keep a diary
And no - my Pepys Diaries are bound in dark blue leather
Liked Memoires of a Geisha
I have never been disciplined enough to keep a diary
And no - my Pepys Diaries are bound in dark blue leather
I liked Country diary of an Edwardian lady
Writing home - Alan Bennett
Diary of a housewife - Nella Last , mass observation unit
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I hated Michael Palins hollywood Diary - but I still like him.
Bit of a gap for me with this genre.
Found Alan Clarkes diaries, tedious.
Happy reading !
Writing home - Alan Bennett
Diary of a housewife - Nella Last , mass observation unit
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I hated Michael Palins hollywood Diary - but I still like him.
Bit of a gap for me with this genre.
Found Alan Clarkes diaries, tedious.
Happy reading !
A late response to Lorna's questionnaire
1) I read anywhere I can, though especially in bed
2) Anytime available
3) Usually only one book at a time
4) Fiction/Non -fiction makes no difference to me.
5) Usually buy book either new from bookshops and websites, or from charity shops. I also download books from web sites as I have an e-reader. I have all sorts of books on my reader and it means that I can travel with lots of books and also it does not increase a major problem of....
6/7/8) We have a house full of books. Getting rid of any is a major undertaking. We have 4 floor to ceiling bookcases, plus smaller bookcases everywhere and they are all stuffed with books.
9) I've forgotten the question
10)I have bought books from supermarkets. I suppose if it encourages reading it is a good thing.
1) I read anywhere I can, though especially in bed
2) Anytime available
3) Usually only one book at a time
4) Fiction/Non -fiction makes no difference to me.
5) Usually buy book either new from bookshops and websites, or from charity shops. I also download books from web sites as I have an e-reader. I have all sorts of books on my reader and it means that I can travel with lots of books and also it does not increase a major problem of....
6/7/8) We have a house full of books. Getting rid of any is a major undertaking. We have 4 floor to ceiling bookcases, plus smaller bookcases everywhere and they are all stuffed with books.
9) I've forgotten the question
10)I have bought books from supermarkets. I suppose if it encourages reading it is a good thing.
Thanks ANNEG -- am beginning to draw a few conclusions from the questions !
Most of us do our reading later in the day , around about bedtime and find as well as it being enjoyable, it's a sleep aid also.
We've all got loads of books , some more than others , are reluctant to get rid of them.
Although we give books to charity shops , we also buy from them as well.
We mostly make use of chance of buying cheap books from supermarkets.
Generally, we tend to mostly concentrate on just one or two books at a time.
Libraries are used, but not by the majority.
Thanks all who took part.
Now , AnneG
I'm interested in how you get on with reading the e-book.
How does it work , is it heavy , can you read it in bed, does it feel a strain to read from a small screen, what is the process of obtaining new material to read, what cost is involved, what happens about re - charging ?
Hope you can cope with that barrage of questions Anne !
If anyone else has a question on a point regarding e- books , that I've missed, please jump in with it. Ask away.
Happy reading.
Most of us do our reading later in the day , around about bedtime and find as well as it being enjoyable, it's a sleep aid also.
We've all got loads of books , some more than others , are reluctant to get rid of them.
Although we give books to charity shops , we also buy from them as well.
We mostly make use of chance of buying cheap books from supermarkets.
Generally, we tend to mostly concentrate on just one or two books at a time.
Libraries are used, but not by the majority.
Thanks all who took part.
Now , AnneG
I'm interested in how you get on with reading the e-book.
How does it work , is it heavy , can you read it in bed, does it feel a strain to read from a small screen, what is the process of obtaining new material to read, what cost is involved, what happens about re - charging ?
Hope you can cope with that barrage of questions Anne !
If anyone else has a question on a point regarding e- books , that I've missed, please jump in with it. Ask away.
Happy reading.
Hi
I get on pretty well with the e-reader. I have one of the original ones, and probably the newer ones are better. I don't find it heavy, I can read it in bed, and I find the screen readable most of the time. It is possible to make the script larger, but that can mean you don't get much on a page. You can bookmark pages to keep track of interesting bits, and it offers a 'continue reading' option so if you have several books on the go it is easy to find where you are in each of them.
I have a separate charger for it, a bit like the sort of thing you have for a mobile phone. To get new books I buy from web sites and download them using my computer and transfer them to the e-reader. I can transfer them back when I've finished, or just delete them. There is quite a lot of free material available, usually classics. Ordinary books cost about the same as an e-book as in a hard copy.
Occasionally the book has not been formatted properly as an e-book so you get breaks where they shouldn't be, and there is not as big a selection of material as I would like, but more is becoming available. I don't use it if I'm going to read in the bath. I also don't use it at takeoff and landing in aircraft, though this is not a frequent problem!
If you have any more questions - ask away
AnneG
I get on pretty well with the e-reader. I have one of the original ones, and probably the newer ones are better. I don't find it heavy, I can read it in bed, and I find the screen readable most of the time. It is possible to make the script larger, but that can mean you don't get much on a page. You can bookmark pages to keep track of interesting bits, and it offers a 'continue reading' option so if you have several books on the go it is easy to find where you are in each of them.
I have a separate charger for it, a bit like the sort of thing you have for a mobile phone. To get new books I buy from web sites and download them using my computer and transfer them to the e-reader. I can transfer them back when I've finished, or just delete them. There is quite a lot of free material available, usually classics. Ordinary books cost about the same as an e-book as in a hard copy.
Occasionally the book has not been formatted properly as an e-book so you get breaks where they shouldn't be, and there is not as big a selection of material as I would like, but more is becoming available. I don't use it if I'm going to read in the bath. I also don't use it at takeoff and landing in aircraft, though this is not a frequent problem!
If you have any more questions - ask away
AnneG
Thanks Anne ,
For taking the trouble to reply. Any thoughts anyone ? Do you think eventually this is the way we'll go , and many tree's lives will be saved rather than be sacrificed for production of books ?
I think i'd miss the tactile feel of the pages, the smell of a new book , just the general feel of a book , especially if it's really old and has a history.
For or Against ---- you decide.
For taking the trouble to reply. Any thoughts anyone ? Do you think eventually this is the way we'll go , and many tree's lives will be saved rather than be sacrificed for production of books ?
I think i'd miss the tactile feel of the pages, the smell of a new book , just the general feel of a book , especially if it's really old and has a history.
For or Against ---- you decide.
Hi everyone who used to like reading,
Have been reading about the trial fifty years ago this week against the publication of Lady Chatterley's lover.
Just to refresh your memories , Penguin Books decided to test a loop hole in the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 , which made it possible for publishers to escape prosecution if literary merit could be proved.
The book was published in 1928, two years before the death of D.H. Lawrence, but banned in Britain until 1960. Some editions were published in Europe.
Many , in Britain condemned the novel without even reading it. the main objections were the use of four letter words, which were commonly used by working class men when referring to sex.
In 1960, thing were rapidly changing. Class divisions were being challenged, women had careers, and the Pill if they wanted it. Many Establishment figures supported publication of the novel. The crown prosecution was weak and the defence had the backing of such literary greats as E.M.Forster,Cecil Day Lewis, and the Bishop of Woolwich.
It was a sentence uttered by the prosecuting lawyer that astonished the jury , who'd been locked away and given the book to read.
He'd said to the jury ; 'Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read ?'
The astonished jury then took barely three hours to acquit Penguin books in a landmark decision which would affect British publishing for decades to come, proving it was wrong for the state to decide what we read.
I wonder how many of us defied what the state would have us read !
We might also have missed out on : Alice in Wonderland, All quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Diary of Anne Frank, Dr Zhivago, Da Vinci Code , Arabian nights and Black beauty ! All have been banned in several different countries at one time.
Just to wrap this up now and hopefully get some of your views , does sex sell in our literary world today, or are violent crime, fantasy, or horror novels more in demand ?
Have been reading about the trial fifty years ago this week against the publication of Lady Chatterley's lover.
Just to refresh your memories , Penguin Books decided to test a loop hole in the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 , which made it possible for publishers to escape prosecution if literary merit could be proved.
The book was published in 1928, two years before the death of D.H. Lawrence, but banned in Britain until 1960. Some editions were published in Europe.
Many , in Britain condemned the novel without even reading it. the main objections were the use of four letter words, which were commonly used by working class men when referring to sex.
In 1960, thing were rapidly changing. Class divisions were being challenged, women had careers, and the Pill if they wanted it. Many Establishment figures supported publication of the novel. The crown prosecution was weak and the defence had the backing of such literary greats as E.M.Forster,Cecil Day Lewis, and the Bishop of Woolwich.
It was a sentence uttered by the prosecuting lawyer that astonished the jury , who'd been locked away and given the book to read.
He'd said to the jury ; 'Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read ?'
The astonished jury then took barely three hours to acquit Penguin books in a landmark decision which would affect British publishing for decades to come, proving it was wrong for the state to decide what we read.
I wonder how many of us defied what the state would have us read !
We might also have missed out on : Alice in Wonderland, All quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Diary of Anne Frank, Dr Zhivago, Da Vinci Code , Arabian nights and Black beauty ! All have been banned in several different countries at one time.
Just to wrap this up now and hopefully get some of your views , does sex sell in our literary world today, or are violent crime, fantasy, or horror novels more in demand ?
Reading gives us
some place to go
when we have to stay
where we are.
Mason Cooley.
some place to go
when we have to stay
where we are.
Mason Cooley.
Hi
With respect to the e-reader, I still buy books, but novels like romances, thrillers, crime fiction I tend to buy for the e-reader. Science fiction and fantasy I tend to buy in paperback as various people in the family like to read them and we only have 1 e-reader.
As for reading books the government doesn't want us to read, I was in USA when Spycatcher came out so I bought and read it, and brought it back to Britain with me to lend round. I probably wouldn't have bothered if there hadn't been banned in Britain.
AnneG
With respect to the e-reader, I still buy books, but novels like romances, thrillers, crime fiction I tend to buy for the e-reader. Science fiction and fantasy I tend to buy in paperback as various people in the family like to read them and we only have 1 e-reader.
As for reading books the government doesn't want us to read, I was in USA when Spycatcher came out so I bought and read it, and brought it back to Britain with me to lend round. I probably wouldn't have bothered if there hadn't been banned in Britain.
AnneG
Hi !
Have been to the library today.
If you're rich you can buy books.
If you're poor, you need a library.
John Galbraith.
Funny things found in returned library books.
A rasher of bacon, uncooked.
A £10 note
A shoelace
Photos
A large feather
Bag of hashish in a hole gouged in centre pages
Pension book
Love letter to Edith
Page where every letter O was coloured in
Spaghetti
Have been to the library today.
If you're rich you can buy books.
If you're poor, you need a library.
John Galbraith.
Funny things found in returned library books.
A rasher of bacon, uncooked.
A £10 note
A shoelace
Photos
A large feather
Bag of hashish in a hole gouged in centre pages
Pension book
Love letter to Edith
Page where every letter O was coloured in
Spaghetti
Ah, I love a mystery....I do buy 2nd hand books a lot, and send them to a friend who is a "shut in" in Pennsylvania.
I am wondering....who was "Edith?" did it say?.......
I have a copy of nursery ryhmes from my childhood RObert Louis Stevenson....printed in 1905...with lovely pictures. I read these to my grandchildren...
Many of the books you've mentioned here, I have not heard of....but I did read Lady Chatterly's lover about 10 yrs ago. Enjoyed it quite a bit...and we did "Catcher in the Rye" in h.s. here in the states.
well, time for the dishes, then bed....am very tired....dont know when I'll get my cpap machine, but could really use it now.
have a good n ite if you can.............
I am wondering....who was "Edith?" did it say?.......
I have a copy of nursery ryhmes from my childhood RObert Louis Stevenson....printed in 1905...with lovely pictures. I read these to my grandchildren...
Many of the books you've mentioned here, I have not heard of....but I did read Lady Chatterly's lover about 10 yrs ago. Enjoyed it quite a bit...and we did "Catcher in the Rye" in h.s. here in the states.
well, time for the dishes, then bed....am very tired....dont know when I'll get my cpap machine, but could really use it now.
have a good n ite if you can.............