Do yall read (Books)

[dancer]

I surely wish more people read more books and magazines. If that was so, then there would be many fewer instances when I wanted to be the "Spelling Police" -- needing to edit and correct spelling and especially grammar errors.

Sorry!

P.S. Reading newspapers doesn't really count -- there are too many spelling and grammatical errors in them these days, and also too many special usages, and A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S of doubtful value.

 

[Western]

I surely wish more people read more books and magazines. If that was so, then there would be many fewer instances when I wanted to be the "Spelling Police" -- needing to edit and correct spelling and especially grammar errors.

Sorry!

P.S. Reading newspapers doesn't really count -- there are too many spelling and grammatical errors in them these days, and also too many special usages, and A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S of doubtful value.

Try reading the Fox news site every morning. It's almost like some of it was "rushed" to press it's so bad.

My only complaint about their web site.

I thought "magazines" where only for the pictures?

 

[/pine]

I surely wish more people read more books and magazines. If that was so, then there would be many fewer instances when I wanted to be the "Spelling Police" -- needing to edit and correct spelling and especially grammar errors

You mean like using commas when there is no need? (cheap shot) oh wait...that's punctuation not grammar...

[rant]
What gets me is incorrect word form usage like posting something sounding very intelligent yet they use "there" in place of 'their' or "their" in place of 'they're'...likewise with using "your" when it should be 'you're'...etc...etc.
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[RobertN]

I just grabbed a Roger Welsch book from my shelf. Great book, every guy should read.

"Everything I Know About Women I Learned From My Tractor"

 

[dave1949]

I surely wish more people read more books and magazines. If that was so, then there would be many fewer instances when I wanted to be the "Spelling Police" -- needing to edit and correct spelling and especially grammar errors.

Sorry!

I am no doubt guilty of all the above (and below). I don't want to be guilty of literary snobbery though. Sorry, too! Reading and writing comes easily to some. I like to hear opinions and learn from folks regardless of their language abilities.

As you say, their is know excuse four it in a commercial publication, if they won't hold the standards, we are doomed.

Dave.

 

[jayste]

I am no doubt guilty of all the above (and below). I don't want to be guilty of literary snobbery though. Sorry, too! Reading and writing comes easily to some. I like to hear opinions and learn from folks regardless of their language abilities.

As you say, their is know excuse four it in a commercial publication, if they won't hold the standards, we are doomed.

Dave.

Ditto!

Jay

 

[texbaylea]

Like Chuck52 I have enjoyed Eric Flint's 1632 series. In the SciFi/Fantasy genre this scheme of a lead author setting the parameters/environment and inviting other authors to contribute stories within that environment is very enjoyable to me. Synopsis: A few square miles around a West Virginia coal mining town are move back in time to Thuringia (before Germany) in 1632. The stories chronicle how the Americans survive and what their impact on that world is. Try it, you may like it.

Chuck - You want to amplify or correct what I have said?

Vernon

 

[Chuck52]

Like Chuck52 I have enjoyed Eric Flint's 1632 series. In the SciFi/Fantasy genre this scheme of a lead author setting the parameters/environment and inviting other authors to contribute stories within that environment is very enjoyable to me. Synopsis: A few square miles around a West Virginia coal mining town are move back in time to Thuringia (before Germany) in 1632. The stories chronicle how the Americans survive and what their impact on that world is. Try it, you may like it.

Chuck - You want to amplify or correct what I have said?

Vernon

I'm only on number two in the series, but that sounds good to me! Have you read the "Dies the Fire" series by Stirling? My only quibble with the 1632 series so far is how few of the "good guys" seem to be getting hurt. That's less of a problem with Stirling's stuff, but in that series you have to work even harder at suspending disbelief. It involves some continuing external interruption of the rules of physics....I find it easier to deal with instantaneous miracles! I preferred his "Island in the Sea of Time" series, which is much more like 1632.

Chuck

 

[EddieWalker]

My all time favorite author is Wilbur Smith. He writes books on historical events in Africa, with fictitional charactors. Mostly he spins his stories around one particular family, but he'll go back two hundred years and the events of that time, and the decedents of that original family into the mid 20th century. None of the books rely on each other, but after reading a few of them, some of the characters are mentioned from his other books.

Another favorite is W.E.B. Griffin who wrote a series of books about the Marine Corps in WWII. It's called The Corps, and really a good read.

I enjoy most of the big names, but will also try somebody new if it sounds like an interesting story. I've also found that the classics are really good. The Three Muskateers is an absolute favorite book. It's just totally unexpected and while similar to all the movies, it's also way different. I've read quite a few of them, and Mobey Dick was the only one that I gave up on. That book was just too much effort!! LOL

For fun, I enjoy going to Barns & Noble. Steph and I do this after dinner all the time. We also like to going to the used book stores, Good Will and the other charity type stores that sell books. I'm into hard cover books and have a dream of one day having a library full of books that I've read. I give away paper backs, but have quite a few hard covers that are first editions in good condition that I've paid over $100 for some of them.

Eddie

 

[czechsonofagun]

Indians have been a life long fascination for me, I have found artifacts and arrowheads in many states, and often as a kid wished I "was there" to see it first hand.

Just curious - did you read any Seton's books? He was a lot of inspiration for me especially Two savages if you know?