Who else likes books?
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Always read a lot....
...and still do. I had something like 130 shelf-feet of book spread all over the house of at one time and had to give many of them to the library, something I thought I'd never do.
Reading has been more difficult due to small printing, grey letters on yellow paper. My eyes are not good, but at least I can see under good conditions.
...and still do. I had something like 130 shelf-feet of book spread all over the house of at one time and had to give many of them to the library, something I thought I'd never do.
Reading has been more difficult due to small printing, grey letters on yellow paper. My eyes are not good, but at least I can see under good conditions.
steveno
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when you do get tired of a book take it to the library for their book sale. it is also to get good books cheap to read
Mule packer has it right. Winter time I stock up the Fisher stove, get a book & sit in my recliner. I read about every thing. Politics, hunting, metal detecting, history, the west, some fiction, guns,etc.
Winner of every trivial pursuit game
Books give you a lot of esoteric (got that from a book) knowledge. Good for winning Trivial pursuit games-guess I am dating myself, don't think its very popular anymore.
Was introduced to my favorite Author Dick Francis, when I worked in a mall and the bookstore beside my shop threw out paperback books with torn off covers in our dumpster. Think the first one I got was Enquiry, now have read all 40+ including his non-fiction.
He writes (and now his son Felix) about horse racing, almost always based in Britain.
Never been to England,but feel I know a little of the countryside from his writings. Being English, he discussed their draconian gun and knife laws in some books.
Son is much more anti gun, but usually does not beat it up too bad.
Books give you a lot of esoteric (got that from a book) knowledge. Good for winning Trivial pursuit games-guess I am dating myself, don't think its very popular anymore.
Was introduced to my favorite Author Dick Francis, when I worked in a mall and the bookstore beside my shop threw out paperback books with torn off covers in our dumpster. Think the first one I got was Enquiry, now have read all 40+ including his non-fiction.
He writes (and now his son Felix) about horse racing, almost always based in Britain.
Never been to England,but feel I know a little of the countryside from his writings. Being English, he discussed their draconian gun and knife laws in some books.
Son is much more anti gun, but usually does not beat it up too bad.
Ranger17
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I read a lot, near every night. I read to “escape”, so stick to only a couple genres. Fantasy & action/thrillers; not much else. For some years now I’ve just read on my e-readers (Nook then Kindle) with the non-glare screens. Much easier on my grandpa eyes after spending the day staring at computer screens and spreadsheets.
Sadly I dont grab bound books anymore, partly due to print but I also enjoy supporting indie authors vs the usual “big name best seller” type.
And lets face it, far easier to travel with a Kindle and still have plenty to read lol.
Sadly I dont grab bound books anymore, partly due to print but I also enjoy supporting indie authors vs the usual “big name best seller” type.
And lets face it, far easier to travel with a Kindle and still have plenty to read lol.
DeathGrip
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I had to look up how many books L L'Amour wrote, 135.
I read a bunch of them in the late '70s early '80s but didn't realize that he was still writing them into the 2000s. What a career!
First book I read (age 12) was Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. My uncle had passed, and my aunt gave his books to me. I still haven't read any of the Zane Grey or Tarzan books that had been his, but I still have them.
I was hooked on non-fiction. "You can't make that stuff up." "Truth is stranger than fiction." And on and on.
I became a technical writer while I was in the 'Force, but I was, and still am, a terrible speller. I'm still a writer, and thanks to the GI Bill I have a degree in journalism with a minor in English. I've become a far better editor than writer, and have edited two award-winning anthologies.
For several decades I've collected dictionaries of all sorts. Some to help me spell gooder, and some just for fun. Want to know how to talk like a pirate? I have that dictionary!
I read political books by the score. Sometimes, yes, I throw one across the room. The climate these last four years has been volatile, and the lies and corruption are nearly the worst our Republic has seen. The media has forgotten its roll is to report, not create, the news.
I rarely get rid of books, present Karma being an exception. Feels a bit like selling a child to let one go.
My favorite book is called The Specialist. It's a tiny book about a guy who specialized in making outhouses. Published in 1929 by author Chic Sale. My grandmother called outhouses "Chic Sale houses" all my life, but I never knew why. Long after she'd passed, I looked up the term and discovered this tiny book. Chic Sale was the pen name of Charles Partlow Sale, a vaudevillian. I have a perfect first edition.
Other first editions include Mark Twain's Roughing It and Owen Wister's The Virginian. Yes, that last one is fiction, but it's about Wyoming.
I was hooked on non-fiction. "You can't make that stuff up." "Truth is stranger than fiction." And on and on.
I became a technical writer while I was in the 'Force, but I was, and still am, a terrible speller. I'm still a writer, and thanks to the GI Bill I have a degree in journalism with a minor in English. I've become a far better editor than writer, and have edited two award-winning anthologies.
For several decades I've collected dictionaries of all sorts. Some to help me spell gooder, and some just for fun. Want to know how to talk like a pirate? I have that dictionary!
I read political books by the score. Sometimes, yes, I throw one across the room. The climate these last four years has been volatile, and the lies and corruption are nearly the worst our Republic has seen. The media has forgotten its roll is to report, not create, the news.
I rarely get rid of books, present Karma being an exception. Feels a bit like selling a child to let one go.
My favorite book is called The Specialist. It's a tiny book about a guy who specialized in making outhouses. Published in 1929 by author Chic Sale. My grandmother called outhouses "Chic Sale houses" all my life, but I never knew why. Long after she'd passed, I looked up the term and discovered this tiny book. Chic Sale was the pen name of Charles Partlow Sale, a vaudevillian. I have a perfect first edition.
Other first editions include Mark Twain's Roughing It and Owen Wister's The Virginian. Yes, that last one is fiction, but it's about Wyoming.
Given he died in 1988, I'm pretty sure he wasn't writing into the 2000s. His son has republished some of his older short stories
Enquiry may have been my first or second Dick Francis as well. I believe that Felix is a shooter and tries to put rifles in a positive light but has an anti-gun editor and probably much of his English readership. I miss Dick F but find Felix adequate.
Puller
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Book stores and old time hardware stores are both tough on my wallet. There are times my wife discourages me to visit either.
DeathGrip
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There are actually six.
There's one at Hillside Community Center on Fountain West of Union.
There's one at the East entrance to Ute Valley park off Centennial.
The other four aren't accessible to the public.
The employee lunch room at The Municipal Courthouse on Kiowa
The City control room for Colorado Springs Utilities (location undisclosed)
The employee break room of a private office building I used to work at.
The employee break room at First Bank at the Palmer Center on Colorado
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Was contemplating the 33 million volumes in the Library of Congress.
The New York Public library has 53 million volumes in 92 locations, although its iconic main branch at 5th Avenue and 42nd currently houses only two and a half million. New York Public Library - Wikipedia
Our great universities have magnificent collections as well. Columbia University’s Butler Library houses two million volumes.
About Butler Library | Columbia University Libraries It is one of a dozen or so libraries — 13 million volumes, 450 languages — belonging to this one university. About Columbia University Libraries | Columbia University Libraries
Lotta books out there.
The New York Public library has 53 million volumes in 92 locations, although its iconic main branch at 5th Avenue and 42nd currently houses only two and a half million. New York Public Library - Wikipedia
Our great universities have magnificent collections as well. Columbia University’s Butler Library houses two million volumes.
About Butler Library | Columbia University Libraries It is one of a dozen or so libraries — 13 million volumes, 450 languages — belonging to this one university. About Columbia University Libraries | Columbia University Libraries
Lotta books out there.
lawandorder
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Best two gifts my Mother gave me was an introduction to the Bible and a love of reading.
Have kept both even though in my misspent youth I hit some bumps in the road of life.
Have kept both even though in my misspent youth I hit some bumps in the road of life.
That means I should have about 130 since I am missing 5. Mostly some of his short story collections. Tough to find those in the "Collection" hardbacks. When I do people want $100+ for them.
Reading has always been my most expensive habit, even back in my real drinking days. In elementary school I was halfway through 3rd grade when I finished my 5th grade readers. So they stuck me in speed reading class. I can go through a Louis L'Amour western in about a hour.
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crankyoldlady
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One of my favorite sayings...
"He who does not read is no better off than he who cannot read", author unknown
"He who does not read is no better off than he who cannot read", author unknown
