Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I heard about this on the radio today, and found it utterly depressing - http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1-10-people-do-not-own-single-book-uk-households-have-8-web-connected-devices-1602428 I have many books, I love reading, and can't imagine not being able to read. When I have to clear some out, I'm in turmoil ! I can't believe that a supposedly modern, civilised society has reached such a low point......... When the missus was teaching she had many kids in her class whose parents didn't buy them books or read to them at all! The sad thing it it's not about money either you can get books for peanuts in charity shops. I've always been a bookworm love learning about things. I prefer a physical paper book if I'm going to read it cover to cover but if it's reference material the internet is fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love to read. usually go to bed and read for an hour before sleep. Reading the new grisham novel now, and got the new lee child one for when i finish it. Happy days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Ha ha I used to quite enjoy making sure they were on display, it was funny watching people double take when they looked at our bookshelves...the wife didn't approve he he. I was always interested in WW2 as a kid especially pilot accounts, when I finished studying and went to work on the rigs I got very bored, I don't like novels so I decided to start reading the history of the first half of the 20th century including the politics of WW2 and have loads of books on the 3rd Reich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,429 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Ha ha I used to quite enjoy making sure they were on display, it was funny watching people double take when they looked at our bookshelves...the wife didn't approve he he. I was always interested in WW2 as a kid especially pilot accounts, when I finished studying and went to work on the rigs I got very bored, I don't like novels so I decided to start reading the history of the first half of the 20th century including the politics of WW2 and have loads of books on the 3rd Reich If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Ha ha I used to quite enjoy making sure they were on display, it was funny watching people double take when they looked at our bookshelves...the wife didn't approve he he. I was always interested in WW2 as a kid especially pilot accounts, when I finished studying and went to work on the rigs I got very bored, I don't like novels so I decided to start reading the history of the first half of the 20th century including the politics of WW2 and have loads of books on the 3rd Reich If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Ha ha I used to quite enjoy making sure they were on display, it was funny watching people double take when they looked at our bookshelves...the wife didn't approve he he. I was always interested in WW2 as a kid especially pilot accounts, when I finished studying and went to work on the rigs I got very bored, I don't like novels so I decided to start reading the history of the first half of the 20th century including the politics of WW2 and have loads of books on the 3rd Reich Slightly off topic Nic but do you see parallels today (with what is being done to sovereign nations/people) to Germany between the wars ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,436 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Strangely Blackbriar, I've just read a book by Greg Iles, Nanchez Burning, and whilst marginally fictional, tells of the atrocious conduct of Politicians and in particular the KKK in Carolina and round the Mississippi basin. Very compelling read I must say. Well worth a look. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love to read. usually go to bed and read for an hour before sleep. Reading the new grisham novel now, and got the new lee child one for when i finish it. Happy days I bought and read a few of grishams book till i found out he wanted the law changed for peados i wouldnt wipe my arse with his books now. Ive read most of lee childs books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love autobiographies. Not fussed what field of work they are in as long as they are interesting people. i've read the autobiogs from Norman Schwarzkopf to Marilyn Manson. (Don't get the George Cole one it's terrible.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,263 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I can heartily recommend "Ancient Mariner" and/or "Fatal Passage", both by Ken McGoogan. They are the biographies of Samuel Hearne and John Rae respectively. Both men were early explorers of Northern Canada in the 18th century. Northwest Passage, Hudson's Bay Company and all that...Gripping stuff ! I also enjoyed "Farallon" by Steve K Lloyd. "Shipwreck and survival on the Alaskan shore". Also gripping stuff - lots of fascinating photos, too. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol I've got the biographies of Billy Wright (not the footballer!) and Johnny Adair..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I love reading but find very few books that interest me. Own a lot of hunting related books but prefer the old ones. Biographys and autobiographies i enjoy if the person is of some interest to me but i could never be bothered or see the point to even contemplate picking up a novel type book. I just couldn't read anything by John Grisham or authors/writers like that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,119 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Ive never read much until i got the internet....used to flick through a newspaper now and then but even the news i just read on the laptop now....not sure if ive ever read a book cover to cover yet on here i can read till the cows come home....weird. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 If I go to someone's house and they have books on show, I can't resist having a look at what they've got. I think you can tell a lot about someone by the type of books they read. Erm.... Half of mine have swastikas on them lol Only half? Liberal! Ha ha I used to quite enjoy making sure they were on display, it was funny watching people double take when they looked at our bookshelves...the wife didn't approve he he. I was always interested in WW2 as a kid especially pilot accounts, when I finished studying and went to work on the rigs I got very bored, I don't like novels so I decided to start reading the history of the first half of the 20th century including the politics of WW2 and have loads of books on the 3rd Reich Slightly off topic Nic but do you see parallels today (with what is being done to sovereign nations/people) to Germany between the wars ? Yeh kind of, I think when this start to get bad especially financially people look to more extreme forms of politics and who would have guessed 10 years ago Marxism and Communism would have made a comeback with the likes of Corbyn and Sanders? Not me Apparently some of their supporters think they're trying something new The Internationalist Far left believed in a borderless Communist world but were dismayed after WW1 when the proletariat didn't rise up with them. Post WW2 some people claim academics know as the 'Frankfurt school' created a new Marxist ideology meant to appeal more to the masses and their influence worked it's way in to schools and universities in the 50s and 60s with the help of the Soviet KGB (who were always looking for ways to subvert the West) which subsequently indoctrinated future generations of teachers and academics and we're reaping the results now. These modern cultural Marxists don't even realise what they are and have no idea they've been so subtly indoctrinated. The far left doesn't like anything that overrides it's grip on the population so that includes borders, church, traditions and the family...I guess it explains why they're always promoting anything that is the opposite of normal or traditional social norms and they do it in the name of social justice. We're in the backlash phase now with the rise of populism and nationalism so it will be interesting to see what happens next. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,004 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I always have to have a book on the go, reading butchers crossing at the moment ,its about buffalo hunting and a great read Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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