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What are you reading?
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(August 9, 2022 at 8:35 am)Fireball Wrote: Reading John Derbyshire's "Unknown Quantity", subtitled "A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra".

Looking it up, it’s a shame that the author didn’t just stick with talking about maths. Because he’s really gone off the deep end in recent years
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#12
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I tend not to read, either. It fatigues me rather easily and I find it tiresome. Bright lighting helps, but only some. Oddly I spend hours a day reading stuff online. Go figure.

I have discovered audible books recently as well, though, and am enjoying that as long as I can remember to do it. Currently listening to "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" by Robert Sapolsky, Bible in a year (NLT edition) with occasional dips into Asimov's print books on the bible, "Stranger In A Strange Land" by Heinlein, and "War Of The Worlds" by H.G. Wells.

For many years, since college, I've studiously avoided fiction and stuck to non-fiction books only. However I'm finding the Heinlein and Wells books to be the most engaging, with Behave taking up the rear. Maybe I'll stick to written books for nonfiction, and use audible to explore fiction. I'm in my trial period now, so I don't want to go wild buying a bunch of books, but old habits die hard. I've always had a habit of reading 6 or so books at the same time, and I guess I'm the same way with audible books. I wonder if I would get a discount on the kindle version of Behave. Worth a look.

My ILS worker uses a Kindle Reader, and I've often wondered if I might be more apt to read printed books on such a device. I think the paperwhite technology might make a difference given my sensitivity to light while reading.
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#13
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(August 9, 2022 at 11:14 am)Angrboda Wrote: I tend not to read, either.  It fatigues me rather easily and I find it tiresome.  Bright lighting helps, but only some.  Oddly I spend hours a day reading stuff online.  Go figure.

I have discovered audible books recently as well, though, and am enjoying that as long as I can remember to do it.  Currently listening to "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst" by Robert Sapolsky, Bible in a year (NLT edition) with occasional dips into Asimov's print books on the bible, "Stranger In A Strange Land" by Heinlein, and "War Of The Worlds" by H.G. Wells.

For many years, since college, I've studiously avoided fiction and stuck to non-fiction books only.  However I'm finding the Heinlein and Wells books to be the most engaging, with Behave taking up the rear.  Maybe I'll stick to written books for nonfiction, and use audible to explore fiction.  I'm in my trial period now, so I don't want to go wild buying a bunch of books, but old habits die hard.  I've always had a habit of reading 6 or so books at the same time, and I guess I'm the same way with audible books.  I wonder if I would get a discount on the kindle version of Behave.  Worth a look.

I re-listened to a memoir and since I like the author's story I started looking around.  Found that she writes some fiction that I like and I enjoy the narrator she uses. 

I found that if I listen to a book I like, I can find more buy Goggling - books like 'XYZ' and have had good luck finding other authors and books.

Since I am busy with cutting fabric, pinning, ironing, and sewing I really don't have enough hands, or eyes, to read a book.
  
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(August 9, 2022 at 9:20 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(August 9, 2022 at 8:35 am)Fireball Wrote: Reading John Derbyshire's "Unknown Quantity", subtitled "A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra".

Looking it up, it’s a shame that the author didn’t just stick with talking about maths. Because he’s really gone off the deep end in recent years

Well, I'll be. I like his book, but he's a schnook.
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(August 9, 2022 at 11:37 am)Fireball Wrote:
(August 9, 2022 at 9:20 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: Looking it up, it’s a shame that the author didn’t just stick with talking about maths. Because he’s really gone off the deep end in recent years

Well, I'll be. I like his book, but he's a schnook.
I can only assume that I felt the same when I found out that Graham Linehan, creator of three of the best sitcoms ever, came out as a complete gobshite.
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(August 9, 2022 at 11:46 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(August 9, 2022 at 11:37 am)Fireball Wrote: Well, I'll be. I like his book, but he's a schnook.
I can only assume that I felt the same when I found out that Graham Linehan, creator of three of the best sitcoms ever, came out as a complete gobshite.

I guess I'll have to start looking at the authors behind their books before I buy them, in future. There are plenty of people who write books; no point in patronizing the SOBs, even if they don't make all that much per book.
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Or buy them used.
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Currently re-reading the second Science of the Discworld book, half general science book half Discworld novel

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I’m not reading the third book of the kingkiller chronicles. I had hoped for rothfuss but I think my hopes for a third are too rotten to not be toxic.
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