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Post by jeffd on May 9, 2018 17:22:10 GMT -5
I am going to spend my 100th post extolling the virtues of Christopher Morley. I am now reading The Haunted Bookshop which is a light fun really fun read.
When I read Christopher Morley I get the feeling that I would enjoy sitting with him over a pipe or two. Really smart and incisive but doesn't take himself, or anything else, too seriously.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 18:31:39 GMT -5
I am going to spend my 100th post extolling the virtues of Christopher Morley. I am now reading The Haunted Bookshop which is a light fun really fun read. Congratulations on your 100th post, Jeff! I have a copy of The Haunted Bookshop on my bookshelf and really need to remember to read it. I could use a little light reading for a change.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 18:46:51 GMT -5
observation (no criticism). . . . shouldn't this thread be merged with the same titled thread in The Library?
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Post by jeffd on May 9, 2018 19:08:59 GMT -5
observation (no criticism). . . . shouldn't this thread be merged with the same titled thread in The Library? I didn't know about that when i started this. I don't know how to merge threads, but I would guess its not for Users to do. Need to call in either a Super User, or the Awesome himself. |
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Post by jeffd on May 21, 2018 9:43:52 GMT -5
A wonderful book to read while smoking.
An Old Woman's Reflections - The Life of a Blasket Island Storyteller by Peig Sayers
Lots of delightful quick little stories. You can take in as many as you have time for. Like M&Ms
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Post by Ronv69 on May 21, 2018 10:49:50 GMT -5
I did not.Thank You !  You're most welcome. Note that this won't work for everyone. It depends on the mouse driver you have loaded. But yes, if you have a mouse with the scroll wheel, and the right driver, then you can set it up to do this. I use a MS keyboard with a scroll wheel, which didn't work until last month when I finally loaded the driver. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 21, 2018 10:54:33 GMT -5
I usually listen to audio books, because when I am reading, my wife realizes that I am not paying attention to her. She was out of town for the weekend, so I finished the Autobiography of David Crockett, the latest in the After Cilmeri time travel series, and the latest Brandon Sanderson Novella, Snapshot. I have discovered that I can read a book in about 1/4 the time as listening to the audio books. Now if I only had the time, I could catch up.
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Post by Stanhill on May 21, 2018 13:03:59 GMT -5
You're most welcome. Note that this won't work for everyone. It depends on the mouse driver you have loaded. But yes, if you have a mouse with the scroll wheel, and the right driver, then you can set it up to do this. I use a MS keyboard with a scroll wheel, which didn't work until last month when I finally loaded the driver. I never installed the driver that came with the mouse; I just use the one that comes with Windows and it works like a charm.
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Post by Stanhill on May 21, 2018 13:27:34 GMT -5
Finished 'World without End' at last and I've just started Jean Edward Smith's biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Post by jeffd on May 21, 2018 15:11:26 GMT -5
OK, another book I have started, that benefits a few or several bowls, is Carlo Rovelli's book on Anaximander. Yea I am a nerd. But hey, you asked me what I am reading.
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Post by jeffd on May 24, 2018 20:08:53 GMT -5
Thanks to the awesome who moved this thread to its correct location. My apologies for not paying attention when i started it.
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Post by jeffd on May 24, 2018 20:13:46 GMT -5
Just finished Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, The Bookshop. It is a wonderful read, not very long, but fun to dilly dally among the sentences. Warning, it is also heartbreaking. I wish it weren't bit it is. Worth every tear. Every single damn tear. I had never read any of her books before. I am a fan now. Read this book, let your heart break, laugh, cry and be more alive as a result. There is no pipe smoking in the book, but the book sure encourages one to smoke pipe. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 3:09:07 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley and Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft. I'm really enjoying the former and getting a lot out of the latter.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 25, 2018 3:32:06 GMT -5
I'm currently reading The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley and Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft. I'm really enjoying the former and getting a lot out of the latter. Is the latter worth the read? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2018 22:29:01 GMT -5
An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth - Col. Chris Hadfield
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 10, 2018 0:07:46 GMT -5
I'm illiterate, I can't read or write but if I could I would be reading PIPESMOKING a 21st CENTURY GUIDE BY Richard Carlton Hacker
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2018 0:08:36 GMT -5
Reading the third book in the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. I have not enjoyed any books of this genre for at least 30 years. This series has me addicted.
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Post by bonanzadriver on Aug 10, 2018 1:34:40 GMT -5
Just finished..
Fat for Fuel
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Plant Paradox
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Corporate Life cycles
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Principle Centered Leadership
Couldn't tell ya the last time I read a good novel, besides Atlas Shrugged that is... ;-)
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Post by rostybird on Aug 10, 2018 10:38:14 GMT -5
Just finished Stephen King's the Outsider. Not the best but better than some. Passed the time easily
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2018 12:32:25 GMT -5
Last week refreshed my memory and read a book from my High School years....The Catcher in the Rye. Author J.D Salinger 7.5/10
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Post by Darin on Aug 11, 2018 17:49:46 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 11, 2018 18:06:07 GMT -5
Thank you Gentlemen for your concern.I do have a few audio books and have listened to some really good ones in the past.Problem is I'm married and the Mrs doesn't always like what I like. (Silly Women) And she seems to think I want to talk alot,go figure. We have some really FUN times.Seriously we do.Spent 8 hours last week watching the first season of Dr Who. I believe that I am hearing sarcasm in that last statement. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 11, 2018 18:10:40 GMT -5
Last week refreshed my memory and read a book from my High School years....The Catcher in the Rye. Author J.D Salinger 7.5/10 Who are you planning to murder? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 18:13:19 GMT -5
Last week refreshed my memory and read a book from my High School years....The Catcher in the Rye. Author J.D Salinger 7.5/10 Who are you planning to murder? If I ever did I guarantee they would never be found👍👍👍 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 11, 2018 18:18:53 GMT -5
I am currently reading "Stories of Texas and Most of Them are True". This is a great book written by a native Texan for native Texans. It really opened my eyes to the way that I speak when around other native Texans. Discusses Texas regional dialects and tells the story of a lot of things that I grew up with and didn't know the details. Also a great primer on how Texans really think, not what you get from the movies and MSM.
Also reading "The Stars My Destination" by Alfred Bester, a very deep Science Fiction story from 1959.
On top of that, "Coyote Medicine" about Native American healing.
So many books, so little time.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 11, 2018 18:20:30 GMT -5
I'm at the point where I wear reading glasses all the time and use a magnifying glass for reading.I've a 42 inch monitor and have to sit about a foot away to read the forums.Add to that I'm blind in one eye. But,about a year ago I did struggle thru Stephen King's 11/22/1966,I could be wrong about the title.First book I had read in about 3 years at that time. I've some Sherlock essays on my tablet that I peruse at times,but on that I can zoom in easier. thebriarpatchforum.com/board/13/libraryThis would be the sub-forum you were looking for 11/22/63. The day JFK was killed. |
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Post by Matthew on Aug 11, 2018 20:21:25 GMT -5
Thank you Gentlemen for your concern.I do have a few audio books and have listened to some really good ones in the past.Problem is I'm married and the Mrs doesn't always like what I like. (Silly Women) And she seems to think I want to talk alot,go figure. We have some really FUN times.Seriously we do.Spent 8 hours last week watching the first season of Dr Who. I believe that I am hearing sarcasm in that last statement. No sarcasm,the wife and I enjoy the vintage Dr Who,and watch Last of the Summer Wine everynight. I'm at the point where I wear reading glasses all the time and use a magnifying glass for reading.I've a 42 inch monitor and have to sit about a foot away to read the forums.Add to that I'm blind in one eye. But,about a year ago I did struggle thru Stephen King's 11/22/1966,I could be wrong about the title.First book I had read in about 3 years at that time. I've some Sherlock essays on my tablet that I peruse at times,but on that I can zoom in easier. thebriarpatchforum.com/board/13/libraryThis would be the sub-forum you were looking for 11/22/63. The day JFK was killed. Yeah,I was 3 months old,my Dad died October 29,1963 so I kind of try to forget somethings. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 11, 2018 21:17:31 GMT -5
I believe that I am hearing sarcasm in that last statement. No sarcasm,the wife and I enjoy the vintage Dr Who,and watch Last of the Summer Wine everynight. 11/22/63. The day JFK was killed. Yeah,I was 3 months old,my Dad died October 29,1963 so I kind of try to forget somethings. I was 12. My dad died January 1960. So Kennedy's death hit us harder. I understand. |
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Post by radioguy on Aug 12, 2018 12:52:55 GMT -5
The fallen series by Wayne Stinett are some of the most enjoyable reads. Great characters and adventures in the Florida keys. If you ever liked John McDonald books you will really like Stinett’s books. Warning..once you read one you’ll end up buying the entire series.
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Post by LSUTigersFan on Aug 22, 2018 19:59:50 GMT -5
Reading the third book in the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. I have not enjoyed any books of this genre for at least 30 years. This series has me addicted. It will slow down in the middle, but keep pushing through the next few books. The last few are amazing. |
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