What book are you reading at the moment ?

[faniebraai]

That was quick.

Enjoy. Love my paperwhite.

Takealot ftw!

 

[AstroTurf]

I don't know, tried a e-reader, paper white and the back light one. Just cant get used to it, still prefer the real thing.
Very satisfying closing a real book once done

Yea I remember those things from the last time my kindle broke.

Finding your page, trying to read the words close to the binding, strange unbalanced thing that spontaneously combusts for no reason...

 

[C4Cat]

Yea I remember those things from the last time my kindle broke.

Finding your page, trying to read the words close to the binding, strange unbalanced thing that spontaneously combusts for no reason...

And I keep pressing on a word to get the definition but nothing happens

 

[Binary_Bark]

And I keep pressing on a word to get the definition but nothing happens

Hate it when that happens......

 

[saor]

Kindle arrived

Sweet.
Let us know what you think of it .
I take it you've been using Amazon to get books on your other devices too?

 

[faniebraai]

Sweet.
Let us know what you think of it .
I take it you've been using Amazon to get books on your other devices too?

No, but will consider it now

 

[saor]

No, but will consider it now

 

[faniebraai]

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I had the same on Google Play Books

 

[AstroTurf]

I had the same on Google Play Books

Had

Fare thee well Google play books.

 

[animal531]

I don't know, tried a e-reader, paper white and the back light one. Just cant get used to it, still prefer the real thing.
Very satisfying closing a real book once done

It takes a bit of getting used to (like buying a new mouse), but after the initial hurdle you never look back.

Book Advantages:
- With e-books I tend to forget the book's name, author and front page pic pretty much immediately, making it a lot more difficult to tell people about the book or even to remember if I've read it.
- Battery Life: Not really a problem as even my old e-reader can go for 3+ books

Book Disadvantages:
- Weight : It's a lot more comfortable holding the e-reader for longer in odd positions
- Total Books: Traveling somewhere you can load up a ton of books on your e-reader
- Reading Speed: I read slower on real books, since I tend to have to waste a lot of time working the book spine to get at pages (even though you tend to have smaller pages on e-book)


Nevermind that my sinuses seem to be allergic to old books, so after a while I have to toss them anyway.

 

[Neoprod]

Kindle arrived
book loaded

ready for the train ride home

Farkin peer pressure...I ordered one now too (my third Kindle purchase - gave the others as gifts).

Been putting it off for a few years now while I whittled my real book backlog down - still got these to go (not the Sandman and Walking Dead - read those).

 

[faniebraai]

Farkin peer pressure...I ordered one now too (my third Kindle purchase - gave the others as gifts).

Been putting it off for a few years now while I whittled my real book backlog down - still got these to go (not the Sandman and Walking Dead - read those).

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haha

 

[faniebraai]

Finished The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1) by Brent Weeks ::> Quite enjoyed it, A LOT better than the previous drivel I just finished.


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Books read this year in order of awesome (reading order in [n]):
[04] Brandon Sanderson - Words of Radiance
[28] Joe Abercrombie - The First Law, #3 - Last Argument of Kings
[27] Joe Abercrombie - The First Law, #2 - Before They Are Hanged
[26] Joe Abercrombie - The First Law, #1 - The Blade Itself
[31] Brent Weeks - Night Angel, #1 - The Way of Shadows
[29] Dan Simmons - Endymion
[20] Isaac Asimov - Foundation, #1 - Foundation
[03] Stephen King - 11/22/63
[11] Stephen King - Dark Tower, #2 - The Drawing of the Three
[12] Stephen King - Dark Tower, #3 - The Waste Lands
[01] Brandon Sanderson - They Way of Kings
[09] Peter F Hamilton - Night's Dawn, #1 - The Reality Dysfunction
[10] Stephen King - Dark Tower, #1 - The Gunslinger
[22] Isaac Asimov - Foundation, #2 - Foundation and Empire
[02] Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
[24] Stephen King - Dark Tower, #5 - The Wolves of the Calla
[08] Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn, #6 - The Bands of Mourning
[07] Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn, #5 - Shadows of Self
[06] Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn, #4 - The Alloy of Law
[17] Frederik Pohl - Heechee, #1 - Gateway
[19] Frederik Pohl - Heechee, #2 - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
[15] Richard K. Morgan - Takeshi Kovacs, #1 - Altered Carbon
[21] Frederik Pohl - Heechee, #3 - Heechee Rendezvous
[30] V.E. Schwab - Shades of Magic, #1 - A Darker Shade of Magic
[25] Joe Haldeman - The Forever War, #1 - The Forever War
[13] Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas
[23] Iain M Banks - Culture, #1 - Consider Phlebas
[18] Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, #1 - Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
[14] Stephen King - Dark Tower, #4 - Wizard and Glass
[05] Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear
[16] John Scalzi - Old Man's War, #4 - Zoe's Tale
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I have to be honest... this rating systems seems all deurmekaar now. I honestly can't compared something I just finished and enjoyed with something I enjoyed months! ago.... weird really...
oh well, if nothing else it's a list I've read this year

 

[faniebraai]

Next up ::> Becky Chambers - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Started the first few chapters already. Decided on this because the short review of it read as follows:

This book was probably the most fun that we’ve had with a space opera novel in a long time. Rosemarie joins the crew of the Wayfarer, and goes on one hell of an adventure. You know that fun feeling that you had with Firefly or Farscape? The Long Way to a Long Angry Planet has it all. Alien crew on a spaceship? Check. Entertaining characters? Check. Fun and adventure in the depths of space? Check check check.

 

[faniebraai]

Oh, and I'm soooo glad I gave into peer pressure... for some reason, and I can't explain way.... I just read soo much better and faster on the kindle.

thanks guys

//ends post spree

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Oh, and I'm soooo glad I gave into peer pressure... for some reason, and I can't explain way.... I just read soo much better and faster on the kindle.

thanks guys

//ends post spree

Told you.

I've read exactly 1 paper book since getting my first Kindle. Incredible value.

I'm still judging you for not reading Rise... btw.

 

[faniebraai]

Told you.

I've read exactly 1 paper book since getting my first Kindle. Incredible value.

I'm still judging you for not reading Rise... btw.

Argh ok ok... So much to do, so little time.

This is what I'll do: Listen to Chambers, and start to actualread Rise, then when Chambers is done, I'll add audio to Rise.

/profit

 

[animal531]

Argh ok ok... So much to do, so little time.

This is what I'll do: Listen to Chambers, and start to actualread Rise, then when Chambers is done, I'll add audio to Rise.

/profit

I'd tell you to go read Red Rising, but you don't seem to enjoy sci-fi as much.

 

[copacetic]

Just finished Relentless by Dean Koontz (meh), as well as Out of the Ordinary by Jon Ronson, and halfway through:

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Enjoyed book one, starting book 2 of the Farseer trilogy.

 

[faniebraai]

I'd tell you to go read Red Rising, but you don't seem to enjoy sci-fi as much.

I've read it, but didn't enjoy it. Might be that i didnt like the audiobook. Might try it again by reading only sometime.