tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post5387101705603548396..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Plague diary -- readingKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-28191558425508196242021-10-19T11:03:36.138-04:002021-10-19T11:03:36.138-04:00I love my two kindles. Our daughter fave me one of...I love my two kindles. Our daughter fave me one of the earliest original ones for Xmas one year. it is one of the best presents ever. It's small and not much bigger than my current phone! And though those early ones aren't backlit, they're wonderfully compact for travel, and it's the one I always have in my handbag whenever there is the slightest chance I may have to wait for a doctor, dentist, hairdresser, etc. The Fire is bigger and I love the backlit screen, how a couple of my important newspaper subscriptions are on it, I dip into a few podcasts, can access email and access google etc. It has a camera which I never use. For me though, perhaps best of all, and the function I use most is, if I'm quilting or routine sewing - I listen to audio book. In sum, I enjoy reading widely on various platforms, including the old fashioned paper books too! To think of all the books I hauled across and around the world.... I can't imagine a day without a bit of time spent with some form of book for interest or enjoyment.Alison Schwabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929118812159014248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-86153323656579864712021-08-31T20:44:29.981-04:002021-08-31T20:44:29.981-04:00I've read several books lately that have helpe...I've read several books lately that have helped me see that ours is not the only time when fear and ignorance have led to tragedy. I like to listen to books while I sew, but I like a print book for reading in bed at night. I love the Kindle for reading in Spanish because I can Just touch an unfamiliar word and get the equivalent in English.<br />Recently, I've listened to 2 books by Erik Larson: The Beast in the Garden and Tne Splendid and the Vile, both about the time period before the US entered WWII. Another book during that time period, but focused on domestic policy in the US is The Woman Behind the New Deal (Frances Perkins). The Man Who Loved Dogs is a difficult novel, but provides insight into Leon Trotsky and his assassin, Ramon Mercado. Patria is an wxcellent novel about the Basque separatist movement and how a community of friends can become enemies. <br />I've started keeping track of what I'm reading, but I love your idea of writing a little about each book.<br />Thanks for your suggestions! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Vickie Wheatleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532115379430375034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-59832134099649774762021-08-21T17:21:51.688-04:002021-08-21T17:21:51.688-04:00For all its good points, I really don't enjoy ...For all its good points, I really don't enjoy reading the e-book version. There are times when it's the only way I can get a book through my library but I don't enjoy it nearly like a do holding an actual book and turning the pages by hand rather than by swiping (and I do hate that sound that is sometimes added to mimic the sound of an actual page turning). I'm currently in the fourth book of a sci fi series by Pierce Brown - a new author for me and I do like his writing style. He sucked me right in.<br /><br />A few years ago, I started keeping a list of books I've read after a friend gifted me a small notebook that I couldn't figure out how to use. I'd read a novel where the main character had been logging the titles of every book she'd read from an early age and I thought it a wonderful idea and wish I'd started sooner. I equally like your idea of adding a passage from each book read. I may have to start doing that. The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-35699060858090862912021-08-20T21:47:49.260-04:002021-08-20T21:47:49.260-04:00After this heavy reading, try Perestroika in Paris...After this heavy reading, try Perestroika in Paris, a novel by Jane Smiley about a race horse. She and the other animals narrate the story. So delightful I listened to the audiobook twice.Martha Ginnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609132014556238098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-37763935658500400372021-08-20T04:49:50.387-04:002021-08-20T04:49:50.387-04:00I like my Kindle almost as much as my real books (...I like my Kindle almost as much as my real books (I also have a lot of them and many of them unread). <br />At the moment I'm reading "Camino Winds" by John Grisham as I liked the first book "Camino Island" so much. A totally different Grisham from what you are used to. Gabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534422574172757770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-20348303067403376562021-08-19T17:20:26.463-04:002021-08-19T17:20:26.463-04:00There is a time for both, so I don't try to ma...There is a time for both, so I don't try to make a choice, but I too like ebooks especially when the library closed. Besides the benefits you mentioned, they remember where you left off and give you definitions for words I don't know. I have borrowed the books you mentioned - they sound interesting.Shelina (formerly known as Shasta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03290945204269323129noreply@blogger.com