What Are You Reading...

[IdolEyes787]

Tell me Stehle, does the narrator voice/sound effects change the effect compared to you actually reading the book ??

yes. (I have bad eyes, so I can only go by earlier reading.)

I'm sort of in the same boat except I don't deal very well with fiction audiobooks so I now forego them. Works of fiction in their written form just allow you to use your imagination about character particulars in a way that audiobooks for me at least don't seem to.

Also I assume Shay's prefered form of entertainment is TikTok.

[shaina]

I'm sort of in the same boat except I don't deal very well with fiction audiobooks so I now forego them. Works of fiction in their written form just allow you to use your imagination about character particulars in a way that audiobooks for me at least don't seem to.

Makes sense....


Also I assume Shay's prefered form of entertainment is TikTok.

Come on Idol you know i am too young for that:whistling

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Question to book/novel enthusiast if your eyesight is a bit bad, do those E-Readers help??, me personally my near vision is going a bit off, i sometimes use the over the counter reading glasses , and really for small writing, yet i can see extremely clear long distances..

I did try a friends in Florida, but the problem was as soon as i expanded the words to where i was comfortable , one page ended up 4 or the scrolling was a pain in the ass!!!...

[Stehle]

Stephen King's "If It Bleeds" (2020) (Horror) - 4 Novellas / Short Stories

("If it bleeds... it leads.") :alien:

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[Stehle]

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(Sorry, me thinks it's only in audio book format.) :alien:

[Something Else]

I'm currently reading this shitty forum.

[Stehle]

Matthew Rief's "Gold in the Keys" (Florida Keys Adventure #1)

(A departure from sci/fi for me, a good solid series so far... it's listed on Goodreads, (Kindle, audiobook & paperback) so... for those that can or wish to read.) :alien:

[Stehle]

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"

(Again, revisiting a novel I actually read in the 4th grade. Followed by "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein the 5th grade... perhaps formative years for me and why my life took such a speculative journey. IRDK.) :alien:

Happy Emoji Day! ;)

[MathewK9999]

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

[Stehle]

"Good Samaritans" by Will Carver (Detective Sergeant Pace Book #1)

(Gets your mind off things for a bit. Great local flavor.) :alien:

[bluray123]

I'm currently reading this forum..

[Stehle]

Adam Nevill's "The Reddening"

(Another Horror novel with UK locales reminiscent of a Gentelmen-ish film I recently viewed, with an added supernatural flourish.) :alien:

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*Sorry, despite the cover it contains no.. Wherewoofs.

[Barbarossa]

Bump!

[Stehle]

"First Strike" by Christopher G. Nuttall

(First of a new series... sci/fi... out of this world naming and alien descriptions.) :alien:

[If choosing audio... Jeffery Kafer narrates.]

[Caballero]

"Risk (http://tribune.com.pk/story/1041767/fact-and-fiction-germanys-affair-with-jihad)" by Steffen Kopetzky

Also highly recommended by the same author: Propaganda (http://www.rowohlt.de/catalogue/hardcover/steffen-kopetzky-propaganda.html)

[Stehle]

"Out of the Dark" by David Weber

(Hacking, Iran, Invasion, Aliens... Oh my! Very nice Science Fiction Novel IMHO.) :) :alien:


(Decent narration for audio book form by Charles Keating)

Halloween Fair! ;)

[Caballero]

Cay Rademacher "The Murderer in Ruins" / "The Wolf Children" / "The Forger"


As a journalist for GEO magazine, Cay was once tasked with writing an article about Hamburg in the 1940s. The idea was to explore daily life in the British-Occupied city. When he began to scrutinize the actions, efforts and records of the police force at that time, the information he uncovered piqued his interest. It wasn’t just the lives of the police during that period that caught his eye but the sorts of crimes they investigated. The most prominent was a murder case that went unsolved and which, once he researched it, Cay Rademacher decided that he couldn’t rest until he had written about.

Writing about an unsolved murder case from the WWII era wasn’t exactly within the purview of the assignment he had been given. So the author decided to explore the murder in fiction. This led to the publication of ‘The Murderer in the Ruins’, the first book in the ‘Inspector Frank Stave’ series. What should have been a standalone story ballooned into a trilogy that put cay Rademacher on the publishing map. The author’s books provide a unique perspective into daily life in the 1940s.

Cay delves into the despair that was rife in the aftermath of the war, the optimism that eventually blossomed as economic transformations manifested, and all the murder that never stopped happening despite the nature of the times.

[tapio]

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

[Stehle]

"Florida Man" by Mike Baron

(Southern Humor... couldn't stop laughing last night!) :alien:


[Well worth the excellent narration by R.C. Bray in audio book format!]

[j2k4]

Disgusting political stuffs.

Several books are open in addition to two Kindle things.

Not that it's any of your business.

[JohnareyouOK]

Im reading forum section of a torrent site.

[Ulysses]

Just finished Jumper: A Novel*by*Steven Gould*and now reading Reflex (Jumper Book 2) by Steven Gould

[Caballero]

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

Same writing style his first book; same 80/90s pop culture references. If you liked Ready Player One (watching the movie does not count), this book is for you.

[Stehle]

"The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway" by Una McCormack

(Total Trekkie stuff... tame, but well written by author.) :alien:

Brings back a few or so memories of Star Trek: Voyager of about 20 years ago.

(Also in audio and well narrated by Kate Mulgrew the Voyager Captain herself.)

[Caballero]

The Gereon Rath series by Volker Kutscher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kutscher).

It's the basis for "Babylon Berlin". Eight books so far; current one takes place during the Olympic games of '36. Good stuff.

[dion09529]

500-pound man spread coronavirus to 372 passengers after wet farting in airplane on flight to Cancun

https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/500-pound-man-spread-coronavirus-to-372-passengers-after-wet-farting-in-airplane-during-flight-to-cancun/?fbclid=IwAR1Ky_eF6qLPZl21monWEmd7kpGNlHtvsIzZfJbXcdBrnhxZw6CVhW73uss

[Stehle]

Intrigued... Cab I already only "found" 1, 2, 3, and 5 in English audio for Volker Kutscher's good stuff... 4 is available and probably worth a credit...or? ;)

(Me German is rusty.) :alien:

[Stehle]

"The Wandering Inn" (https://wanderinginn.com/) by Pirate Alba (Books / Volumes / Series 1 & 2... so far.)

(A long, long fantasy tale... A tale of a girl, an inn, and a world full of levels... well written.) :) :alien:

[Caballero]

Intrigued... Cab I already only "found" 1, 2, 3, and 5 in English audio for Volker Kutscher's good stuff... 4 is available and probably worth a credit...or? ;)

(Me German is rusty.) :alien:

If you like it, I'll take credit. If not, let me know by PM and I'll delete the original post and deny all plausibility. Or something like that. ;)

[Stehle]

"Steelheart" by Brandon Sanderson [Reckoners Series] - Book 1

(Ehh... finished a few in the series... Reminiscent of "The Boys" tele series from Amazon... evil supers called Epics and folks that hunt them.) :( :alien:

[kernowkid75]

Intrigued... Cab I already only "found" 1, 2, 3, and 5 in English audio for Volker Kutscher's good stuff... 4 is available and probably worth a credit...or? ;)

(Me German is rusty.) :alien:

I'm having a crack at Aus das leben eines taugenichts - von Eichendorff, early 1800s, and had to read it at uni. Forgotten sooooo much German ...

[laughs]

Just moved to Rat #4 - Dance Dance Dance (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17800.Dance_Dance_Dance), and I'm all excited. Curious to know what Murakami has here. I've been floored by the previous three versions, and it's great to get my hands on the fourth. Apart from that, I'm almost done with Binti (https://www.bartleby.com/lit/binti) by Nnedi Okorafor. A Sci-Fi with thickly layered sub-plots highlighting racism and discrimination.

[Stehle]

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir

(EXCELLENT!!!) :alien:


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[Stehle]

"Sentenced to War" by J.N. Chaney, Johnathan Brazee (Book 1 of Series)

(A newish scifi series... with a very decent potential.) :alien:


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[Stehle]

"Boundless" by Jack Campbell (Book #1 of The Lost Fleet: Outlands Series)

(Yep, John "Black Jack" Geary is back! For those who follow The Lost Fleet Series / Universe it would be the 12th excellent offering! Science fiction from a great author!) :alien: ...yup them too! ;)


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[Audio Book version is of course expertly narrated by Christian Rummel.]

[Stehle]

"Billy Summers" by Stephen King

(Pretty good so far... for an unknown author.) ;) :alien:


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[Funkin']

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Hat & Beard. Gotta love him.

[Caballero]

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[Caballero]

I just realized that there are two (new?) "Sharpe" books by Bernard Cromwell that I have not read, yet. Honestly thought he was done with the series after Waterloo...

[j2k4]

Unforeseen fallout from reading a Kindle:

The only time I see the title is when I choose the book to read - I never see it again, other than as a finished read.

When someone asks what I'm reading, I can't remember. :huh:

[BigBirdFinger]

The Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vzEAAOSw0jRgADUt/s-l500.jpg

[kernowkid75]

von Eichendorff again. My perennial go to.

[Skippynut]

Cloud Cuckoo Land

[seconds]

The Scythe trilogy is pretty good

[laughs]

Currently reading:
1. TC Boyle's Outside Looking In (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/infancy-of-the-counterculture-on-t-c-boyles-outside-looking-in/) - the novel tries to make sense of how, in the span of a decade, the therapist's couch gave way to such trends as "mind expansion" and total consciousness. The well-meaning hopes as well as the predictable and unforeseeable consequences of this move. The introduction involving Hoffman synthesizing and trying LSD on himself is quite the drag, but the rest of the book is remarkable.

2. Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (https://www.bartleby.com/lit/the-alchemist) - Finally got around to reading this. In fact, one could argue that alchemy is also one of the main but implicit themes in Outside Looking In. Nonetheless, this one is a quick read, and pretty good too.

[ShinShin]

Biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Influence the Psychology of Persuasion (2021 edition) by Robert Cialdini
The Charisma Myth by Olivia Cabane
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

[Funkin']

Wrong. You're reading the latest One Punch Man manga and you know it ShinShin.

[IdolEyes787]

Read a book, any book before they're all burned and their authors crucified as heretics.

[Funkin']

My mind wanders when I read. I prefer audiobooks.

[ShinShin]

Wrong. You're reading the latest One Punch Man manga and you know it ShinShin.

:shifty:

[korogipys]

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

[laughs]

Reading has been quite slow these past few months, but the last couple of weeks I've felt a new wind coming. Here's what's up:
1. Private Citizens (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Private_Citizens/e51vCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover) by Tony Tulathimutte - This was recommended by a friend, and I was quite skeptical about the book when I read the blurb, but it's very entertaining and intelligent. It's funny at times too. Been a very good read so far. Might finish this weekend.
2. I recently put together a list of basic, 101-level reading materials on formal logic. This week I'm focusing on fallacies, more particularly on transductive reasoning (https://www.bartleby.com/learn/free-expert-answers/what-is-transductive-reasoning). I thought formal logic would be too dry, but it is a good excuse to use whacky examples to prove or disprove a point, which is fun :)

[Stehle]

"Spice and Wolf" by Isuna Hasekura (Volume 2)

"It's like meeting an old friend again!"

(For anon.) ;) :alien:


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[snowflake222]

Nine Star Hegemon Body Art

[zootf]

Stefan Burban
Blutlaufer Fantasie / Thriller

[wilson]

I just finished Don Fernando by Fournier-Aubry. pretty good if you like adventure books

[j2k4]

In between books with my Kindle.

I remember one of my choices is Edward Snowden's story.

Choice is still up in the air - got about fifty to pick from...

[Stehle]

Killers of The Flower Moon by David Grann

I ran across this one and finished it while ago.

It is a true story about murders, greed and a tribal curse of legacy.

The efforts that the author went to research and cobble this into a coherent work of Non-Fiction is truly monumental.

Of all the stories I listened to as of late being audio books... this one really stuck with me… in analog or paper book terms I categorize it as a “page turner” ‘nuff said. ;)


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The Film


So far...

What I have been able to garner so far was the actors and director.
Impressively… Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone to name only a few and Directed by Martin Scorsese. I believe the film is over 3 hours long!

I believed it has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and that it might be at the local cinemas by October 2023. If a decent trailer shows up I'll post it. (Of course there is always IMDB) :pinch:

Edit: A decent trailer is now in "Coming Attractions" ...they musta read me mind. ;)

[stkjock]

planning on some Jack Carr next

[Stehle]

"Drunken Fireworks" by Stephen King

I may have posted this before... I probably do so every year on FST or other forums I visit, BUT...

It’s almost time again! It is a humorous story by the master of horror Stephen King.

It is one of my favorites, (having personally to do with the fireworks trade), so maybe it just me.

Think he can’t do humor… think again. ‘nuff said. ;)

Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King, to the best of my knowledge, was exclusively done as an audiobook and is relatively short at about 1:20 minutes. Excellent narration by Tim Sample which I believe adds to the story. A print version may be available by now though. :unsure:


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[Cheese]

Set myself target of reading 52 books this year. Currently on book 27, Roboute Gulliman: Lord of Ultramar by David Annandale.

[laughs]

Just picked up Jim Dodge's Stone Junction (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Stone_Junction/woneSCNLbrYC?hl=en&gbpv=0). Though many might not accord this literary status, it is still a very engaging, thought-provoking read that, among other things, focuses on the failures of formal education, environmental degradation, the perils of nuclear technology. It's polemical, and openly so, but delightful nonetheless. In conjunction, also been reading about what ecologists call a fundamental niche (https://www.bartleby.com/learn/free-expert-answers/what-is-fundamental-niche), and it is undeniable that humans are now thinking of the planet as their niche alone. The concept dovetails nicely with the book.

[Tovi42]

Finally reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King before the new one comes out

[Matildeline]

The Hidden Hindu by Akshat Gupta.
Prithvi, twenty-one-year-old, is searching for a mysterious middle-aged Aghori (Shiva devotee), Om Shastri, who was traced more than 200 years ago before he was captured and transported to a high-tech facility on an isolated Indian island. When the Aghori was drugged and hypnotized for interrogation by a team of specialists, he claimed to have witnessed all four Yugas (the epochs in Hinduism) and even participated in both Ramayana and Mahabharata. Om's revelations of his incredible past that defied the nature of mortality left everyone baffled. The team also discovers that Om had been in search of the other immortals from every Yuga. These bizarre secrets could shake up the ancient beliefs of the present and alter the course of the future

[Trythepie]

Starting Orwell's 1984 again. Seems appropriate for what is going on in Ukraine.
Book was based on Stalin. Should be a sequel titled "Little Stalin".

[jsanders]

1984 was one of my favourites. Currently reading Allegiant as per my wife's requirement.

[MUNFAQQIHA]

Currently reading the latest news on some daily newspaper websites.

[Equalwings]

Just reserved the book "Lessons in Chemistry" which is apparently quite different for the tv series

[NZBmee1]

Artemis by Andy Weir.
It takes place in the late 2080s in Artemis, the first and so far only city on the Moon. It follows the life of porter and smuggler Jasmine "Jazz" Bashara as she gets caught up in a conspiracy for control of the city.

[NZBmee1]

wow, I hope you meet your target! I wish I had the time and discipline to reach a goal like that.

[javascript33]

Sin with your wife - thomas hardy

[Caballero]

Sin with your wife - thomas hardy

Is that an instructions manual? Pictures?

[Stehle]

Sin with your wife - thomas hardy

Is that an instructions manual? Pictures?

I needed a smile, thanks! ;)