watchya readin'?

[justzeg18]

Anymore I'm 99% audiobook.
Right now I'm about half way through The Warmth of Other Suns

Luckily with my job I'm able to have an earbud in pretty much the entire shift so I tend to devour audiobooks and podcasts.

[pmwasson]

I just started listening to Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John Hodgman and there is a Mego reference!!!

[Duncan]

I prefer to listen. Right now I'm about 40% into Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett and narrated by Richard Ferrone. Pretty good stuff.

[Iron Mego]

I devoured the Three Investigators in fourth grade. I remember wanting a secret hideout like they had so badly!

[MRP]

"Foxtrot" series of comic style books by Bill Amend

The old Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators books from the 1960's or 1970's...They're made for kids/teenagers, but they really are cool to read

Re-read Steven King's "IT" again

"Reminisce" magazine

I love those Three Investigators books I devoured all of those (and all of the Hardy Boys) books I could get my hands on as a kid.

-M

[VintageJoe70]

"Foxtrot" series of comic style books by Bill Amend

The old Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators books from the 1960's or 1970's...They're made for kids/teenagers, but they really are cool to read

Re-read Steven King's "IT" again

"Reminisce" magazine

[Godzilla]

I'm in the middle of The Vault: The First 50 Years of Doctor Who and A Princess of Mars.

[J.B.]

I do most of my reading at work during breaks and lunch. Finished Hunter Thompson's stint with the Hell's Angels and am halfway done with his shenanigans in Vegas. Gonna' finish it up with some Buk.

When I first saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on the big screen, I had never heard of Hunter and was completely lost in the movie, but did have a big laugh, and still do to this day when I see it on YouTube, at the "Too Much Adrenochrome" scene.

[emeraldknight47]

For digital/audio books, there are two decent places that I'm sure folks here have likely checked out, but I thought I'd mention them anyway.

BIG FINISH

https://www.bigfinish.com/

They have a great selection of all kinds of audio dramas featuring Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, Captain Scarlet, Dan Dare, Sherlock Holmes and lots of other cool stuff.


GRAPHIC AUDIO

https://www.graphicaudio.net/

Discovered these guys quite by accident a few weeks back when I found one of their sets at Half-Price Bookstore. Lots of different titles and franchises (including MARVEL and DC titles). Their quality is good, but not quite up to part with Big Finish just yet, but still worth checking out.

[cjefferys]

Oh, those both sound pretty cool!

[pmwasson]

I've been reading a lot of time travel books recently. Some good ones:

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now.

Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson - Two events made September 1st a memorable day for Jesse Cullum. First, he lost a pair of Oakley sunglasses. Second, he saved the life of President Ulysses S. Grant.

[cjefferys]

I just finished re-reading Stephen King's 11/22/63, I've always been a sucker for a good time travel novel and this is a great one. Now I'm figuring out what to read next, I always need to be reading something, I'm addicted to books.

I have to admit that I've never listened to an audio book before, I guess I should give it a shot sometime.

[pmwasson]

Wow, you guys like fiction a whole lot, wonderful to know that we're such a literate bunch.

Anybody else a fan of audio books? I was diagnosed as an auditory learner a few years back and wow, it's opened doors for me.

When I say that I read a book, I really mean I listen to them. My library has a great digital audio book library, so I am able to get a lot of book for free. I also occasionally use Audible if I can't wait. I listen while driving, running or when doing chores.

I'm currently listening to two books. Here are some cut-n-paste descriptions:

The Power is a 2016 dystopian science fiction novel by the British writer Naomi Alderman. Its central premise is women developing the ability to release electrical jolts from their fingers, thus leading them to become the dominant gender.

The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick - A funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere—an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love.

I'm enjoying both of them. The Power seem very relevant with the whole #metoo movement even though it was published in 2016.

[emeraldknight47]

I've been reading Watership Down, but didn't get to read any over the past couple of weeks.

One of my all-time favorite books! It doesn’t get nearly as much recognition as the masterpiece it is.

[palitoy]

Wow, you guys like fiction a whole lot, wonderful to know that we're such a literate bunch.

Anybody else a fan of audio books? I was diagnosed as an auditory learner a few years back and wow, it's opened doors for me.