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On 2/23/2020 at 8:43 PM, ncountry said:

Terry Brooks was my 1st fantasy book author. Since then I've read a # of different authors works. Even went back and read the Tolkien series that somehow I had missed.just finished this group up over christmas vacation...I dont read like I did in the past.(maybe  1/2 dozen a year now)

In the past I read a little bit of everything. I mean I read everything .lol.. everything Michener,Herbert, Koontz, L'Amour, Brooks,Goodkind,Cussler,Weis and Hickman, Clancy,Jordan,Azimov....I'm sure I forgot some but dang I see why I stayed away from drugs . Once I start one I have to read them all..

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Nevermind, I read Terry Brooks as Terry Pratchett. My reply was irrelevant :)

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Just finished this:

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Meticulously researched and an a fascinating look at the early days of hunting. Takes a few side tracks especially in the old west/Buffalo Bill days, and presents both the for and against positions evenly. Pulled some good early quotes from it.

Starting this:

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Big fan of Crouch's alternative worlds, though don't love the way his books tend to finish so open ended. (Wayward series and Dark Matter for example.)

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27 minutes ago, blackbeltbill said:

Hopefully he will be back.. Joyner did have a back + Forth last year around this time with a member here who, I will not name.

I can't remember who, but I know it wasn't me... I could give about  three good guesses, though..Hehehe….

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1 hour ago, blackbeltbill said:

No-- not you Dan.  I actually have been raked over the coals much worse and am still around. Thick Skin, I guess from Decades in Warehouses and unloading Docks .  Been called everything in the book-- lol!  One kid used to call me - Easter Egg Head every morning.  Glad it was just him- lol!

Now that is a nick-name :)

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9 hours ago, Pygmy said:

I'm reading " Sally's Strange vacation" again..

I'm at the part where Sally spread the peanut butter on the bisquit and then called Spot out behind the playhouse...

Poor spot, I know I hate getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of my mouth .

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8 hours ago, blackbeltbill said:

Going through some of my Civil War Books + Magazines. Decided to reread this one today.                                                   Man on the cover is Nathan Bedford Forrest. Wounded 4 Times,at least 29 Horses killed Beneath him. And Killed 30 Men with his Sword. Somehow survived the Civil War.

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He was also the dirtiest scoundrel of the war.  There is nothing honorable about killing unarmed black solders who were trying to surrender with a sword.  He should have been hanged for war crimes and probably would have been, had Lincoln not been killed.   After the war, Forrest became the first grand wizard of the KKK.  If I knew where his grave was, I would piss on it.     

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On 2/27/2020 at 8:31 PM, crappyice said:

I decided to give audiobooks a shot....no better than Anna Karenina..32+ hours


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I'm listening to my third audiobook right now and actually find them more enjoyable than podcasts for the ride to and from work. It's a good way to cover the 40 min. drive each way. It did feel a little weird listening to the audiobook at home versus reading a real book but I don't have that opportunity very often. 

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Just now, Moho81 said:

I'm listening to my third audiobook right now and actually find them more enjoyable than podcasts for the ride to and from work. It's a good way to cover the 40 min. drive each way. It did feel a little weird listening to the audiobook at home versus reading a real book but I don't have that opportunity very often. 

40 minutes! Are you on a recumbent bike?!

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Just now, Moho81 said:

I'm listening to my third audiobook right now and actually find them more enjoyable than podcasts for the ride to and from work. It's a good way to cover the 40 min. drive each way. It did feel a little weird listening to the audiobook at home versus reading a real book but I don't have that opportunity very often. 

It's funny, there are some books that I can't get through in book form, but love the audiobook. There is a fantasy series that I enjoy, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, I loved the first couple of audiobooks read by James Marsters. I tried to read the 3rd book and couldn't get through it. A couple of months later I downloaded the audiobook version and loved it. 

On the other side of the coin, I tried the audiobooks of Game of Thrones, and couldn't get into them. I picked up the books and couldn't put them down. Probably a lot of it comes down to the readers and content. Some things just translate better through written word vs. spoken.

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It's funny, there are some books that I can't get through in book form, but love the audiobook. There is a fantasy series that I enjoy, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, I loved the first couple of audiobooks read by James Marsters. I tried to read the 3rd book and couldn't get through it. A couple of months later I downloaded the audiobook version and loved it. 
On the other side of the coin, I tried the audiobooks of Game of Thrones, and couldn't get into them. I picked up the books and couldn't put them down. Probably a lot of it comes down to the readers and content. Some things just translate better through written word vs. spoken.

I think the reader has a lot to do with it. Right now the one I’m listening to the reader is doing a Texas southern twang because the main character is a Texan and it’s taking away from the content. I wish he would have just read it in his normal voice.


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