*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[marty21]

still ploughing on with Jonathan Dimbleby's book on Russia - very interesting in parts - but he does tend to go on and on about himself a bit too much - I want to read about Russia not about Dimbleby's life...thankyouverymuch

 

[Orang Utan]

I am reading This is Where I am, which is set in Glasgow and is about a Somalian refugee and his mentor.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Is-Where-I-Am-ebook/dp/B009S7WA90/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392469890&sr=1-1&keywords=this is where i am

Don't forget to mention that Karen Campbell wrote it!

 

[sojourner]

I've managed to stretch Graham Greene's works out to about 4 years, but did Cormac McCarthy in six months.

The only thing that stopped me with Ray Bradbury was funds! That's why I joined the library. Then had a fucking massive tantrum when I found out they only had 3 books, and a cd of him.

 

[Orang Utan]

Pirate him! He's dead now!

 

[sojourner]

Pirate him! He's dead now!

Is that at me?

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes! Who else?!

I couldn't bring myself to binge on an author myself.
I have to save them up for later on life. I don't want to live in a world I which there is no more Dickens or Roberts or Dick or (insert current obsession here) to read.

 

[ringo]

I have to save them up for later on life. I don't want to live in a world I which there is no more Dickens or Roberts or Dick or (insert current obsession here) to read.

I bet you made your Easter eggs last til July too

 

[TruXta]

Yes! Who else?!

I couldn't bring myself to binge on an author myself.
I have to save them up for later on life. I don't want to live in a world I which there is no more Dickens or Roberts or Dick or (insert current obsession here) to read.

Bit of a penis obsession you've got going there.

 

[BoatieBird]

I try to ration authors too.
I'm putting off reading Iain Banks' The Quarry because I know it will be the last one of his I'll ever read for the first time

 

[sojourner]

Yes! Who else?!

I couldn't bring myself to binge on an author myself.
I have to save them up for later on life. I don't want to live in a world I which there is no more Dickens or Roberts or Dick or (insert current obsession here) to read.

I don't know what you mean by 'pirate him'!

So what if he's dead? He's one of the greatest writers of all time. Anyway, I still have bloody loads left to read, given how prolific he was (and how fucking shit our library is). I can't help it. I obsess about loads of stuff. No self control at all.

 

[sojourner]

I bet you made your Easter eggs last til July too

My mother used to make chocolates last for ever. Enraged me, did that.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't know what you mean by 'pirate him'!

So what if he's dead? He's one of the greatest writers of all time. Anyway, I still have bloody loads left to read, given how prolific he was (and how fucking shit our library is). I can't help it. I obsess about loads of stuff. No self control at all.

Download PDFs of his short stories.
I got tonnes of his stuff in my phone.

 

[Orang Utan]

I bet you made your Easter eggs last til July too

Not at all. It's the only area of my life that I do not display a life-wrecking poor impulse control food, booze, drugs, buying books (as opposed to reading them), records (til I HAD to give up), socks, neckwear, Fabergé eggs - all get consumed/bought as soon as I see em!

 

[ringo]

My mother used to make chocolates last for ever. Enraged me, did that.

My brother did it with Easter Eggs. I'd stuff mine as quick as I could, but he'd goad me with his til summer

 

[MrSki]

Currently nothing. And I don't have many unread books on my shelf either, nothing that I'm too keen on right now at least. Might have to pop into Bookmongers tomorrow.

Have you not got a local library? If you use that you are not just doing yourself a lemon but your neighbours too. Libraries are closed because of their lack of use. Go and take books out even if you are not going to read them.

 

[Orang Utan]

Have you not got a local library? If you use that you are not just doing yourself a lemon but your neighbours too. Libraries are closed because of their lack of use. Go and take books out even if you are not going to read them.

Brixton library is not the greatest but it's definitely worth using.

 

[TruXta]

Have you not got a local library? If you use that you are not just doing yourself a lemon but your neighbours too. Libraries are closed because of their lack of use. Go and take books out even if you are not going to read them.

I do. I prefer to buy books.

 

[MrSki]

Brixton library is not the greatest but it's definitely worth using.

I use the Marcus Garvey in Tottenham for its free (often dodgy) wifi. I take out a couple of books a week to read but they often don't have the books that I want. I order books for free from the other Haringey libraries which take a couple of days to be sent over. I think a lot of the London boroughs have an inter-library service where you can borrow books from other libraries under different local authority control. There is also a fairly large collection of CDs & DVDs although I think they charge for those. Seriously though if the libraries are not used then they get shut down & they are such a valuable resource especially if you are skint!

 

[MrSki]

I do. I prefer to buy books.

If only to have the shelving required to keep them on or do you pass them on to like minded readers?

 

[TruXta]

Either way, I really should go and see what my local libraries have. They're both small, so I'm not expecting much.

 

[TruXta]

If only to have the shelving required to keep them on or do you pass them on to like minded readers?

Some I pass on, others I sell to 2nd hand shops, but most I keep. I re-read pretty much all of them, some several times.

 

[Orang Utan]

I do. I prefer to buy books.

Me too, but when I was unemployed my local library was a lifesaver

 

[Orang Utan]

I use the Marcus Garvey in Tottenham for its free (often dodgy) wifi. I take out a couple of books a week to read but they often don't have the books that I want. I order books for free from the other Haringey libraries which take a couple of days to be sent over. I think a lot of the London boroughs have an inter-library service where you can borrow books from other libraries under different local authority control. There is also a fairly large collection of CDs & DVDs although I think they charge for those. Seriously though if the libraries are not used then they get shut down & they are such a valuable resource especially if you are skint!

Indeed, but you need to be patient sometimes!

 

[TruXta]

Me too, but when I was unemployed my local library was a lifesaver

When I was at UCL I used their libraries fairly heavily. Of course they have a lot of stuff your normal public library couldn't easily get for you.

 

[MrSki]

Indeed, but you need to be patient sometimes!

Yes it is a right wind up when the last book in a trilogy is out on loan & some bugger keeps renewing it!

 

[Orang Utan]

Yes it is a right wind up when the last book in a trilogy is out on loan & some bugger keeps renewing it!

I couldn't wait on someone else's decision to bring back a book. I would have to download it instead - I did that with A Song Of Ice & Fire

 

[MrSki]

I have downloaded PDFs when desperate but don't really like reading from my computer & my Kindle only lasted about 150 books nine months before the screen went tits up.

 

[Orang Utan]

I read a LOT on my phone. Even when the book is sitting next to me, like today

 

[sojourner]

Download PDFs of his short stories.
I got tonnes of his stuff in my phone.

I only read books.

Is that what's meant by pirating then? Just downloading stuff?

 

[Orang Utan]

I only read books.

Is that what's meant by pirating then? Just downloading stuff?

Aye!
Don't limit yourself - you can read books in many forms!